Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-01

oESA . SSo5rIt flsIiS - III room -SeT e-af
thing bu, congratulated. exce7s II be an ez-
preston Of most severe modification. that
Lefd Nslson lid not come up with the en-
ena5 and upon this topic caaao; refrain
from quoting The ministerial IL vs. paper, the
Sun Of Wednesday, and expressing my
hearty concurrence in rs sentiments.
We cannon close this article without pay.
ing cur feeble tribute O! praise 10 Lord
" Nelson, 10 whose uncommon vigilance,
"skii, aud Judgment, the nation is greatly
8 lndeb,ed 90 this occasion. Although he
twas not ioru enough 70 eYcr,akc the
" fy.ng ecemy, yet II zeas MS NAME thpt
= drovr them IN disgrace firm me Hest- n
DIES; II Is 10 us sklil and judgment, in
g entertaining exactly The course wliicl, the
I" enrmy had taken, and his prudence in
g sending of dispatches home, anG 10 the
g dif-rtnt commanders On the coasts both
at France and SPAN, that This fortunate
$ rrcontre may be aitribu,ed, and that our
6 fleets have beenso reinforced as 10 enable
",hem successfully TO cope with the enc
$ my. - his opinion respecting the con.
duct OF bis LordahiP. Ia his pursuit q the
combined heets. aud also respecting the
weight and worth Of Els nQae ia the eieliv-
erance OF the West India islands, the read.
ers of the Political Register will remember
70 have heard expressed before, 1 doinot,
however, mention thar circumstance with
view to lessen TIE meri, Of The above QUO
ted acknowledgement. butin order to slew,
that notwithstanding our disagreement up
on our subjects notwithstanding our pu-
liIica hostility, We all agree IN tie adni
ration OF, ard in our gratitude towards,
this skiliui, rjgtanr, gallant, aud public
spirited commander. 10 all, and to every
one singlv, praise be given BAT chiefly TO
him, who has not only saved our posses.
sions from being ravaSed, and our name
from beng disgraced, tut 10 whom 1t is to
be ascribed, tha; others have had an oppor.
sunlty Of serving their country, and dEstin-
guishirg themselves Amidst our applause
OF Lord Nelson, and OF cur other brave
countrymen concerned, we ought not TO
forget the detestaiion, due 10 he prihdious
and vigorous American captain. by whose
lies he was mi$led. IN opportunity Will
offer Tor doing justice to the character Of
those sons of mischief and of mallgnity,
the American captains, the greatest part of
whom speak with some, but with lew,
xeeptions) may, with perfect truth, be
ranked among the most base and Infamous
Of maukind. The numerous and gisring
ips.ances of partiali;y, which they Showed
% cur enemy during he last war, were. by
many persons in + gland sscrib-d TO their
enthusiasm in Ike cause of liberty and re-
pubHcanism. Is that thelr motive now
No: they feel no Enthusiasm in any cause
but their own. They have bu, two pas.
sians, lovc for themselves and hatred, fer as.
they hate England because they have been
guilty OF base ing altitude towards her;
and, because they envy their former fellow
subjects, who, in spite Of the Pitts and the
Melvilles, are more happy and ten thou-
send times more free, than the Americans,
with all their boosted independence. Let
no man believe, that they are 10 be won
bv concessions: how many hundreds of
the acts OF kindness have they received
from that navy which they have now betraY-
ed: and with known many hundreds of lies
and false oaths have they requited their be-
nefaciors No mdre of them at present;
but | certainly will take an opportunity of
putting upon record some facts. which shall
serve 10 make known to the orld the true
character of this malignant and despicable
race of rnea.
From Ponron's American Daily Advertiser.