Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-14

end ~ N -, have effected by your , aA"sc1o'e
All TINS s1 Your commerce VIII revive |;
otrrn sfn. ' &c YOUR customs and your ex-.
he eoiisl !. rsnIsnished; your loan will be
ra s filed up. Be !, ,s soyp pa are rsn d
rrohppssaat obligations TO those VINO renae1
der s'e s;enal a service; but at least expect
you 50 FRA, France and her allies will deIgn to
eoptrlp,utMs Monsieur lie Comte, are the re-
Suen I'm might be made to the English
pnss s,;s, or rather to the mercantile Goa
loaa n which has been formed against US
lltlon gS p;;sters of that nation are certainly
nc n ne wrong to sing victory, and as tor
not u ' eannot but see, with painful uneasl-
ps, i. ENGLISH commerce, that audacl-
4ss, p ~ almost touching the earth, rise
V0u' ao A. another form, and escape all our
W ap.a S Had | not reason to say to you,
aeassy Gre, letter, that in the present state of
NY IN maritime and colonial commerce,
'ans ;'tsd or suffered on the continent Of
Rs'1 cannot but turn to the advantage OF
IAog ,arad and her exhausted finances that
rsasssDdrd neusrals will necessarily be the
p ss, Dowsrful auxiliaries of thu English
n''ss that Franc and her allies must
.0' ~ their guard, aud Illustrate by their
es,,nsss msneuvrcs SO contrary to their
4 true Interests.
.r.ry oolnt of view, and see if It can be an
smsr.d il any other manner if there be,
IN our part, any possiblc tolerance, which
viii moi in lis result, contrib { 70 the adj
m.n,aue Of mortal enemies examine whe-
,hsr IN the incerior Of the continent, under
whatever forms, the productions OF the two
I,d;rs do not always proceed from Eng
and whether, in short, tie proceeds do
NOT 90 into her Golfers, whether her fortune
s not founded upon those accumulated pro-
ceeds. and whether she can ever be COM
peued to make peace, if she finds among us,
and her other enemies, the means ct pro-
longing the war.
This is not the first time, as you well
know, that my feeble pen has combatted
the odious system which would submit the
whole universe to the domination Of a,sIn-
ole people, not by force and the glory of
arms, but BY the arm perhaps not less for
midable OF passion, caprice and prejudice.
After having unveiled the new plot which
threatens us, third letter Will perhaps in
dicate to you the most proper methods to
preserve US from it, and will destroy the
frivolous pretexts by which it is attempted
70 advocate a change of measures on our
part. shall esteem myself but too happy,
! i, from the depth of my obscurity, | can
throw some light upon a question whichsso
nearly concerns the welfare of the French
empire, and the glory OF its august chief.
ID c.
PARIS, seth May, 1909.
III P.S. Ar8the moment of sending you
my letter learn from good authority that
Van American vessel has entered the Meuse.
with cargo oftobacco, pretending TO come
from Denmark. All the letters from Ham
-bmghstate that the American vessels which
mad arrived at Tonningen, came direct from
London. Ihave predicted to you all these
h nansuvres, you will see plenty of others.
Oae might be an excellent chancellor Of
France, without knowing all the arts of
'hlcane; without being, or having been
merchant, It would be impossible to form an
iara OF all the methods which the mercan-
lit genius can employ to elude the severest
hsulatlons. Here, happily, the question
presents but single point. Will you and
your allies admit the Americans Eng
laaa is saved. Will you repulse them,
hnaencesoever they may come? England
IDS missed her aim, and is more embarras.
SEQ than ever. Seek not a mezzo termine
yh'adie path between these two extremi-
aes' you would lose your labor.
D. c.
Aiready the american flag floats on eDe-
~ sea. M f,,,o h. 'Tk or Urp.