Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-23

D1ke OF Nlo3ctid fioiu'u b uNa.ie''tJ
the payment Of twelve millions 81 livfes.
When that was pad he arreited the Duke,
ard exscr,ed from hin 100 600 fqulns !;
on this another treaty was h2ned. called
Csxvfution az SaYtr, whichs Of couEis'
was followed BY lre.h violations and ex ;
Actions.
In breach Of the treaty and rights Of
neutrality, he took poi4eiion of LeghoFn
to ieize the Brisifh property lying there
AMI he made the Duke OF iaieany
pay tie eApence Of his army marching
thi'he..
When he entered the territories Of We.
nice, he illaed, according TO caftom, q
proclamation OF /" eertain eDat0nt<s.
-" Bonsperre f0tbe Republic Of pea'ce. :
/" His 10 dsliver The fyIa country III E4ropf
1r2m The iran Jake Of TIE 5roud H0g/s q
1duAria The French army has cane, &c
sc. sc. R<ligi2u, goeeyxmenf, e4J9oms
and property ,AaN be r3petfed, aHpro7,-
pans for The army AaH6e paia IN 1711.y."
This, Ike every other, was followed by
infamous exa6liors = He el}ablilhed demo
cracy, and with the new government
made a treaty, by which money and ma
val flores to the amount of fix millions OF
livres, and three chips Of the line were
given to him, in retaru for which he gave
them eeytqueGaraures of friendfhlp. his
h. performed IN his own WAY, by handing
them over in four months after. by the
treaty OF Campo Formio, to lie ie1yoke
Of The proa4 Hoy,t Of .Agfria.
In Egypt his proclamation ran thus
In The name efGoD, meyeyHl and graei-
ms-Tbere IS M Cad tn COP" he
bas no )sa o. oDssiate in bis ,6'ng-
/" The French ad5ye The Supreme Be-
ing, and bouoy The Prophet and BIS Koran.
/" The French are trae MzGaiasa--aot
long fnce tbry marebtd 10 Rome aad 0Ver-
fbreqv the Po5s, arb5 exeitrd CbrHians
agama LAimym lMobomedanyml." He
returns home, eltabliales popery, and at a
iolemn MATS held on the occaiion, in the
face of that world who know Of his pre-
tending to be Muhulman, he takes the
facrament Of the Lords fapper, as by
CHRIST ordained, accordins.to the rituals
% he Church of Rune. Infamous, abo-
minable blafphemy /! !
After this authentic detail, are we jnf-
fled in eating off all confidence in fucF
mans prot,illons Our will our Execu-
| tive be jofl6ed in repodng any coniidehct
IN them
We are aware, becaufe we hear 1t eve
ry day and fee it before US, that many
men are ultimately averle to wal, anc
would maintain peace at any rate bu
have thofe perfons duly coniidered war o.
| peace, in all their bearings and relations
| War is thing that relates to fociety, no
| 70 individuals, and if individual feeling
| or private ftif interef enter into the com
,oG,ion OLA mans thoughts on thefe fob
i.cis, they cannot be CO rect. We mul
| often venture life to fave it, and to rem.
| der it more iecure, and to make ii wort
| the having and many have left their al
| by being afraid to venture all in It's de
| fence. One has land Ejaculation; ano
| Their commercial enc. One is afraid tina
lands will fall anotner that infurance vii
rife. But this does no. alter the real ma
ture of she quefion; the quefionrot wa
or peace extends to whole countries, EN-
pires, and regions. Thele fee no tarthe
than the fence Of their own eifate, or wall
| Of their own warehaule; and let thempu
this queaion TO their minds and hearts
| and as they themfelves are not concerned
| perhaps their Judgment will 10, be warp
| ed, and they will anfwer II fairly
| Would it not have been better for tn
places which / have mentioned to have ri
fen, en- maDs, oppofed BonaParse, and ru