Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-06-23

ed as the price Of toTi5ssrance, a tra,a, :.
her .scoundrel tyrants of many miIl;os
more; and to ave Us INTO submission ~
fate OF piIlaged, enslavrd and bartercd' W. w.
nice, was insultingly threatened. True :,
an attempt to execute this insolent psecn
made, disgrace would have overwhelmed -
aethors but the Partisan, blood SUCKER
Thought therwise---they were assured !.
was practicable. Their arch counsellor orI
confident, Talleyrand, had travelled tho,
cur country as theirspy; and be repor,ea
TO his masters, that the conquest of the
United States would be as easy as t5,,
Of Venice or Genoa To facilitate :
they well knew that many thousand FrenA
men were deposited among rs and non.
risheI by our hospitali,y-.-on these .bry
could could rely 10 man. They aleo un.
derstood that powerful party, clamorou.
against its own government and serviIelv
devoted to their views would baselv COO.
perate with Gallo invaders. Here, howe.
YER, they falsely calculated a:,ho' the con.
duct of1bay party gave couDtenance to such
suspicion-~ ,al,ho they who composed i
we-e uuqaestionabIy the principal cause and
blind abettors Of The injuries we suffered
from France, yet, had her murderous le.
gions set foot on or shores, it is believed
there were few, verv few, whose peryes
would not have ben strung for their ccup,
try. stnt the FIVE headed cannbal at Pa.
ris scented Only our weakness wha, Of
resistance nigh be offered WIS treated with
inefabe disdam. From this opinion Of
our national impotence, il was more thu,
probai2ie &c attempt to snfiuCate, or at
Ieasf to strip us Of our wealth by tributary
exaczioDs. would be enforced; 10 have
neglected therefore the ordinary means for
offence, could argue DO less tie utmost
inbec;lity n treachery IN Administration,
A small provisional array WAS. raised,
and q naval force equipped; the former, TO
serve for q raIlyipg point TO the militia and
by superior discipline to inspire conf.
dence ever headed by raw troops, conscious
of entire dessitution Of military tactics
the latter, to furnish immediate protection
to our extensive, def.nceless and plundered
commerce, The happy effects of these
measures were rapid and important,
Oar lit,le navy exhibited pr4o!s Of yete.
ran skill and undaunted valor, and the enc
my's cruizers were captursd, DESTROYED, or
bafled in most Of their Piraticai enterprises
Such energy Of repulse, from quarter
where eventual unconditional Submission
was counted as certain, disconnected the
foe. On the oceaa, his nyrnidons were
defeated, and on the land, 2 forest Of bayo-
nets instead Of the fraternat embrace await.
ed him. When at length france discov.1.
ed that ii the Frseme2 Of these states she
had 10 c6De. With aaoGhsr spirit than tae
phlepmatic endurance OF Datchmen, Der
naughty menaces softened to courtesy, and
the same recreaut upstairs who, a few
montlts before denounced cur national ala
initiation, we're now tie first to extend TIE
olive Of pacific over.tures. Thus did the
events Of that period and their issue fully
illustrate the patriotism which directed ev'
cry step Of admjnlstra ion. lie reward
meted ftllcm, and the manner ii was cons
ferreel. is reserved for consideration IN our
&c Sc, TIE present number ms altea0S
transgressei the limies prescribed
Ir0m the New YORK EVENING Posi-
II is proper the people of the United
States should be informed wat has become
Of the suit which aaron Burr, their wee"
President, brought against James Caee''
ham, editor Of the Americ0a lLtIz7a' re,
puted author Of the Narrafjpe, Yfs10, and
cele5rated Ntf3c Lcst5rs, containing tAose
,ross l;I,4Is for which tais suit was COM