Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-06
:. JvpEPIAL PARLI.4NENT.
HOUSE or LORDS.
APRIL %.
HIS MAIaolY's MESSAGE.

his loTdshp rose and observed, that al
..r,h- ons.ae. which Itleir lordships had
heard. /, would NOT DC necessary iol nun
- no much of lne time OF the mousse
III ". Fs.isuaded that there could DC oat
o,,. .ro.itncnt among their iordsfiPs re-
s2crung MS maJesiy's message no ~AS
coa.lnccd there could@be Dat one iSsiipS
iotne country, as 10 The line OF CONDUCT
= whicn it was necessary TO aaopti ana ne
- + I,~yed there could DC but one cPialon
throughout EUROPE respecting the cohduc'
nj prussia. lad there existed no con-
. neA,on betwren hat powerand y. britain,
> Il ms pfusslan mates Y had not been bound
b,,,esot alliance, OF blood, OF friendship,
aot IF gratitude, still one might have sup
5, posed that his true policy, sease ol ms
real rest, would have lnduceo nm &c
Z pursue a course different from that whica
occasIoued the message which had oeen
.;nst read. twas not his intention TO enter
nerDlv at present TOTO the particulars OF the
conduct of The Prussian government; is
would be necessary, however, to make
.ao,o.. refereuce 10 them. That court had
been engaged In confidential intercourse
with Eugiand previous 10 the BATTLE OF AUS,
eerlitz and il any reliance could Dc placed
upop assurances, if any fa.sh could be re-
posed ubon treaties, we had a right 10 ex.
rect ,ha, she would be found, not hghuog
ON he side of4he enemy, but sustaining
1he common cause of Europe against
France. On the contrary, she acted
as if, Notwithstanding those assurances and
those ,reaties, she had oeen leagued with
/ France from the beginning. lhis was
manifest in various instances. . her hfst
open act was to occupy Hanover, under
pretence of covering the retreat OF the
5, BRUSH and allied army, and OF securing
her own frontier against the danger which
; sniph, resuls from the establishments O.
{ French force 10 the electorate OF Hanover.
,rhar tins occupation was a Hagrant out.
rage aud violation Of justice, no one could
deny, and as such, his majesty could not
bat feelit deeply. The Insult aud INJURY,
however, affecting hioa more N his private
I than 10 his public capacity, he Determined
10 apply TO remons,rAnce ard negotiation,
!, rather than TO measures Of a more serious
character. What was the conduct OF Prus-
4 STA {? Their lordships would scarcely De-
iieve tiff the facts were nos notorious TO all
), Europe. Before time could De given tor
The first temperate representation, before
any explanation was offered or received
she took forcible possession OF his maJes-
,y,s electoral -dominiens- The country
: which she occupied few days before, Tor
,he express purpose OF protecting &goard
ioq against the arms of France within one
fortnight alter she appropriated TO herseH,
-sasa cession & conquest made b. France.
This was the second step in the graduation
-,of the injuries offered to has majesty
There was. however, third step, more
general and more injurious IN It's object and
- Consequences. His Prussiau majesty caus.
:. I'd tito be notified to the British minister
., Beshn, that, 10 obedience to requisl,
zion from France he must proceed 70 ex-
: clatle the shipping OF England, not oniy
from Prussia, bur from the ports OF all the
countries within the reach of her controul
or influence. 1t was in this situation We
now stood.
His ;maiesty could nos but feel deep aud
fasting resretthat the act of Prussia, over
8 which be had 40 control, should involve in
the cslsnities Of war not only the subjects
of Prussia, bat those of other countries.
Whether any alternative remained TO his
,aies,v. iswoultl be for their iordships to
deiermine 10 his mind there was none.
He could 40, perceive what other measures
thai those waich had been resorled to could
be taken against country hich was found
from choice or necessity, to yield TO every
.reouisit:on Of the enemy. Such bound &C
ouiesccnce did not become any country,
and much less a great country like Prussia.
/, was obvious that, in point of honor add
reputation she could gain nothing by it; it
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