Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-03


cree. on al tho eoicnial gyo'!s on the con
tiaent last faIl, wl.iaA was ioseed on the
eonfedera e pr;nces, on Prussia, ste. caused
r,ueh sen.ation. AS it principally affect
c! the mercantile part CT the coElmu.ity,
Il produced namherless Failures ia Gerua-
ny, Swift orlssnd, Hoil4nd and France
the ostensi5.e object YVES destruction OF
English commerce. the real one to pro
cure by TINS means resources Tor the war
ia the south ti,eeeforo France receives
nearly ali tlse produce Of Chose duties,
and IL some instances, as iii Fcankfnrth,
Hamburg, Bremen, etc. the generals
seized every thing. Considering, there
tore the distress generally produced, You
viii easily believe there are materials
enough for revolution, or rather IN OPP
pssisioa 40 such cpprsssie:s i'll Germany /;
but think it impossible undcl' its present
Doiitiea. establishment to unite tileul to
point Of action, and / aniicipate rs soon as
Napoleon can IND COED opportunity he
will incorporate Prussia with soIle new
kingdom, and SaxoRy vail be the boon OF
some favOrite general in whose favour the
oil king is to RESIGN Ornominate success
sor. The imbeeihty OF the Russian En-
uerOr keeps sill the resources Of the north
locked M, and very soon good account
VII be given OF Russia, unless Gas it is
believed by many that debauchee Alex
andeS IS put out Of the way. You have
seen with what Little ceremony Jerome
was treated when part Of his hingdO2n vas
annexed to the new departments. 1t is q
fact that he knew nothing OF the matter
before he saw tire decree in The Moniieur !;
lac then sent a minister extraordinary to
his Partisan Brother, nat to remons,rate,
but to thank him for his indulgence in not
taking mere. France, alike feared and
hated o. all the continent, must Of course
loose al the countries she now occupies as
soon as Napoleon is out OF the way, or
perhaps sooncr il q great nan should ap-
pear in Germany. Among eli the princes
great and small Of that country, l know
not Of one fit to command an army except
the Arcadake Charles, nor have they other
talents. Napoleon must therefore live till
some one capable CT opposing him can be
produced.
1t gave we not the best opinion Of the
nr,,ience Of our administration, when I'M
lsrstOoa that the President had acted I'M
der the Frcnch promise TO reseind their
Berlin and Milan DEGREES, as the eondi-
ttoas were such, as to cause us to wait at
any rate. How vain this French promise
las proved, will BE felt by those OF cur
merchants, who trusting to their sincerity
have adyentured their earSoes to France.
Yely on it France Will never accept from
ps any thiug short ola declaration OF war
AGAINST England, fer opening her ports to
rs. and is the trade TO France and all the
continent worth this great sacrifice /? 1
cannot think it. Therefore / an, cor
WINGED that If our government determines
:, remain neutral. it ought to interdiet
All intercourse with France and the coun-
7r;ss she controls. IL order to prevent
these voluntary tributes she collects from
the United States. We need not expect
restitution for the representations OF 1909
and 1910, lin Snain, France, Holland and
!ta,y: VIC shall receive nothing for the
n,onarty arrived since the 1st OF NOVem-
her last. We run the risk OF losing all
the property remaining IN holstein by the
impositions Of the new duties which force
them into Hamburg. Ii therefore, you
add together I'll ths property lost by oar
citizens SINCE the fast OF Alarch, 1909,
through the trcaehcry Of France, yen will
i;n, that the United States have been the
bcst friend Of Bonaparte he may there
fore we'll say, that he loves the Americans.
Our intercourse with this country may
be safely eoatinuod there is so Favorable
disposition prevailing here, that we shall
never be exposed to any such acts as we have
witnessed o., the continent or in Denmark.
i IS true that Sweden, loaded Win hea-
w debt incurred by the Quixotic wars OF
tS,st enthusiast Gustaph AdolphaS 4th
(who vas depose;l to the great satisfaction
orthe whole nation) exposed TO hassia on
one side, and Denmark on tie o'itef'