Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22
alfyan0rla Ealtp Gasette.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH %.
For tie d2erandra Daily Gazette.

L
day, the manner and terms used to convey
| to the American people, information as to
] the contents of the dispatches just brought
| from France, are calculated in nv opinion,
to excite in the American bosom, the most
! gloomy sensations. During the admnistra-
ton of Mr.. Jefferson, that paper was consi-
elcred as the medium through which the
| executive communicated to the people that
smell portion of information as to the pro-
/ grgss of his negotiations abroad, which he
| thought then entitlrd to, and it was sent
| torth in 4 shape better calculated to delude,
than enlighten their minds. But when that
gentleman retired from the government a
hope wastondiy INDUCED, that his success
sor when left to himself, would have exhI-
bited to his distracted country, that change
has taken place in the American adninistra-
ton. As yet we have looked iii vain for a
ny symptom ofsuch change, and confess
that the communication 10 which have adj
verified, has tended to damp the ardor Of my
hopes. On tie arrival of the Union, few
DAYS ago, we were informed that our affairs
with France had undergone no change, and
that Great Britain had so modified her or
ders in council, as to do away cur complain
ing on TIE subject of tfi6ate, on which SO
much eloquence was DISPLAYED by our wig
wan orators in Congress and elsewhere
This was, it is true, under existing circum
stances, a concession Of but little substantial
importance, vet IL had an air OF courtesy and
evinced regard to our feelings, which vert
to shew, that where they could concede TO
us,withoGt weakening the force Of their sys-
t,m against their enemy, we might expect
10 find spirit OF Cancellation to prevail
We have now an arrival from Bordeaux,
bringing dispatches from Paris 70 18th Dec.
And how does the National Inteliigcncer
announce the contents Of those dispatches.
Truly before HI will venture to inform us
that The French tyrant remains ineXorabie to
our entrealies, and lest we should for q mo-
ment forget the British orders i'll council, IN
our indignation against France, he prefaces
his inteil'g nee from France, with the fol-
lowing paragraph on the subject OF the
Union.
" From the dispatches brought by the
Union it is distinctly ascertained, we I'M
ssderstand, that the British orders IN coun-
s eli. will b.. extended to our trade with
:. Russia and Denmark, precisely as to our
's'uade with France"
We are then informed of dispatches re-
ceived from France, and their contents are
mentioned in the following terms:
s. From the information we have been a.
c he m collect. it seems manifest that there
is no disposition in the French cabinet,
$ under existing circumstances, to relax It's
DEGREES against neutral commerce. we
would indeed rather infer, that 1t is acfu-
:. ated BIZ Kindred feelings with the British
government, ,uhich 1vould seem tram the
preceding Information, to he helgAten'1s'
I" insteaa ofmit eating, the riy9r q her or
& ders.
Thus his accounts of French tyranny ARE
made to begin and end with England. Are
these communications to be deemed othcial
II trust in God they are not. Where, let
me ask, is the frightening Of the British or
ders IN the Introduction Of our trade with
Russia and Denmark. Was it not well IN
derstooa before, that the British Flag be-
| ing excluded from the ports OF those ma
| tions. that they were OF course embraced by
the British blockading DEGREES This IN
telligence mast have been meant tor other
purposes than to inform Our merchants ho
are not very much incilned to send theli
| vessels tn the ports of either OF those ma
tions. or of any other, where French I'm
! barge law. would be made to entallgle. them
| and from whence there is no return. ] mus
however, continue 10 indnlge the bope, tina
, the National Inteligencer is still to be con