Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-10-25
FRoM BELL's WERKIr MESSENGER,
Reesived AZ the gBsee Of she Public Ledger.
ORIGINAL REMARKS.
ExAmkv OF THE liREacH ANSWER TO

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This week been wholly directed TO the an
swer OF The note of VI. Novoziltzof, as
Il appeared 10 the 1fomtenr. tits general
~, ana undoubtedly with justice, regard
I. sd as effieial; and as suehw We now propose
TO examine ii.
The FIRST aud n1ost prominent singuiaritV
Of thls Manifesto, for such We must con.
siderit, is the generaltons in which it an-
swers the Russian note. Itis calm, and
argumentatively moderate; bat through
sovrfy part carries the features of 'frmaess,
aud fixed aud iavlncible resolution not TO
yield in any point. ITS catmness is that
sss elf persuasion in the justice of It's claims,
and settled p0rpose of abiding the issue
of war; and a coalition Of all the powers of
Europe in maintaining them. This paper
-is not one of those vague, deciamasory
answers which, instead of the temper and
grdvisy of tficial docnmenss, has usually
5 ex9ressed the. passions of individuals. 1t
bssaFhes rfle spirit of the French court as
much as fit had been transcribed from the
pages of their council book.
It commences with anobseryation which
IS too lust: Iii says ttat VI. Novoziltzok
was ONLY to treat withsthe emperor inPer-
son. and demands whether this were con.
si.,ent with the established deeorum OF
{. Diplomatic form? Certainly not. Bona
parte, whether acknowledged or not BY the
states of Europe, is still supreme IN
France and if M. NoyosillzaH met him
at all, he was to meet shlm in his own pal
ace.a Was Benaparte, therefore, in his
owu territory, to depose himself, as the
preliminary to a negocia,ion with Russian
commissary? Was he TO throw off his
robe and become his own secretary, in
other words acknowledge his equality with
NoyoziI,zpH.
Itis.srue iadeed thar Bonaparse himself
has not unfrequently, though IN another
manner, violated these same forms. His
ineonsiderate letter to the king OF England,
whilst only consul, and not as yet establish
ed, was of this nature, and in the heat ct
victory we believe he has often repeated
the same formalities. Bat the cautious,
considerate court of Petersburgh, if it
meant auy thing, should have known bes-
ter, Bonaparte could not have received
such mission. Novosilezof therefore
must have Deen sent IN VAIN
The memorial, next enters upon innne-
diate purpose, 1t denies nothing, but JUS
ti6es. every thing. Ii Acknowledges that
the French a mics have conquered the
greater part of Europe, and what their
armies had lief; their intrlgaes had brought
under their influence. dtavers IN the tone.
of triumph not of defence, that the Rhine,
and. the Adige are the real boundaries OF
France; and that Italy, as her conquests
IS a. her disposal. Fs
Ehe Manifesto does nor affect 70 deny
that this destroys the former state fittings,
aud introduces new system into Eufope.
But it maintains that the balance OF power
Is sill pres, rived s as perfe tas At any toe-
mer period---thas France has undoubtedly
augmented her power, but that she has
been compelled toit by the prior aggran-
dizemenes Of other powers.
There is,in such defence this sopnlssfy
that tie acquisitions Of other nations
have added little to their real power IN
oshar words, have done nothing 70 render
the .oti.er nations of Europe insecure,
Powers dangerous to the states OF ksa-
rope can only exist in Europe ITSELF Inc
conquests of the emperor Of China have
never been thought 20 vary the state Of Fur
rope. The acquisition eft the further
bake of the Ohio, by the United States
was suffered without remoastrance.
s. The Crimea, Mount Caucasus, and
the mouth Of the Phasis, &c. have been
seized on. aad it became necessary that
France should have an equivalent in Ei:
rope. Her selfpreservation required It."
Ifsthis be not already answered hy what
has been said above, that the possession OF
Mount Caucasus has not given TO Russia
any augmentation of power which can be
l.. Ri IF T.