Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-06-15

lie. NeaDVnDe, oFe'y P.ePe
be made 10 receive the French, shoolo
ibis mission fsil in ,ts purpose. Al
the forts are undergoing repair, ano
sufficiency ofpowder and ball have sr,
rived from England and the Unised
States. Such measures have been q,
ken that, in "a hours, the whole i:'ana
will be under arms ready to mako
desperate resistance.
70 give YOU quotations Of prices
would DO useless, a.. until the point Of
war or peace il settled, purchasers Will
be chiefly confined TO the ezigenees OF
daily consu nption and for this, our
market is adequately provided tor three
months to COME
Besides the letter thus quoted We
have in our hands the official Gaseite
of Hayti--Le Tsisgraphs, to 18th ui1'
inclusive. IL confirms sll the state
men,s Of the letter, touching politics.
The number OF the llth May contains q
long official article. headed-H you
wish to obtain peace, prepare Tor war
An elaborate attempt 10 made IN 1t 10
.hew that tie Esyciens had the Same
and other motives, to seperaie 'rom
France, that we of the United states
had to shake off he yoke Of our moth
er; and the parallel 10 pursued IN the
form of an apostrophe to the Amefi'
cans.
'Hsyt' adds the article, is in pol'tl"
cal situation 10 regard to certain Euro
pean powers winch does not allow ber 10
count upon the duration OF the trabqu'lhy
which she enjoys, and sill less to trust u
appea, ances OF reconciliation, which, per
haps, are made to glitter before her eyes;
only W order to blind her 10 the fatal
snares which are spread ior her deslruc>
ton,
Since public opinion has revealed 10 Us
that the old continent is conspiring once
more against the neW;-we muSt no lon
ger dece i've ourselves with respect TO our
dearest interests The report OF arma
ments in France, and The cries OF our
wre,ched brethren Of Martinique whose
chains are rivelted, or from whom some
small privileges OF freedom are violently
wrested-do not these tell US that we
ought TO rely less upon the justice ana
good will of others, than upon our oWh
energy and our inaexible resolution 10 de-
fend our rights.
Its stated in the article that letters and
papers lium Europe confirm the presenll'
ment expressed-that tue establishment
. OF a colonial bank to detray the expenses
of The war upon Hayti was mentIoned,
&c. Ii !. declared that, u. as was saio,
orders had been issued 10 France 10 the
custom houses to clear no merchant YES
sells ior Hayti, but under tue French nag,
this was done without consulting the dsy-
ten government, and that the French nag
will not he united into The ports OF HAY
Ii unless The iawlulness ol tae Hayden lag
be recognised The official paper pro
| ceeds thus:
We confess with regret that the speech
of His Most Christian Majesty 10 the
French Legislature. in which he hns NOS
done US the honor 10 nane US, does not DIS
sipate the appearances OF Wal against
lans OF the East and OF Spanish aud Por
luguese America, 1t is IN a style SO amDi'
guous, that the constitationdlists OF the new
"orIu may apPreheuu Tue id'e VI 'hoss VI
Old Europe"
acknowledgement Of The independence Of
The uvhOle Of Hayi. Without this prelimi.
gary step, let US have no treaties " ith the
Frencbman; let US, on the contrary, dread
his approach. Like the alligator be watch.
es US, he prowIs about Us; be studies ihs
opportunity 10 dart upon his prey and dag
IL 10 the bottom OF the Abyss
II is evident that the Haytien authori-
ties have conceived strong suspicious ot
the designs Of the French Government,
and think it a matter Of expediency, or ne
cessily, 10 impress the people with the be-
lief that an invasion is extremely probable,
il mol fully decided and uatured Since
the termination Of the Spanish war We
have entertained like suspicious, which
The language and movements OF the Hay.
items have moi al least weakened.