Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-01


Semployed when was at Leoben. II it was
merely anew organization that you were
/ making,it would be effected more slowly !;
| without noise or expenee without exciting
/ at home so prodigious ferment and abroad
SO lively an alarm. But your measures are
not purely defensive you have added to
! each of your regiments force of 800 men
your militia will give you disposable
force of 4oo, 900 men; those men will be
| drafted into regiments and exercised, part
of them is now cloathed: your fortresses
| are provisioned, and lastly, what is to me a
proof that YOU are preparing to begin war,
YOU have purchased horses, altho' you have
| at this moment, $4,000 artillery horses-in
! the midst of peace we do. not incur such e..
normous expences. To men whom you call
out to exercise, you grant pecuniary IN
Identification you have clothed a part and
| you have furnished them with arms: netting
| of all this could have been done but at very
great exprnce, and yet you all agree that
your finances are in a miserable condition
your exchange, before SO low is now lower; ;
| and your commercial operations have suf-
fered. Can it be supposed that you would
expose yourselves to all these inconvenience
I es and embarrassments without an object
6 Do not say that you have been compel
ted to provide tor your satetA. You must
acknowledge that all our relations have been
amicable-you know that ask nothing from
you, that make no claim to any thing you
have, and also that Iregard the preservation
of your power in its actual condition as use
full to the system of Europe, and to the in
terests of France. / have encamped my
troops to keep them in vigor and exercise;
they cannot be encamped in France because
it is too expensive there they are encamp-
ed in foreign countries where the expence is
less. My camps have been fixed in differ
ent directions none OF them threatened
you. would not'have encamped had any
hostile views towards you. In the excess of
nv confidence and security, | dismantled
the fortresses of Siesia. Most certainly |
would not have had camps, if had any i.
dea that they could alarm you a single
word from you would have dissuaded me
from forming them. | am ready to break
them up, if you think that it is necessary to
| your safety.
NJ. de Metternich having remarked, that
there had been no movements OF troops in
Austria the emperor replied -
" You are mistaken you have withdrawn
your troops from quarters where they were
maintained at less expence you have con
centrated them upon Cracovla; you have
placed yourselves in condition to menace
Silesia at pleasure Jour army is united ,and
it has taken amilitary position. Yet what
do you expect Do you think to brighten
me You will not be able 70 do It. DO you
imagine circumstances are favorable tor
you? IF you do your are deceived. NV po-
litics are open and frank, because they are
loyal, and because l possess the love OF my
soldiers. will Withdraw the 100000 men
from Germany and send them into Spain,
vet will be match for you. Arm, ard
! will arm and Unnecessary, raise 100000
| men more. You have no continental pow
err to assist you. would almost dare ot-n
you, in the name Of the emperor of Russia
that he will require you to remain at peace.
He is already not well pleased at your re-
lations with the Seryians--he has as much
reason TO suppose himself menaced by your
preparations, as have to suppose. myself
threatened-and he suspects that you have
views upon Turkey. You may suppose that
also have views onTurkey--I declare that
| it is unfounded and that / want no hing
from Turkey, nothing from Austria.
And yet your emperor does not wish for
war; believe him conGde in the pro.
mise he gave me at oar interview. He
can have no resentment against me. | was
in possession of his capital and of the great
er part of his provinces-nearly all was re-
stored to him kept Venice solely to pre-
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