Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-11

ing my adli,lniiiratio;,, lct me conJure e
exort you by all the motives OF prudence
sod popularity. Iaihe prelent iniianee as
far the Louiliana !rttlemeni may atfcts rte
nation az large, let cur united wlll!es be.
sxerted for their eventual ialety. As TO
sagIelf, 10 the Lat exigence, secure re-
treat 10 Carriers mountain would be again
open to me. We lsave for ourielves, then
abundant f,urces G. hope and eonloia'ion.
Bet the torlorn ii,pation of the French
people cannot fill 10 awaken cur iyn'ia-
| th;ss, and toexcite the mott affeesionaIe
| f1!icifude. Even the inluItr Battle OF
| England IS now eclipfed b. the i.slcnd.d
| delsotifa, Of Bonaparte. Not iaslsfed
with having brought France under an ar.
! bisrary yoke Of usarpation, not coa'ent
with pefpetuating it IN the hereditary
hands Of his own family, lie has not fclu-
pied to infuIt Philofophy ard the Revola
ton by the reaoration OF Prieas and the
projection Of Royalils. Agaips all ihsie
anti republican tendencies, it was my IN
tentionto have f.nr the fortunate Cori1an
a friendly remembrance. But the ccn;ume-
ly wherewith cur Plcnipotenfiary at his
court hal been treated, tugse;ted 70 nc the
impolicy Of provoking haughsinefs al
ready too we'll difpoied to fsek csufes ci
offence. Perhaps, on the mot relpetaiul
protect which / could have prepared a.
ga;n1 his late geitions, the Firl} Confll
vesiId immediately have proceeded TO fend
home the minilter that offered it. Averie
to the rif of an open and i,reparable
breash, my diicontent has been only cx
prsasd IN the qusrilous invecslves Of my
official print, medium, too low, il is to
be hoped, TO call down the relentmen1 Of
the cunquerer Of lrab. Although every
thing, therefore, has not keen done il
behalf ef our natural allies that incli.
nation might lave prompted, yet IT
will appear, l truf that as much has been
perf3rmed as was within the compass OF
our n,eaus, or compatible with my per-
fonal approximations. = With refped to O.
Their Transatlantic potentates, few tranf-
asaions Of Importance have interviewed
hnce your laa meeting. An article of con-
vention has been entered into for til. ad-
iunment Of certain mercantile claims of
compensation fer injuries committed On
the high ieas by The fubjet's Of Span.
From the we'll l,nawn moral ftneis and
the diaingailhea Qualifications .. our AM
baaador at Madrid, you muf conhde
that the nue O. the negotiation Efficient
ly ccmports with American honor ard
rights. a fuccintf detail will be fubmi.-
ted 10 you of rte nsea!ures taken by go
vernment in relation 70 thoie Of the Bar
barry aates, who had perddiculv let loole
their corfairs againf our unafending com
merce. AS return for tie operations Of
the naval force, which the occaiion neoef-
fairly called into fervice, the weakness Of
humanity might incline to augment its
numbers, OF to grant re!pite from that
public deRruefion to which ii has been
wiEely conGgned. But the permanent In
,egrity of our principles is not to be re-
Taxed by any partial advantage. Recruit
ing parties have indeed been ordered out
10 lupply fuficiert guard for the fhips Of
war which have been laid up at Waihing-
ton, but which the providens difbandment
OF the marine corps had left entirely IN
protected. In making the new enlia-
men:s, the officers are fpecially charged
not to alarm the fears ard jealouhes of
pacific and frugal people by the mar
,iai found of either drum or fife. The
Object Of the Undertaking is NOT topre.
!erve ,hefe vsGels as guilty engines Of war
fare. MY with is that rude eoncourie
may be kept from trampling on their
mouldering ruins, until the members Of the
Representative body have availed them
felves Of the opportunity of exploring the
fecrets Of nautical fcience, by contemplate
mo ;fs works in their fimp'i6ed Hate of