Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-16

1annoy is. We anfSer = 'hs moass,.
lmore than any othe, hssitn Vi the word
tbecause she commancs ;,.e pcean, the SON.
medium Of communicate b=tween Us.
| Ba.sdraw her Oft ircm ,hat clement, and
France is not less cnnpo,ert upon it,
She is great military power. and i, is be.
cause Britain is not, caauot be such Dow.
| er, that it is impoiiticso brsak her down.
Go to war when you will, you must BE-.
come the ally Of France, you will only pu,
'off, by enhancing il, the danger you would
guard against. You vii! but clap a tor.
toise under yoer elephant.
The same gentlemsn tell, you that the
gigantic power Of France hangs on tho
brittle life Of an Individual. Hut do vou
believe it Are you such driYeNers in
politics as 10 believe that the fate of such
military despntism hangs on the life of one
man. 1T MahomrtII. had been killed On.
der the walls OF Cons,antinople, would The
destiny Of the Greek empire have been
changed? Would ne, the power have
:passed into the hands of some Se!ymsn or
Selim, the terror of thu civilized world?
-Shal! we ABANDON practice for theory!
In some respecsswc are situated ss the
successors of Alexander were placed lure.
latiou to Rome ard Carthage. Here is
zen iron republic, or call j, what you viii,
that threatens the liberties of mankind.
Ths government above all others, IN Eu.
rope, 10 which our own is no,t hateful
ard obrcxious. This is beyond di.pu,s.
Dces il b4corne cs 70 facilitate :s designs?
4 do not enquire as TO motives, nor will.
that government care hbout them. lfysu
give i. facilities to effect lie purposes,
those purposes are obiained SO far as dc.
ponds on yeu. Is this wise, is i. proper,
is il right? Am I asked fer my rlan3 If
/ meant to act efficiently, would have bea
gun with an embargo | wsuld nav do
wha was done before: Iwou!d treat with
@Great Britain, and for the very reason that
| would not have treated with her, IN the
year o. for the same reason that thesen'
tleman, whose re:olu,isn is now auder dis.
| eession, then treated with her, would
not: now, he is for war, am tor negoci.
alton and peace. Aad why T? Because
the state of nations has since undergone a
rnonstrous change disastrous changes 10.
deed have been ssG:cted in the lace of
things. We often hear of the abuses and
eorfartions of ,as British government:
Wills, the continental despetsms pass un'
noticed and upresasded. lie. US beware
OF Introducing such abasss into our own.
We have ne farther consern with them
Do gentlemen thiak'wotaa 9th character
and motives Of William PHI. than OF 10
bespisrrs, and yet, monster as ha was, ho.
bespisrre tl,as e,nnibal 81 his own coun.
trymen, was in his DAY the aose SulWsrk Oh
ths human race. Fad Whatever be her
notives, or professions, Great Britain now
sta.ds exactly II the place Of France twelve
wears aga, Take her navy out ot,as way
,o.msrs' ~, and where are you? The Sc,
crs,ary Of the psvy has indeed reported
that the Chesapeake is Gs fer services ana
tina, the CONSTITUTION is in state OF 'ao'
rough repair, but would the real tAeSa.
beake, the bay. be ft for uss Ia that case'
and what would be the operation on the
actua Constitutes Of the United os''es'
(To be c0nt;nued