Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-02-01
From the NHw-YoaK EVENING fosT.
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
No. X.

Thofe who az this rIsne &and forth II!
defence or SPAN, t.l!as INIT This vioiar.on
of heetleasy Is unlueno.ii leo oy TIE love.
reign, aud will doaosle,s, on being proper
ly repreienIed 10 him, meet with
prompt repafation. The insendaat's pro
cIamasion, iay they, ihews expressly, thar
he has acted without the command or even
knowledge Of the King; and cur secreta-
ry OF Sra,e has very courteonly ohersed
in his official report that 6 other circum-
fsnees concur with the good iath and
iriendhip o1herwiie oblersed by bis Ca
tholic- Msjei3y, fayoring belief that no
!uch orders have been given" We hal
not fop--to encounter the very extraord.-
nary fuppoiition thar in an affair OF 10 very
great Importance as the free navigation OF
the MififEppi, and which was the iubJeet
of treaty, the King of Spain ihouid net
have made knownhis intentions for the
fpace of more than leven years; although
he was limited for thu, purpoie TO the hif
three. Credat sfud4sus Appella.
Bur may we he permitted to ak, what
are thoie ofber eireumfaness which concur
TO eyince this goqd faifb and ffieae/@ip on
the carr OF Spain ? Wih our' complainant
Secretary OF State be pleafed 10 inform US
whether he adyerss TO the marks OF friend
hip which our coun'rymen have tor 10
long period experienced in the outrages
committed on their perfons, and IN the
millions of properly ofwhich they have
been plundered, from La Plata TO Peru !?
Will he feek for the evidence of this good
jajfb and trifn9@ip in the damp and kill
ing dungeons OF Baenos 1gyrss, Monte n.
,.lr0, Yalparaio, or LimS.9 II this gen.
tieman would for moment look in upon
a p,aure OF real life in Spanlh priion,
he would meet with lcene more affecting
shan the fancy Of Ssetne ever drew
Through an iron grated window he would
behold one who calls him his countryman
He would fee him after having been
stripped of his lat fsrthing, and ignomini-
ouly fcourged to deaths Goor Ike The
viieR of criminals, herd in the fame cell
with Span;G. seions and murderers-He
would behold him extended half naked on
the bare planks with his arms folded IN
DER his head as his only rillew--his body
feyerilh, waited, and meagre-his only
employment that of counting over the
,difmal days and nights captiviry-a
he might fee him turn hopeless eye upon
his country, which has abandoned him
Such has been the fate of many American
citizens within the lat fourteen months =
and at this moment, many a wretch fingers
cut his exiRence in fmilar captivity,
wki,c an officer at the head of our Govern
.menr, ailures US of the g9od faith and
.f,axd6ip Of his Catholic Majeay and
while the Executive himielt BOATS OF
,fritag@ip abroad ard peace At 6ome--con
loling llimielf with the belief, that while
he can tell the people there is plenty OF
money in the treafury, Els darling popu-
sarity will never be endangered, though
portion Of ouI fellow citizens be perrin ,
~ AL--:4-e. .,f- ennE nar.aAnt IN a
difant lana
Are Engliih Sailors treated in this man
ner.either by Spain or France /? Il is not
fact, that when Americans were fufer-
ing every indignity and opprefion from
lie Clerc,'n ST. Domingo, the Englilh re-
ee;ved from him a treatment in every re-
fpea the direct oppoh,e and that this
was 70 palpahle that the name OF an A
mericau was a fubjef of pity. and the
government of dsriGan, 10 both French
aud Engiih But Great Britain knows
how TO make heTielf feared ana refpe6ted,
and fhe never fails. 10 protect tne mot in
significant feaman in her navy. Away
then with the ridiculous attempt TO make
MS believe that We are befriended and e.
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