Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1811-06-03

The following Addrtfs was delivered ~
tic la.ye-cr Napoleon 90 = depuration from
tl,c CcuHch Of Commerce ON he 9ff day oi
Mach isH. Msruitu)t copies Of il were IL
~ p-ftiion az individuals, bvt ~ Il has not
slr e. cd va the Mogi car, 40 printed Copy
Gu could be Obtained Twas handed 90 our
Correspondent BY merchant IN ~ -ara. and
80 authenticity nay be relied on. The French
Manulcript j. ~ our pofgilson
. Ad{reg.drlUyeI By bis haffriai Ms
j3fB NAPoLEoN, 70 tbaa C9uucH Of
Copolsfce IN Paris, 3If Aarcb,
1871.
The DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan,
are the fundamental laws Of my En-
pre-. For the Neutral navigation,
] conhder the flag as all extenGon Of
territory The power which fnffers
its flag to be violated cannot be con-
f.dered as neuttal.
The fate OF the American Com
merce will foon be decided. L will
favour it, if the United States con-
form themielves to the(e DEGREES. In
: contrary cafe, their vehels will be
driven from my Empire.
The Commercial Relations with
England mutt ceale, | tell it 70 you
very loudly. Gentlemen Merchants,
who have any buiineis to lettle, and
funds to Withdraw, ought TO do it
as foon as poiible. gave that adj
vice to the inhabitants Of Ant7Usrb,
and they Pro6ted by it.
/ with for peace, but not on a
frail foundation. | with for i. in
good faith, and Guch that it will Of
fer fuficient guarantees, becaufe |
do not lofe fight Of Hmiens or ST.
Domingo nor the lofIes that commerce
has experienced by the declaration
of war-I fhould not have made the
peace of TIIft, | fhould have gone to
HTLaa and further, had it not been
for the promife Of the Emperor of
RnFa, to bring about peace be-
tween England and France. Prcyi-
cvs to the reunion of H1lland, | made
overtures Of - &C, but the Englifh
Minifry did not even liiten to them.
The continent will be ihut againlt
the importation from England. |
am armed cap a pie to enforce the
executions Of my orders and TO frus-
trate the intentions of the Englifh in
the Baltic. There exits yet fome
fraud, but it lhaIl be deltroyad. |
know the Dealers in Engliih Com
nerce thofe who think only of ef-
Gaping the laws, and thofe who by
exIayagant fpeculationShave become
bankrupts; bur il they fucceed in e.
vading 10Y officers Of the Cufoms,
my lword will reach them fOoDer or
later. in three, four, FIVE, or tx,
months then they cannot complain.
l lilten to what is faid on the parts Of
The Merchants | know that they
cenfure loudly my meafures they
fay that am badly advifed. | can
not blame them, nor be angry at
their opinions, becaufe they are not
placed in a ftuation to fee and 10 cal
cuIate as | do. Thole who have
lately arrived from England, and who
have feen the sffect, the interruption
of the continental commerce had il
that country, cannot help faying
that it is ponibleI may be right, and
that | may at laf lucceed in my un-
dertakings In my Empire the
Commerce of the Interior or Of Ex-
change is above fourteen millions
legal to tourfeen tb5pidnd miAi2n5 d
Fr1Hc51 1t is on this BATS that its
fources and its PROPERTY ought to
be combined | know, that Bar
deaux, Hamburg, and other leaports
fufcr by the interruption Of Mari
time Trade. The lace municipal re-
guIations made by tie Emperor oi
Ru6f4 have hurt The mandatory of
LYONS. Ihef5 are individual .oAes,
I will try to mitigate them. The
expectation Of RgEI, which did not
exceed twaniy i've millions, when
the profits on the total amount did
nor exceed two per cent, cannot in
pede Or change the general lyf-
tr.
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