Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-05-06
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the isteres,s Of the nation; tor TINS rea-
son the dispositions Of tho french go
-yernment towards Sweden soon tooA
character Of hostility.
The Baron de Alquler, shortly aiter
his arrival, spoke Of the necessity OF
more intimate alliance between oWessh
and France and though he was answer
ed with po,itanes., the proposal had no
effact. He afterwards proposed an aili-
,nce betvcen Sweden, Denmark and the
G,and Dutchy Of Warsaw, under the
protection and guarantee CT Franco TINS
pronosai had for its object TO create
confederation Of the north, slmilar III Its
obligations and design to that which sub
;ectsd me force Of Germany to tho do
sn;nian or France. But as your majesty
did not Judge it convenient tor your stu
a,;on and rights TO give an affirmative
answer, he renewed, without loss OF time
the former proposal of a particular ALL
/ apcs With France. Though the Baron
| de AIouier had only announced verbally
| the wish Of the emperor his master he
| required a writes answer, but IN the
| dificulty of obtaining ii, he sa" the mark
| of in,iffei ense VITA which Ito Swedish
| Government considered the French sys-
| ten,
Your majesty might undoubtedly have
REQUIRED also that the dispositions OF the
| emneror Napoleon, IN regard I" the pro-
| iectcd alliance, should have been COM
| Dunica.ed 10 you fully and in writing
and though it was to be suspected that
tho writica answer, required upon yer-
bsi communication, was only Tor tho pur.
pose of she wing it IN ST. Petersbu'gh,
! and to prove that Sweden was entirely
| dependant on France, your majesty re-
solved 10 shut your eyes on many cen
!. sidera,ions, aid sXerled yourself not TO
spare any means that might interest the
| emperor of the French in favor OF Swe-
den. For tbs purpose nots was deli
veged 10 the minister, Alquier, in which
yaur n,s,esty declared your determine
! tion 70 establish intimate relations with
! Frcnce, hoping that the conditions would
/! be compat,tIs with the dignity and true
Interests tyour kingdom.
| Tbs Baron Alquier declared immedi-
! ate!y, th this answer was insufficient,
and tia, i. eveA indicated that your ma
/, iesty had already taken the resolution ct
remaining independent of the continental
| system /; and when, in order to be able
to answer him more fully. he was asked
what the emperor required of Swedish,
| ard whist this country could expect as
| an decentralization for The new sacrifices
! to Which it would be exposed by the
pretenslons OF France, the minister con-
, fined himself to give this remarkable
| answer, "that the emperor acquired
deeds comfortable TO his system, * that
it woula stewards be time enough to
treat ct what his imperial majesty would
do IN favor OF Sw eden"
AS things were progressing thus, the
season for rasigatng arrived, and the
French priva'eers teok Swedish vessels.
The minister of your majesty in Paris,
asked PREPARATION for the Injuries done to
tho Swedish commerce; and represen.
tsyions to the same effect were address
I'd TO the minister Aqaier; but the lat
ter answered in that dlctatorial manner
which he has always Prac,ised in Sws.
| den.
| Your ma es,y, firm 10 the resolution
ef fulfilling faithfully your engage menis,
~a'caed with an ince.sant care, that the
pubic orders against the English com.
merce should be ssrspuloesly observed.
IL the mean while, the Swedish govern.
mept was insul'ed in the French news
! papers, and the immense commerce OF
Sweden was mentioned with emphasis
however,lhc considerable decrease OF tho
custom house revenues in the year 1871
demon stratcs the eXaggeralion and fall
sity 81 those imput,tons.
Though the English government con-
! sisercd without irritation the situation
II Sweden, ard dA not think the decIa-
| ration DIVA ID sufficient motive to mo-
lest the Swedish commerce ard lhis
| tolerance gave ali outlet TO tie immense
! defo;s Il the iron in this kingdom, and
onsrquentiy sllayed the fatal conse.
quences oi var; your majesty ought not
TO have expected, on that account, that
| the French government would take ~
! grounds OF accusation against Sweden
| this iorbearance Of England: on the con-
uary, your majesty was to expect that
the emperor Napoleon should see. with
| pleasure. that this kingdom was treated
sith moderation by a power who had SO
many means of injuring Sweden.
| IN the mean while the violence ofthe
French priya,ecrs sgsinst the So edish
flag increased dali, the minister CT
your majesty in Par'. represented in We
| ~ moderate terms the enormous losses
that the nation sustained; but far from
obtaining the restitution -ofihe Captured
vessels, and the suppression of such a.
buses in future, the causes we're almost