Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-11

gives US rather aeaner opinion os >.
great folks than we were either dispo,ea'15a
prepared to admit. We knew tb1 r0sed
very occasion of asserting our On
rights and honor, they chose to 4 d
more on the treasury chest tina, ., a a
val or military arsenals that thew s. ma
sooner buy our ozor back again than v vvala
cate our undoubted and in fact uadis ,,ua
claim with spirit in negotiation, or WIKI ba.s
ergy in arms. But while we though = So
could not have less spirit, we hastiIpp ,d a,:'
ted they might have 7Oorse. Theywere
mericans, we hoped, in their wishes a, l.,
This paragraph shews, that at the hour 80, :
instant while our country suffers wro sa
and ignominy from France, these men wy
her more powerful to conquer, and y
course more insolence to despoil and irs,,
They seem to like their chains, and a,,s.I
to feel the pride of slaves in the rank u
their masters.
Mr.. Smith evidently exults in the viz.
ries of Bonaparte ; the 6 military usurnerD
and " subverter OF the liberties of his com.
try" over the "tyrants of Europe" as i
France did not conquer to enslave, and ~
if when other victims are consumed. on,
turn would nofcome next.
To answer nonsense is more than Solo
mon dared to undertake But democrat,
nonsense tries patience almost as much as !,
confounds wit. Is there any thing on TIL,
side Bedlam SO absurd, any thing6slow the
! moon SO strange, as to prattlc nau, at til,
late hour, and in sight Of so many skeleton,
Of departedrebubAcs, about the cause Of
France as the cause of liberty? The select
men, in any New England town, Mr.. Smith
would recommend as men whose discourse
shewa mind so whimsically disordered, to
| the Judge of Probate, for guardianship
France and Liberty !!-Algiers and the
Rights Of Nan! Pandemonium and
| pleasure garden! Is it possible for the
dictionary of jargon, if the Columbian die.
tionary should ever be made, to confound
! language beyond this
But the " tyrant Of Europe" forced
France to defend herself, and thus she in.
nocently, and without intending or fore.
; seeing it, became a conquerer. Candor
forbids that we should suppose this para.
graph writer quite SO much of blockhead,
! as he is ambitious Of appearing to be. In
our enlightened country, the sure way for
man to grow profound as statesman, is
to be deep read in the newspapers, and to
read nothing else. Surely then, the editor
of the American Moniteur--the teacher
of nation whom Duane teaches-mus
know that the pretended partition treaties
OF Plnitz and Fapia are impudent and Ions
ago detected forgeries. France attacked
the Austrian Netherlands, on sudden
found the iortreses dismantled and withou
garrisons, and the feeble remnant of al
army under Marshal Bender, reduced mucl
below peace establishment. He also
knows, for who else remains ignorant, tina
Brissot, and his faction, provoked and mad
the war with Austria, in order to overtun
the monarchy of France. As the swori
began, it was wanted, and was seized, II
carry on the revolution. Yeta ten year,
old lie, aveteran in the wars ofparty, though
drummed out of camp, is drafted again IN
to service, as fit were forgotten, and woult
answer as well as new one. 1t 5ctA anSusi
with democrats, who feed on delusion, al
the blind oyster, sticking to the rock, Sap,s'
and fattens on salt water. They love dark
ness, for the light makes their eyes sore.
The completing of robbers and cut
throats is called the cause Of Liberty as L
the best interest If the world could not b.
in any another way so successfully Promot
ed as by the uncontrolled power OF TIT
worst of men in it. A government 10y tn
pixies Of mob in Paris passed into tn
hands of the bloody directory; and bona
part is denounced as military usurPer,,
because this power, so hateful and SO macl
a foe to our country, always military al