Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-30
FROM ALICANT.

CnOm aAASn ~ IL
Yesterday (Mareh 22) the schooner Mi
nerva, Captain Leach, arrived at Marble
head, in 60 days from Alicant. A gentle
nan who conversed with Captain Leach, d
few minutes, derived from him the follow
ing information That the French were
within sixleagucs Of Alicant, in two divi'
sions Go 1000 in the whole) one division
destined to Alican., aud were expected ir
every day the other to Valentia :-rha
the inhabitants We're with all haste sending
their plate and other valuablss to G1bralta'
and Cadiz, judging them to be the only
places Of refuge and safety; and were de-
,ermined to submit 10 the French when
they came, without resistance. TIL Jun
"a remained at Seville. (oalem GaS.
e Fresch Treaty.-If the news from
Europe by way ot~Amelia Island, turn:
out to be correct, W. may dismiss all x
pecta.ion of a speedy decentralization with
England when we lately saw The artltls:
from the French journals, announcing ar
application on the part Of the. merchants Of
Paris to their ministry on the subject o.
commerce, we were convinced that these
puppets who dare not open thyir mouths
without pxtmissioH,; bad been put in mo-
ton by their government, and that it was
the indication Of an approaching change IN
the Fsench commercial and. maratims re-
gplasions. - .. -. =.
The signature ola convention with, A
.meerica, the only remaining neutral state,
and which is reported TO have, taken place
on ,he.6eh of January, mus, be regarded as
conclusive evidence of this change i; IN
consequence of which we may expect 20
hear, that our seamen- Gre released IRON
their persons, that the ,r;hargo on our veg
sells is raised, and that tnc ssqucseration OF
the property of our merchants1s about t" be
taken of, but the ships Will not be allowed
TO depart, nor will the properly be restored
70 its owners, until the ire At % raIhef
and ,hi, will never happen. 1T the treaty
be what we firmly believe i: To be; all ac'
css.;on on the part of the United States to
aleapue with the continenlal powers OF Eu-
rope, having for its ohj~c', by emba's"es'
nop.iu,ercourse laws, AMI armed conveys
to lorce upon England new law OF the O.
r.on a law to which she can never con-
seu,. without swift and certain ruin Inv
the imposition of which has been ted
" attempted by former cou:ederae'es' the
smaller members Of which have uniformly
become the victims of their creduiIty and
weakness.
The government of this country dare
no, ra,ify such league because in add'-
ton to intrinsic defects as rule by which
neutral states would in any exent be benlht-
ted, they themselves know before ha"d'
tina, it would Instantly plunge the United
States into an unjust war with England a
wsr which the English cabinet from the
suic,ess principles of self Defence and
from motives of IRON necessity, cannot tor
amoment hesitate to declare; and the ex'
s,ence Of which this disarmed, divided &
unhappy country may first learn from the
mouth of British cannon. We are too pro-
founJly penetrated by sense Of the awful
consequences Of so unjust and desperate an
act, On the part of our government TO hes'I
sns inproslaiming our eSRyissions shas' a.