Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-24
FRoN THE NoRTH AMERICA.

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tic paragraphs VIC et;en see urder tie e:s a
heads, loaairg tie British goyerrment ~.
cesure for TIE affair Of Ccpenhaeen !, ' ~
Very moment when tie French are ,rEt;D
the inof5ensiyc Portuguese, cur Oh risn
and. good customers, Of tier dcmilions y
all the wealth they could nct t,ansrs,, w..
them to Brazil. Its equally iarcical e, h.
naparte to declare grady as lie does w. ~
the only object of tie giest cortirertsv ~
aree new forming in lurcfe, is 10 resm,
freedom 70 the seas; IS if tie scycrsl bow,
were at liberty 70 &c. as they pleased, sD5S
entered tie association Voluntarily. r.,
French desIot snd tie icwspspes toiiIi;,.
OF tbs country. WHO accept lis Gait. r...
conceive that Ell arc bcrnd al their ". :
think with tEcm, or that Tie people ert y
United States have lost every pretence + ".
Outstanding. Is there power in Eulons !,
ibis time, except Englanst, dat CARES q tfSI
for Itself? Has not Ronaparlc reduced ,lem
ali tothe lowest state of humble obedience !
his will ? Suppose then hy- his great ;;rm
tor OF forces, France Should estfpoxer Ira
land and set possession Ct tie seas, can A.,
one lie credulous enough to think that Il.
seas will be as free then as they are now i
Give BGrapartc tie superiority, and the G1t
article in his new maritime code viii be abt
every vcsssi 8aNng the ocean sheull, nMr
fan Of eorfseatio,i, take ont and fQy lsaa7g
FIR a French register; The moneya,9siag ,hrr.
.Jrrcm TO be Ghhhed IN keeting nj Fy,rs
fsct TO lreserre Me freedom ct tac seas. Tie
on.y accommodation We could leek fororey.
pect, if we were base enough to receive
would be, that for cur convenience, agent
should lie located at Tie sea-povt towns NTH
United States, to receive the liccGCe mOnct
anti send il to France: instead Of our being
Obliged TO go TO Paris ourselves Tor there,
5ister At present there ssome pposihcl
TO the catrages Of this man: putthat opposi
,ica down, and what then becomes ofsh
World? those who are not enslaped willie
ruined or destroyed. If we be ready fa
t..ls, lei us heip hin to get tie English
Sect,
The United States will never crouch to
empower, whilst the. have the meats Olre.
slstai,ce. 1t IS naturally the prudent caarac-
ter,oi the citizens to use as much forcsghtn
prc.isling against Danger as it is onotherrh
N trek. contact to resist with perseverance
tte evils which become realised. Why then
do rot CTR rulers, in comfortably with tbelf
constituents wishes, set about the means O
defence II coed earnest? WAY arc congress
c3TEcialy told, that tie president Goes moi
wish TO be enabled to employ more than laZ3
seaMcn, the number authorised in March
las;, before Tie impending storm was dIsccFI'
Tie /! Ioes the present unexampled state
Of the war, raging with the fury of extenll'
nation, swelling till i reaches, and is rea'y
to consume Us, afford no admonition!
ram faa asltnr, ha7tes cum hres1mus arcf.'
WHO is to he tie next victim. IS uncertain.
1t is more than probable that cur turn VIZ
not cone I'll! tn, Of England he over. and I"
~ .sht not cone at all, if BY continuance o.
tie present iniudlcious measures, We sho'Du
BE rendered SO poor and enteei3icd as 10 iu u.
nash less temptation to the ayarice and am"
ton Of lie conqucror, were he any othertH'
Ponaparte for tbs extraordinary characM
possesses tic traits of the Romans. Nv
the nations rich Roman Qvarief isthelr eT
my. Are they poor? Roman am5iti'a 1910
it over them. Tie east ard the west nav
been rifled, and the spoiler is still l's7i.aS'
The Romans, by 4 strage siEgularity Of ~ -
ture, are the Only people on earth, VINO - =.
wade, with equal ardor, the weelih anu '''
poverty of Nations"
Notwithstanding The PRINCE Of Pef'u5II
exhausted all his treasury upon France :. ~
made every Other sacrifice to apPease w
wrath ct tic tyrsn,, excited without ..
cause WI Il might be ayowed: notTiti''a"tf
ing he yielded 50 far to the unjust dictas !,
Bonspar;e, as to interdict lis ports 70 ri
British, although the ancient and in s.g
friend Of y Portugal; his doom having =
previously fixed, in accordance with 1n'
feeling arrangements Of the universal. : : ~
qGeror, be has been driven an exile -; "a
Europe. BY orc. fell sweep" that Pm ~,
has lost his crown, and we have lost ! 4 ii
toner. who received double the aIllou'. ..I
v hat she sent ,,s lin he. oHn Dc,1iucI,oas, -