Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-30

Austria had been treated with degree Of
favour, which should have satisfied her
desires, and which surpassed her hopes
| However her actisns Showed that her anbi-
ZION was not satisfied; she employed by
turns menaces and promises 10 gain from
the petty princes possessions that snlled her
convenience it was thus she acquired Lin'
dau upon the Lake of Constance, and the
| Isle of Menau in the same Lake, thus set.
ting into her hands one OF the keys OF
Switzerland. She gained over by the lue-
tonic order, Allhousen, which made her
mistress iot the important post OF Rhlnan;
she thus increased her territory by many
acquisitions, and medita.ed new ones.
As one mode of aggrandlsement she fear
ed not to employ the most paiPabie usurpa-
tons, which she sought to conceal under
legal forms. Ii is thus under the pretext
of right q Espave, right which she had
expressly rsaounced by treaty, and the
exercise of which was Incompatible with
the resolutions Of the Germanic en-
pire. she possessed herself. of properly,
she pretended to believe unaPpropriated,
or free fromlegitimate claims, although The
above resolutions had expressly disposed
of such property by the Distribution OF IN.
IDENTITIES she thus deprived many Prin-
CTS of what had been justly assigned to
them, and under pretext of this same right
she CARRIED off from Helvetia con5idera
BILE property. In Bohemia, she sequestred
frfs belonging to neighbofing prince on
der pretence of compensation due to the
eleetor of Salzburg. of which against all
Justice she constituted herself the arbl.
tress. She insisted even with menaces on
keeping recruiting officers in the bavarlan
Provinces, in Franconia aad Suabla, and
she impeded all ia her power he conscrIP.
ton Of the electoral army, Abusing pre-
negatives heretofore apperSalning to the
Gerrnanic body, but fallen into disuse, she
revived them, In order to disturb the exer-
else of the sovereignty of the nelghboring
princes in the possessions which had fal-
en- 10 them bv division, and, IN the diets
10 deprive them ofthe increased influence
they gained from these possessions. That
resolution of he Empire which was the re-
sult of the treaty Of Luneyile, iodepend-
antly of the distribution of indemOiies,
had for ITS object to establish IN the centre
of Germany, an equilibrium, which would
insure its Independence, and prevent those
causes Of war and misunderstanding
| which so often arise in territories adjoining
| France and Austria such was the wish
Of the Gerrnanic Empire, equally dictated
| by justice by reason, humanity and policy
| conformable TO the true interests Of Austria
herself. 1t was Austria hen, that over
threw resolutions which had been SO wise.
| " entered into, when by her acquisitions
| in Saabia sne weak ed the bs,,ier 'har
ought to separate her from France, when
attempting 10 ln,erpose between France,
| and the middle states OF Germany, and
| when by combined system OF sequestra'i-
ons. pretentions, caresses and mena IS, she
necessarily tried to gain an influence, ex-
clusive, arbitrary and universal over that
| part of the Empire, she evidently violated
treaties. and each Of her acts should be
considered as auinfracion Of the peace
Since the rupture of the treaty OF hm'ens:
Austria has more than once discovered
hersrif partial to England, she acknowl
edged in fact, the pretgaded riSht OF block
ade which England had dared to arroga,e
to herself; she suffered without complains
or remonstrance the neutrality Of her flag 10
| be continually violated, TO the obvious de-
trlment of France. All these facts were
known 10 the Emperor, many OF 'hen1 ex.
( ci,eG his soliciyade, and they wefsjost mo-
| uveS for war; but from the love, ofpeace,
the Emperor abstainsd from all compiainf.
| 4he court Of Vienna received FROM him on
| lynew testimonies Of deterence, and he care
! fully avoided whatever might give the
{ slightest umbrsgeto Austria
When called to Milan by the wishes OF
] the people Of Italy, troops were assembled,