Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-18

!, tQE Emperot bCunue0 nsnSsH ~ {Qs etSpsS:
pine on the continent the ecmnasycs lot she
Ep9iish that s,hs neural Aag skputd be-
respected ,atsea; that his syesssls of war;
md urieateers should not distur6 the navi.
sa.ion of neutralss the DECREE being only q
beexecuted upon land. W.
IS But this measure itself, which compel.
i ed the shutting Of the ports Of Holland a.
gainst the English, injured the inercaniiie.
interests Of the people Of Holland, and was
contrary % thei. ancient habits. This was
the FIRST source of the opposition which be-:
can 20 prevail between France and Holland:
From that time his imperial majesty could,
not but observe that the king OF Holland
was divided between his most imprescripti.
bic dnties-his duties tothe imperial throne
and the mercantile notions OF the Dutch
nation. Nevertheless hisimperial majes,v
armed himself with patience, and shut his
eyes, in expectation from the turn Of events
Of some inciden, which should deliver his
brother from the very unpleasant al,erna.
tive 70 which he found himself reduced.
=" During these transactions tie peace Of
Tilsit was concluded. ) The emperor Of
Russia, provoked by the ou.rases which the
English had committed against her apg,
while she was fighting The battles Of Eng.
land, and indignant at the horrible attack
90 Copsnhsssn, made common cause with
France.
France then. entertained the hope that
England would have been sensible Of the
inuIiii.y OF Protrac.ing the war, and that
she would have been willing TO listen to rea-
sonabls terms OF peace. But this hope
vanished very saen. At the same time that
they vanished, .hs English, % IL the sxpe.
di.ion t. Cop. nhagsn had deprived them OF
all sense of shame, and set them free from
oil restraint, disclosed their projects, and
published their orders of council Of Nov.
1907. An arbitrary and ,yrannieal act,
which filled all Europe with indignation.
by this nc. England took upon her u make
regulations obliging toreig vsssels 70 come
70 her hatbois befors they proceeded 70
their ultimate destinations, and TO pay her
tribute. Thus she rendered herself mis-.
treas Of the navigation Of The who'll world J
recognized no maritime nation No independ.
ehs, rendered oil nations tributaries, sub.
jecsed them 70 her laws, allowed them no
liberty Of trade, unless with direct profit
! to herself, fixed the foundation Of her rel
venues upon the industry Of other na;ions,
and the produce Of her territories, and de-
clared herself sovereign Of the ocean, Of
which she disposed as any governmens would
do OF che rivers 10 the interior OF lis domi.
Mons, -s'e.... .. ,ts
1" Advestipg to this plan Of hsislstion,
| which was nothing else than the public AS.
sertion Of universal SO, ereien,y, measure
extending the jurisdiction OF the English
| parliament over the whole Of the globe, the
emperor found himself under the necessity
| OF saking an extreme part, and eff employ.
ing every means of opposition in his power
rather than suffer the world to bend under
| the yoke which the English endeayored to
impose omit. fle published the Milan de-
cree, declaring all vessels dena,ionalized
which had paid the tribute imposed by the
| English. The Americans, threatened with
q second subjugation by the English, and
with the loss Of their indrpendence:so glo.
riously acquired, put general snbargoon
! oil their vessels, and renowned all. naviga-
| ton and commerce. making sscri-
Zee of the interests Of iii. moment to that
which 10 her perpetual interrs,-.-she prsser.
| walton OF her independence. y,
! " The success ofthese measure. depend.
ed more upon their execution in Holland
! shan ,in any other country. Holland, on the
contrary, was an obstacle to their sxecu.
! too. The Dutch still continued TO carry
on; a commercial intercourse with the: Eng.
lish. All the representations Of France
upon this subject were entirely useless.
! HE imperial nsjss,y- was obliged 90 hays
recourse. % measures of rigor, which prov.
ed how much he. wasdisPlessed. Twice
were the French sus,orn-houses shut TO the
commerce Of Holland: They are 20 u.,his
moment, 80 thar the Dutch have no legal
communicates with The na,ions Of che con.
!! tiueusy cpd the emperor determined no. TO
open these barriers while circumstances re.
mAinsd unchanged. In effect ie would have