Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-10-20
SUMMARY OF POLITICS.

nccocIATIONS FOR PEACE. In the
...,edjpg pumber, page 200, some obser.
r.,;on. were made upon the tone, (which GER.
IN of the public prints are now taking re-
'.';ye 10 the TERMS, which the nation ought
- s,Dec,, in case peace should be the re.
NJ, Of the present negotiation. 1t will be
,,ouer BY and by, to add TO those obssrva-
ir:ors and further to expose the ignorance,
:, ne wickedness, which would persuade
n. people, that il is likely tina, good terms
4 nsace, under the present circumstances,
m,rbs obtained but, previously, j, is ne.
...,,ry 70 notice, what, as it is said, are
\. nature of the terms obtained by the EN-
D.,Or of Russia; by that young and no.
h. minded and high spirited monarch"
who, as the Morning Post told US, did, no
lopg,r ago than 10 the last gunpowder trea.
son dav, swear, positively swear, and IN a
church too, everlasting fidelity to the cause
of the third coalition, formed for the ex,
press purpose of circumscribiug the power
of France. This "noble minded and high
.p,ri,ed monarch" for seeming TO laugh at
whose reported vow writer In the Mora
INC Herald was threatened with an intorma-
touiu the court of kings bench /; this mo.
b. minded and high spirited monarch"
who, as we were told by the wiseacres OF
the Pitt ministry, rode through the most
tremendous FIRE, during the battle Of Aus
ssdi,z, calling ou, to his army " Victory
or death % and who was answered by bis
troops, that they would die thousand
deaths rather than see the arms OF their
dearly beloved sovereign d,shoaored; this
"noble minded and high spirited monarch"
who, as we are told in the Pitt bulletins,
recovered, at the battle OF Ausserlirz, all
the cannon he had lost, aud drove back the
French army beyond Austerlltz, and, at.
erwalds, across the Swartz ;" this noble
uadsd, this high spirited, this heroic, this
ROad.r working emperor, has made his
peace with France has sent his negociator
ioParis; has, We may overture to conclude,
hd aside the style adapted b. IL NoVoSilt-
2sf; and In short has done every thing,
which the wise men, who supported the
PIT coalition, expected MIN not TO do.
When this is the case. must not these men
have assurance, equal at least to their Wis
dom, to enable them to hold forth TO their
raiders, that this is the time, that this, OF
all others, is the time to demand, and to
expect to obtain. high terms of peace, at the
hands Of France? But, with respect to the
emperor of Russia and his peace, It is said,
that, no, only has he not obtained for Us
sny thing advantageous, but shat ne has
given our interests entirely up, and has e.
ven agreed to aid France tn compelling us TO
make formal surrender Of our maritime
nSats' Such an agreementwas,we know,
sn'ered into, in a secret convention between
russia aud France, in 1901 (sse Political
h.sg'ster, vol. VI. page 9s2) and. IT was
WI with the knowledge OF this, that Pits and
us piace-loving crew entered into the third
coalition. endeavored, at the time, In
various ways, to impress the fact upon the
minds of my readers. In volume vi. OF
'ae Register. several articles will be found,
'ne object of which was, to convince the
'puohc, that nothing good was to be expect
atrom war in alliance with Russia a.
ealnss France, unless il proceeded upoa
Principles very different from those which
%ete the basis of the third coalition. Ifis
ips0uld have been agreed upon, between
"O's'a aud France, to compel Us TO give
" our rights with regardso neutral ships;
~ hRussia should have merely stipulated
:" y use her good Offices in order to prevail
sp0a Us to make such surrender, it will
S ,o'm most delightful piece of .puzzle.wit
" 'ha' acute & profound statesman mylord
,e'en''lle! 1t will certainly draw his at
sHnou aside, for a while, from his deep
searches into the hidden causes of nation.
4, |, wealth and prosperity! He must leave
S Ss measures relative to cash payments at
nc 0Q1k to be nerfectsd bv that no less q.