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

that they have anaYy ihatsuccors the oss,t a
and that" England ensrosses he corror..
Of the world" W'hilc they anus ,,,~.,
selves and tie nation with TINS emp,7 ,a,,s'
iue, the commerce ot France ari h.ry1.
sal states, carried CT Almost willie II.
reach Of tie mixed eye Of cur admiral, T..
excecds, in The n,eaus OF Contributing fl.
wards national strength, tic commerce :,
England and OF ali our slilys. The general
persuasion here IS, that ali tie People url,r
the sway of France, are stisrirg from
causes almost similar to these which ag.,,
the inhabitants of q hesiegtd Town; lha,E,
people Of ;nr north can get TO w.;ne nc. oil
and that those Ct lie souIn caa getno corn.
that there are 10 materials to MAKE goods
of,any solt,and ,ha,a is decay ard ullss.y
ard that surely, the poor, begga-ed, pinch.
ed people must, surely, they soon nlusi b.
pushed 10 desperation must rcyclt, and
must tear Napoleon ard his government 10
morsels. This has been the expectation fer
years, in ike manner rs, for years bsfcry,
MIR. Pitt ard the foreign pensoner Sir F,m.
CHS D'Ivernois kept alive the constant ey.
pectatiop, that France woull become
bankrupt and would then be compelled to
submit 10 her enemies. As the Ea,on vas
deceived then, so il Is deceived now and
so, greatly fear, it will continue to &c De.
ceived, until knowledge and belief OF the
truth will come too iate. Ore thing in.
deed, has staggered many Of even the Gre
dalous part Ct the natlcn; and that is the
fact Of France being able to renew her
squads ons and her maritime expeditions
Fer this astonishing power OF creating
maritime force is altogether incompa'll!a
with the assertions Of your majesl ST.
wants respecting thr ruined state OF the 'o'''
merce OF Frsnce. The commerce c! France
being cimih;,Gtc1,' we canncthelp wonds''
ing that the ports of Brest ard koeceo''
should be continually sending tcrih '!t'f
squadrons we cannot help being surprised
and somewhat vexcd at seeing Squadron.
of ten or twelve sal! Of the lire eoIne Gu! 0!
the ports of France in the space ct hS
months after we have teen congraIu!a'laS
ourselves upon the destruction Of 'bs u"
of the enemy's ships. The feet IN Ea'f''
Roads is said ~ one of your 'aajestys SER
wants to have been worth severa' m''i0iS"
pounds sterling, and hat * Calcutta aOa'
was worth six hundred thousand poHN''
being full of military and naval stores.
To have effected The destruction Oh ."
whole of this Acct would have been SI''
ject of great JOY TO have eHec''c us S XIV
structicn Of palt il was subject O. joy -.
in our haste to express such JOY, ": i et
to ask, how all tn, Sc stores came TO be '0u'1
in the port Of Rochetor, 50 many ye"S -
ter we had $50 completely onnih''a'1 "n
commerce of France" agrceaA!y 70 To Sa
thousand times repeated assurances ol!US
ma,esty's servants. The fact 's'fHat n0' u. .L,
" from The Elbe and he Sc at arc Nv
ports Of France supplied, by the means w. "
the coas,ing trade, with an ab""d'0Sf c. nj,
val stores, but also from that part OF oP"r
lying near the Atlantic coast, v1s"es ,;m.
receive iron, pitch, tar, losin' and snip @
Der of various sorts, aad in vast qu"p" h.,
at rate much cheaper than some o. ss
articles can possibly be brought TO Inc "a -, -,
ais at Portsmouth and Plym"aia' ). ;. , %
be the case, and | scruple not 10 "Sy wt. ii
it i, the case, what are we dong m ~.
the use which your majesty Ssis "a ~. n.
making of the immense means "',''" "" into
dustrv and patience Of your peeps +. - snch /
their hands. ;? If,here be con"'sr' ,sn he
as have described carried On '.|, ,,s a,
different ports o. Napoleon, OF "n' e p. The
the means ofkeeping him in c't :S,''j ~ OF
thousand ships of war now enp MI, !: to :, on
what use is it, if this commerce . " hat
uninterrupted and Of what u.s. 49,. - ,Sips
the SEA is covered with your h'"'ss, r yOH
& tia history VIII record the yao. y J.;,nr
.eam,n ?-of what avail isit, t'at w. IN full
French ships CT war, while q: leave .n ~
yicor all the means Of creating ''"s', y max.