Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-01
IRON H LIsBoN GAZETTE, March %.
Pr0elamasion Of Morshal Souzt, to the Per
tuguese, zvih remarks.

tuglleSe, zUlh remarks.
6 In consequence of the memorable sue
cesses obtained by the army of his majesty
the emperor and king, myaugust sovereign,
/ again approach your territory, to take
possession of the whole of it, in the name
Of my MASTER
when the French before, in the month
of February last, ~ventured to pass the Min
no, they in like manner issued a paper with
the ridiculous title of proclamation they
were, however, defeated, and pursued to
the frontiers of another province, more
open, and where he hoped to encounter
fewer obstacles. They are mistaken, they
will meet with a barrier of brass-they may
occupy some small part of the frontier
country but an incessant and relentless.
war shall make them abandon their enter
prize the whole Of the country they can
never conquer.
" do not, therefore, expect that shall
meet with any. resistance, but Halter myself
7 shall be received with the same cordially
with which we were received little more
than a year ago"
We received the French well in Nov.
1907, because his royal h~ighness expressly
commanded it, and it was never expected
that they would prove so cruel and rapaci-
u as we found them. Spain likewise then
made common cause with the French. Does
not marshal Soult know how we were treat
ed bv Tunot, who trampled on our indie
pendence and our constitution made slaves
of our youth. violated our women, defaced
the images of our saints. What horror +!
what desperation And can he tlatter him
self we viii receive him cordially? All !
had such a proposition been made to o.
ancestors, what fairy would have possessed
their souls. Our neighbors in their wars
AGAINST us ever advanced and relied on some
eauiyocal rights of succession and during
the EIGHT centuries our monarchy has lasted,
no ~insolent stranger has ever dared to say
70 rs, | wish to be lord Of your kingdom,
receive us cordially. But it was reserved
for the present age to. see and near mon
strous extravagancies OF every kind.
What effect can resistance have What
can YOU propose to yourselves, when all
those armies which frenzy had assembled in
Spain are Destroyed"
This is a great falsehood; the same ar
mics exist which did exist and if they did
not, why, after having entered Madrid
more than three months ago, have YOU not
been able to advance either TO Castello-Bran
co or to Badaioz? Besides, do you not
know that Portugal contains three millions
of inhabitants, and consequently 100000
capable of bearing arms; and ali willing and
eager 10 bear them. Perhaps you imagine
we have not m but we have con-
siderable quantities, and our government
has no doubt applied to England for more
Perhaps YOU think that our armies are Sc
parated, and cannot be united. This might
1 have been the case under the old system,
fMAeertainly is not under the new we have
1connsidered, and are aware of the necessity
Of uniting our forces, or at least making
them act In concert.
"That English army which made its ap-
pearance on the continent only to foment
the spirit of disorder and rebellion and IN
fict all kinds of calamities, has been de
feated. and forced TO embark for England,
after having lost one halt OF Its soldiers, its
best generals, all its ammunition, its hors-
es and baggage"
We are weary of SO much repetition with
respect to the English army. Bessieres, in
January, said, that the English had lost
10000 men; andSoLt says they lost 1850,
the half OF $4,000, of which the army Of
gen. Moore at first consisted we shall no
doubt soon be told that all the English were
killed or taken, and not a single man re-
embarked. The French should know that
several British divisions are already disem'