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Developement Of The Views Of The French Nation.
Biscay to the Mediterranean sea , by the Rhoye , Soane , Sec . ) again , by being re-united with this , would become , as it were , La Veine Pulmpnair ' e dd la France . ,-. ' That wonderful undertaking , the canal of Languedoc ^ opens another communication between the Mediterranean sea and Atlantic ocean , commencing with the city of Cette , and ending Avith that of lloyan . The chief design of this canal-was to obtain a speedy ,
private , and secure passage for the French ships of war from the sea to the ocean , in time of war , to avoid all risk of capture by the enemy . ' The canals already formed , and ' those decreed to be executed , will , when accomplished , give to Funce a-complete interior navigation . The junction of some of their rivers with the Scheldt and the several canals in the AustrianNe ' therlands and theUnit . ed Provinces of Holland ,
will piocitre them a less expensive navigation and intercourse tvith these countries ; but principally it will enable them , iu time of war , to forward , by interior transports , naval stores , ammunition , & c . to those places in need of ' them , uninterrupted by their enemies , and which could not be effected by the usual passage by sea . The liver Maese opens to them a still more extended communication
with a part of Germany and other parts of Holland ; but the union of their actual interior navigation with the river Rhine Avill accomplish ail that can be imagined , to appropriate to themselves unlimited power and wealth , by inland water communication Avith the remaining- part of Holland and the greatest pait of Germany , by which they will in future receive the productions of that part of Germany aud its manufactures , which they get now through
Holland , Hanibu . 'gh , and Bremen . It will much facilitate the carriage of their wines , and other productioi s , ( which formerl y went by a very circuitous way ) , in the same manner , _ , nd procure them a more extended and more a , vantageous market . It will enable them to send warlike stores , and ail other necessaries , to the fortified cities and fortifications situated on these rivers .. They Aviii also further acquire the means of earning on a considerable commerce
from all the sea-ports in the South ancl North to the Geiman Ocean , without the protection of armed vessels , which will render their navy more powerful . ' - - Mr . Koops concludes this ingenious work with the following remarks : ' It' to' Avhat has already been mentioned , we consider the fruitful soil of Fiance , its progress in husbandry , its numerous
productions of ail kinds , the cheapness of the necessaries of life and the low price of workmanship and manual labour , facilitated by the numerous inland wateNcarringes—the enticement which it holds out to artizans and men of capital to settle there , ancl the consequent increase of manufactures on the arrival of peace—the facility with which it Avill receive , Undisturbed , naval stores in future wars by means of
inland navigation—These are advantages of so great a magnitude as will give to France , placed in the centre of Europe , too great a power to be resisted . ¦ The expences of the Avar , therefore , however great en the part of Great Britain ; ought to be regarded in no of her light than as prudently and necessarily em ployed for her self-preservation—if thereby she can defeat the designs of the enemy , and keep possession of that preponderance which she has hitherto possessed .
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Developement Of The Views Of The French Nation.
Biscay to the Mediterranean sea , by the Rhoye , Soane , Sec . ) again , by being re-united with this , would become , as it were , La Veine Pulmpnair ' e dd la France . ,-. ' That wonderful undertaking , the canal of Languedoc ^ opens another communication between the Mediterranean sea and Atlantic ocean , commencing with the city of Cette , and ending Avith that of lloyan . The chief design of this canal-was to obtain a speedy ,
private , and secure passage for the French ships of war from the sea to the ocean , in time of war , to avoid all risk of capture by the enemy . ' The canals already formed , and ' those decreed to be executed , will , when accomplished , give to Funce a-complete interior navigation . The junction of some of their rivers with the Scheldt and the several canals in the AustrianNe ' therlands and theUnit . ed Provinces of Holland ,
will piocitre them a less expensive navigation and intercourse tvith these countries ; but principally it will enable them , iu time of war , to forward , by interior transports , naval stores , ammunition , & c . to those places in need of ' them , uninterrupted by their enemies , and which could not be effected by the usual passage by sea . The liver Maese opens to them a still more extended communication
with a part of Germany and other parts of Holland ; but the union of their actual interior navigation with the river Rhine Avill accomplish ail that can be imagined , to appropriate to themselves unlimited power and wealth , by inland water communication Avith the remaining- part of Holland and the greatest pait of Germany , by which they will in future receive the productions of that part of Germany aud its manufactures , which they get now through
Holland , Hanibu . 'gh , and Bremen . It will much facilitate the carriage of their wines , and other productioi s , ( which formerl y went by a very circuitous way ) , in the same manner , _ , nd procure them a more extended and more a , vantageous market . It will enable them to send warlike stores , and ail other necessaries , to the fortified cities and fortifications situated on these rivers .. They Aviii also further acquire the means of earning on a considerable commerce
from all the sea-ports in the South ancl North to the Geiman Ocean , without the protection of armed vessels , which will render their navy more powerful . ' - - Mr . Koops concludes this ingenious work with the following remarks : ' It' to' Avhat has already been mentioned , we consider the fruitful soil of Fiance , its progress in husbandry , its numerous
productions of ail kinds , the cheapness of the necessaries of life and the low price of workmanship and manual labour , facilitated by the numerous inland wateNcarringes—the enticement which it holds out to artizans and men of capital to settle there , ancl the consequent increase of manufactures on the arrival of peace—the facility with which it Avill receive , Undisturbed , naval stores in future wars by means of
inland navigation—These are advantages of so great a magnitude as will give to France , placed in the centre of Europe , too great a power to be resisted . ¦ The expences of the Avar , therefore , however great en the part of Great Britain ; ought to be regarded in no of her light than as prudently and necessarily em ployed for her self-preservation—if thereby she can defeat the designs of the enemy , and keep possession of that preponderance which she has hitherto possessed .