Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-19

governor, IS ana6solate, a pefipable fH.sle-
b5oa. l4ef me ak, my Lords, whea ts'e
frf communication was made by the court
Of Madrid, Of their being apprifed Of their
taking of Ealklaud,s Ilands--was il ac-
companied with an offer Of infant reititn-
ton, Of Immediate latistaetion, and the
panilhmsnt Of the Span;ih Governors Il
it was rot, they have adopted the aa as
their own, and, the very mention OF
diaavowal IS an impudent iaflilt offered 70
the Kings dignity. 7he King Of SPAN
dilowns the thief, while he leaves him IN.
Punithed, and profits by the THEFT: Ia
vulgar Englilh, he is the receiver OF ito
len goods, and ought TO be treated ac-
cordingly.
My Lords, the pretended dliasowal
by the court of Spain is as ridiculous as II
is falfe. If your Lordihips want, any
other proof, call for your own officers,
who were Aationed at Falkisnd's Hand.
AK the officer who commanded the gar
rifon, whether, when he was fummoned
TO iurrender, the demand was made 10 the
name Of the Governor of Bueroes Ayres,
or of his Catholic Majefy ? Was the
ifaud faid to belong TO Don Ffaccs.co
Bncarelli, or to the King Of Spain J"
Pages 60 and 10.
Farther on, fpeaking Of the probable relu!t Of
negotiation, hefays:
I" very well know where this honora
bic negotiation rriV end /: where it mgf
end. We may, ferhaps, be able to patch
up an accommodation for the prefent, out
we fhal have Spanilh war. Some
Of your Lordfhips may, perhaps, remem-
Der the convention. For feyeral luccei-.
five years our merchants had been plum
dsred-no protection given them-no re-
dreis obtained for them during all that
time we were ccntented TO complain and
to negotiate; the court of Madrid were
then ready &c diown their officers, and as
unwilling to punilh them as at preient.-
Whatever violence happened was always
laid to the charge OF one or the other OF
their Welt India Governors. To-day 1t
was the Governor of Cuba Tomorrow
of Porto Rico, Carthagena, or Poto Bel
10. II, ia 2 particular infance redreis
was promiled, how was that promfe kept
The merchant, who had been robbed OF
bis property, was fent for compensation
20 the Welt Indies, TO get ii, if lie could,
cut Of an empty chei."
P4gs II.
We beg leave to recommend the following
paiIage, to tie particular attention of our gov.
eminent and of thofe who cxtal the lare mealures
Of our administration, and attempt to excite an
odium in the public mind againG the minority in
Ccngrefs who laboured to procure the adoption
Of iuch meafures as would fecure the rights and
honour Of the nation.
" From what ! have faid, my Lords,
I do no, doubt bu, il will be underfood
by may Lords, and given out to the pub.
lie, thar | am for hurrying the nation,
at all events, into war with Spain.-
My Lords, ] dilclaim fuch counfels.--
Let Us have peace, my Lords, but let it |
be honorable, let it be fecure. A patch |
ed I'D peace will not do. I diftinguilh |
widely between fold peace, and the diff. |
graceful expedients by which a wai may |
be deferred. but cannog be avoided.
My Lords, have better reafons, |
perhaps than many of your Lordihips for |
defring peace upon the terms have de. |
fcribed. know the frength and prepa. |
ration of the hcufe of Bourbon; ] know
the defencelels, unprepared condition OF |
this country. ] know not by what milf
management we are reduced to this Gtua
tion and when I conhdcr who are the |
men by whom a war, in the outlet a |
leaf, mutt he conducted, Can I but win
for PEACE Let them not fcreen ,hemlelves
behind the want Of intelligence-they had
intelligence: | know they had. Ifibey /
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