Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-18
From the Paris drgus of the 700 Sep
tender.

B infantry scsnp, arc departed within these
few dsys. The dragons on iool Quilted
xFeudoo onsV eanesaaysa at $ N the evening
carrying wth chem thcir baggage anu
caeap eqa,page; they marched so5v er :.sl y
lea. where they are 60 DC remeuntea. 1 nc
res, Of the troops who remained behind
in the caep, have hap sheir arms inspected,
and hourly expected 10 receive ofdefss.of
their departure. -.
Europe aow every moment s1hsos a .
s spectacle more and more strange 10 sas al.
tsn,;ou of observers. On whatever side
WE t,,rn our eyes re find conWadicuons to
explain aud psoblsfns to resolve.
Englaad still tessi6es desire OF making
& neace- asd her writer's neyer cease preach.
mo ,he prosecution OF the war; abe pre-
Mares distaps Military sxpedi lions, at the
very the that she keeps a negoeiasor OF
the 6rs, Distinction al Paris.
Russia has Jus. refused the peace she
asmaaaed. ana is condemned 20 lnactlon
SO long as she is bereft OF heia OF battle
wherein 70 seize again she advantages and
the military rsnown she mas :. !, lost :,
Pruss,ais Al war ssiy with oWeasn' but
their warfare has nlofs rtst appsssaace OF a
sauabbIe among the citizeas, than con-
tes, between kings. And. however, she IS
augmenting her asmies, and aaak'Hg such
c,ensrat,ons as would make one .taiak she
nyonoses nothing less Than to astacs the
first power Of Europe.
While shese three posea,ates are sepa-
rately discussing .hsir iatefesis with France
thew seem 10 Be combining q conmon aiiis
ance. Hu, they are among themselves 10 q
false. uncertain and wa9erlng positioH, o.
fo,s aa enemy who's policy is hssd, snd
whose force depends upoa hialseit alone
We sheuld De less asaesished 10 beaold
Russia ana Euslsnd coueerung Haeans OF
stack agasns, an eaetny whom they should
equally have TO engage. But car she cause,
the interests, and.tas principles CT Prns-
sin. ever agree with thoss OF kussiss Inc
past proves the contrary, and the iu,afe
viii ro doubt confirm ths experieaes Of The
past. 49,, ~.
:. Prussia 10 a more favorable position
with regard 20 shose With whom she wishes
10 unite ,o-day, aud against the enemy
wncna abe should dare 10 saron;? Does
she really mean TO turn her arms against
,ke pswer who has Supported her tor these
fifteen years past against the haired, envy
and indignation Of all the safes OF Europe :
Does she again intend 10 deceive allies by
claudessiue engagements, which she means
,o break at favorable noment? Or is she
in her turn falling into snare which they
are LAYING fer her to be revsngsd on her
pass CONDUCT? Public opinion has only the
sI,erra,iye Of this double sentiment unsil
time removes the veil which yet cenccas
truth.
Ia sound policy, the resolution for vrua.
.;a 70 be tae focus and the advanced post
OF continental war. seems as dangerous
as IL is tatay. She set Gus nihe war Of
the revolution by detection, which from
,h,, momeut betrayed her systeaa. As
lang as Austria and France kept an eqaiii.
briuu.. and she quietly reapsd the fruit OF
her crooked, avaricieus and calculating 30
licy bu, Aus,ria once conquered, Prussia
necessarily los. the Importance OF faedi.
ssrix, whom they equally managed per-
hans a, the same tine that they bolh eqaal.
" despissd her. In these principles she
bore no powsr sincere friendship; and
none will doubt but that she would have
again pursued the same system, had the
same circumstances again presented then
selves. This should serve as compass
in the nsgoeia.ions which any power may
embark in with her.
The Prussian eabiset, although fersu.
nate in It's apeeulatioss, has made and siill
makes less dupes than it thinks. France
has paid for iss neutrality ia sush man.
ner az TO show i, was sincere: blu, she
though. This eemplaisaRes more confoEma.
bic 70 her interests and better calculated
10 restore the general peace OF Lsrope.-
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