Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-10-29

peace. 'ss VI
4 your majesty, embracing the eu,pr. !.
well as the present, aspires tothe noble o,
ject Of leaving after youyour empire calm In
tranq,uland surrounded BY powertulfriepds'
YOU must begin by securing its influence IN
Spain.
Lastly, if honor is the first sentiment ..
well as the first Object OF Frenchmen, your
majesty must promptly inRict vengeance for
the outrages committed against the French
name, ard the atrocities to which SO great
a number OF our countryrnen have fallen
victims. Frenchmer. established in Spa;n
for more than twenty years, exercising IN
peace their useful industry, and almost re.
sarding Spain as their country, have been
massacred. Every where French property
has been seized. The consular agents Ct
your majesty have experienced treatment
which would not have been suffered evenm
the most barbarous countries. What es,i.
nation, what consideration, viii the French
name enjoy in Europe, il, IN country 50
near to us, atrocities SO. infamous and 50
public remain unpublished Reparatna
ought to be had for then-5ut PREPARATION
cofsonant to Frenchmen, by victory.
It isno small Advantage the probability Ct
al length meeting the English, Of ishiiny
them man for man, Of making them also
feel the evils Oh war-of a war, of the dss.
gers OF which they are ignorane, having On
y caused it by their gold. The English
viii be beaten. DESTROYED, dispersed, OF at
least they viii make haste to fly, as .14y did
at Toulon, at the Kelder, a Dnnkirk, in
Sweden, end every where the French AZ
mics have been able to fEd Them 5ut their
expulsion from Spain viii he the run of
their cause. This last check will exhaust
their means, annihilatiag a. the came tine
their last hopes, and peace will becoms
more probable. The wishes Of ali Europe
will in this contest be with France. France
ard Russia make common cause against
England. Denmark supports with ...onora
contest which she did net provoke. Swe-
den, betrayed AID abandoned. BIZ the alyo
whom an insane cabinet has sacrificed her,
has already lost her most important provinc-
es, and is fastening to that ruin which is the
inevitable effect oi alliance and friendship
with England.
Such viii be the fate of the insurgents in
Spain. When the contest becomes serious
the English viii abandon Spain, after max
ing them the sad bequest Of a civil war-of
q war FOR foreign interest, and for anarchy,
tie most cruel OF scourges. twill be for
the wisdom and be;1iicence of your majesty
to repair the evils OF which they will be the
cause.
HE court Of Vienna has constantly tes-
t;Ged to your majesty the most amlcablc 10
tenticas indignant at the policy OF Ing
land, she has recalled her minister from
London, sent back the minister who was at
Vienna, shut her ports against ENGLAND, and
placed herself in state Of hostility with
that power. She has added TO these 'nea-
sures in il,tercict IN hcr ports aff;;ai.'S' tie
admission OF vessels, which, under ner"
tral aag are only tie carriers OF English
produce and merchandise. Your m.GTS'y
his cultivated this favorable disposition; has
testified to the covrt of Vienna friendship
and confidence and has several times m'!-
mated TO her, that France takes real inter
est in her prosp @rity. Lately, howeveT' th!s
rover his carried is ornaments beyond
measure-its military force IS oyst OF all pro-
portion 70 It's population and finances. ious
ministers sire, Only wish to mark tbs, ia O.
der that your MAJESTY may perceive the ne'
cessity Of augmcnting your force, Tor 'os
purpose OF still preserving nc relative So
rericrity which exists between the power
and the population Of the two empires.
4 new revelation has broken ontat Con-
ssssssttinopls. Sultan NIusta7ha has been cS-
posed.
The An7ericats, neos;e VIC rerolvc
their fortune, their prosperity, and Amos