Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-29
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At time when the combined Feet is
said to be before Bfest, ready TO cooperate
with the inner feet; when the whole line
of coast opposite to England is lined with
troops and transports prepared for the in.
yasiou; when the great contest between
England and France, has some chance of
approaching to crisis; il may not be m
interesting to the reader to pernse the fol.
lowing reflections from De Croiseuil's 5th
part of Revolutionary annals; ON the views
OF France with respect 10 England.
6 No continental power, then, shall
henceiofth espouse the British cause, and
assist its triumph, Deep injuries, too, yet
csll for redress; nor can the memory ofthe
pas, be suddenly or totally obliterated. Per.
sonal and direct outrages have challenged
the resentment Of the first consul and all
France is ready to avenge his wrongs. Can
the French easily forgetthe dark and odious
designs of Grsat Britain against their copn-
try? "Letus recollect, exclaimed once the
British Senate, that his war is without a
precedent: it is not a civilized war, it il a
war of exJerminatlon which We are called
upon to wage" How different this barba.
rous and sanguinary declaration from the
humane. noble, and truly magnanimous
sentiments of the celebrated WaIsingham,
Ambassador of England, at the Court of
Charles x! The perfdy of Catharine de
Medicis had Justly raised his indignation.
Fl had the sublime courage to deplore in
the presence Of tina. Queen the horrd fac
of he numerous victims sacrificed on ST.
Bartholomew's Day, by her pre- medtated
cruelty. What contrast, too, between
that more than hostile language Of The Bril-
fish Parliament, and the benevolent project
of a perpetual peace secretly planned by the
ilIustrious Elizabeth and Henry w dream
ed since, to use the common phrase, bv the
Able dc St. Pierre traduced BY SO many
writer's, but eloquently defended by Rous.
seau, and now, perhaps, on the eve Of be
ing realized!
The northern powers must from sound
policy. from a regard for their own inter-
est, incline to the aide of France, whose
first and most ardent desire is to cherish
and preserve peace. Eut the tranquility of
Europe never can be established on per
rnanen. basis, whilst England retains her
preponderance. Her restless spiri, is too
incompatible with that profound and steady
Gains which essentially promotes the hap.
piness OF nations, and from which agrlcuI
tural countries, in particular, derive their
prosperity. The empire Of the seas is nc
longer The empire OF the world. The re-.
sources and wealth of Great Britain flow
from her commerce. For the purposes OF
self-protection and defence, she must main
tam an immense naval force. Her fleets
are deemed invincible; but cannpt they be
paralysed, and rendered perfectly harmless9
Only let the British commerce be prescrib.
ed on the continent, and the effect is pro-
duced. The system of prohbitory rnea-
sures, lately devised and adopted with re.
spect to that commerce, will be attended
with greater success than any other mode
of warfare. Under the operation Of that
system, Great Britain must gradually de.
cline, and no effusion of blood need &C.
company her fall.
6 Delenda est Carthage! exclaimed Ca.
to the elder. The sentiment is shocking.
No nation can find its real lntresr in the
entire destruction of another. Let Europe
content herself with erasing from the cata-
louge of primary states, the name OF Great
Britain, and with lessening her weight 10
the political scale. Thus much may be ca.
sily effected. Heaven forbid that we should
say, {. lie, not a gun be fred throughout
! Europe without our leave I" Bur let
France declare her unslterable resolution