Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1811-06-14

considered as neutral.
The fate of the American commeree al,
soon be decided. will favor it, iftbs n
nited States conform themselves to ,bs..
DEGREES. In a contrary case, their yes,,I.
will be driven from my empire.
The commercial relations with Enyl,,a
must cease. 1 tell it to you very loudly
Gentlemen merchants, who have any bu.
siness to settle, and funds to withdra~
ought to do it as soon as possible. | eav.
that advice to the inhabitants of Antwerp
and they prohted by it.
| wish for peace, but not on frail foup.
dation. l wish for it in good faith, and
such that it will offer Sufficient guarantees
because do not lose sight of Amiens or s.
Domingo, nor the losses that commerr.
has experienced by the declaration Of war
should not have made the peace Of Tilsit
should have gone to Wilma and further
had it rot been for the promise of the en-.
peror of Russia, to bring about peace Be.
tween England and France. Previous to
the reunion of Holland, made overture.
of peace, but the English ministry did nor
| even listen to them. The continent will h.
shut against the Importation from England.
aTn armed cap pee! to enforce the exc.
cution of my orders land to Illustrate the
intentions of the English in the Bahic.-
There exists yet some fraud, but it sha!
be destroyed. know the dealers in Eng.
lish commerce those who think only oe
escaping the laws, and those who by extra.
VACANT speculations have become bankrup.s !;
but il they succeed in evadiug my officers
OF the customs, my sword will reach them
sooner or later, in three four, FIVE, or siE
months then they cannot complain. (
listen to what is said on the part of the mer.
chants, know that they censure loudly
my measures they say that ] am badly
advised, | cannot blame them, nor be an.
cry at their op,uions, because they are not
In situation to see and to calcu.
late as do. Those who have lately arriv.
ed from England, and who have seen the
effects the interruption Of the centinen tst
commerce had in that country, cannot help
saying that it is possible may be right,
and that may at last succeed in my under
takings! In my empire the commerce Of
the interior or exchange is above fourteen
millions, [eqnal TO fourteen thousand mil.
lions of francs. 1t is on this basis that its
sources and its prosperity ought to be com.
b,ned. know that Bordeaux, Hamburg
and other seaports, suffer by the interrup.
ton OF maritime trade. The late munich.
pal regulations made by the emperor CT
Russia, have hurt the mandatory of Ly-
nos. These are individual losses. l will
try to mitigate them. The expectation Of
Russia. which did not exceed twenty five
millions, when the profits on the total a.
mount did not exceed two per cent cannot
impede or change the general system.
Russia has got large paper medium;
Austria also England is over run with it;
France is the richest country on the globe
her territorial resources are immense.
She has money in abundance. From a late
report there has arrived in France upwards
of one million fone thousand millions Of
trancs] by war contributions. have two
hundred millions in my private chest in the
ihuilicries.
receive nine millions of impositions,
paid 10 crowns, of which very small pro.
portion opIy proceeds from maritime com.
merce. am told that by late experiments
France can do without the sugar and the in.
dlgo of the Indies. viii encourage those
means of industry.
Chemistry has of late made such won-
derful progress that iris possible it will o.
perate as great revolution, and as extra
ordinary in the commercial relations, as
vas occasioned by the discovery of the load
stone.
do not say chat do not want maritime
commerce, but we must abandon it for the
moment, and until England returns to just
and reasonable principles, or until can die
tate to her the conditions of peace.
If was heir to the throne of Louis the
Ky, or XVI, | should be obliged to 60 on