Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-06-18

5IiAan kuEhItuIS SuSu uSLUh6h6 w AsS AAouSS'
!; hold, should be sold under the direction Of
the heads Of four departments, and that the
proceeds of such sales be expended, am addi--
ton to,,he funds appropriated for that lrar-.
pose, under the directionIof The sane Sfheefs
for the purpose Of pi oyidipg furniture for the
hoIse, erected for the Accommodation ct the
presiden, Of the United Sta,es." The next
day was the eommeretm mt oftpresieent
Jefrerson's administration. Conn. Mirror. 4
Extract IT. letter fran GoRenbstrg s0'a
genfiemas IN Nsw 1erk, dated Aay,2. /
I" Tonningen, and the whole of Holstein,
us.well as Spain and Holland, are now I'm.
der strict blockade by the English. The
Baltic is entirely filed with British ships of
war" . 4-.... r. .. ..- - ,
A Certainty.-By all the late accounts
from France, 40 well as from the whole
course Of his conduct towards us, it'is.csr,
tain tina, Napoleon has long since been re-
solved not to permit Us to remain a neutra!
nation. He has cosxtd and wheedled us
till his patience was exhausted, in hopes of
getting US into war with England: bd,
either through vtxation or from a coHvic.
ton Of our imbecilily, he has at las, chang
ed his plan and made bold push towards
forcing US into war with himself.
t. A CONJECTURE.
But notwithstanding this violent change
Of policy on the part of Napoleon, no,wi,h-
standing he has thrown of even the MASK
of friendship Tor US and carries on an open
warfare against both our persons and our
property when he can catch either Of thsm
within his reach, venture to conjecture that
our governm- mt will not resent his conduct
in the manner which becomes an independ-
ent nation.
In the first place, they are not able to do
it, if they wtre disposed. The " dign;fed"
measures which they have gradually but
steadily pursued for 9 years, have put resist
ance out Of our power, and it is an undeuia.
bic fact that gun boats, torpedoes and pro.
CARNATIONS, are the onlv weapons which
DENOSkAtlS WlSGOM NdSS lCIl u.s. '" iS-
sent ALI insult or repel au aggression. We
have nri,her ships, nor the means of pro-
curing them, nor the means of supporting
them after they are procured; and nation
tina. has not single sevsn,y-four aaoat up
on the ocean and is obliged to borrow mo.
ney Cor The current exPences Of government,
Cannot we'll do much more towards injuring
an enemy three thousand miles of, than TO
threaten rlrm.
Blu, in the second place, if our govern
ment are able, they are not disposed ,ffee-
tuaIly to resent the indignities OF Napoleon.
| venture this assertion both iron thvi,
known want Of firmnrss, and from the whole |
tenor of their preceding conduct toward
that usurper. A government that could
submit, with patience to lis Berlin decree
or resist it only by an embargo, which in
iured no one but lhemselves-will not very |
easily be aroused to energy by any subse- |
quent aggression. At present, indeed,
there is shew of something more manly ;
but it is only she1v; the mere blusterings
of bully who can talk and look big at a
distance, bat when called upon to add ae-
tons TO threats, puts his finger m his mouth
and sneaks cR.-Virg. Pot.