Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-27

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!. The shove Ieerte, - cur readers op :,
serve, opens the ports Of Holland @ an
i,,,te.t,rals-,has is, opens the door 70 the
trade with America. Il Is no doubt are.
taxation Of Bonaparte's commercial eeiicts,
s. nasmueh al the French ports were shut a.
.s,rainH neutrals, and exports OF French pro-
perty were ssric,ly'forbidden. BIZ. o,nos
lei Us u suppose that thu above decree has
been passed with any other view than that
of, conciliaring America, and OF inducing
her 10 take decided part against w.. The
articles permitted TO be exported from
France are those which America wants, x
which for the most part we have been IN
the habi. of supplying her WITH It may
be said that the French ports being open to
ne G,rals, colonial aud British produces will
Of course 4itd their way into France. It
may be sad, too, that the felaxatioh"of the
edcts with respect to, neGtrals, may open
the door to the relaxation, if no, to the en-.
tire repeal of the Berli and Milan DEGREES.
And this will be. DONE it. Bonapalts mean
really to favor the American trade. and If
he does not, under the pre.ext OF fayoring
her trade, mean only. to embroil her with
US by holding out advantages to her which
he knows and she knows too we cannot
permit herto enjoy. While the Berlin and
Milan DEGREES exist, our orders. in coun-'
Gil must remain in force. Our readers,
wall res9llect that by these orders =" All the
ports and places of france and her allies,
on Of any other country a, war witi,ihis MAJ
jesty, and all other ports and places in Eu-
rope. from which, although rot at war
with his majesty, the British Esg is exclud-
ed, shall, from keneeforth, be subject to
the same restrictions as if the same were
actually blockaded in the most strict man
ner and Il is rely further ordered that
all trade, in articles which are Of the pro.
duce Of the said countries, together with all
goods and merchandise on board, and ell
articles of reproduce or manufacture of
the said countries or colonies, Shall be,cap-
tured and condemned as prize to the cap.
tors" ., ,.a>t -. 81
Some alterations or notifications were
made in these. orders, but of.eow Sc, not
to the extent Of perpi.ting France and
America to trade mutually in the produce
of their respective territories to the cxcu.
sion OF all the produce Of this country and
of her colonies III Bonapa:te consent, tho
not formally, at least virtually, to repeal
his Berlin and Milan decrecs; if they re-
main dead letter on his statute book, and
are no. carried into execution, then, no
doubt, we shall oppose no obstacles to tic.
trade between America and France-But
we do not as set see any reason for sup.
posing this to BE- his insentiop--and we con.
less that this decree has produced consi. ,
derable change in the opinion we entersain.
ed yesterday, after reading the private let.
ter from Paris. 1t was generally believed
after the arrival Of the letter, that the Der.
lin and Milan DEGREES were on the eve Of
dissolution, If not actually dead. Il may !
be SO; but the decree respecting ne u,rals
by no means justifes US in entertaining such
an opinion. Bonararte informed of the
late events that have occurred In America,
conceived it to be a favorable opportunity
for conciIiatng her, and therefore issued !
his decree, which in its OPERATION, viii, he
thinks, tend to influence her against, if not
to make her 80 to war with us-Lecauss it,
is impossible Tor us to suffer her to avail ,
herself OF the advantages which he insidi.
ously holds out to her. g.. ......'..t]
For the present Benaparle has corten.ed
himself with Selling part OF Holland, the
province of Zealand. Accounts from Hol.
land O. the 9th state, that proclamation
for Incorporating the province of Zealand
with France bad been received from Paris.
The chief civil officer having refused TO
take the oath of allegiance without. more
explicit and formal declaration Of so I'M
portant change, was, it is said iimn,edl-
a,elv pu. under an arrest by the command.
CT of the French troops, AMI sent to Paris;
to account for his ccntumacy. The pos
session of the province of Zealand makes
Bonaparte master of the mouths of the
Scheldt and the Macs, aud in fact of the
whole trade of Holland.