Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-18
S. SNOWDEN, Ssc'ry.

Not ~eojoying ExseasiOe Pstysaage, will az
Count for oursbeing thus dry behind hand will OR
| opponent IN the. publication of the 'Presiient's
Commune stion TO Congress. Hitherto whatever
was i'm oortahts5f a PoLITrcAL or Pu5LIc Ma.
TURF, has made IFS first appearance in the g Id.
qs,fSsr."-No@, wirsH the +" E1b0sitoy," occa-
| sionaIiy appears on a half sheet, and while on cur
| paper we have its usual foree, we are anticipated.
Qary.-Idcw long mnst the Editor of the
:: Lxps,;Ar' have possessed the Presidents Mes
sage before it was delivered to Congress?
In some instances there appears a SEM
blance between the modern French and the
Romans of old. Tacitus tells us Of the RAJ
pid SUGGESTIONS and revolutions in the Ro-
man empire, which. saving the crueltics
and bioodshed by the late revolution, are
somewhat ike the progressions of France.
The Romans, corrupted BY luxury, vain by
their achievements IN war, and breathinga
proud recollection, OF what was due to a
citizen, were incapable of bearing either
unqualified slavery orperfect freedom. In
some circumstance it was necessary forth
rev sovereign to restrain and controul such
a people by the frmest nerves of power,
while, at the same time, he gratiGed them.
with the idea ofliberty. History can hard
" furnish us with an instance, under this
shew ofliberty, of a more.despotic monarch
than Bonaparte. The nations of Europe,
were he not kept in check by the English.
NAV, with, Cato, exclaim, why was this
world made for Cesar Conquest. fear.
distrust, and jealousy distract the neigh
bouring empires, which totter from their
fabric-while the countryman of Theodore,
King of Corsica, who died a bankrupt
debtor in England, may be said to controul
she vast continent of Europe!
Avessel has arrived at Newport, R. l..
which put into that port in distress, from
Ireland, with several passengers, who had
escaped, as they alledge, the. late persecu-
tons. One of them has brought with him
an antique sword, said to be the identical
weapon with which Marshal Shomberg,
King William the III'ds General fought,
and which was found clinched In his hand
when hewas killed. This sword obtainedt the
liberty of the emigrant, being purchased of
him by Mr.. Seers of that town, at the ex-
pence Of emancipation from the captain Of
the vessel for his passage and expences,
and may seen by the curious.
The subsequent letter, saidto be written
by the Chief Consul of France to the wi
dow of the late Monarch of Etruria, is trans
I -. e.. A.. r Ia T orIpoc &c A,o.
I'd. Ample ground is here afforded to in
fer the views of Benaparte with regard to
Great-Britain:
am made acquainted with the loss
which happened to your Majesty, and
most sincerely participate in your grief.
But God disposes ofihe lot of Empires as
of the life of those who are placed at their
head and it is his will that we must con-
form to and adore in every misfortune
All! / who am now sympathiSing with
| YOU, am l not destined soon to close the
course of my existence? Will tears be she'd
for me on that occasions? Men are SCUM
| grateful! | have known your spouse. II
he had not displayed, during his short
reign, the qualities Of a great king, he has
| at least shewn those which do h~onousso a.
private individual. But you will perhaps
suggest, that the traidity of his conduct
whilst uponthe thronr, sprang from the in
! huence had over his decisions. The MI
mute ceremonies o~frelgion, frequent eom-
munications with its ministers, apPertain
not to the mar whose daily task is to con-
template the interestsof his people. It's
certainly proper to protect and dlssen nate
religion, because it is the link between the
sovereign and the people: but it ought not
to impose any othes. yoke on the former,
than that of some external practices; ne
| sbc,fd think 0nIv of rho ;ranensity az the