Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-07-23

.hances were, that he and the gsealce
,srt Of the expedition would 60 20 ,he
,o,tom Of the fea? He talked much on
he fubieet, but never affected to dimiaih
he danger. He acknowledged thar there
we're one hundred chances to one again6
him; but fill he was determined TO al
tempt It, IF war lhould be the con!e.
aaence of IKE prefens dasaiiion aad tia,
luch was the difpodtion q the troops tia.
army after army would be found ior the
enteEprize.
He then expa,iased much on the natural
force OF the Two countries. France with
an army Of four hundred and eighty thou.
fand men, for to this amount il is, "a be
inmeai0t<ly <m1iysa, all ready far the
mott de!pcrate enterprises; and England.
with feet thar made Der mltfreis OF the
feas, and which heidi rot think be illoula
be able to equal III lefs than ten years.
Two fuch countries, BY proper under.
fandiag, might govern the world, but
by rh.ir itrifes mighr oveftnrn Il. He
faid, that If be had uos felr the eEmity of
I'll. grlsih government, on every occa.
Gon fnce he treaty OF Amens, there
would have been nothing that he ~0ald
nor have done 10 prove his dellfe 10 cen.
ciliate participation in in emnities as
well "a in influence on the continent; trea.
Ties Of commerce, 10 (aort, any sarg that
coala have given latisfatton, and have
tca:fied his fIi.ndfhip. Nothing, how.
eyer, had been able TO conquer the hatred
Of the Britilll government, and therefore,
il was row come TO the point, whether
we faould have peace or war. 10 pre-,
(erve peace, the treaty Of Amiens matt be
fulfilled; the abufc of the public prints,
If not totally fuPprcfed, at leat kept
uithin bounds, and confined TO iae Eng
!ilh papers; aad the protection 10 openly
given 10 his lsiyserrR enemies (a!ludias TO
Georges ana peslons Of thst dsler'Ptioa
! mna be witlldrawn, Il war, It vas n'.
ceGary only to FAY 70, and TO reioie to
I fulfill the treaty. He now made the tol'
| OF Europe to prove 80 rse, that IN IFS pre-
ten, fate, there was 10 power win
! which we could coalcicc for sfe puTp9!e q
| making war againfe France conisqaeafiy
it was Our inrerSil 10 gain tine, and i've
had any poins 70 gain, renew iae WI
! when circumstances were Eofe fayoiaalr'
He iaid, IT was not ars13 htm iuitide 10
f,ppoic that he conceived lliinielf ABOVE
the opinion of his country OF Of Eatopc.
He would not rdk uniting Eafope againf
him BY any violent act Of agsseflion ; nj.
Their was he 70 powerful in France Is g
perEaadc the nation to 60 70 war aa!eli
on good grounds. He faId, THIS ne hid I
net chafiied sEe Algerines, from his IN. |
Willingness to excite tie jeaiouly OF Other
covers; but he hoped that England, Rui.
fla, and France wpnid one day feel thatlI :
was their interca to dearoy fnch a neR OF 8
thieves. and force hem TO live ratherby (
cultivating their land than by plumber. s
In the little | faid to him, for he gave
me in the coarie of two hours, bus very
few opportunities OF faying a word |
confined myfelf ifrittly TO the tenor Of
your lordh'p's infrutfions. ! urged
them in The fame manner as | had done 70
M. Talleyrsnd, and dvelt as erongly az
| could on the fenfation which the PDbllca'
tion of Sebaiiiani's report had created 70 s
ENGLAND, where the views Of France 10.
wards Egy2s mua always command nc
usmoe vigilance and jcaloniy. He mar
tanned, thar what ought to convince Us d
his deGrc Of peace, was, on the one hand IS
the little he had to gain by renewing The
war, and On the other, tile facility with
which he might have taken poisiliou q
Egypt with the very lh;ps and troop
which were now going from he Medis'
ranean to St. Domingo, and that WIKI 'h;
appreciation OF all Europe, and more PAL
ticularly of the Turks, who had repeat s.
eddy invited him to join with them feI
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