Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-27

am to bear the burden! lou nave hao
time to put yourselves ina state OF de
fence. Won have still the winter befpr'
YOU. What then have you to risqae
Yes, the export trade, that is the
battle horse; what then has become al
the neutral flag There are no longer
any acknowledgement Acknowledge
none, nor can 7 acknowledge them any
longer.-Salt! aye, salt, one can lind
means 10 obtain what is necessary. Ho"
did YOU do in $50 when you we're in open
rupture with England ?-Suffer do
YOU not believe that suffer too That
France, that Bordeaux, that H Hand, that
Germany suffer? But this is precisels
when an end must be put to a marItlne
peace at any price! Here the Empe
ror was violently agitated Yes (;
Sweden is the sole cause OF the cri-
sis experimentation has done
ne more harm than 1--WE coalitions
together. But now restored to her
communications with the rest OF Eu-
rope, she has taken advantage OF 1t
to carry on the commerce OF Eng
land -. Ali, Sir, time! alw'ys
Itime have lest too much time IL
was necessary, you said, to enter into
the new system, without making too
many sacrifices I; it was also necessary
| for me, you added, 10 dc some good tor
Sweden. Hear me; when you mad
choice of the Prince of Ponte Corvo, did
I risk nothing in permitting him to &C
cept the offer Was l not on the point
of embroilng myself with Russia ! Was
| it not believed, is it not perhaps still be-
lieved that you on your side, and the
Ssxons and Poles on the other, support
ed by me, would arm to re-conquer thei
lost provinces Were not mems minds
then much agitsted in Poland ?-Wha'
did | do then! ! caused such things to
be said, such reports to be circulated,
as might detach Russia from my system.
| Il is only now, that more & more unde.
ceived with respectto Swedish politics.
have taken decisive step, which | will
not conceal from you. ! have sent back
VI. de Chzcirnichoff to Russia; l have
Informed him of the declaration which
have made to you to-day; | have
strongly pressed the Emperor Alexan-
der to take the same step on his tart---
Choose Cannon must be fired on the
English which approach your coasts, and
their merchandise in Sweden be co.fs-
Card, or you must haze z0ar Nth France
i canno. do you any great harm; oe-
,upy Pomerania, and you do not care
much about it but l can cause you to be
attacked by the Russians, and by the
Danes. and can confiscate all your ves-
sells On the continent; and / zuW do IL,
f 7vithin fifteen days, you are nor at war
Nth England.
Yes. y~u are right, the time tor the
going and returning of the courier must
De reckoned, and something more here
VI de Galore, l nrdef YOU to send off
courier Immediately, and you, sir, Will
do the same. II, within five days after
the official act of NJ AIquler, the King
has not resolved to be at var with Eng
land, NJ. Alqnier shall set out immedi-
ately, and Sweden shall have war with
France and all her aHtes.*s Yes, 1t is
Just, have not positively demanded
me stale of war before this moment; but
I'm now forced to it by all imaginable
means. Sweden has already found that
she cannot remain in mixed State with
England, doing great injury to the Con-
,inent. At length things have taken
general developement which requires a
perfect equality of measures, or state
of open hostility. This is what all other
powers have thought ought to be done.
Russia, though stronger than the rest.
has only obtained peace with me on the
condition of declaring war against Eng.
land Austria. a power OF the first or.
der, if France did not exist, has frank
lv taken her resolution. have been a
long time the dupe of Prussia and of
you. She at length Came to find, by the
catastrophe of Holland, that ii was ne
cassary 10 come to deter ination. and
she frankly adopted state of war Den
mark has done SO long ago !; but With
what title can exact from that country
what cannot obtain from Sweden /!
often say to myself who knows whether
shall always be on good foning with
Russia ? Who Can read the chapter OF
events May it not enc day be OF the
greatest interest to me to have friend
ly power in the north, strong III its own
resources as well as by alliance Bur
could it meanwhile be believedi in Swe-
den, that would relax any thing in my
invariable principles in favor of the new
prince royal? On the contrary, the poll
,ical crisis into which ] have brought
myseifin her tav T, gives me stronger
title. Meanwhile Sweden owes great
obligation to the person of the prince
royal tor without that choice (by no
means Influenced by me- / should, two