Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-11-09

1 ne clcccn j00f.--It Is well kno"h .a"t
mong our false apostles of liberty, Bonaparte
has been all along, from first to last, the idol
of alteration. They have sang his praises ];
they have shouted MS victories they have
kissed, as it were, his footsteps. Some have
attributed! all this TO their deep-roosec hatred
to England while Others, with seemingly
less candor, but with more real justice, have
thought them so corrupt in the very core OF
their hearts, as to harbor direct wishes to
bring this country under the dominion OF the
Corsican Usurper. The truth IS out at
last the cloven foot is visible to every one
that has eyes to see.
Since news of the successes and bloody
triumphs of Bonaparte in Austria reached
this country, a writer that appears in the
Phiadelp1.ia Democratic Press, comes out
boldly with the following political blasphe-
my.
g No longer can the most distant nations OF
the earth, look with indifference on the march
Of the Eagles Of Fran &c whether they will
resist and be deyourcd, or cover under It's
wings for protection, is question which they
must all determine"
There is no language now spos nor ever
spoken, that contains epittets OF detestat1on
and adherence too severe for th2se base,
these traitorous sentiments. So then, II IS
come to this at last, that all nations, the
most distant. as well as those in the neigh
boihood Of France that a! nations, the L.
STATES inchtsioely, must determine either TO
resist France, or to cover under lis wings
fer protection and in the meanwhile are
assured that if they resist they will be de
voured.-And who are the men that dare
say t?-The same who evidently have been
wishing with all their hearts and souls tor
the conquest of Austria, Of Spain, and OF
Portugal, and for the omnipotence OF Bo-
napar,e." They behrld {" the march OF the
Eagles OF France" with transports of joy;
the extension of her power was the thing ln
the world they most desired they hung
their heads in sadness at every disapPoint-
ment she met with they fcasted their souls
with every bloody victory she obsained -
they were in the dumps or in the clouds pre-
ciseIv as the tide of her successes ehb:d
or flowed ;she has now mounted the pima
clewhere they had wished her to be long ago
and now they have the inao'ence 70 ttii us,
that if we resist France we SHALL be d.vour-
ed By hrr they have the insolence to advise
u. to cover under her wings for protection.
Cozver under the wings of France i. We
ncrable shades of the sages and heroes of
our re, olution was it for THIS ye toiied and
blrd C91ctr under the wings OF France :.
To co1ver, "is to sink by bending the knees;
to st2ob; to shrink" And ali tla.s We must
do. or be devoured II was the first and
darling wish of their hearts that France
should be all powerful !; and no sooner do
they think her to be so, than they tell
rs that We must COVER, that is, must stop.
shrink, bend the knees, to get under her pro-
tecting wings. Yctahyse men talk proudly
of the spirit of '7G; and are praeiug against
the tories of our revolution for covering I'M
der the wings of England.
We do not yet believe that the general
voice of the democratic party in this coun-
try. j. for servilc submission to France /;
hut we do believe this to be the darling OBJ
i-ct of some eff their LEADERS. we 90
believe that if the French should invade US,
|. these traitors would cry, 1t is in vain to
resist the conquerors of the world it you
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