Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-31

He is TO sail for England on the 10Th hut
III. las, convoy cannot sail Lsfore.thr $lst Of
December, and TWO shirs ct war vii! %
suffered to remain at Cariscroua 70 escsrt II.
Two Swedish ships Of the line, f''ur friga,rs,
aud several gun boats, have, within these
few days, sailed from this for that port, be.
fore wtiehthere 10 ut present one ship cruis.
ing, to prevent The entrance OF" my English
vessels.
The inhabitants here, are greatly alarmed
for fear of visit by IN English feet to re-
menstrate against this exclusion Of their
ships from our ports; and all the assurances
which the English resident here can give
them. that no haIm is intended them,
are insufficient 10 quiet their srpehen.
sions.
THE following curious article we find ~
the Globe, Iii aRsi.mnis.srial ,pspsr) of
the 9th November. It there ,pu. up.
on the footing Of an important state paper.
Should any of our readers deem it spu-
rious produ c,ion, still it may not be unin.
teresting rs speculation upon American
aEairs.]
Letter from general CHor,tcgny, to his ex.
ceaency the count Of -, on repsal'nS
tie act efemSarge by the congress 9fhs
L. States.
PAs,s, May 10, 1909.
Your exce'lency asks my opinion On the
raising Of the embargo, that has existed
more than ear past in the y. States. |
ans~e~, and do not hesitate TO say, that this
measure is masterpiece it is one of the
most dextrous combinations that ever came
out of the British cabinet. 1t will be easy
for me to demonstrate to your exc-llency.
The shutting Of the Sound and Of Trirs;e,
becoming every day more Inevitable, tn
English merchants were about to find them.
selves deprived of ali communication with
the continent, toto afuisas or5e Bri'GHn5s.
The vast rrohbi,ye SO wisely conceived
BY the genius that govern France, w.; a
bout TO receive its entire execution. Over
stocked with the merchandise of the two
Indies, without any possible vent, their ma
nafaeturss discarded from the imm.nse
continent lot ARerica) as we'll as ours,
England was really going to receive the
price Of her Unsuitable avarice, and to sink
under the weight of her usurped riches.
What was necessary 10 save her from this
crisis, TO aid her 10 transport to every point
Of the globe, where her '.wn flag could not
SO, tho enormous quantities OF merchandise
Of every kind hesped up on the banks of the
Thames The suct"r Of a people essen
TALLY adventures, active, ambitious, pos.
scss!ns an immense mercantile marine, ma
visasing at small expense, knowing how to
penetrate any where, not sih linking from
any danger to satiaty an equal thirst Of
gold. This succor she has just obtained by
the raising ofthe American embargo. The
last letters from America assert, that this
measure was carried almost by epcn force,
by the federal party, that is to say the Eng-
hsh parry. Its we'll known that two thirds
vt least the American commerce is CARR.
cd Gu with English capital and and for Eng.
lish account hence it results, that the vast
extent which this self.called American com.
merce is going to take, must de6ni,ively
turn to the advantage OF this English COM
merce, which was on the brink of destruc.
ti"n. Who then can be the dupe Of tina.
impar!ia!i,y Congress affects to observe in
this act The smalles. shop boy of Lon.
don would not suffer himself to be thus
imposed upon. ..' r.
The same demand is made Of France
and England, that one and the other respect
their Gag, and they threaten to shut their
port, to either that should violate their
neutrality, and even to declare war but,
above all, as France is about to lose the last
of her possessions iu the West Indies, the
American people we'll know there was
nothing to lear from her, anil that, in keep.
ing at distance from our coasts in Eurnpe
we cannot touch their vessels whereas
England, mistress of the neighboring seas
Of the United States, can strike sensible