Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-16
TREATr OF AlMEINS.

PAPER oft6e Zaa Of AprlJ IS The arti-
Gle ALLUDED to BY Mr.. WINDHAM, IL
BIS Speech on tbe De6nitive Treaty,
pHbJ6sdmtbs ALEXANDRIA ADvER-
User sfrsfsraay
!" France, reeoaciisd with all govern
ments, will never DE able 10 difarm the ami
notify Of thoGe men who are irritated by
the lpectacle of her greatnefs, aud blinded
by the fpiendour OF her glory. When fix
moaths ago, they faw her in fifteen days
conclude four treaties of peace, and refore
tranquility to Tea and land, funned by
iuch fuccels, they attempted to contea the
brilliant terms of peace with England
They opened mott exteniye range to
the lovers Of, conjefures. They pretend
ed that fecert articles balanced the adyan-
tages of the public POPULATIONS. Time
has fhewn that there were no iecret con-
ditions.
Re9ing on, | know not what, ex-.
preaions of the EngliIh mini9ers in Par
lament, they contended that the merit
of this peace could not be decided by the
preliminaries that we lhould wait for
the De6nitive Treaty, and then the iupe-
: riority of Great Britain would be feen.
*s*****s The dehnilivc Treaty
has at length been Ggned, and is found
to be more advantageous, more glorious to
Z France than the preliminaries.
Sc AT the time when the firf conven-
ton appeared it was criticized on different
I. grounds. Men coniider the benefit which
England might derive from the cinnamon
foreRs of Ceylon, and particularly from
the fuperb port of Trincomalse, the true
bulwark of India, commanding the Ma!a
bar and Coromandei and ALT he Archipela-
/ go ofthatocean. 2
I" 1t was calculated too, not what Tri-
: nidad was worth but what it might be
rendered By the ikillful irdu&ry of The En-
glilh, lels intcrefed, perhaps, about their
own produce, than eager to monopoliie all
the commerce of the Oronoque, and the
countries adjacent. Inaddition to thole,
climates, 70 faftering for England, were.
addnced the riches lhe was to acquire in.
the Myiore, conquered during the war of
the revolution and people were inclined
to believe that the Englifh had carried to
the utmoe extent of their wifhes, their ma
: val and commercial greatness.
- With this Gtaation Of England was
oppoled that of France, aggrandifed by
Belgium, Savoy, Piedmont, and part Of
Germany: dhpoGng without controul of
Holland, Switzerland, and Italy forth
flying herfelf in the Mediterranean, by the
aesaiGtiono of Porto Ferrsjo-opening In
the north river famous for its ancient
commerce, and a port defined by its titu-
atomic become the emporium of Europe
recovering Martinique, enriched by Eng
lifh capital; obtaining the Spanill part
of ST. Domingo eaablifhiag herielf in
LouiGaaa, and regaining her fettlements
in India.
g Between thele two pictures of two
fates which may ceafe TO be enemies, but
usver to be rivals il was not difficult to
pronounce which of the two had gained
mott by the war. 1t was demonstrated
that France had obtained an irreGftable
preponderance upon the continent and
that in fuffering her maritime power TO
fall off, Che had not loft the elements oft
which conGts in her population and her
territory.
&C Such was the afpsa of things which
the preliminaries offered and as they
have formed the BATS of the treaty Of
Ameins, it may be faid that the latter was
tried by anticipation. Letus now examine
whether il does not fscure fome new add
yantges torrance and her allies whether
it does not contain great features to render
it remarkable in hifory.
&C The Preach were jualy ALARMED at
what was due to England for advances
made for the maintenance Of more than