Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-09-30

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they should sigh for lawful and n,ercifu king /;
we a,ust not be happy, lest they should covet
| happiness we mist not speak, lest our voice
should disturb the peace Of 8uonapare; we must
not breathe, we must cease TO exist, because cur
existence gives ulnbrage to a man, who from the
walls of Acre, Fed, in shame and disgrace, before
handful of Bitons.
Such being the grounds of the war, such the
wishes and designs, such the preposterious and in
solcnt pretensions of the enemy, it next behoves
us to consider, what will be the consequence to
ourselves, what will be our wretchcd lot, if that
eremy should succeed in the invasion and subju.
cation OF our country. OF what the French
wcaid, III such case, 60 here, we may form some
! Judgment, from what they have done in ali those
Countries, where tie remssness of the government
together with the puslanimity of the people, have
given them tie performance. There sno Coun-
tfy, into which they have been able to enter, where
their footsteps have not been marked witt! blood !;
where they have spared either high or low, rich
or poor, sex or age; where terror has not been
their forerunner, and where dessolatIon and mise
ry have not marched in their rear. IN TIE lohg
and black catalogue OF French crutltics towards
the people OF other conhtrles, those Of the fist
consul, and Of the generals and soldiers inlnsdi
a,ely under his command, first present themselves
TO our attention. In 1895, Bonaparte, a. tie
head Of numerous French army, invaded Italy,
declaring TO the people, that he came as their
friend and their brother to deliver them from taxes
and slavery, and promising them safety Tor their
persons security for their propefty respetl for their
laws, and reverence for their religion. They
listened, they believed; they threw open Their
gates, they laid dawn their aruos, they received
The Gallo serpeDtto thsr bos9, and fatal indeed
were the effects of their creduity! His reverence
for their religion he displayed by giving NJ all
| thei. places o. worship 70 indscrmnate piu,der
and by defiag them with every SPECIES Of sacrl-
lege his respect for their laws Was eynced, not
Only ny the abfocstion If those laws, bur by the
arbitrary enforcement Of al unconditional submiS.
ton to the mandates 81 lims1lfand his generals
he security which hc promised TO their properly
was exhibited III enormous contributions, III the
seizure Of Ill the public funds, as we'll as those CT
every charitable Foundation, not excepting schools,
hospitals or any other resource for the support OF
The poor, the aged, and the helpless; and, as 70
the persons of the unfortunate people, he pfovid
cd for their safety by laying tie whole country
under the seyerest military execution, by giving
Up the towns and villages TO fire and swoId, and
by exposing the Inhabitants to be plllaged and
murdered b. his raQacions and ,nhuman soldiers,
whom be authorised and even ordered to shoot G.
very man that attempted to resist them, Whare-
yer might be the crimes in which they we're en-
gagged. On his return from Italy, which he left
10 a state Of beggary and irretrevabe ruin, he
prepared for the invasion of Egypt, country
which was at peace with France, ana againsr the
people or he government OF which, France had
70 oau4e OF complaint; bur the conquest of this
county was necessary in order to open road to
the lpdian POSSESSIONS of Great Britain.
In luruit Of this Object, Bonaparte invaded
Egypt. where he repeated his promiies TO reipett
religion, property, and pcsfons, and where, the
more tfetsually to dilguile his purpules, he ilucd
proclamation. declaring himicf and his army
true Mahometans; and boating of having made
war upon the Chriaians, and deRroyed their reIi.
gion. One Of their frft deeds after this act cf
sPoftacy was TO mailacre amof all the inhabitants
Of the populous city OF Alexandria. I" The peo-
pie" iays one OF his generals, betaks hem.
teYes &c their prophet, ard gil their mofques--
but men and women, old and young, and even
babes at the breaf}, ALL are maGacrsd!" Some
time after this languinsr tranfattion Bonzpar,e
having made pfiioners ofthrec thoufand eight hun
dred Turks, in The fottreis of aft, and whining
10 relieve binfelf from the trouble and cxpence
of guarding and nPpor,ing them, ordered them to
be marched 10 an oper pace. where part Of his
army hred on them wiEh mufquetry and grape
fhot, itaobing ard cutting TO death the few who
efcsPed the FIRE, while he himfeIt looked on, ard
fejoiced at the horrid fcsne. Nor were his cru
elites, while in Egypt, coofned 10 thofe whom he
called his enemies; for finding his hofpitals at
Jsfa cropaed with fok folders, and defring to
diiincunher himitlf Of them, he ordered ore of
hts phyhcians to detfcy them by potion. The
ply hcian re!ried TO obey bu, an apothscary was