Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-14
GIeranpiia 1Dl,artissr.
THURSDAY, July IL.

Fir. Snozvdea. - know that your
impartial paper circulates thro' my native
itate, iMaryland) that ! Gncerely with
happy, and as I have jua returned from
Annapolis, where / had the pleafure Of
being in company with the prefent Go
vernon, Col. John F. Mercer--I take the
liberty of congratulating my friends in
Maryland, by informing them that MIR.
Mercer has declined ferving any longer
as their Governor, and has tendeIed his
ferv.ses to ihe people OF Ann Arundel coun-
ty, deterIr'ned to a6t as man ought-he
means to attach himfelf to no feel, but to
act independently --to attach himfeif only
to eOo,1b and tals1fs-I can allure the peo-
pie of Maryland, that this is Mr.. Mer-
GERS full determination. Such has been
the folly and weakness of the people in
Maryland, that they havecarried the right
Of futfrage 70 far that their very 4vbeel-
dAryoro men may be carried TO vote by an
Ha5eas Corpas, and afterwards return TO
their daily employment impofed on them
for fome felonicus ACT. Great God! is
it poaible that fate can exit long under
fueh go, ernment We have 10 hlefs
ourfclyes in Virginia, that the right Of
foflage has faved us, in fome degree, from
the calamity of Democracy, alias Mobo-
cracy. am well informed that the Legiaa-
ture of Maryland would difgracc any
country the members Of their Alembly,
Senate and Council are neither men of
education nor common fenie; fcarce one
capable Of draughting law. What has
been the confsquence of fuch charaeteis
getting into the Aaembly !! Why they
have expelled worth and talents, and the
people of Maryland have fubmitted TO
men elected by free Negroes, Wheelbar-
row Men, &c. Can it be expected that
men of avo,tb add faif0fs would mix or
keep. company with fueh iet OF men,
elected by fnch crew. But if men of
talents and worth do not Rep forward
Maryland is loft; loa forever flor the
mifchief will be too great TO be repaired
if not Immediately fet about. Route,
you fons of IS, and aa for your coun-
try. Do as your fathers did before you.
Aa independently and ho1orsbiy--never
court popularity, if you arc TO facriEce
one iota Of a man of feeling and man Of
honeRy. The enemies Of Mr.. J. F.
Mercer mu} acknowledge his fuperior ia
lenss, and he is one Of rs, which time
tried Inens' fouls. He behaved remarka
bly, web at Glouceaer, during the fege
of Yotk. The Due Lncesne's legion
were engaged with Col. Tarl5on's legion,
and would have been furely cut TO pieces
bad it not been for the promptuefs and
timely check be gave Tarlton with his
company of Militia Grenadiers.
QUONDAM ANNAPOLITAN.
There is letter in town from noble
man of the first rank and most honorable
veracity in England, which says nego-
citation of the most important nature was
lately carried on between Bonaparte and
Louis the XVIII King Of France,
through the medium of the King of Prus-
sia Bonaparte proposed to his Most
Christian Majesty, " that if be would for
him and his heirs renounce all right and
title to the crown Of France, Bonaparte
would onhis part make most ample pro-
vision for his most Christian Majesty"
To this overture, Louis XVIII replied
with the temperate dignity becoming a
Monarch, I" that if M0gfear Bonaparte
would return to his allegiance, and assist
in the restoration of his lawful sovereign
to the throne Of France, all that has pass
ed should be forgotten and his majesty
would most amply reward him." 1t is
likely from this overture of the Corsican
Consul, that he feels something like an
equity of redemption sdbsistlng in the
Bourbon family against his own title to