Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-05

/ ,,r.sse4 f.,r he scessiup CT AusPaoh a'.u
naprt,. Il. What aheudid the kloS OF Fsus IS.
sra do? Certainly t,elouid nosFe xIpecs l l.ss
! ,he Ef.ach coaerna,ens would be able. 20
| neooeia,e between him ADD his Brisannic
majesty, thar he should DC allowed 20 re-
/ ram Hanover; and therefore be haaiiy Ie-
solved to seize il without The consent Q. MS
! N aiesty. and under the pretence OF an equi.
valsnt fer Anspach, Bayreusi', and those
| provinces which were ceded to france.
! !, cannot then be said that this treaty.
and the proceedings which iellowed ~
| we're altogether the effect OF fear' nf "nas
wss,,he necessity under which his Pruss:aa
| maiest. was placed? wis il merely ti'e ne.
Ecess1sgso of ceding Anspaeh aad Bayfeutn
/ This might haze been considerable mis-
fortune. vet il was one whleh might be JUS
Eiifded BY necessity. Bot the scr, OF heces@
ssity claimed by the king or Prussia, IS ar
ferent. he says, because have lost An
spsch. and Bayreu,h, 4 therefore teei nv, =, :.
self under The necessity Of sslzfrg the 90
rninions Of some third power; not ofaiy OF u
third @gswer, but OF one that. iron 81
times, aad,by every circumstance, was
bound to aspect Chs is the sorr o. &c,
,eessily cIaimedby1tc PlpsSsn sosys' ana
iris that which makes hecase or Prassia
much worse than ths, of any other nauon
in Europe. As for Spain;( dot wlsh,to
revive he diGereeces of opin,an WITH re-
spect 10 the Spanish war; but Spain a says
would csmply NO farther with the WISHES q
our enemies, thanby gIsiag a'so;n 81 mo-
ney. Hollaud ard othes poweyy have been,
from terror, obliged 10 ,mase cessaons OF
territoryro France, butoo otterspofser mas
been compeledby strFor, TO eon,rsast rob,
berries or spolations on lis ,nrfGhbors. ( q
cry Of Aear !! lkear,t Its 10 this that the
case of Prussia stands distinguished tron
that OF all othe fnations. We cannotihelp
looking with some degree Of pity and coz.
tempt, on power that Can aliege that II IS
reduced 10 such necessity that would ee,
in itself, a considerable humiliation or de.
graduation 70 Prussia, 10 be obliged to give
Up those provinces 70 which 1t was so niaeh,
attached, ard which had been called : the
Cradle OF the House ofabrandenburh,
The degradation Of tsais cession was still
much increased by the conducs of The pco-
ple'of Auspach, who rrtrearcd their Sove
reign not to abando3 them. Instead OF
seeming the ignominy of the oessioa, It
was great increase of disshonor, to sell a
brave and loyal people tor what was called
Fan equivalent A,Syas an aaion o. every
thing that was contemplate II serv'lnY with
everything tha, is adioua inrapacity lheaS !
heor!1 On the 2eih Of January an official
litter was written from haron Hsrdenoerg
TO Mr.. jackson, expressly stating tito &c
the intention of his Prussisu majesty to
take possession of Hanover only uniil the
conclusion of peace between England and
France. To this letter his nayts yes
pleased 10 answer, that he had placed the
utmost reliance or. sbes friendship .andigood
faith of the king of Prussia bat that ae
wished for more explicit declaration OF
the views which he entertained wiki re.
spect TO Hanover. a more explicit dea
earatiors has indeed been made Il IS the
last treaty made by Prussia win France,
in which Prussia consents consents --as II
she admitted that ii was a French object,
aud not Prussan one, 70 take Perma-
nen,spossession ofHanover! Sir, the house
will easily see through all the pretencesfor
arrangements said TO be convenient and
necessary for ,heeports Of the .norsh, aad
which produced a,declarasion from Prussia,
followed by shutting I'd thoas ports. An
intimation was subsequently made by
Prussia that British manufacture might-pass
through par, OF the Prussian domiuicos
Soon afterwards this chanae. of communi-@
cation was cut of, and then came The mon
strous measure which Prussia resolved
upon Of taking Hanover as. present from
France, of which eonntfyis was asserted
that by right of conquest. France had the
disposal. Is sbsre an Instance Ga fceord
of conquered prcvince having bsen as