Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-01

tremendous Will De the Judgment. The sam. y
nerals, the same connissari-s, the same "A; &C.
the same soldiers. the very same rapa,;on.
sanguinary host that now hold Holland and g.. aaa
zerland in chains, that desolated Egypt, It,lv "A,
Germany, are, al this moment preparing r. 90, qua
England, ireland ard Scotland, the scenes g .'ke
atrocities For some time past they have e hsl
little opportunity TO plumber: Peace, for wbI.
suspended their deyastaeions, ard now, like o.nS Cos
and hungry wolves, they are looking towards s%s
rich pastures of Britasn: Already we hear ,b.;s
threatening howl aad if, hike sheep, we ,r, ,'l
5Iessiug for mercy, neither our Innocence no,
,mdlty will save Us from being torn to piece, NV
degourcd. The robberies, the barbari,ie, ,h-
brutalites they have committed in other count,..
though. at tie thoagbt of them. the b.,.s
sinks and the blood russ cold, will be mere );
Aes to what they viii commit here, if we enc
fer them TO triumph over US. The Swiss nj
the Suabians were never objects Of their envy.
they were never the rivals OF Frenchmeh, ei.SS.,,
on the land or on the sea they had never d,
concerted or checked their ambitious pr,;ea,
never BUNDLED their pride, never defeated ei,b,.
their armies or their fleets. We have been aa9
we have done all this: They have long entertain
ed against US hatred engendcred by the mix.
ture Of envy and of fear I; and they are about ia
make great and desperate effort to CRAFTY ri,
furious this, unquenchable, this deadly hatred
What, then, can we expect at their bands
What but torments, even surprising those whub
they have inflicted on other nations. They're.
NAMED but three months in Germany here
they would reEaan forever there their exsortOu,
aud their atrocities were, for want Of time, con.
fined to part of the people here they would
be universai No sort, no part, no particle Of
property would remain unseized 10 man, wo.
man or child, would escape violence of some
kind or other. Such of our manufactures as arc
n,oveabie they would transport to France, tog..
ther with the most ingenious of the manufa6u.
rers, whose wives and children wonld oe left to
starve. Our ships would follow tie same course
with all the commerce and commercial means Of
the kingdom. Having stripped US of every thing
even to the stoutest of our sons, aud the most
beautiful of our daughters, over all that remained
they would establish and exercise tyranny such
as the world never before witnessed.
All the estates, all the farms, all the mines,
ali the land and tie houses, all the shops andma.
gaines, all The remaining manufactures, and the
workshops Of every kind & description, from Ii,
greatest 70 tie smallest; all these they would
bring ever Frenchmen to posses; making US
q cir servants and their laborers. 10 prevent US
from uniting and rising against them, they would
crowd every town and village with their brutal
soldiers, who would deycur all the best part OF
the produce Of the earth, leaving US not halt
sufti:iency Of bread. They would, besides, II.
troduce their own bloody laws, with additional
seventies They would divide US into sr2arat:
classes; hem us up in districts cut OF all conf
nunication between friends and relations, parents
and children, which latter they would breed up
in their cwn blssphemous principles they would
af1ix badges upon US, mark us IN the check, shave
our heads, split our ears, or clothe lis IN the ha'
bit of slaves! And shall we submit to misery and
degradation like this, rather than encounter me
expenccs of war; rather than meet the hcnNaoe
dangers Of military combat rather than make a
generous use Of the means which providence has 50
bounseously placed in our hands? The sun, IN hs
whole course round the globe, shines not on
spot so blessed as this great, and now united King.
dom; gay and productive fields and giden', l0i,
ty and extensive woods, innunlerablc HocEs anu
herds, rich and inexhaus:iole mines, MID anu
wholesome clwnate, giving health, activity anu
vigor to fourteen millions of people; AID s'A
we, who are thus favored and endowed; s''ail We
who are abundantly supplied with iron and s'ss'
powler and lead shall we, who have Hee' sui
peror to the mararime force Of the world apa
Who are able to bring two Mullins of Sighting nsl
into the G-d; shall we yield Up this dear 1.'
happy land, together with all the liberties anu ~
nors, to preserve which our fathers 50 ot.eG oye'
The land and The sea with their blood; Snali W.
thu,, at once dishonor their graves, and 'Iap'P
disgrace and nfamy on the brows Of our Ciiu's"
a9d snail we, too, make this base and 0aS'SI -.
surrender to an enemy, whom, within these wv.
years, our countrymen have defeated III e'''!
quarter of the world No; we are not 50 ilse'''
DIV fallen we cannot, in SO short space VI s''''S