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

was out OF the power OF 1Napoieon 70 SEM .
feet to sea, how different would be our 81.
tuation But this assurances we can never
have, SO long as he has the command of the
searaen necessarily employed IN sucha COM
nerce. How often, within the last fourteen
years, have we aanahilatsd the navy OF
France how often have we szosptthe ocean
But still France, in the midst of all this an
initiation, finds the means OF sending out
fresh squadrons and proves beyond doubt,
that she possesses, in spite OF all We have hi
therto done, the means of forming navy
in short space OF time.
| The parliament has recently been told, in
your majesty name, that the aid you are
giyias to the enemies OF France upou>fhe
continent OF Europe, Is sivrn 10'ta 0is70
81 keeping Napole9n r0n. err o1on sh0res.
| The expressions are somewhat different but
this is tbs Substance, this is the meaning OF
the words. Does it not then become me,
II Ihave it in nay power, TO prove to you
that this is not the way to keep the con-
Gu-ror from the shores Of, England? That
this is waste of or means! That it has
no other effect than that of augmenting at
once cur debts and our taxes, and Of has
teaing the day when the cries OF the widow
and she orphan shall proclaim whether or
not $ national deb, be national bless.
ing"
In what way, should Ike to ask OF your
maies;y's servants, their subsidies to the
enemies OF France upon the continent are
to keep Napoleon from our shores Is itby
8 wing him employment on the continent!
Fiat Of course must keep him from our
shores for while bu,, the possibility at
least is, that by all the means we can con-
triye, BY all the wars W. Can excite, andby
all the treasure we can sqllander he cannot
ior any long time be thus employed and
consequently, when he can no longer be so
employed, we, upon the very principle Oh
which this aid is given TO his enemies, must
be in imminent danger. Therefore, BY our
present liae OF politics, by our present SIS.
TEN of defence. by our present expllcig a.
vowal, if Napoleon succeeded in suhdalng
al his enemies upon the continent, we
haze very little hope of being able to resist
him."
This, sir, though neither very cursoNns
nor very honorable to the country, is the
conclusion to be drawn from the declara-
tons as we'll as the acts of your n.ajesty's
servants, who appear to have given up all
hope Of England being abic, II LIFT to herself
toprovdv even for her safety, leaving her
honor totally out q the question. And this
opinion is, indeed very reasonable upon the
suggestion, $ that the present is the OILY
system of raeal warfare ttat can be a.
doried. Upon the snrpositlon that
We have il not in our power to prevent
Napoleon rom carrying on an unlnt~rrupt'
cd exchanges Of produces, the most valuable
OF all commerce, between all the countries
from Naples to Mars7;lles, md from Bay
onae 10 = smbuFg,ih.st We are unablc pre-
vent him IRON connecting ali these coun-
tries, and consolidating ,hsmunder his sway,
by ties OF convenience and OF interest as
well as by the power Of his arms and CT
his civil and poitic establishment, that we
are unabs, with all our endless lis: OF ships,
to counteraet the operations Of signal. posts,
defended each by couple Of InvaI;ds, thatn
spite Ct a! We are atle to do, France
VII man them with seamen, naval stores,
and all ene means Of speedily creating a
navy upon this supposition, it is IN
deed pcstec.lv reasonable to conclude,
thal wien N3p1lecn, has put down all
his e11ernies upon the continent, when he
has removed that hostility of there meeting
witSa iu)ttef hostility excited by our gold,
we oursgtvss shall DC unable to resist his
po"ei tof any length of time. Upon such
a supposisiun, dis conclusion is material 4!
Bat as tth;nk shall be able to shew in my
next letter such suppositionis not founded
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