Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-08

a nation, aud undertake 10 say, fever VII 'e
be nsron, wb Oh, in is policy towards atsqI"s'
has been, or viii hereafter be, goyerard hy spyN
other friendship but ,ntsysF Fespee. while We
were struggling Tor our fgats, fou0d il wss .re.
i1tert0 70 join Us in huubiinp ner old tnrNy'
laccordingly, we bad her jrienGAitIe cur resoo
tion. Az the close Of is spe Thought her mr.
est advised frat all the poefSys ro4ufyss the 9e-
,1et, and tie acknowledgements of our fadfPea
deuc< BY England, Ought 20 be withheld from US
lest we should not be sufientIy dependent on 6fr-
|seJf; Of course, her fvradGip put in notion e.
very engine intrigue TO prevent each and all 81
these events it is owing 70 aothing else D'S
the frmness, and indefatgabie vigilance OF A.
dams and Jay, (uegociators of tue treaty. that we
now possess them.
Again, at the commencement Of her late dc,
mocratic career, France thought her Interest
wonld'be prohted by drIliingus into the service
I OF Der quaneis and consfauentlv, no music but
the notes Of ',.ve,f seunbihy"T was iisped by
her mscreants throughout the continent; till at
length, finding sher uleretricous embraces were
not sought for with the eagerness she expected,
her ladyship took it in high dudgeoo, and IT,
stantly, both her Interest and her Friendship
turned freebooters upon our commerce, 10 the We
ry solemn drge oftwenty millions Of dollars.
As for the English, their gracious acts arc
neither better nor worse than those of other ma
tions. They, indeed, have not The art of pra.ing
nonsense quite SO ready AT their finger end., and
of Course are not SO dangerous 10 fools, as their
neighbors the French but self interests self ag-
grandsement is precisely the same governing
principle with both, as it is with every commu-
nifty under heaven.
There is nothing so pitful as this miserable
can't, and yet, il would seem we were doomed
once more TO become its dupes. The renegade
freshman, who conducts the Aurora, With d horde
OF subslterns at his heels, endeayorinS again
to wake s.e ghost of French friendship and ten
to one but their cndeayors prove fatally success
full. No man however, who possesses discern
mcnt, and who cares cent about tie hoEor I
his country, bat will hold these attempts at dis.
grazing it, and their AUTHORS, as the lnost abo.
minable pests Of society. The editor OF the Ma
tional lEgis, democrat, but an American, has,
Indignantly entered his protest against tbem.,
and the whole kennel as was to BE- expected arc
in full cry TO destroy him.
The reader will 6ld under our herd CT inteIIi-
gence, that new orders have lately been issued
by the British council of stare, whereby.he COM
merce Of neutraIs is to be treated with more re-
spc6t than heretofore. This decree, no dout1,
has reference, particularly TO this country; as tie
advantages we shall derive from 1t are far great
er than any other neutral power. But, whoever
would thence INFER that we are peculiarly the ia
vorites of England or thinks this a proof Of any
thing like friendship, other than that sort when
reats US well because our present amity is essen
tial % It's wetare--he vino thus pretends nav
possibly not deserve execrston for his trezcfsry,
but will assuredly be pisied Tor his ignorance.
10 conclude, again assert, thar Of ali absurd
and wretchrd things, there is scarce one more
wretchcd, or which, for IFS consequences, oagnr
to be more severely reprobated by every man,
,han this doctrine about natural f,ieadsbi5.
See Cftizsn Adefs l,ve ebistk 10 e0agress OK
fsst<xfing the nJcolsred flag etbis uatiou 10 that
boay.