Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-03-27

sonable to assign any ctHcF sauSc iof taiS con !
duct than pure inability? can there be stron-
GER proof required, that the tempest which
threatened the civilized world is nearly
spent.
Buthis increased debility to overturn govern
ments by his arms is further manifested by
his acouiescence in the policy Of Alexander OF
Russia, who departing from his engagements
has dared to admit the entry o. the produc-
tons of his enemy into his states. war would
have followed close Oh the heels OF this auds-
cious offence, had he been in condition TO
have made it. Can any thing but sheer inaoi-
lity have DELAYED it so long? and even now ne
is obliged to Call out the conscription Tor ano-
Their year, to serve as a guard, we susPose'
for his own dominions, lest when he Is enSag-
ed with Russia the Guerilla parties penetrate
into France, and the armies OF Wellington lay
her frontier towns under contribution, and the
+" crest Of rebsliion'' be crected throughout
Germany. When in the plenitude OF his
strength, the blow succeeded the word, as
quick as the sound of thunder The Hash which
announced it. These facts speak more decl-
siveIy than all the rhetoric OF te schools
They fall like beam OF light on the oeieagur-
ed and benighted traveller. They arrest the
attention like the eloquence ct Ames. lhey
convey purer delight 70 the patriot mind than
ever did persuasive accents Cd Curran to a
delighted and sympathizing jury. They In
spire the sure hope that the world IS not TO
be desolated by long series OF emperoFs, or
rescued, after ages of slavery, by hords OF
barbarians.
We shall notice as last proof, but not the
least, the rapidly with which the extinction
of commerce in his dominions is undermining
his throne, weapon aimed at Great Britain,
but which he Yields against himself. We
consider it settled fact, that the circulating
gold and silver money Of a country must g'a-
iuaLy disappear unless nonrlshed by fresh
supplies through the channels q commerce.
By commerce only can a country devoid OF
mines ofthe precious metals obtain gold and
silver. What Of these now circulating III
France, has chiefly been drawn from these
states or kingdoms she has successfully plum
dered and bjected to her arms. This source
being nearly dried up, or il flowing IN
stream, scarcely pcrceptible, can no longer
administer to his wants. Hence the dehcits
in his annual taxes and the difficulties Of main
tanning his armies, must constantly increase.
It depends therefore, On Great Britain alone,
to finish what he himself has begun. By SIM
ply enforcing his own system, his treasury VIII
soon, if it be not now,t as empty as that o. the
q. States. VIII G. Britain neglect the occa-
sion, having under her controul the green O.
ccan, and the commerce Of all the rest OF the
world
To conclude M article, which we could not
make shorter, if Great Britain is true to her
self and the glorious cause in which she is en-
gagged so interesting to the whole human
race, we augur his downfall within the period
allotted for it by the writer OF the military
sketch, who is mar after our own hearts.
Should leizure and inclination concur, we may
prepare a scasonabie review of the review Of
the sketch, exercising the same right as any
self created college Of critics. But we shall
stndiously avoid wrapping up our imiIutotions
SO carefully as to conceal their application.
General Armstrong has said there was q
deficit in The Treasury Of twenty millions OF
dollars at the time OF tie seizures under the
Rambouillct dccrae-k1w hasit been rcplcn-
ished
Extracts from tie american Repiezp.
" We are persuaded al.o hat this revenue,
aided by what he must be always able to col
lect, from his nominal allies, and from the G.
nemies whom it may suit the views of rapine
to make, will i.vasiably yield wherewitbal
to maintain a force of Or 100000 men ;
force, which commanded by the generals
whom he has now in his service, or by those
whom he is forming about him, mast be sg.0i-
Client, if any force can be, to uphold his present
power, and even to ACCOMPLISH his anterior hro-
jects IF aggrandizement on The Continent %
To subiugate all the Continent
g If these should not be adequate Tor his
purpose, the Austrian monarchy, the Turkish