Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-09-19

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! noxious. But any idea ct continental
! alliance being most improbable both IN the
I on;r;on Of the Moniteur and Mr.. Grey,
what then would he advise us to do! 10
see whether a peace cannot be obtain
I'd upoS, fair and honorable terms. What!
alter having argued that we are unable to
cope with France, that " the amount OF
taxes is so great that for the first time
there appears reason to conclude, from
their produce, that they have been carried
as far as they can go"-after having said
s,hat &c when we compare our whole military
force with that of the enemy, with his IN
creasing means, with his uninterrupted
.xer,ions. with the menaced attacks upon
us, withdrawing out our naval power to
foreign nations, kept pace with the pro-
/ eress of the foe; that in comparison with
cur DANCER our means of security have not
! advanced, and that ia reality the country
is less upon an equality with the p:epara-
lions. and with the means Of France, than
il was last year" After having gard these
things; after having drawn this gloomy
picture of our situation, does Mr.. Grey
expect us to make fair and honorable
peace? Is net this mockery and insult:
( Is il rot Indignantly and insulting to tell
! nation represented to be unable to carry on
war with effect, that it ought to make peace
cpon honorable and advantageous terms!
Would an enemy, believing himself to be
superior in strength and resources, grant
such terms Would bonaparte, if we
were really SO degraded and hunbled, ale
low us an honorable peace What does
Mr.. Grey see in the character OF that man,
that should make him believe he will re-
frain from exacting the last sacrifice, and
drawing the last blood drop from fallen
enemy!
The debates OF this last week naturally
class themselves under two heads-our ex-
ternal politics and internal. We shall dis
cuss the latter first,
INTERNAL. POLITICS.
It must be apparent to every body that
the tone, and temper, and language of the
leaders of the two parties have lately un-
dergone considerable change, and have
assumed, almost on sudden. greater de-
gree of.moderation we speak Of the two
great parties; not of that little Insignificant
intermediate set which bears a consIdera-
bic resemblance to party In the national
convention called the Pcntre. All ,ha:
was acrimonious on the part of the opposl-
ton IN the house Of lords was directed a
gainst the Addingson party and here we
hnln iarf tE at
struck as most forcibiy. 1t seemed as if it
had been previously arranged, tha, the Ad-
digton party should be attacked, and h
treaty of Amien's inveighed against in one,
house, bat that party and the peace OF A
miens should be spared in the other; be
cause one of The opposition leaders,
MIR. Fox, had pointedly approved of
that treaty, and because the assistance OF
that party might still be wanted in another
discussion with respect to Lord Melville.
But the Addlngtons are nais.rably deceived
if they think their conduct has recommend.
ed them even to the opposition oppo-
s!ton will make use of them for iheir &C.
casions, but no more they will have no
permanent connection with them they will
have no seperate party in the cabinet they
will have 70 coalition with them hut th=y
will make use of them to form coalition
with Pitt. Whatevercreditt the Arlington
party acquired by Observation-Disclosures now
rapidly declining, they will never recover
it---jdctHs aescensus, sed reUocare grodtm
lit is Impossible like some Of those me-
teers we see at night in the sky. their
brilhancy will but be momentary; they viii
fall and be forgotten. II We praised and
supported the administration Of Mr.. Ad.
dlngton, it was not because we thouehi him
possessed of great talents, but because he
exercised great moderation. His admins
tration was beneficial because it was mode
rate; it was such one as the country
| wanted after the stormy periods and events
knJ III.