Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-10-27

thew are informed of what is passing
ali the immediate ports ofthe COAST
I. same systena is established along the
y :. If the Mediterranean, from the GulPh
@c,eccia 60 Rosas. The coasting vessels
= instructed how to move thus kepE
state of constant knowledgeas to the ST.
30, of our fleets or cruisers, are able TO
d IN safety, carving on their trade In as
a,h security as if those ships were not in
',snce ard this only, as lishall hereat-
proye to your majesty, from causes
.;sb prevents the ne crssary exertions IRON
;nc n.aJ1, and which causes may instant.
and II be removed.
The a. sntages 70 the nations Cor they
many which carry on this commeree,
net ereater shan they are 70 Napoleon
as-a in tis views OF conquest and donl-
- from this commerce, notwithssaad-
.ro,lr opinion 10 tie coa.rary,she derives
anal part Of his revenue through the
,,,ps Of 4 ssamp-tax, imposed upon every
,rlr exported or imported !; and hence he
III. 10 dispense with DIREcr TAXES,
,;cb are always odious, and which are,
d.cd, those which have uniformly ended
exciting the feelings aa,i producing the
!, under which SO many governments
~ psrlshsd. This is great point. BY
means OF this commerce, he DISCUSSES
on his people the burdens which they
EAR II is indeed a gross imposition 70
| Il a proPls, that commerce pays taxes, the
| ct beng that those saxS $ still sail upon the
,Ople themselves; bar as yoar majesty
Fnust have observed, It is an imposition, II
\ a fraud, il is an act Of iup!icity & koave-@
~ the success of which in ofAcr ceantrics
tsrran.s the belief that it rauss be greatly
.setul to your maiesty's inaplaeabie and
powerful enemy. Very much, then, are
your malesiy's servants deceived when th~v
suppose, that the emperor Napolo, rs no
crtom-house, whereat to collect t,uties,-
lis scale may not be SO noble SIS tc aiiore.
him Dukes for receivers he nay not have
Narquisscs for Collectors, Baroness ior
Tharhngers, aad Knights OF The Eagle for
Flne-,as,ers bus am of opinion that his
Yields him much greater
clear revenGe than IS derived from any SINH
hr ssi.blisiamentin the world, and that il al
hrdsSim the means of drawing upon other
sources OF taxation with 50 sparinga hand,
bat his people, especially within the ancleng
iGndarlss of France, have reason TO con-
,tatulale themselves upon the coalparlilve
shtncss OF their b,irthens. 4 great many
your majesty S subjects including some in
ish station, have at different times. express
d their astonishment, and indeed their.yex-
tOu, that the peop.e OF France should be
low in rebelllng against their eclPeror with
iaom your majesty made a treaty Of peace
nd "amity" only about seven or eight
ears ago but if they had been informed
THE facts here stated, relative to Tie COM
lsrce OF France and especially relative 80
he revenue Welded bythat commerce, toge-
her with the relief given thereby to all the
ther sources of taxation, iisek mol appear
q Is al tax If they had been dolly in.orIned
these facts, and had been possessed OF
alta very moderate portion Of tfal sortof
which enables m u 70 trace po-
alar disc content to their geas caitsee-shsy
ever would have entertained & llope OF see
nSa rebellion in France.
but great as arc the financial advantages
this commerce, Napoleon derives from il
Ne still greater advantages Attending sucn q
ursery Of seamen. Il has been most clear
fpfoyed, over and over again, that for our
Gnvy the nursery is the coastlng trade.-----
mere requires, therefore, nothing more TO
ausiy us, that from coastlng trade such as
nave described, the advantageto Napoie-
u IS so great, as to excite, well grounded a.
aafm IN the miad OF every reaecting Eng
saman. It is from this copious source thar
&c emperor of France has drawn those hun,
Reas ct thousands Of seamen with whom he
dS Manned his Haets and SCIffdranS for ~, a :