Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-24

hen wsls ons; he w1,.id have met with No
obstacles, and his IN lersaking would have
lbeen c.owned with success.
! Bat if he, approving what England
docs, recognizing iaer. right to search all
}ships, TO place whole Kingdoms in state
tof blockade, applauiing the immense in
crease Of ner power ia ladla come to repre-
sent 70 France tha. she ought to evacuate
Parma an Genoa, AMI renouace the crown
of ltaly; then it would appear that it wa.
evidently ioteuded to Cypress France; then
it would be France which they would wish
to Bring back to those times when Poland
was partirioned without its Own consent,
when meaas was found 10 .errify a degene-
rate race, to deprvelr ofthe consciousness
Of its worth, aal even OF the Will OF OPP.
posing the oppression. France has arms,
courage AMI armies; yea, OF whatever ma
ture the coalition shall be, which the Eng.
llsh ministers may fad means to form,
France, though regreting the influence OF
English gold on toe continent, will dissolve
thal gordlan knot as well al the two proceed
ing. AS often as they shall step in b-tween
both to reduce England within equitable
and decent bounds, 90 sacrifice will be too
hard for France; but if they will lay the
whole weight upon hsr, she will see in
those intentions, nothing bat hatred and
insult, and one must b; very ignoran, in
calculating the power aud the STATE of at
fairs, to hopeto succeed always.
Poland has been partlsloaed-France
nsust have for it Belgium and the banks OF
the Rhine. The crimea has been occupi-
ed, the Caucasus, the mouths of the Pna-
sis, &c. France must have compensation
in Europe the principles of self-preserva-
E4,ion require it.
SIS general congress Of Europe wish
ed for? We'll! Let each power place at
the disposal of that congress the conqucsts
which sh. has made within the last fifty
years-re. establish Poland, restore Venice
to its senate, Trinidad to Spain, Ceylon to
Holland, and the Crlmea to the Porte
Withdraw to distance from the Phasis and
the Bosphorus--to give up Caucasus and
Georgia the Porte, after so many dis
asters, take little breath--l1, the gomi.
Mon of the Mahrattas, and the kingdom
of Mysore, be re. established, Or nolongrr
remain the exclusive property of England;
then shall France recede within har ancient
boundaries, and in so doing France assur-
cdly will not be the greatest loser. Whence
then this furious outcry. this Summons to
crusade against power, which, for the
last Fifty yearc, has derived less advantages
than any o,her from the revolutions Of
states, aud the changes which have taken
place in every part of the globe, and which,
uniformly victorious, has retained nothing
of her conquests, but what was necessary
to form an equitable compensation.
" Europe had sustained several dreadful
shocks: social order had revived the
peace of Amisns had established the gene
raj system. A feeble ministry, an unexam
pied arrogance, save kiudled the flames Of
war anew, aud exposed the peace of all ma
tons to state Of uncertainty. The con.
tinental prince who shall! first join in thi,
project of general subversion, who snail
frat give the signalfor war, will be answer
able tor all the cala.ni,irs which may ensue
from it, and SUBJ Ct himself to the merled
curse Of the existing generation.
Ills the opinion Of every intelligent
person, that the result; OF war upon the
continent can have no other tendency than
to increase the power of France. They
are also persuaded that she viii not always
havs the ws>:neas, from a pure feeling of
generosity, and 's.e vain hope of promoting
the bappiarss of maakind, and the peace of
the whole world, toevacuste numerous aud
popGloas conque:ts.
I" 1t is the fashion at presentto inveigh
against The ambition of France had she,
however been disposed TO retain the terri
tories conquered by der arms, the half Of