Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-12
JoHN LIVINGSTON, Cll'rn.
EXTRACTS
from Mte Tondon Papers, rece'ncd at the Of
.Jice critic NycaHiiie 1dceriiSer
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fee o}He NeycaHfHe 1dcerfiSe,'.
Lo"3on, September I6.
On Saturday we alluded to certain plans
formed by Bonaparte for tile eiicctual e.
radication of piracy on The Mediterrane-
an coast OF Baibary, and from an official
source weare enabled 10 add some fur
ther particulars on the subject. In the
time Of Louis XIV. two projects were de
posted III the public archives, one for the
seizure and colonization of Egypt, and
the other for doing the same with that
long strip of coast contiguous to the sea,
and extending from SaIlce TO Tunis.-
These projects were found during the time
of the Con ention, and it is we'll remem-
bered that the first was attempted, and
failed through the valor of our sea and
land commanders.
When Napoleon found France deprived
of Colonies, he turned his attention TO the
execution of the second project, and con-
certed the means whereby he might OBJ
tain possession of the above mentioned
range ofcountry, capable of growing all
colonial reproductions, and by many pro-
nounced congenial TO the spices of the
East Indies. Spain had agreed 10 co-ope-
rate and to give up Ceuta the troops un-
der Junot, which afterwards went to Por-
fugai, were understood to be destined for
the enterprise, and in fact they first took
tie route to CadiZ, and one of the Gene
RAILS Camps arrived there TO make
preparations The basis of this plan was
TO give freedom to the Arabian and Moor
ish inhabitants, allow them to choose
their own form of government, eXpel the
Turks, hold the commanding points, en-
courage colonization, and lay Il basis of
industry, which would change the pursuits
Of flle inhabitants, and eventually rebound
TO the benefits of France, by supplying
her with colonial produce she could only
obtain from the growth of her enemies.
From the time Of Selm Eutemi, the last
Arabian Prince, the Government of Al
gerS has been usuTpcd and transferred to
the q toman Porte, merely to give strength
to this usurpation. The pursuits of the
INHABITANTS are agriculture, and the care
OF Jocks piracy is exclusively In the
hands Ofthe Turks. 1t is not the former,
then, but the latter, we must seek to pun
ish, humble, and reform, and we would
again ask, can this be doneb by alone bonn
harding Algicrs The chief inhabitants
of this place are Jews, Moors or Coulolis;
fO them the greatest part of the houses
and shops belong. The barracks, arse
mails. Dev's palace, and dwellings, of the
chief officers, are nearly all the Turks
possess, within the walls their greatest
wealth * in country villas. No sooner is
the town threatened by an enemy, than
tlrv send their riches into the Interior
and thr Christian slaves, chained two aud
two, go with them. There they remain
till tie danger has subsidized. The city is
oniS lef, with bare walls, and the nccessa-
~ men to defend it.
BIT cycn the State rcaps profits from a
bom5ardusenf. II Is attended with 10 o.
tier coDSequenccs-All houses dcmoiish-
cd. belonging 10 Jews or MOOrs, if not
rcboilf within 4 wear by law are sold for
TIE benefit 81 fine Regencv. THE bonn
lnrdmcnts ofihc French tlfice produced
ncw Dey, bot still the piratical system
was unchanged. Hence then are sc in
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