Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-23
From the london Courier, June 40.


External POLITICS Perhaps the debates
of las, week afford US more insight into the
situation Of our external politics than OF our
internal.
Two different systems OF political con-
duct IN The present war, are proposed by
the opposition and the administration.
The one wishes us 10 propose to France
genera, congress for the settlement OF all
disnntes d sasaspfe which they think
would end in some peace, of which all these
powers would be the guarantee. Inc o.
Their suggests that the wiser way would DO
80 establish, first corporation with some
y of the continental powers, and TO act upon
the principle OF joint peace, or JOINT war.
10 the first OF these proposals there IS
This direction, that France would be less
likely. TO accede TO, fair and honorable
terms. when she saw us propose peace Sc
perately. that when she saw US connected
and cooperating with other powers. IN
the one case she might think tnat We're she
10 refuse our terms offered separately, she
would only still have to encounter sePerate
war, in the other she would have cause 10
believe that the refusal of fair terms, offer
ed by powers acting in concert, would lead
70 more extensive warfare. Lord Gren-
vile saws, that if We proposed peace upon
fair terms, and they were not acceded TO,
we might be sure of vigorous cooperate
on in carving on the war. But does he
not see that it would be much wiser IN the
hrst instance, to induce the other powers
TO cooperate with Us vigorously in any
:. propositions We might offer for peace; and
that cooperation would give more strength
and dignity to our position, and add re.
doubled weight to oar overtures lhe
difference between the ministerial and the
opposition principle is, that the former
! proposes cooperation 10 the hrst instance,
before we offer peace, whilst the latter
would have Us offer peace, without waiting
for vigorous cooperation; indulglng the
confident belief that should offers OF peace
= be rejected, vigorous cooperation would
there follow that rejection, in other words,
they wish TO prefer an uncertainty to GER
sainty. Another point to be considered is,
whether If we evince disposition TO make
seperate peace. We can reasonably exPec9
In the event. of refusal to accept our
terms, any vigorous cooperation IN the
prosecution of the war After having Of
fered to make seperate peace, the conti-
mental powers could not doubt our disPo-
sition TO make such a peace, and they
might suspect that we should carry that
disposition into execution, as soon as we
had found that their cooperation had ena-
~bIed US to procure those terms whIch,when
we had made a seperate offer, had been re-
iected. If they entertain such suspicious,
il is natural to suppose they would feel
much inclined to offer us any vigorous CO.
operation? MIR. Pitt therefore has acted
upon the principle of vigorous cooperate.
on, and of just peace or joint war which
we have endeayored to prove to be the WI
ser principle ofthe two.
Ofthe state of the negotiations with the
continental powers, we know nothing, fur
ther thanthat they have been conducted up
on the principle 10 which we have alluded.
Perhaps we ought to look to Russia tor
those lights which the minister does not
feel it yet to be his duty to afford U.s.
Knowing that cur communications with
Russia have for their object joint peace or
Joint war that Russia is about to send
negocia,or to Paris for the avowed purpose
of a pacific overture, it must be inferred
we are concerned'in that overture, and that
an attempt IS 80 be made to procure joint
peace.
But if our expectations ofnegociation
have not vanished, our expectations OF any
successful result from any negotiation
for peace, have been considerably diminish
ed by the intelligence we received yester.
day. Bonaparte has taken grounds and
laid down principles, (which if he abides by,
peace between this country and France is
at a remote distance indeed. If his sine