Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-10-30
.fmeric0n (Ommercc.

.fmeric0n Commerce.
Ever since the adm inistra,icn of the
general government passed into the
hands of democrats, the constant cry
OF the democratic papers has been,
T" Behold how prosperous we arc at
home and how respected abroad" How
far this declaration Of the oracles of de-
mocrats is true, let the situation the
country has been in ever since these
exclusive guardians of the country
have been in power, determine.
There is no need, at the present mo-
ment, to tell the people of New-Eng-
land that the times are bad. Not only
the poor, bnt those Of midling proper
ty, find themselves surrounded with
difficulties and embarrassments. The
Farmer complains that he can find but
a poor market for his produce. The
mechanic is out OF emplo, ment, and
the merchant and mariner either makes
bad voyages or has his property cap
tured by the privateers of every nation
that can send vessel to sea.
That these difficulties are in great
measure to be attributed to the neglect
OF our democratic rulers to provide a
naval force in some degree adequate to
the protection of our commerce. is q
fact notorious to every merchant in the
United States. And so long as embsr-
go and nonintercourse policy is resort
ed to for redress of the injuries We
receive from the nations Of Europe,
our situation, instead of growing better,
will become worse than ever IT has
been. We may talk about being iade-
pendent, and having rights, but it will
only appear on paper.
The Danes, acting under the decrecs
Of Bonaparte, make prizes Of almost
every American vessel that enters the
Baltic.-As RANDoLpH has said on a
former occasion, +" the hand of Aatsiesn
is in this thing"
The Iollosuing ieffeys, on the sut,ecf of iaae
Dnnish spo!iafions American commerce,
sreye received at Philadelphia -
CoTTENBuRG, JUNE 26.
"The court in Christianstadt is only Gil
inferior court, and therefore have directly
appealed to the highest court in CHRISTIANS
in which appeal l suppose / shall find my
self fully justified, when l state to you. that
there are only two judges, the one has
Privateer knowingly, the other is interested
secretly besides, the highest hrihe rs al
~avs victorious How the business will end.
] am unable to tell however, hear that
the court in Christiania, as well as the goy-
ernment at Copenhagen, entirely disapprTe
oftheir steps. But according to private in
formation, believe it is their intention tn
detain American vessels here ill they see
what part America is agoing to take, AMI
accordingly either condemn or release them.
We shall have to wait at least three months
before our case will be decided in Christia-
MIA.
"coTTEHBrRC, JULY 81.
l had conversation with Count Eerrs-
hof, Minister OF Foreign Afiairs-l asked
him 1T was the intention Of the Danish
government to respect real American prop
erty He said, AS yeti. would be respected,
but Denmark Gid not know what France
was going to do. know for certain, that
an express is sent from the king to Bona.
parte, to ask him how to proc teed with the
Americans.
have also bad an audience with the
King OF Denmark. He appeared to be
very well disposed man. He promised 10
send an order ts Cbristiania for the Court
to proceed with the greatest circumspec-
tion.