Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-20

..<s viii NOT 5c Pcas 49, s. IS
a,r ;,.s;op for the astitl'ds you have s.
,ou'. ,,rservsd. The government has
's s'so ITSELF jcalm because 'sfelf itself Just
S:ss ..ma;ued passive TO provoeasior, BE-
-. !, was strong IN It's lpyalsy Nor
s 8, ne Tribunars praise you TOR havlps
:.tsed every idea which would have de.
E sdra the NATIONAL dignity; you are the
T s Magistrate of France,Sand honour 70
s. l.'t r,ene & was always aresigious duty
~ :. thew cone 10 thank you tor having
~ .,.d 70 their devotion; f,r having.
s.,.,een that their courage would CORES
"a % their energy for having thus.
royed beforehand, that if England en-.
rs.,,,;;ued any hope Of intestine divisions.
!, illuminated all the French citizens,
ri made calculation as false as injurI-'
aus Never has any power better de-
frustrated this truth, known in all ages
60 i.gu,ty bas 5.lixa nst."
"a Citizen Chief Conful, glory fcen,ed
=, yon 10 have exhanaed all her gifts ).
uhea Gse opens to you a new ioaice, y
e..sus great plcafure 70 receive from
81 Eau an adurance, that the operations OF
var will nor interrupt the cares Of peace
4 all the kinds of happiness which your
mind is invited to tate, that of having
vilhed, Of having prepared, and Of hav-
TO efabEhsd the hspplaefs of thirty
millions OF people, will always be 20
goa III. moit affecting and mott valuable
e rewards
The Chief Conful, after returning an
fwers TO the Legislative Body and the
Tribunate, held a conyeriation with them.
Of which the following is the fubaance ::
Z" We are forced to make war to repel
an unjua aggreiion. We viii make it
with glory. The featiments by which
the grand bodies ofthc fate are animated,
and the ipontaneous movement which con-.
s.ysthcm to the government on this i'm
portant occaiion. are a happy preface.
I" The EngIifh governmental ms even
to have been obliged to deceive the natl
on in the official communication it has
made. 1t has taken care to keep back
all thofe papers which were Of fuch ma
ture as to make known TO the Englih peo--
pie the moderation and conduct OF the
/ French Government duriog the whole ne
gociation. Some of the notes which the
Brisih Miniaers have publiihcd are mutt
lated in the mott important paaages.-
The remainder of the papers commanicas
I'd TO the Parliament contains an extract
from dispatches Of fome public or private
agents. II belongs only 20 theie agents
10 contradict or acknowledge their reports,
/ which can have no influence in debates e.
important, iince their authenticity Is at
leaG as uncertain as their veracity. A
part Of the details which they contain are
materially faHe, and particularly in re-
gardso the CONGREGATION fuppofed to have
taken place between the Chief Coniul and
Lord Wnitworth, in the private audience
givcn to thar Minifer.
The juRicc of our cauie is acknow-
sdged even by our enemies, fnce they
Tefufed TO accept tue mediation offered by
the Emperor Of iRuflia and the King Of
fruiia, two Princes whole lpirif of julfice
acknowledged by all Europe.
The Enslilh government thinks that
france is province of India, and that
W. have not the means Of afigning our
'salons, or Of defending our jua rights
asalna 40 unjua aggreiion. Strange in
s0nsruity Of government which has
armed its nation by tellingit that France
wllhed TO invade il We find among the
papers publifhed by The Englifh govern
nsns letter of the minilfer Taileyrand
o commifioner of Foreign Relations.
ihlsis mere circular form addreGed 10
a, a, commercial agents Of the republic
Il Is agreeable to The ufage efablihed in
france ince the time of Colbert, and the
, an exits anongf mott of ;she powers of
EUROPE. The whole nation knows whe.