Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1808-08-22

Telgl0n anu WhSiCJ INC more 6L-
fc6tually TO difguife his purpofes, he
iHued a PROCLAIM TIoN, declaring
himfelf and his army to be true
Mahometans and boating of hav
ing made war upon the Chrifians,
and delfroyed their religion. One
Of his frtt deeds, after this act Of
apoitacy, was 20 mafacre almof ali
tire Inhabitants Of the poPulous city
of Alexandria. +" The people," Jays
one Of his Generals, " betake them
IelveS TO their Prophet, and fill their
McIcues, but men and wonen, old
and young, and even babes at the
breaf, are all mafacred !" Some
time after this fanguinary trania6ion,
BonaParts having made Pri(oners
Of three thouland eight hundred
Turks, in the tortrefs Of JatFa, and
WHITING TO relieve himfflf Of the
trouble and expen(e Of guarding and
fupporting them, ordered them 70
be marched to the open place, where
part Of his army fired on them with
muketry * grape fhot, ftabbing and
cutting TO death the few that eiCaped
the fire, while he himfelf looked on
and rejoiced at the horrid fcene.
Nor were his crucliies, while in
Egypt, confined TO thofe whom he
called his enemies for finding his
holPitals at Jaffa, crouded with fick
foldier J, and deGring to diiencumber
himielf Of them, he ordered one of
his phyhcians to deltroy them by
potion the phylcian refuGed to o
hey ;-but an apothecary was found
willing to Perpetrate the deed OPT
UNI was mixed with the food, and
thus five hundred and eighty French
men perilhed by the order of the
General under whose banners they
fought by the order of shat very
man, TO whole defPotic fway the
whole French nation now patiently
fubmit.
Let then. 70 fubmit but let not
Americans whatever may Be Mr..
Jefrrlon's de;ermination) think Of
tuch lhameful, fuch degrading fub-
million.
Such was the treatment which the
country experienced under Bona
parie. But when he had difgrace-
fully fed from the land which he had
thus feeced, rayaged, and fcoufged,
his vile army fill continued to COM
NIT thofe abominable exceaes which
had marked their Progrefs in every
country 70 unfortunate as TO fail un-
der their tyranny.
SWITZERLAND.
In Switzerland, where high rank
and great riches were unknown,
where men were nearer upon an
equality than in any other country
in the world (; in a country baVing no
c1mmeyce, jCarcey any nlanWdtf-
urct, and poItGing few Of the four
ces Of wealth and diein6tion
country Of lhepherds and labourers
country which might BE- truly faid
to contain a nation Of poor men ; in
luch q country TO cry 6 war to pals-
ceS' feemed ufelefs and abfurd.--
Yet did the French find a pretext
for war with this poor and harmless
race, and for invading and laying
waite their territory After having
By means Of an armifice, joined TO a
mott folemn promiGe Of refped for
perlonS and property, luled the peo-
pie into fate of imaginary fecuri-
ty, the arminice was broken, and the
French pufhed on their forces, when
thofe Of the Swifs were disperled.
ReGltance on the part Of the latter
whole numbers did not amount 70 a
tenth Of thole Of their hagitiou8 enc
my, now became hopelels and
though the little army was brave,
tho the people were faithful and
active, though the laft battle was
long, obttinate and bloody though
the Swifs achieved wonders, and
though the women fought by tAe
hde Of their hufbandS, melting them
to victory or death, all was IL vain
Hundreds and thoufands Periihed BY
the fabres Of the French, and while
the earth was ftrewed with their
dead bodies, and while the flames
Attended from the once happy dwell