Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-08
From The Nezv 7ork EOenins Post.

IS
orr affairs with France have had re.
peated conversations with an intelligent gen
tleman who came passenger in the Wasp
and who had resided long in Paris, which
confirm me in the opinion have for some
time entertained, that nothing can be done
with France. Our destiny was settled on
the Banks of the Danube at the Battle OF
Wagram. From that period no ne goclatlor
between the United States and France ,coulc
even be enteredupon, without first, agree
| ing as preliminary to come to rupture
with England ; sometimes urged upoa US
under pretenee of uniting with France ano
her allies, to restore the freedom f'the seas
and sometimes peremptorily demanded II
direct terms. In the first interview between
Hau.eriye and Armstrong after the defeat
of the Austrians, the former began with ask
ing" Sir are the United States prepared &c
maintain their right. against G. Britain 2
!" Sir, (said Armstrong with becoming spl,
ritz that is question, which as the repre-
sentative of an independent nation, ! Ger.
tainly shall not answer" :" Ihensir there IL
an end of our conferences"
AS soon as Bonaparte has settled his at.
fairs in the north; as soon as'he has con-
cluded tibet destructive treaty with Austria
which the democratic presses are SO eager
to announce, than will his majesty turn to-
ward. us. Having England only on his
hands, he will no longer think 1t worth his
while to temporize with us, even in the man.
ner he has done; his council OF prizes will
no longer suspend their condamnatlons, the
kings warehouses will be opened, ot,how-
ever, te restore the property to its rlghtful
owners, but to dispose of it in market, aud
lodge the proceeds in his majesty's Golfers.
/ presume that Mr.. Madison has been
willing to keep affairs with England in pre-
cisely the old posture till he could near, once
more at least, from France, and receive his
return dispatches by the Wasp. Those des-
matches have come, and if they'ere faithful
will open his eyes to truths he might, from
little reflection, have been perfectly con-
WINGED of, had he only turned his eyes to-
wards Austria and Spain. Those dispatches
will inform the president that his ambassa-
dor did not even forward any communities
ton 70 the emperor in consequence OF his
last instructions because, Ito use his own
/ expressions in his letter OF Aug 2Sth 1909
he had "the most solemn conviction that a.
ny new experiment, made at the present
moment, in official character, would certain
ly be useless, and probably injurious"
AS apretty good evidence that MIR. Arm,
strong has at length determined in earnest
to come home, am informed that he has
had all his furniture packed up ready to be
nut on board at the shortest notice, and now
lives in ready furnished lodgings.
Yes /: all expectations OF any arrangements
with France are worse than idle. Let Tbs.
Jefferson appear at Richmond and try to
Ieep alive public prejudices by givinr his
French toast, {" The freedom ofthe seas" il
he pleases, but let any further attempts to
COAX and wheedle Bonaparte by his success
sor in hopes to beguile him into such terms
as he may venture to lay before the people
fthe United States with any prospect OF
their acceptance, may as we'll be abandoned.
To he sure breach with France would lose
the Smiths 100000 as one OF them con.
fessed at late public barbecue meeting, for
Bonaparte holds that amount in his ware.
house to be sequestered or not, as we come
into his views or not /: and these Smiths
have most powerful influence in the cabi-
ct" Ase, there's the ,ub."