Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-02

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r,.ed. I, will be irrita,ed and reused by ma
st,onal losses and-by the disgrace OF their
arms. Bonaparte's own vanity ahG that OF
-. nation would probably rsqalre that
Fnoland should be invaded, if the rlpening
&c 1hr expected coalition should not furnish
perhaps the occasion, and certainly the ex-
euse for the Abandonment OF that extray-
agans project. In this view OF the matter
the coalition will prevent more good than
we can lmmagine it will ever atchive'
For of all the possibilities OF speedy
remedy of the present enormous evils OF
Europe by the reduction OF the prePon-
derant power of France, the only one
that holds out any national promise is
that of the Invasion. Two huadred thou.
sand men landed in England, and the VIM
ners of the first three or four battles, would
certainly fall at last, and Involve the i'm
nerial usurper in their fall. His boosted
glory would sink even faster than his
power. The enslaved nations would then
make haste 70 break their chains.
Bat supposing no invasion, which in
the event of new coalition is no longer to
be supposed, it then becomes impossible
even to conceive of any remedy bat a late
and exceedingly gradual one.
10 fgbt do7vu gigantic France to her former
fze, 70 that other nations may again breathe in
lasety and independence can lcarcely take iets
than haif a century, of profpsrous warfare. Thole
nufi,room products Of accident, money or intrigue.
tbefe brittle ephemerai coalitions are quite ina
deouate to the end. While they aR hel will
cheriih falfc hopes. and when they fail, they will
eneender grounGlels fears, and for the next leven
years may prevent the difeovery and delay the re
fort 10 the only effective refoufces oflatety.-
Fo. England alone, we repeat il, is pledged, is
pinned and nailed down to the nbat. To fit
AID rake blows is hard, but lhe fill has the pri
ylege, the precious, glorious privilege the
Dutch, Swifs and Italians, have LOFT, Of return.
ing them. Every war brings its burthens and
lof-s but this war brings its terrors too, for it
hazards and will decide upon her life and honor.
The deciGon cannot be csaded, the cortef can.
nor even be intermitted without her ruin. By
eighteen months ottrea@hous peace Che iufered
greater reduction of comparative &reng,h than by
whole century would ROT impoverifh her. A de.
lufve calm, called peace. for three years would
out an end 10 her efforts forever. She has men,
hc has courage, Che has all the means of felt de-
ence-She wants only that overpowering imprei.
fion upon her pc pie thar time Will make, though
it is not yet made, to have the command of thoie
means. She mutt route as Carthage did in the
third Punick war, but not 70 late. Her Foxes
and her Burdits will be 6lcnt when the very FAB
bic are convinced that England cannot exit az all
unlels the power of France be reduced-that as
long as Ge contends ton the reduction OF that
power }le enjoys both exiftence and glory. She
is therefore to chooe war not as Gate preferable
TO peace, but preferable to the ignomny of wear
ine French chains. When the!e ideas, unfortG-
pareIy 70 we'll vouched by her iituasion, are al
mltted by all men In the nation, and lie time is
coming when they will be irredaible, every
th,ns 10 England will become weapon of war,
and evety man folder on iailor TO weld it,
he r1uifter will have ,eaion TO rely On the abuu
dance Of rafources, and what is more TO the pur.
D Ce of the war, on the perseverance and patience
OF the 1ublic. Engl.h ipirit thus routed might
laugh az mercenary coalitions AID French mena-
ces. France can have no commerce, and "a.
lion OF folders NUT thrise by fpoil and not by
manufactures. Ito ger frclh fpoii they enlarge
the circle of their dcegedauon', they ROUTE new
enemies and create more jealous coalitions than
e. glifh guiaeas can buy.
Thele opinions will no doubt feem cxtravagant
o many perloos. But the evil of french doni-
alton is now Of many years Handing. 1t is not
gery rational to fuppoIc that a battle or cam
paign is TO cure il, Iscfs are many eqils which
ttend human life through the entire cou!te OF it.
Perhaps it IS made in wiflom aud in mercy TOO,
3y the great Ruler OF the Uoigelfe, the cordi.
ion Of an Enghman's life, thas he lhsli fpsnd
the whole oft in fighting the French. And ii
bis fons and his gra',dfons lhould think liberty
and independence insolerable en- sheie terms, let.
them lie down in the duff 10 tie peace Of ilavery,
ard try to forget their honofs and their ances-