Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-23

lane date, 6 llle Convention Of The l4h
g Nov. 1878, nor upon The indcmnitles
g mutually due or claimed Tie 3aysn,
/" aUiRueg0riale .J2nber an i6elc la5jea,
at a eonvsuient nme. aud unliI thew
may have agreed upon thsfc po;n,s
/" the Treaties and Convention lhaIi bav.
/" no operation, and the relations Of Il.
. two countries iaall be regu.ates as fol-
" lows,
The only part Of this article which We
can perceive even gianees al at the quel.
ton OF lpoliations and indemni.ies, is Tia,
in which the parties expressly. Rate, tia,
!" thy are nj abA 10 ag,ee ,zs5el7rg
" bem, and nJsrlfers qoill utgoei;aie fat.
/" fber IN thsse ,ubjezs at a eonUeg,xs,
fimt." And vetfhis is what the edl,o,
Of the Aurora aGeFts to be proyiGon fer
:" tAA eompe15Qttsg.''
This bale attempt, however, to inpol,
upon The community by g lhamelel
falefehoOd IS not without its motive. An.
pl.cation has been made to Conggefs by
tlofe citizens Whole property was unlaw.
fully leized by the French c.uilcrs, and con.
demned during the lare war. The intention
Of our preient rulers mot probably, is 10
reject this claim it is matter Therefore
worthy Of democratic 6,nenels 10 throw
the odium of the meaiure uponsihe Daft al.
miniaration. Fence il is proper lba, The
people fhould he taught 70 believe that a
federal PreGdent AID Senate wanonly
ablolved the French Government tIom
the payment Of theie demands, after they
had agreed to make proyihons for them.
The :" organ Of The public ,sill'' is accor-
dinghy fele6ed as the fit ipArumsnt to
promote fach fchen.e and TO Go him il.
ttics, he never Bicycles at a lie to peae
his bat,ou, or advance the intereit ofhIs
faction. To all who know any thing Of
the means by which democracy accon.
plifhes its ends, the palpablc talAcod
Duane has on this location readily prop2.
gated, will not appear furprifng, Irn
an edfntial part OF that lyaem wbichtss
placed the prefeni party in power-to III.
nmph they mutt neeefaiily deceive.
{ will not be denied that in the "a.
tihca,ion of the convention with France
by MIR. Adams and the Senate, the e.
cond article was expunged, and that
Bonapafte agreed to its omiiIioo, tax.
ing care, however, 10 provide, tia, by
luch s. retrenchmenl The swo Aates re-
nounce Eacir neutrality-suspicious. which
are she obje6ls Of The fad article
Neither can it be dilyuged that the trea-
ty after il had been thus ratified by Bo.
naparte, was again flbmirted by Mr..
Jeferfon to bis oqya Senate, by whom
he was directed TO promulge it in the
ufual way: it was accordingly pre-.
claimed by him as the law of the land.
1t follows then, thar il there was any
thing improper IL the rejection of this
article, sh- preienr administration caaao1
ihelter themlelves under any acts Of The
former one upon this fubjea, for they
have adopted their proceedings by eh.
prslsIy confenting to them. But be ihS
as it may, il will not help Duane the
article contains no promile on the par!
Of the Flench to pay sfor their ipOIa-
lions, nor even to go INTO any enqul'
ry Rejecting them; he fands, there.
fore, undenlab'y guilty of grols dePaf'
tnre from truth, and under clfcumitan'
ces too, which does not render IT TO-
charitable to believe that II was intel
tional. How long will the people cor
cent to be irupoied upon by The aHI0O'
terry of fuch alien outcafs +? How l0'g
viii they iubmit to be the dupc:' %
their low cunning, their uSprlocIPr'
artihce? The. goodicnie OF the country c1a.
NOT for ever remainienthralled. Surely "
rejecting and vifruous man whole lo@y'
ment has been led captive by the lSl.n
hating projections of pretended repuDli'1,ii
muA loon break from (uch bondage q"
c,nr, az Zach jmpoiure.