Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-06-15

1907 il declared aeadHon@ft1eNS = =. - -. Z.
tral vessel which submitted TO Englisn iegis'
l,,ion knewn to have touched at an Englisn
Mort. known to have paid tribute to kngiane
and which thereby renowned the ihdepen'
dence and the rights Of its flag. Aiithe ner'
chanelize of the commerce and OF the industry
of Fnqland were blockaded in the British
isles the continental system excluded tlseH
from the continent.
Never did an act of reprisal attaii, Its oo'
iect in a manner more prompt, more certain
or more victorious. The DEGREES OF Berlin
and Milan turned against England the wea.
mons which she had directed against universal
commerce. The source OF commercial pros
perity, which she thought so abundant, became
source Of calamity Tor Engllsh commerce
in the place of those exacuons which were 20
have enriched her funds, depreciation, con-
tinually increasing, impairs the wealth OF the
STATE and that of individuals.
When the decrees>ot yourmaJesty appeared
the whole continent toreSaw that SUCH would
be the result if they received their entire ex-
ecution but, as much as Europe was accus-
toned TO see your undertakings crowned Wltn
success. thew were at loss to conceive oy
what new prodigies your majesty would real
ise the great designs which have been so ra-
pidly accomplished. Armed with all your
power nothing could turn your majesty from
your object. Holland, the Hanseauc cities,
the coasts which lie between the Luyderzee
and the Baltic, were TO be united 10 france,
subject to the same administration and the
same regulations the immediate and neVl-
table consequence of the Legislation OF the
English government Considerations Of no
kind were able to balance, III the mind 81
your majesty, the first interest OF yourem-
pire.
I will not stop to recapitulate the adVanta-
ges of this important resolution. After fifteen
months, that is to say, after the Senatus Con-
sultum of reunion, the DEGREES of your ma
iesty press with all their weight upon Eng
land, She Aattered herseiflo invade the COM
merce Of the world, and her own commerce
became mere stock jobbing affair (agiofcge)
which could not be carried on but by means
of twenty thousand licences issued every year,
Forced TO obey the law OF necessity, She there
by renowned her navigation act, the original
foundation of Der power. She aspTed to the
universal dominion ct the seas, and navlga-
ton is interdicted to her vessels; repulsed
from all the ports OF the continent, she wished
to enrich her funds with the tributes that Eu-
rope was to pay, and Europe has Withdrawn
itself not only from her injurious pretensions,
but likewise from the tributes which il paid
10 her industry: her manufacturing cities
have become deserted; distress has succeeded
to prosperity until then Increasing the a
farming disappearance of specie and the ab-
solute privation of business, daily interrupt
the public tranquility. Such, for England,
are the results of her imprudent attempts. She
thence learns, and she will every day learn
more fully, that there is no safety FIR her but
in return to justice and to the principles OF
the law of nations, and that she will not be a.
Die to participate in the benefits of the neutra-
lily of ports, unless she will suffer neutrals to
profit of the neutrality of their flag. But un-
til then, and as long as the British orders in
council are not revoked; and the principles
of the treaty of Utrecht in relation to neutrals
put In force, the DEGREES Of Berlin and Milan
ought to subsist for the powers who suffer
their flag to be denationaIzed. The ports Of
the continent ought to be opened neither to
denationalized Aags nor to English merchan-
die.
AZ cannon DC CoHCeaied, tbaf TO MAINTAIN be-
yond the reach of attack this great system, it
is necessary that your majesty should employ
the powerful means which belong to your en-
pire, and find in Jour subjects that assistance
which you have never asked in vain all the
disposable forces of France must be directed
withersoever the English flag, and flags de-
nationalized, or conveyed BY English vessels
of war, may wish to enter. A particular army,
exclusively charged with guarding our vast
coasts, our maritime arseDals, and the triple
row of fortresses which cover our frontiers,
ought to answer to your majesty for the secu-
rity of the territory con6ded to its valor and
It's fidelity it will restore to their high desti'
ay those brave men accustomed to fight and
to conquer under the eyes of your ma jesty for
the defence Of rnlitical RIGHTS and the eNfe.