Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-17

Lat he people Of he Uaited Safes Tea'
abe foaewiag ssasemcns.vf FACTS With
ID; spss.isostc assensisn, and hey must pro.
menace with cersaio,y 90 the causes sfal
h I've s,senaicd their co.'s paral'ssd
their indas,fy, d-f-aied their hopes, aud
pso.srassd che na,lcnai spirit aud iode.
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Prom sir Providence RI Gazette.
TIE PagsInser's CoaMuNlc ATIoAss TO
CONGRESS-
Many wise msn haze been OF opinion.
ti,As parties 10 a free sla,e are bcnehclal TO
3 sbrc .use cf .;b-rty. We shall not stay 70
discuss the truth or pFopriefy OF this max
I'm, br, ye are convinced ftom history
AID experisnce, that wherever powestai
pafSy has sxerted IT'S iuaaence TO subjagats
the cauosry 10 which IL sxis;ee. 10 TO-
reign power, that copotly has bsen over
silso@n. TopTose the ;r1th at, this asser-
too, we need aot go farther back than toe
times of>gnr Preach revolution. De pa.
ssios;c parties 10 Flaaders, Holland, isaiI,
+ gssWf' GSit~O.'t C@S RSSAsfSo NNS - ~---> -
oseyuna,ng their respective countries -
ADD sheir couu,gIes are easlassd. Ceraaovy
was weskeo=d sy a Preach parry And
5 Germasy is o,erIhrown. Prussia was
nengraiised by . Freoch party-and ?fas.
sis ls 40 more. The French rafty among
tie Spanissds has admitted french armies
into Span; and the fate os.-SPsin Is as Ger.
tain as was tia. of Airics, when count
Bsapifsce admitted Genserlc Spd h!aN an-
dai. there Wl,ksut mentioning otser 10.
stances. .hsse are Sufficient 80 assTna us
rsspretipg the fasal conssa oences Of encou.
raging party devoted 10 France sG'oog
ourselves; ADD that the parry OF Mr., jvf,
ferson ia Of this description, W. shall! COW
attempt TO prove by tacss whsca. a.e ~
roptruvvrtib.e.
Sir. Jefferson has never taken any efaios
10 conceal his aitachmen, and devotion TO
: Eraocr: his letter 20 Mazzri Is one proof
among many which might be ad3aesd to
prove as attachment. I'VE have also The
tesameny Of Pouches & Ades, 30 .assam1
effect lis having been admitted a rnen :
Der of the French national iosyifu,e,eis q
ciIeurssaoce which aas greas,pfiaence, as
b. waaij nor 7iiIlegsy do any .aiag Which
sacnld cauat Bonsparie, ~ pct. 70 order
his nauas 20 b erased isotn ibs Est. These
shisgs ere o. consequence, because they
I'd Ms. Jsrfgersor 10 Faiogle his privais
prejudiees and at,aea@.ents with our "a.
sionai aasits aad lie has. Of coarse, Sc
lscsed ,ren of i;ss pasainus with hiesse1
FIR the management ct our- natioasi con.
germs. His psriislity for France, aud ha
,red 10 England, lave been displYed on
slmos, all occasions, tsea,!y al ais mes
sages 70 eongtess have been sInsiu'sd
,bsreh,, insomuch that he could hardly
fasbear throwing all the blame Of tbs pre-.
sent var on Great Bsitaio, but .es Us p O.
coed 10 particulars:
Oar citizens have been killed wounded,
Imprisoned, and created VIII ,f.e utmost
ba,bari;y, by she French The Hopewell,
captain Sissoo, of New York, had 5, men
kiilei, and six wounded, by a French pri
vateer aud was carried inso GaaGa!ou2s,
where the captain and ,emainder Of the
crew were Imprisoned, ADD, kept.on stink
inn beef and coarse bread Many scan.
dalous robberies on the high seas took
place, some murders, andsnauy arbitrary
risoamenis, on the land. "a more at.
,yoc;ops robbery nsyer was commi:.ed
than iasshe case of the Corae!ia, Belonging
tu Aessrs. Samuel G. Arnold aud Co Of
This ,cwu. On alt shess topics Mr.. JeEer.
son xas silent.
When we took up srms againss Great
Bfralo, her attempts 10 prevent other ns.
tons rsding with US were consideied as
gross violation of our rights; but when
Hispaniola took up arms against France,