Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-07-12 00:00:00, page 2

the Fraenum : jay:-nal. . _ -
. ss ss :: Crousssserdss: letter'siss-Nth Io
lah: hnsmuvatp ma : of she had: at Tude- ss
. 'ssct-ct, wInch Fa's lost not throng ]) the miscon
_ ol'gensseralCastanos, but oshis gfficcss-rs,
{had Ocana was the molt disassitmus to
thepamot :si Cause in Spain. ' VYhac has
jnot general Arieza ga to answer ior. ' Re
jccnqg the prudent counsel oﬂ Þeteran soi- si
them, and alnion holding the sate of Spain ]
ab hishan'ds, instigate'd by the: most blmd
si; of:-tuation., he madlysi risked everything by
* 'ss'ssssctcsile which he was solemnly warned to
. 'le and which as was toreseen, be lost.
The kisse!- of the baron Crossard will he
read wi;h' interest by militaxy men especial
)y, but with advasinwgc by all, The time is
le approaching, when Amzmcus
, 'roo will have to ac: on the: nsrmssnvz. lt
sing;; should ever unfortunate-ly be the case,
_ she sis'osin'nd general maxims of Crossard, al—
ﬂthou h thcv were thrown away on the
' wretched Aricss zaga, may profit others. At
-ct-ss:ss_ny rate, such an important document ought
do! to be eo'nsinncd to oblivion. ]
Wheuﬄnczaga took the fatal resoiution
Wcttsimumg his position at Sama Cruz, and
Wchpgssxhc French in the plains, the folkm -
ssif'sssi memorial and lemans-trance was dcli
!; sisicd tq kim by. barcss-n Crossard, the com
." ctississoner from {he court of Vienna. T he
* chfmbie arguments advanced in it were
sithsown missay upon this unlorcunatc man.——
'Fiﬄ To his mtesiilrsinc) the general m chief don
]oasinsi Caries de Afrie'zaga, in his hidd
si ss nuartm ctat Santa Cruz de ia Zarga.
'*ss-'. PWssing too slight a cla1m to the con
fideocgbf your excellenc) to be penonaiiy
informddssos ) our present and ultcrmr mien- (
illsiictlssions, THE 'ailuatiosin of )our army, that of i
Ridi—csso'zperamg emps, and also that of the
si ssss ,! "exit! oncti) smm my opinion b) what <
lindsib), then-motes of those \\ hom eve
'si made: ccnsicurs to accn—dic. is I am !
so chide" m these neous, your excellency
Mtsoived to" march against the enemy, to
Mssff him badfo _ !
ct'si - '"Upon this supposition, [should be un
worthz of the ccnﬂtlessnce with which ! hat : ct
sisiiss etiosinsis suggested by that resbiutiox .
,sissssct— "ct'fss chterday )our excelicnq concurred
puttmg to hass'zard the assairs of i, ou: coun
.Sss try, md of thus compromising the interests
If Of Europe, so intimate!) unitcd with those
ctssﬄoi Spainsi. You appeared to me to be senti
ct-ct'biy impressed with the honor of delivering
Madrid and Castiie, b) continuing the same
ing-Had movement: by which you have hi
thertosi- driven the enemy before you; and
seeme}- :ss to hewe-ty little inﬂuence-(1 by the
is;-"Means sailing a battle, the succcss of
Which is almost always owing more to
chance than a the talent:. of the generai; —
;,si where;: the "success acquired by movements
chdkrf bin ti'oþl'siii'ts, by attesting his genius.
But as a battle is the lasc tesource of a ge
man}, permit me, with a tiew to ajust de
;sisisssi— chide,- to state the cauees which authmize
, sirtsssi-esource to the chance: of an engagemcnt.
i'si A general oft-rect battle when he finds his
, Wp'phes cssut "off, or obsmtctcd; when, bya
s-sssisishsie unlity of his tr00ps, or the advantage
si-si' If the ground, 'he' possess" a" maniscet and
decided superiority; when it is necessary
,tq muclpate sithe arrival Of reiniorcemems
'sii (spend-by " the enem), and whosejunction
could i-edpce him to an impoeaibility of
' " ths-kid , nhenﬀ it is pf—importance
. ye} besieged pince; "when the con
jss sisipf a'deseatsi can, in do the, coun
ss- . fieldkhtagsnbnf would remit from
, ss 7??? short, when he that cannot
_ W simsi end matri- ".: the main
si !!!! &! then, the nhnndttnssee
enofed by the supreme got 8")in
Junta ofthe kingdoms of Spain :ctmd the In
dies, and aiso of your excellency s esteem,
.";jnggs iespectfuiiy to submit to )00 the re-3
if" Mix-tri am; de Ja Zarga, ssNov 6,1—809
"finitb'issned operation, he is sure of totallysi
dthtottng the entmy , when, either from.
if. ! his} not atthe present moment she fit m
yeith me as to the danger there Would be in -
si ' Situation: in which every thing
.. 1
side-dared to" the hazard of a bat
_ ss _l mssssﬀcthpnusson your excellecey
' ; Wom
si __ct ' 6 Half-ire per atmm
' _MG,$Loddr8. ' '
. \
;ij *—si-si. . :: -
" si'LMMrffimLY 12.
sisisisisisi
——..5 1 :
*-——.-'- -———
5."
i— yhisieh-ctlsipmatls ' me your, .:siesixeelsilensiessy's camy
. .", m.: , .
.—,,_
!
i
!
si seconded by diveisions on the part of the:
" llss ! now proceed to examine the ad-T
vantagcs that may result from the gaining I
of a battle in order to contract them with
the injurious conscqtrt-nces of a tlcseat, how
easy it is to perceiw, that the: .petty amount
of the. former can sin;-ver compensate the
common: extentof the latter! _
" The evacuaricm of .Mzzdrid and the
Castila are 'the——tiuly'—adwnt35es which I
"can discover in the gaio'mg of a but-tle:—
'Your eXct-llt-ncy Would not in vainfiattcr
yourself,-that. thoush fighting at the ver)
'gate—ssiof the: t'ap'ital, ywctshould'be pnwnss
; fully aidcdlsivy "the eﬀorts ofithc inhabitants ;
for if the battle of f'ssl'alavera furnished a
? proof of the patrioti'c attadhmtnt of the!-e
lo;-al sztniards, it also drmCtISlWltd that
z vety little is to be espected from their unr
sss tions.
I ** Your'eXct-llency cannot-calculztte on a
superiority of numbers, on account of the
rapidity with uhich the French constantl)
l eﬀect theirjunctions. Beside s,certnin En
glish tfficers that escaped from the prisotts
of Blaclrid, "have assured coluss'Dillon, that.
the French considered this superiority ol'
number as an tit'mtfﬂt of disorder; upon
which they sounded a part of their hopes. ,
" What evils would not, on the other
hand, ﬂow from a (leseat' which a river,
sondable, it is true, but eJttremt-ly confined,
would render desttumive? Your tXtsiellency
would in one instant lose your army—that
army which is the hope of Spain, the lows
of its lorces, the school of its numerous
l'e-vies, of which circumstances, now more
'than "ever, urge and accelerate the formation
as" a dead time of the year appropriated to
negociatiops; - How dreadful the 'shoc-k
which this satabblowctmightctgive'to she. po
litieal'system ! ss'lf by any chance -a portion
of the. troops co-operating'in sithe psie n-in'sula. .
did not carry into their operations aspirit'
—os unmixed and ctabsolute good will, such
? portion would-not neglect to lay hold of a
l-legitimate pretext sor retreating, and from-4i
? that moment the activityos-t'he other c'orps
T-Would not only become'sisi' useless,sisshut' would j
? be even dangerous to themselves. i
, " From this statesntfnt, "] 'cctonc'esiivefshsia't]
[your excellent)" will obtain the glory-"of de- ss
'l'n-eﬂng'Madtid andjour country, by con- ss
si tinuingsitsscttsssstese movements, and by r—igorous- !
ly gbstni'iting, from committing yourself to
the Mind of'a general engage-ment. To
eﬀdctsssisithis .Pv',P08e,-i_t wouldibe sictaﬂiciensst
that your estelleney' should proceed as few
lsseagues fart—her tak—your right; and sithercl
f-taking : position as near as possible to the;
West bank-of- the xTagus, your might .emplov
will "che means of nature and art to entrcnch '
ssybursclfi. .,sisslssFrom-the-sipoincsiin'si question. you
ssmighc puSh beyond the right bank of _tl_t_e*
river a strong advanced siguard, to=' b- ' sop
jssporfbywssintermediate-corpl placed in the ;
ctectchss'elcn; " si _ si_ - _ i
.'***Thescct sitWO'coxijWhich'ﬀshould like-'
;ctw'ise 'sibess Entrenched, si might, -si at '_p1'cssa'5'urc, ?
send out strongss deta'chmen'ts 'in all "sidis'ec- !
tions, —iq_'"'fron_t' andsirear of "Madrid, andtss
'Upon-Madrid itself. in this Situation" vour
sif'xcsiejlsslettcsiy might tmpldx-thesi Hsig—htsiin. suit-lt
t'mz "!SYZQMZ' 8.- in as he' Þm os'siu'a'da-t
-" ...- ﬄ_,_.ss—__ct_ ,
L 'sidur sitxceufficy shesizdsiifficmcyf of 'ptsittting
"shew the'ssaþseuee ofzsialluicubtwn ' ( t
::act'ssipsiþﬄ ' "ctuonzct-id-si'che-ÞWWWWWCW
co-operating corps. ' ]
** No besieged place expects direct luc
cours from your excellency.
" Trdops newly formed, if beaten,sspr*e
sent cnly certain prospec: of dispcrsion;1
and this risk cannot be counterbalanced by*
any hope of success. ]
" The object of your excellencv bringthci
deliverance of Madrid and - the ctCastil'cs, it3
is manisest, that by continuing those ma-lss
ncuvres which are already drawing toai
close, this object will be attaincd, Without!
in any respect hazarding the existcnce of *
the army. - l
yoursin (nation. ' ' 4 — , . , _
" The'sse'ajme cause leaves" ynursisirxcellmcy
as little hope of desiring any advantage
from these-nice of your cavalr) . si "
" I conceive'ctit sia physical siimpossibility,
that the enemy should be so speedily joined
by reinforcemems ; mherwisc, the govern
ment, in communicating such information7
would hat'esenablcd'you to be-sip'nvtsierfully
" fzsissz*-*ss..-si;lt' i-fiiwporum-thaubalflelhwld 13?
ss_ Ssi With the sse_xcsiepti'css>n .of'tfie_ssssvss_alqi-ssz'n
ss gzsafdigpoisidonzsi which you r'ectxceile'ncjf has
sibeen'siitble to animate your troops; thesspupeﬀ
rior'it'yiid'tjalksi" military points;_.sissincontei'tibly
belongitdsi—tbe ent-my. si . - - ,
ct " By niarching.'vbiufitariIYJZainet'the
put,-my,- lsiysiour sssiexceile'ncjsisi .}:ictddefctiqss him all
she a'djrantagcte'e of :! psiq'vi'tction 'whssich—rh'e'ctd/ill
have studiedssinctevay respect," to Which he
Will 'have'adapicd ct-his t' vollntion'a, and where
he wsiillh'avctcsi 'ctdistribwtctd hisctaitiilc-iy ; where
as thesssimarch of z'sscstelctday has pssrmssSrd to
,,sisissct amuse-a Whmssssmi
lepgyct_5pd "hef'co-operating corpse "hotsiussch
dipt-she; Mrytdea of
.si.
, siss .X- , \ ss' _
-_ si—si .
\
,: if" -' __.- ., 'si' . 7\ \, -'-i' _ '- . si . w ' -
. uﬂsi tsssssi ->-.sssi,..: ( _ VQPA..'-*.' - sisi'ct 57
'. " .
_
-—-—
"final—,,siqfidsiisiligxsidailytzggsitggcctkmssgctzsith ;silchnc-Þs
Zysidu maid?: us'gikvcisicissfi'fidebcesiss'rO'the 1!th
'ibisiumsiof Madridsi-dishcakten and innum
ssgaawfshe cldvtssmysiqbslfsiuct hid'su'ppsilics, and
;.ﬀss'ggjivsiesictefipeﬀehc'e'tdthe Spanish nappy.
? ;" !nsilhis 'pctcfiuunss—ctjtsswoqld si esi easy losi
Fsisiwaitfctfor. ipgcﬂigcsincqss {run The'dUKctea '(lel
si'Paisct'qu'e end-'D'AlbsiuqucssrQM, to establish a
Communication withctthtm by the most sim
-plr.-signols, and at length to terminatewilh
"afube'sscu is ffiaqffi're coinpctlkzcly deciSivc.
qsi " But in the most unfortunate ev'r—m,
Should your' sie-Kcsiectllcn'cy be attacked'assndssdc
&atqd in your- posffio'm that could not-hap
þc-n dom-your sitxcfilency' had p'rcvib'uily
made me e-ne-iny' sustain ihesi mossit et-hsss'ible
less; and then, falling ba'ck u'pon Cucnca
And Valencia, and occupyjng at, pleasurcwhc
chaips 'of mduntai'ns [Gadfng inm'the shur
'kingdoms, your siexcellency 'would be still
formidable,sscvm in (le-fear, and" would pow- _
car-(un)! protect your country. ;
: ss "- (Sigmd) , , , .. ""
' " The Baron de CROSSARD,
si " Majm- in the armicss-s of his trsiaszty
the emperor of Ausuia, knight of
sictlhc msidcr of lMasia There-53, and
' commizsioncr to the Spanish 'ar—
mits-"
si "fafd—w
osthe attempt to represmt the helligerents
as equally hostile to the United States; and
thereby still longerto preserve those false
impressions, which hate alresiady blastedsiottr
ssbest interests, and now endanger tzur liberty,
and our safety, the subject is_lar sr'em being
exhausted.
ss The reader-Of the Nacttional Int'eilige'b'c'er
would suppose, that England maint'ain'esiil
the principle ofproclamation bl'ockades, and
f that the reqttisition of- France on this sub
ctject was confined to hlockadrs -os this des
cription. He would also supphse thar-"the
tiropasitiors os Ftance and of England were
of the same character. _
i The se are the ideas, which the Naticnctal
Intelligrncer inculcates, but these ideas are
in total opposition to the fact.
i . , . . , . .
Ltssgland—cthtis never maintained the punct
p'fc olsi' proclamation blOCiiadtS, tllizts in
theory or practice. She tlcilhcr claims for
h- r'sels, nor allows to others, a right to in
novate on the established law of nations.
The presmt orders of council are not in
lact founded, nor are they prose-seed to he
founded, on a right to bloekade ports lay
ptoclamation. 'They are founded on the
rights osa belligerent to retaliate on his e
nt my those measures, ' which that simsimy
employs. Although this right is not (XGT'
c'isesidssto in full extent ; although the ret-ali
ation is infinite-ly short ot'the measure whisith
prodnced it, still this and this ale-ne" is the
' - silcri's hot belicvccl sith'at :! Single insislssan'ce
can be adclun (] of a mue sctsiroclamation
blockadcss during lht present War sanction
, ed by the gmrr'nmc m Ol'_('s msits osEngl-and,
lÞtior'm 'thc mclers osss'Ns-Hmbeff "1807
l-That' vx'nich mcttsiS!_IsiCSrmbltsss it is sithe mdcr
si communicated bvctMr. Fb-x to col'onc-l Mon
si toe,'ixi'hisct'l£siuer of the 161'h of 'M'9y,si1806.
ss This Was not'sstn'sacc' a' bsilo'ck'ade. "I: was
only a prohibition- of the coasfing trade, and
"was founded on previous i-xtension of the
" rights of war made by France. ,
T ctThe insinuation tlfm'lhat-England- main
"He requires that bldckadrs nor'real, should
---be resisttd, and explains-What he-rﬀeans b
the term; ssNp bloc-kad'sses, he say-s, "shall—be
ss considered as real,- unless the place is inven
si 70! in i-ws ui'bcte lbﬂt'ctWbiCh hesi'anncxed 40
'thc term ." reaþblockaa'e' it is of course 'tsibe
se nyesiin which that te'rm'is'used'by'tthctDuc
;" Caddre. - ' ' ss \
"is nsiwre 'lbanf-iqsihuauqcl in sithessNatissynal-ln
? tclbge ncorg'thalAmc-rica should regisxct block
siadn whcgn the place is no; igvmcd lay-land
pt'ocecdþariffiassu with France 'in mitigat
ing the t'tgor of these decrees and orders
against nt—unal ccmme'rce ' with bellige-rent
'DUfis.
"is c'omra'ry to' truth. It is not less untrue
lban'the r'c-siqmsuion of France-is limiusid to
a— rrsist'an'ce os'su'cb blockades.
ed by land as Well as by sea;
tainssithe right to blocks-de by procl'amation, si
r- Champagny to general Armscrong, (he
unaltcrable view-s of the emperor are stated;
their vindication. '* Osthis truth the si'Nati'un
al lntelligencer cannot be ignorant, for our
administrati'en' has itself 'avOWt-d, thatsi'the
orders oscouncil', When ct'zr'rimunicatedmere
accompanied with an assurancc,' that they
should be st-Vtsi'kt-(lilhc instant'thect Be rlin desi
cree Was revoketl, and that England would -
—._ Jct -
. . l,!
principle on Which those orders rest, for
alms. letter not'lohgi since addressed by .
inin-being she meaning; which 'Yhe empe-c
5'] be ri.quisitibn of France 'then-is;not,ssssal
Msiuch as has been said of) the grossness
- From the see/ere! If efullz'sssicdn.
'Act RssM I N : U'S,
Nsiuctss X.
3.ss,,ct._ , ?:sict
'-z-. sisizzsi .si '
{;
sssiYet 'our merchantmsien. p'lteugh the-off si.
searless osthe crttisets of this giganticpﬂfsi
"a Whom they meet Without appschcltifctsi
in every sea. ' Our V'essc-ls ent-:t theirportss
where they are invited by good mﬂsssctsiss
and perfect ercsimity. - Is their enmif)" . ",
flike that ofctFrance; is their bcst'ﬂuy" 71
ntutrnl commerce rquasil the heat-His! ;"
France, to what cause-ate ty to ascﬂþf't'ct
perfect concealment of it"? Let-Briﬄsisi,
fortli'hcrssstrength against our commflscc f'
France h'as done, and it erishes as a-sis'ct; .
isbing-ftree blasnd' by :lhelsissghKDYHS Of. &
ven. _ , - - ,,
But I turn from sithe-contemplasiOQ 9"
-diegu'sting- attempttsito transfer to Lo ,
those resetitmeneszctfirhieh are exciud bY .
;sieon'duee olennce, in every bosom "Th'
for the honoe'ssbr "the independﬂfct 0ij -_
country,3t6si'thc not "less disgusfmzo ass
ssfosik si-ssu'rhieh an thecessgmﬂ Him-{Why
misrepre-entatiofis 'aksigflde- I; to a
[the auchccof :! coat: siiRMlMUs'si'
" - ' _ : no - .
*' L' reqmresisino fin't-her evidence thattthe
late and reluctzm admissirhs shrccdsrom
the National Intelligencer, bfthe too nota
tious fact, "that not " a neuer-t! plan]: sound
on the" man," chn'sir-ossibly escape th
" lawkss depredativns" ohhose " was ct
'si of private-en '- which issue from the t'a
Cus portsctbf'Ft-"ance and of those countﬄ
which have" mire.-mitted the gtorious and
" "once rakmlsipfivilege 4)! or" gr-vetnmu
"into the'h'atds of her deepot; that ths"
whith elude their vigilanﬀ, and find upon
only find a more'sscknhin-deettuction. '
si Bct'fesifo she 'mnfiscation oisi thirty millions
si properzy in France?
Yrc'pcl Blffis open atﬄtk sion their tighmisi
. Nosssictsi15?r__' '1807; mca'surks' 'oP retaliaziou
" Wch adoptt'd.
' solutssfly conhsioling all their Commerce.
" Berlin decree,'assumed and exercise-(i she
_ the general conduct ,of Great-Britain and
sfromsifsiE'pfilﬂvd.sisshCct-sisigsissmctOf search and of
ct us' to unite with her in cempeffing England _
"not only to zebzndt-n that system nsrettdhsi
si' doenhanctthat the, proposixivn of France "a
'tosinsial War. 7
'cofhcrþrejddiccjsis'hcsi wobsiid he compelled
sito retaliatc it. 'No disposition whmeo'ct
'But whasnn jun—Hy- the bold avmr .
that England act! on the name-. principlsi
"'Het* maritfmf: strength is known tnbttsi
accomplished (he ﬂmmz entire arnibilzlsil ;
of the commcrcial merit-te- of "the Eumsi "si;
continent, combincd let her destruction- :
presents" Britssa'tn until-France as t-quatly dc-Fsij
\ . 'sssif-si ".;siss'ss." 'sisijsisssifF sict-zsi si'g'ct-ct ,, 's' . - .
Men wren mass- w sssssiss
'Shbddsiumtc WHb'i-ÞSL. L'! Wrtszipg by smctte
te'flmincdss, " nomo leave a' neutral "pluck on ;
the ocean." %
France 'towa'tdz the' Unittdf States. that
facts'which daily man, 'and' which plain};
demcnstrate tHs oþsmsitinn Scarcely attract
the attention of;! single individuak Anit- ct
Stnnce 'osthis is'the'c'o'ndttctOsthrissie nation fssi
untie-t- the non intercourse law. That it was _'.'
leveiicssd agaisirzstsiEnth'nd, has not bet-ntct- ss
c.:ahctd. Yet England has never soughtrt -.
avc-ngcsi'it,' nor uttered a complaint respect-si;
ing it. France, on the cortt'afy, has givenss'sij
it as one reason for the vsi'fide dcvaswtiot
and'i'ndisc'rimin'ate con'fiscalion of our prc
perty. ss*\\'hat must he his cha'racter W'ﬄ.
can pronounce the total indiffi-rence of'Bn
t'nin'to this medsu're, an oﬀence. equal in de
Blþckssizde'ssirighmsi' sssithfie exercise of Whsth arsi.
squigpcd'Z—by acknowledged law,-mad L').
usage both si'im'mishbrial and univuaai.
' Of'dsisiiis The'W-ctisstffin'bl Intellisigencer "could
not be ignorant, althossugh "for ctsurposes'mssm
perniciQUsw his country, hc_si has assumct
the contraryctas she sack.
si England requifessionlyfthnt 'M— shallcnh.
ii'nue that resistancc tosithi's'hostile aggm.
sitm,"which' we have "ourselves Stlttfscdu ,
beat adapted to our sittiation} Until France .
shall rttokcthose' decrees; which mount
3 wa ran these p'r'opssosition's be'comideret
be equal ? How cuttsident must he be osthe
frrjudic'essi he addrcSSctt-s,"who "can make
these palpable mist-rpr'tsmta'tiom?
ss ln stith direct 'o'pp'ositinn'to esia'ch othcht
Passshgbver shesi disiﬀcfencc "01 their
gon-gr.] will brieﬂy adve-rt lossshc WIMM
o! sh'sicﬀl'tetsixsins. 'si -
ln Novcmbcr, 1866, 'ffiess'fﬄþﬂonbybsi
tion, which has been thus-prsiotsioktdss born!.
sn' to sm-rcntler tight; the "but T'S'absished
and the most esssientiztl to be? safety.
England 'qrc [as the s'fime charactt r.
Without pr'esumi'ng" to prsicfscsikibe the" for"
in Which this measure should be reeimd
England sisigsiave us notice, that she could no;
p'i-rmit nedtr'iils shus'w be rmploytd as in.
snrumems'aþss'kmst hsicr ;*sisiand "that unlcsisiusi
did rrsist ahi's'bold i'nvusion osnr utral fish},
sigh; ol'legislating sOr neutrals, and of a.
having been m'imiscstecsil by' the" U. Statmq
,. Neither pan any one thing be moffi'lm. 5
si'Nnt iezs ha's'dy isssthe ascension {which n—sisiss—Z
ans e, the "of'zgittaﬀ'a'gssgctfets'or, town-sand, '
— , *si_\_ -_ ).
l'.
!)