Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-03

that WHICH ZIG CuipNso'
ranaed for his armies.
France herself forcedsthes passage !: she
rre,ended 10 offer excuses for that ssep,but
:, was in a manner equallysofenssve.
she hadseentoo clearly where the re-
sentiment Of Prussia would terminate, which
in fact appeared to be ssiAed when his im-
perial majesty Of Russia engaged IN a per-
sonal Communication with the king.
Prussia then demanded subsidies OF ".
Britain, which were promised TO her, ADD
she signed the convention OF potscsm,
,he conditions q which she 7voula, doubtless,
haze been mare disposed toJuW II 4 c0u1
have.so far. foxgotten my dirty, as to consent
to the proposition Of cedinSg the el~eef9rafe Of
Hanover for some Prussian province.
Prussia aairms, that from the events OF
the war, she has not had the choice OF
means TO secure the safety of its monarchy,
aud of the states ofthe North. She wishes
to make it appear, that she has been com.
PEELED to a%ggrandize herself, and 70 be-
come the instrument, rather than the Oh
:iecs, of the vengeance of my enemies.
Such an avowal does no become a great
power. All Europe knows that It depend.
ed on Prussia, before the battle of Aus
terltz, to give repose to Europe, If she
had taken the part which her real Interests
and the outraged honor of her monarchy
! dictated 10 her. She can 40 longer be ex-
cused. after having missed such an oppor-
tunity and even since the event OF the "a
of December, did she not command an
army of 10000 men. who sill Tetnember
the victories it Obtained under shr great
! Frederick, which was in the best d,sposl.
too, and supported by the whole Russian
army, TWO corps of which were actually
under the command OF the king OF Pfus.
STA? !
She would, without doubt, have been
subiest 10 certain risks but she found her.
self in a situation, when'every danger must
be encountered TO save the honor of the
STATE. The prince who hesitstes in making
a choice, destroys the principle which
serves as the basis Of a military monarchy;
aud Prussia ought already to begin 70 feel
Efhe sacrifice she has made OF her independ.
ence.
The note of April & affirm: "that France
had considered The electorate as its conqu- st
| and that its troops had been on the point OF
re~entering it, to make a dehnltive disposal
Of it,"
The electorate of Hanover, as an intsg-
raj part of the Gernanic empire, is not
| conce rued in the war between Great Brl.
tain and France; nevertheless, 1t has been
u~nIus,ly invaded by tina: power, which has,
Notwithstanding, frequently indicated the
object tor which she las disposed 10 restore
IL.
France was al length compelled to aban.
! don the counWy, and forty Thousand OF my
troops, and those of my allies, were estab.
lished here, when the count de Haugwitz
signed the treaty which; disposes Of my
states. 1t is true, that the Russian corps
was then at the disposal Of his Prussian
majesty but rs chief, with the genuine
! spiri, of an honorable man, was not the
less determined 10; fight, if the allies OF his
master were attacked. We shall not speak
OF tae Frerch garrison which remained at
ttaHeli, in0-Ge'%r IN point OF numoer,
deprived OF the means OF defence, and on
The poin, of being besieged, when the pro-
mises Of Prussia caused the plan TO be aban-
doned.
The intention Of France TO dispose defn-
itively of the electorate would have been
contrary to the assertion she has SO often
; made. 1t would, moreover, have been
contrary to he usage of war, since even a
conquest is not dv6nitiv-iy disposed Of bs.
fore a peace; add particularly at moment
when a wish might exist to manifest a pa
oi6e Disposition.
Prussia had no RICH, to jadge if Great
Britain had the mean of opposing,he t
Of my enemies TO the electorate. Her
power furnishes her with the means of
bringing the war 10 sn honorable end, for