Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-12
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The above is coried from a work pub
lished 10 Paris, in 1896, under the title o
,.eSYsfemr Aidrat,me and POitigus des En-.
Tobenns, S5c." The author Of this work
concluded BY proposing that France should
promote maralime contederacy, for the
purpose Of destroying the colossal power Of
: England upon the oesCn, ss,ihe only mean
of elnancipating il frorn.what he calls Bri.
fish tyranny, and uniting Spain, Holland,
D nniark ADD Sweden, he makes force
.af 200 ships ofIhs line, TO oppose England
md Russia having ESQ. But Bonararte
chose ra.her 90 eiFccta real tyranny on land
and Instead Of having 80 many eonjfderGtFs
afrsspeetahiiity,.Ns has 80 many SIGVrs;Snd
Russia in place Of Spain, without having q
squadron which he can send against lhs
English, although The forces Of the latter
have not IN number increased in proportion
80 the dinhiuuIion OF the other maratime na.
tons. Maralime forces more than double
st,o.e possessed by England. have been rem.
dsred inSigniGeans since the work from
which we extract was.wriIten, and there 10
NO prospect that the English will be check
ed by a continuation oil the war.
Without peace the continent eanRotkave
usde, add without trade it 10 impossible 20
man hcvtS. Ships may Aoon he built, bur
rner. can learn neither 10 work them, nor to-
fghtthen,, hypadelling up and down the
canals, or ACROSS the rivers. What the
continent has lost in maNatime strength
within 20 years, il had taken care more
than two centuries to produce, and certain
ly.nweuld not be produced again, within
tHc time il was lost, SO lhatit isimpossible
TO ft,rssee when England will lose her pre-.
ronderance on the ocean, to purchase only
it, she bestowed one-half her seaG4ring sub
iects to her enemies.
This preponderaDce could scarcely shave
been foresecn by the British themselves,
when the,war began, for Russia was the
hTss maratime power which declared against
france. apd she hassfargG the best of all
those which have, like herself, since united
90 France. The fleets of Iollanl and Spain
were safe; while contributing TO crush those
Of France asheR alured to her, they lost
nearly alI with her !; so that notwithstsnd-
ing the cSaf ederaey was afterwards COM
pleted England owes, her, present mara
time superiority, not 10 her own exertions
oniy, butte the united exertions Of Russia,
H6Nand, Spain, &c at the commence ment
of the present war. -
The pOlieyswhich both France ana Eng.
land pew pursue, is.to procure markets and
consumers for che articles exported by them
respectively. Making a virtue of necessi.
tY, i is true, that Bonaparte exposrs his
hauedto trade athome and his deterininas-
ai6n 10 mike the Interest Of his allies sub.
seryisnt 20 his own, bul .heySmust be tlupss
indeed who cannot discover theA policy. of
sepdiag his productions and m.annfactures
Is his enemies without The CONCURRENCE Of
hisaIliess Ills evident that France. Gamer aru
ssad her Productions 10 any great distance.
n6txvsp % The sxtremisiea Of countries ,he
/ has united 20 Der eefriioFies by land and
>it Is SEsgrely lesE evident, that British oro.
dIetions viii reach every port or place Sf
che allies Of The French. and even some .
tAass q poria md plases Ii France, unIsss.