Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-20

SUPPORT, whenever any ~ &c ~
- I'm, ,ha, whenever he goes our q We
e;,v h. carries all his sfeaspre ana Jews
-. ;.h him n chests mounted on muiss
VIZ h;sb IRE copsded 10 the care OF his favo'
rite slaves, who have orders 20. keep -
close to him as possible; nor IS ne CIV.
accompanied by less than from three 70
bnndred of his partizans, who are COM
posed Of negroes and men OF oespera.e
for,nnes who would espouse his cause no
longer than until his treasure was eAna"s ac
ed and would then,hle into the ranks %
the hes, oayaasser tor this reason ne
carries his cash with him, as likewise 10
ecable him 70 raise a party among the 4.
rabs should ever his brothers. party assume
courage sufficient TO shut the gates of the
city-aeainst him, as he did against Hames
when he treacherously usurped the .Pacha-
lie.
In nv details Of the relative situation
of .Tripoli with other nations, you will
observe the many causes the grand sega.
or has had 70 complain, OF the arrogance
Of Iosenh Pacha, and no doubt VIA JOIN
me in opinion, that the~waf ~ which he
was engaged was rhe only reason which
prevented him from chastising him as nc
deserved. and that he only waits tor a
proper opportunity, | believe IS evil
dent.
No act.could be more just than the re-
Installing Hamet Pacha on the 'hi one o.
his forefa,hers, and no act could lnsusr
the grand seignor q Fevenge PfomP' ahd
efhcacious, and attended With SO iitIie eA-
pense OF blood and treasure, nor so efec-
tuaily insure the gfautude and fuehre o'e'
dience of Hamet & his familysss we'll as set
a precedent to the other states OF bafbary
whose incorrigible insolence has become
insuppor,able, at the Sublime Porte, and
render an example not only exPedient but.
absolutely necessary.
Joseph Pacha, perfectly acquainted
with these circumstances, spared no pains
70 intice his brother Hamet, to come to
Tr;pol,under the speeious pretexe ct giving
him the government the prov. otDerne &
. Repqazl, but without effect. Hamet would
nor listen 70 this proposal and demanded of
his brother to give him up his wife and
children, whom he holds as hostages, and
~ settle on him asmall annuity sufficient 70
maintain his family, promising that he
would then live and die at Tunis.
I In the above train were affairs at Tfipoli
when le fl il, and under those Impressions
I was induced in nay letter to Mr.. Eaton OF
the 5th Tune, 1901, to,make the follow
inp observations (: 6 conceive it peculiar
" fortunate that 1ripoli has broke with US
first. as we have, il in cur power, with
small force, TO reduce them 10 our own
terms and consequently to influence the
o her regeucies in our favor, as hey would
find by demon=t, alton, that we brook not
insults with impunity; nay, sir, it the
Pacha of T'ripoll's brother, Hamet, who
is AZ Tunis, was man Of understanding
and enterprise, / would stake nv soul that,
with the assistance Of four Of our frigates,
| would effect a.revolu,ion in his favor, and
place him ON the throne of Tripol, in
spite of every obstacle, and thereby insure
the United States the gratitude OF him aad
his successors, besides concluding al al
yan.ageors peace" But must sincerely
declare, that actua.ed rs was BY no other
motive rhan an honest zeal for wha: sup,
posed, and continue to suppose, to be the
best interest of my country, / at that peri
cd thought it a moral impossibility that i
,we.ald take fifteen months to draw ous g!.e
engines of aninjured nation, or that mo.
,ivesof humanity woald sofar Prepouder-
ate In our councils as to induce US to post
.pone our vengeance .uatil The barbarity Of
those miscreants 10 our unfortunate fellow
citizens, would give a latitude, and pre-.
scribe tie rules Of a rigorous retaliation.
In a letter Of the 29h June, ! forwarded
to Mr.. Eaton the outlines of my dispatch
Nos, dated a, Leghorn, July I'd, 1901,
wherein requested him to ascertain how
=