Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-05
From tile Federal Republican.


adhere to the measures which she IS now
about adopting with US. In our opinion,
their duration will be commensurate with
its own convenience, regardless of dIplo-
n,atic restrictions. Such has hitherto been:
ihe practice of tie British cabinet and we
have no pledge that it will relinqalsh the
policy which has governed it during. so ma
ny ages past. -dn'e'4eoH'
IF the above charge had been made a.
spainst the French government, it might
have been supported. Under the DONNA
) ton of the Bourbons, of Brissot, OF Ro-.
bespierre, of the Directory, OF o., Bonaparte,
France has been uniformly per6dious. 10
die truth of this maxim all Europe can bear
witness. We viii merely refer to a few.
instances in which the present ruler OF
France has been guilty Of the mostGagrant
Violations OF public faith. For short and
animated history Of his life before he be-
came first consul, we recommend for the
refusal Of our. leaders Mr.. Pitts celebrated
speech in the House Of Commons, deliver
cd February 5, 1900, lew extracts from
Mhichwe have selected.
g If we carry our views out Of France,
and look at the dreadful catalogue Of all the
breaches of treaty, all the acts Of Perhdy at
which | have only glanced, and which are
,yecisely commensurate with the number OF
treaties which the republic have made (for
], have sought in vain tor any one which It
las made and which it has not broken) II
re trace the history Of them al from the
beginning Of the revolution to the present
ti,ge. or IF we select those which have been
accompanied with the most atrocious cruel
~. and marked the most strongly with the
characteristic features Of the revolution, the
rarne of Bonaparte will be found allied to
more Of them than that of any other that
can BE handed down in the history OF the
crirass and 1niseries OF the last ten years.
His name viii be recorded with the horrors
committed in Italy, in tae memorable cam
paien of 1895 and 1877, in the AEIlansse,
in Genoa, in Modena, in Tuscany, IN home,
and in Venice.
q His entrance into Lornbardy was an
nonnced by a sols1nn proclamation, issued
Gu the 27th of April, 1875, winch ternl |
mated with these words : Nations OF tia
", the French army is come to break your
s chains. the French are the frlsnds OF the
people In. every country, your religion, your
propertv. your customs, Shall be respected.
4Thls vas followed by q second proclama-
ton, dated from Milan, goth Of May, and
s;onetPss BoaabQrte,o in these terms; Re
snect for properly and personal security.
Respect for the religion OF countries, these
are the sentiments Of the government OF the
French republic, and ct the army Of Italy
The Fl. nch victorious, consider the nations
of I.onbardy as their brothers" In testi-
monv of this fraternity, aud TO fulfil the sos
lemn pledge of respecting properly, this
very proclamation imposed on the Milan
provisional contribution 70 the a
mount Of tweoty millions of livrss, or near
one million sterling, and successive eSac-
t;ons were afterwards lsyied on that single
...,te RI the amount, In the whole, OF near
civ millions sterling. The regard TO ltil-
,r;on and the customs Of the country was
n,an;fested with the same scrupulous hdeA'
~ The churches were given up to lndis-
c,riminate plumber. Every religious and
charitable fund, every public treasure, was
eongseated. The country was made the
scene of every species Of disorder and "a
nine. The priests, the established form OF
WORSHIP, all the objects Of religious reve-
renee, were openly insulted By the French
.troops; at Pavia particularly, the tomb OF
ST. Aag4,stin, which the inhabitants were
accustomed to view with peculiar venera-
ton. was nutilated and defaced; this last
proyocatlon having reused the resentment
of the people, they few to arms, surround
ed the French garrison and took them Pri-
soners, but carefully abstained from oifer-
nn.r x,;olAnce TO a SINCE soldier. In re-