Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-15

en- TO French despotisn would cost q
great nation single flask OF powder
Take away the Brush navy, or eise It {
France, aud we, free Americans, so val
ant of songae, tie up in our stalls as tamsi
as oxen. The pen of Talleyrand wou.
be found sharper weapon than geners
Varnum's sword. 1t is preposterous
suppose that military resistance to Franc
would be attempted. Her faction IN tn
1consatry would revive, the clubs aud tn
maxims Of 1874, and Genet would agal
summon the enc mics of British influence
TO rally under his hamper. We should b
called the allies Of Frznee aud our loyal al
dress would accompany our tribute TO con
Citrate the friendship OF the great natloN
and TO claim share in his glories. 1h
men who could be nothing without franc
would be invested with the titles and pow
ers of magisrracy, and property would b
made to shit hands till II rested with lhos
who would be really interested to supper
France, that Fran might support then
in keeping il. Thus she would avoid tn
odium of a violent revolution and We
would reap all the advantage of ii, 10 rive
our dependence upon her power. HI
distance OF the Roman provinces g, Length
favored their emancipation from her yoke
Bat with the sole possession Of navy
the transatlantic provinces OF France woule
rot be distant.
With these irrelragible proofs of the fatal Ger
tainty with whIc:s TIC puwrr ol France wooIt
reach US, ard OF the on eiaing tamenefs VIII
Which we mould endure i. ii france i!louid III
in III: B;itilh naval power, what comments ihsl
we make on the sense oE fnT;t OF the hor.impor
tslion projett OF Conssals, which t!iough met
fcttual Coz hrs pup ie, is intended to impair TIT
fe;ce and reiources Of tia, navy How deeI
and considerable viii be opr Corn and execFatior
CT che A!Ga5ongs and Livlngfon's and Munfccs
whc, &c t;a&e their Rattery welcome 10 tyraDt'
ear, have Blended il with American invettives a.
gainif that navy. We irsm to be emulous of th:
spirit OF laveFy before wr defend TO its condl.
zion IS ii we were eioiVed 10 merit their con-
ten,2t by an earlier claim aud even by jaaei
title than thei, yoke. For as long as the Bits,
navy may triumph that yoke is noe Inevitable.
The .noa iuccstsfaI way 20 prevent CUR iervi.
ft3r is faithfully TO cxpofe cur dangers. So fs'
80 our tate may aspend on our wisdom or our
shoicc, it IS propcr - cal the attention OF GU
c!gizsn4 to the fact that Bonapstte, though he
has done much, he has done il in vain, un!efs he
can DO enc thing m0gc. Give him the British
navy, and he will govern tie Unned States as
absoIaleiy, and certainly with IS little mercy, as
Il our territory were Frcnch department., and
actually lay between the S-Inc and the Loire
Let our scrobl,rs then exto! ste long f0res, eng
.walom Of The JefFeffoniaa administration. Let
them boat Of their deVotednetsto the cauie Of the
people. The man whole Chief merit is grounded
On his having Psnnsd the Declaration Of Ince
pcndence has done more than any other nan liv
ine to uodo it. He has M de canven,i rs 20 eou
the fullacis Of our srealury irto the Golfers o.
BCnapsrts, ne has dictated laws In AID, and IL
carry lite Ell &, F.eEch authority in S.. Do
mingo, now his ninions lnCon.vcls have begun
warfare sgaini, tie Butiih trade, ard without
our own Gave co operation TO c,ippe the mari
'is,e reloufces Of England, Bonaparse might
n2ect with too great obRyateions and delay in
tu@vesting tic independence and liberty c. our
country.
Il weloVe our country as we ought, we can
net botwlill that the conquered nations OF Eur.pc
bSeak tael; chains. We Garner but with that
iG;eag bsita;n aay courageouly and tia aphsnt
y pSinan her independence agatha France.
Bur On tina POINT what arc we to expect A
military oPpoiItion on the continent Of Europe
has proved unsvaiiirg. VIII France, now nit
tstis OF the !aad become mii,rs OF the Tea a,io,
and eta5lith her iron domination over tie civil
sze2 world This isa qucftioa of lie or deal.
20 Amerioan independence and the awful asci6on
IS near,
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