Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-29

ipirited manner, the author explains, q
Inongit other topics the motives CT ms
title LsAm5igu, in The following very
ludicrous manner:
Well, L'4m5iisu does this title of
rny publication puzzle the leaders ct the
French government Then do they pre-
tend 10 have been till now explicit and
without 0m5i;s aity in their deeds, & even
TO be without am6isAy il al! their actual
operations : Shall be, or net, al liberty
to ay and write in London, as we'll IS
N. NecsSer has jult dcue in Switzerland,
without being TENT TO the Temple, thai |
perceive in the prsfent French contribution
100 many republican eiemsnts tor the dii-
play OF unity without coer,ion or deipot-
i'm, and too many monarchical principles
for cailing France republic and then
fhall be profecused tor calling fuch a
Contribution an um5ig40ns one !! Is The
Preach chief King or an Emperor ; is
he, under The name of Conlul, hyperion or
inferior to thofe two conlecra,ed titles
Mutt we revere him as an Eayoy Of Cad,
or confidcr him as The psefdeAt Of a Re
public, a Ample citizen Is he 10 be call
ed Ciroyen General, or your Majehy, or
your Aegna Sublimi.y, as The Bulletin
lie Paris, conducted by che Of his Copp-
feHors, has psopoied il Of lates And, in
fach a fate of uncertainty, am / not found
ed in giving him the name of L'.4mJiga,
and in reprelenting him as ! have done,
under the form of a Sphinx with the body
osa Lion, his native iign, and hielogly-
phic crown on his head, propoiing his
enigmas TO the new wosli? Am | NO, very
well authorized TO dcfcribe the plague Of
| ambiguity devouring the whole of Europe;
till new Gdip may appear, who inter-
prets them all lrdeed, is there now any
man, or any fate in the world, whole f.
tuatian, fortune, comforts, morals and re-
hgion, are NOT ambigaous in tie extreme !:
So, the Am6igu is but the iYnonimors ex-
prellion or an UaiiveyJal Journal.
Moreover an am5;ga is the French De !.
nomination Of an entertainment ,nsp,2mttu,
conha;ng of every kind of difhes: II is
TOO the denomination of a we'll known
| play houie Of Paris, FdmJigx Comigne,
wAieh items to call forth particularly,
| gaity, foogs and epigrams. This is a
clear explanation of my 44m6;gx, sc.
We perfectly coincide with MIR. Pe,tier
| IN the above definition of The preient gene
raj ambiguity which prevails throughout
the world, and we think the public will
parsake of the fame opinion. We per.
ceive at the bottom OF this number, that
the day for the publication of the next is
| not fixed, which feeGs to imply, that after
this member (which he has judged necef
fairy TO publifIl, either for giving an tx.
pianstion OF his motives, for ihswing that
he is nor diipofcd to yield to the tra
threat of a Prciecution,) rhe author means
TO give up disqualification, or at lealt to
complete the remaining numbers at long
intervals, Tor the fake OF tranquility 10
himfeli aud 10 his family.
We cannot diimifs the prefcnt object,
without giving an idea Of the epigranma-
tic wit which. preyades the publication.
We read 10 the fifth number the following
pointed dialogue between two French po-
cts, Fontaines and Chateaubriand, and a
fmarter piece we have ieldom feen.
C.-I am glad TO fee you now j; I am
preparing poem for infertion in the
MERcuRE of the rSth Brumaire. 1t is
TO treat of the confederation of the King
Of France. l want few rhymes to the
words .1aere. Can you point me iome
good ones ?
FL know of only four; 1T. faeye
ldirry fellow ). 2 lNaQaere 8 81. jean
d. Acre; 4 Simalaere, if you make Aufe
of them, be prudent.
C.-Will the fecond edition of your
f1ours dts Morris, be ready for the / 9Th
Vendema;re