Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-27
From The Boston Gazette.
Memoirs of VI. C. Talleyraad.

Some of our late foreiga prints have In.
duiged themselves with the improbable
Conjecture, tina, before the actual com.
mencement of hos.ilties ON the continent
such plan of pacihcation would be offered
by the French government as to cause by
IT'S slluripg influence, the complete disso-
luton of the coniederacy. That Bonaparie
should take step of the kind is not to be
wondered at, even by the promise of grea.
CO ncesslons, as it would evidently be the
tighes. point!of policy in him so TO do bu,
that the present British ministry with Mr..
Pit at its head, who are the frs, partners
10 the political firm, and who have strong
claims upon the zeal and integrity of their
associates, should for a moment listen to
the deceitfll and intriguing proposal would
indeed surprise US. AT present as well as at
every previous moment, since the acces-
sion to Office Of Mr.. Pitt, we are and al
way 5 have been Of opinion, that peace en-
any terms within the power of Benaparte
TO grant, would prove destructive TO the
commerce and freedom of England, and
tha whether double or single handed, she
must and will be content TO brave the BAT
ties heat, SO Tong as this Modern Caesar,
is suffered by Providence TO WELD the EN-.
pire of nation of soldiers. In this OPT
mon We are strengthened by the testimon,
of writer who appears TO beweh acquaint.
ed with the genius OF Frenchmen, and
with the character of Bonapartr, and his
subtle and ever.wa,chful secretary, TalIey.
rand I; man whose mental resources are
exhaus,less and whose plans and lntrigues
are not to be parted by the common les.
sons of prudence aad sagacity -
Let us beware of Talleyrand's per6dy
and Bonaparte ambition. Malta may be
given up and Hanover evacuated France
may consent TO sign commercial treaty
Holland may be forced to reuounce SOME
of her colonies, aud Spain sacrifice her
treasures but great as these acquisitions
nigh, be regarded in ordinary time id the
present relative situation of England and
France they are only the wages and allure.
ments ofBondage from the one to the other.
Thiswill ALWAYS be he case long French
gun boats exist opposite our shores, and
the Corsican shall not consent to the dc.
straetion Of his armada, and give, if posi-.
BILE, security that no such means Of de.
| fence shall be reso1ted 70 in future. While
his flotilla exists there is no safety agains,
invasion, shelter from alarm or limit to ex.
pense in former treaties Of peace, it has
| been usual 20 establish, on each side of the
disa, u1lag powers, reciprocal aud respecta.
| BILE commissioners to superintend and ct.
| fectuate the mutual REIMBURSEMENT Of al
missions were limited TO disman,ling ship:
| Of the line, and frlgates, bus with these the
| danger does not now rest A gun boat as
an unit of an armada of gun boats, Is ar
| object Of more insuffcrabte offence than L:
Vile de Paris of three decks. An assassin
dwarf destined and Opposed for midnlgh
mischief and murder, is more dangerous ,e
! the safety and sanctity of repose, than the
brawny noon day ruffian, equipped for un
dissembled contest. Let England stab the
Cor.iean dwarf Of assassins, and she vii
remain confident against the giants of th'
the world in arms.
! Not only the quiet and independence o.
Great Britain, Blu. of Europe, require, pre-
viouslv to the ratification ola peace, ,h'
destruction of Bonapar,e's fosilla, e;the
by battle or by compact. 1t mus. be blown
from the bottom of the ocean by British
sean,en, or blasted in its own ports from
the face Of the creation by the power o
convention. Were our enterPrising force
in the West Indies to continue their yalo
rous and victorious career, and be as com
ple,ely and ultimately successful as thsi
brethren in the east were they to anne'
all the colonies of France, Spain and Hol
land, TO our country by conquest it woule
in eur opinion, be better; far better, tina
Grea, Britain should resign them all at I
peace. without any equivalent, without e
] ven the redemption of any thing lost in ths