Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-09-09

Of the treaty respecting AZ Ake coHpAed
with. On this rock, the ldnfels Of the
First Consul are 10 flourish 0fto wither.
and he has pledged himself that the
blood ofarmy after army shall flow, to.
water. the plants. = -
= This is the declared subjectofthe war.
but ia reality, Malta and Lampedosa,
are as innocent ofthe strife as the Apo
stle Saint Paul who was shipwrecked on
the former, or the Goddess Calypso
who cajoled Telemachus ON the latterA
The question, which the swords 81
thousands are drawn to decide, Is wbe-
theE France shall snhjugate the world
whether Rome shall revive in Paris, and
precious citizens excepted, the rest Of
the world be esteemed aud governed as
harbariafis. It Is not 70 determine, whe.
ther France shall be governed by the
hayonets Of the consular guard, Or by q
king and nobility whether Austria or
France shall controul Italy but whether
Great Britain shall perish and the fire.
dom humankind be annih;lated. i Il Is
not tie dispute Of a Island or pro-.
vipess tits die quarrel Of civilized mao.
Holland was free, Switzerland was free,
they are enslayed; Great Britain and
the y. States are still the asylum Of Il.
berry; but tKey-ar the last ;-when
England falls this c0intry must follow,
and the history cf. freedom will be ter.
minated ilinm faf. H.
Taacc waged die last war, with va.
rious success. fnsfhe commenc
whensslie inscribed freedom on her ban
,ners, tie cPinion Of large part of the
world was in her favor; and the success.
ful pride Of Auslria, and the eencroach-
ing ambition Of Essiaaa, inspired icaa
'loasy and 4 suspicion. Circumstances
changed the idea of liberty in France
was found 70 be q sanguinary Illusion:
she became victorious and her rapaeity
can only be satisfied By deyoiring the
world. Fortunately this truth is felt, and
every nation abhors her tyranny, and
deprecatcs her power, $50 $s.=
Through the whole of the neyociati.
on, according u. the papers tia. have
been published; the erasions Of the
French have been interchangeable. The
conversation of Talleyrand with Lord
Whitworthare 50 destitute Of argurnenr,
he has SO much subterfuge, repeats over
the same thing so often, that they must
be regarded IS insult. Did the Mini
stcr Of Foreign affairs think he Was dis!
playing diplomatic skill, when he told
the English. minister, thatL the First
Consul had given up all ideas Of taking
EgHtt, andthoughtno longer Of possess
ing that country and that 1iaiia might
be surrendered without fear on that
POINT ; at the same time that Bonaparte
himself told Lord Whitworth with an
the frank ress Of soldier, that he would
have that country b all events, either by
the dissolution Of the Ottoman Emtire,
or by some other causei Does the cx.bi2
shop Of Attfnn imagine, because the
Pope has made him layrhan, and ri:
ven Em leave to marry his mistress, that
he may insult the Judgment of Europe
with the most miserable subtietiest Why
else does hereby SO strongly in bis mani!
festo, on the imperious term Il So
hours, giventodeeide on the Bitimatum
when this term was not fixed, until the
English Minister had been exposed to
the most vexatious, the most fatal delay.
Does II not shew the utmost patience ON
the part Of the British government to-
have waited an hour longer for an an
swer, when the discussion had been so
longprotracted by the most miserable pu-
erilities MOI with an intention of COM
ing to a decision but only to gain time.
fhe First Consul has thus with the
temerity Of fortunate soldier plunged
sitnselfinto q war. His Unsuitable am.
bition, his personal vanity has engaged
him IN aeoufest OF which none can for
see the esent. He has no other mode Of
warfare butte invade ADRIAN, Of
which he doubts the success and he has
pledged himself Tor the attempt.
But is Gveat BsitGn the only enemy
the cousui has 70 dreads Look a E,;-