The National Register.
London, England, 1808-10-16 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

roborato ogic expeetation. Dispatches were received ea
Friday from. Sic JAllllllt 6alissannt and Mr. Tvoarvon, and
as their contorts have not. bete published, it is natural to
co dude that nothing decisive has been done IS let.
From this. protracted negotiation, and the respect with
which the Russian °lacers have been treated on their ar-
'rival from Portugal, it is propable Ministers do every
[thing in their power to conciliate Russia. We are far ftois
;condemning this conduct; on the contrary, when we .ton-
`Bider the ruinous tendency and the extravagance of the war
between the two countries, we think the conduct of Go-
vernment both politic and just. if the infatuated Mon:srch
is so insensible to his own dignity and interests, and the ho-
nour of his country, as to throw himself, atter the events
which have taken place in Spain, into the arms of a ',tril-
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dious and sanguinary Usurper,. every measure is come end-
able which conduces to impress on the minds of the Ans.
sians, that the difficulties the" are exposed to from this
mad contest, do nut originate in us, but in the imbecility
of their own Cabinet.
America is in like manner not unworthy of some ob.ier-
vations. Their whole conduct has evinced. so much :mai-
mosity against this country,. such servile complacency ti -
wards BONAPARTE, that we ave afraid we feel someth ink;
mOre than acrimony, whenever we think of the insol.tlit
language and the pointed enmity of her demagogues asul
President. Now that the Ruffian, whose friendship thy;
so much courted, begins to decline in his fortunes, tl
begin to petition about the retuOval of the Embargo. Ilut,
if this country can ever forget their avowed partiality imd
submissive demeanour to the. enemy, we deserie on a fu-
ture occasion to be treated with similar insolence. racy
now remove the Embargo, because the consequences of it
are only felt by•themselves, and it has metely served to
prove their desire and their impuissance tp hurt us. .Thseir
conduct, however, has been so notoriously inimical, that
if our Government refused to permit a single Ameritn
vessel to navigate the Ocean, no individual, animated with
a particle of independence, or with British feelings, conk'
dare condemn them fur such -a measure. We sincerely
wish that something be done to make. thorn feel the
effects of their folly andiutemperance.
However marked our detestation has been of the hum-.
liatiag terms of the Portuguese Convention, we cannot help
indulging in something like a sardonic smile, at the recep-
tion of the City Address. As logicians, it must be allowed.
the Citizens do not appear to great advantage. That the
public should conclude and feel, upon presumption, is n:
turd, and frequently evcu beneficial ; but an attention to
stricter dialectic is necessary in the Addresses of delibera-
tive Bodies. Upon the letter of the Address we cannot,
therefore, bestow much commendation, as.it, in some
[sure, anticipated the answer it received. Thespiritof it,
however, was genuine ; and we lament that the first intru-
sion of the Patriotic Commou Councilmen of London should
havetbeen so cavalierly Areated. In our opinion the Ad-
dress shoukl have taken for its ground the official comings
nication of the Battle of Viruierat which justified the pub.
licto expect the unconditional Surresiderolivroy. lithe
CogamonCooncil and the. Nation indulged in too sanguine
expectations, to Lord Catementsen this Must be solely afft;
triboted. It was reasonable fey the City Address to hate. '
stated'that certain facts had been laid down from the fits''
authority, which, if .admitted, and which were admitted;
• rendered the very extraordinary articles, complained of,

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