Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-24

full out. And IN this isUer the Preside, B:
is furnished with fact OF some impor,arc.
On. would suppose, tsprciai!v to his sou,b q
ern brethren, viz. that " TIC importation ., II
cotton and tobacco into l'rnH,e, is at n, 4
n,oment specially prohibited" 50 then, tn. Z
sdic;s CT France which violate the Neutral s
commerce Of the United States, on lie 1s b
of November, had bee n su revoked a,m
cease to have efeci" and on TEE l2h If
December the importation OF two O; h.
mos. important arlicl>s Ct the produce Il I
this country, tebaceo and cstton, were IN.
tiyela and specially p,sAidiiea And i +
seems BIZ another letter trcii Nons. Tur. }
reau. dated the 15th Of December, .ha
this prohibition existed SO long ago as ApHl5
1910. And yet, the question rssIr, lin, 3
, HE state OF our commerce with Franc Ia. !.
der the pretended revocation of the Bella
and Milan DEGREES, is not even pat TO he
| Fr, n h minister until the 28sh Nov. VIII
!, be said, this is matter OF no great MAJ.
r;tudr. bu, that those DEGREES b-Ing repeAII
I T." municipal regutaf'eHs" are OF minor in,
por,ance Fortunately We have The SEMI.
n,sn,s of the administration on TINS subi~c,
On the 18Th Of DEC. ha0Hg slept oui hs
| official nap, Mr.. Secretary S.n''h, to Use
his own Ian susgr, bad L" his mind awaken
ed TO a .nrv-y OF the actual CONDITION CT
the commercial r, Ia;ions between shr two
| co,,ntris and tie adds 10 Il cJns,Ir.
! ration that 40 practical good, worthy Of
notice. has resulted t" the United STATS
| from the revocation Of ,ae Berlin and vi.
| Ian tl-c,ees, combined, as it UNEXPECTEDLY
has hren, with change in the comm-r,
cIal system of France so NOM n,ous TO
the United STATES. And the Secretary
| gives pretty substantial reasons fer his ,s.
| ,laration; Tor in addition to tie prohibition
Of cotton and tobacco, Esh.oif, dyr-woot
! sal, fish, cod fish, hides and pelry, are IN
The sam. predicams Ut. These a;icks,'
! Mr.. Smith says, 'consIitute the great IS.
| of the exports from The United Sa.rs
10 France" This then is our situations
! All our commerce with Great Britain is to
he interdirted after the second OF February
because France has evoked her et!its
| and at the same moment tha' this lnt-rdlt'
| ton is to take place, France has so modfa
! her e!..ts, as that VIZ are shut out ircm
her ports Just as # c,ua!ly As whrn the de.
crees of B:rln and vi Ian were in fu!
| force. No wonder MIR. Secretary Smith
falls into lsrg rain of whining cotnplainl,
on receiving such a iasl Oh ck Ia i scheme
! which lies 50 near the heart o. our adm.
nis.ration. No wond-r we find a seriesa
diplomatic logic On this dilemma. Logic
costs a Virginian nothing, aud boti, OF our
last presidents could AT sight, furnish rea.
sonipg enough for all the cabinets in En-.
rope. The misfortune of the case is, tina,
their minds did not "awsken to this sur.
vev Of the actual state of our relation, with
France" little sooner--thar this cabinr,
lethargy was not broken up tefore the pro.
/ clamatiou issued-that the president should
rashly hazard his character for truth, by
declaring in solemn olficiA public ius,ru.
m-nt, that to be true which was not true.
With what Indignation ought tae people
of this country, after finding the best int.
rests, and perhaps the peace Of the nation
9aCfihCed IN TINS W3ntOn m amer, 70 reaa
the following remark ct Dir. Smlh's in OI'
letter Of the 18th Of December "A hope
however is INDUCED, tilst your ins:rnctoH'
from your government will soon cradle goa
TO give some satisfactory explanations q
the measures to which reference has bern
made, and that their operation in vir;ue OF
notifications which have not ye, ,rsnsplr'
ed, will not be as has been herein repre-
sented." VIVA, ground have our .d"ln's'
! tra,ion "to hsbe' for any thing from Frame
but the most foul fraud, the Most gross
injustice! If experience was not wors:
than thrown away upon them, they woll
have foreseen that some measure equival:o:
! it not exactly similar TO thas here *
hibi,cd. They would have known If 'h'y
had not previously resolved to b. w':u"y
! ignorant, that the whole farce OF reyos'ns
the DEGREES, was intended 10 drav Us NAG
a conflict with Great Britain, in prrIee!
subservience to her own malignant policy
Had they attended to Mons. Iurrcau' 5 lst
ter Of the 27sl, OF December, they woH''
e. at least, have suppressed thei, "hopr' '.