Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-09-25
Trom tie United States Gos.t,s

The following handsome essay rno, ),
state OF affairs in Europe was v,r, 49, "'
gentleman from The European CONT. ?
in the latter par, Of the year 1903 sas s,s
ter We heard OF an organized onnos,,: =
in Spain to the fell tyranny of Bop5,n. ra
The concluding paragraph was llr nf :
some sort prophetic of what has since !.
come fact.
\ ray ofllgtlt has at length pea tra,rd ~
gloom in which the continrn: of Euron. h..
so long teen shrouded. Hope seem, -
whisper, that the long wished for p,o~.''
is fast approaching in which MANKIND, ~
be delivered from the most dreadful of,
rannIes.
Storms cannot be perpetual. The ten.
pests which disturb the atmosphere, al
The convulsions which rend the earth ar.
permitted .or while to exert their violence
in order to bring The elements to Jus, {.
quiiibrinm. The storms of war and ryo.
luton which agitate the :aa:rs of naacr,
serve to keep alive The energies Of nau anil
to correct the cver-growing abuses Of 90.
verrmcnt. And as, the hrrcsst t.mas
which agitaie the material weird quitEIr
subs:de, whom once their rage is at its
height, permitting the efforts Of man and
the genial influence of nature to repair the
havock they have occas toned so, may W.
hope that this raging and destructive ten.
pcst which has so long spread dsso!aioa
through the political world and which DOW
appears to have arrived At its utmost pitch
of fury and violence, shall, ere lons, be
qu.llcd by an ovcrrnll!n9 Providence, and
succeeded by the Cam OF peace aud pros.
pefity.
A, a period Of confusion which appeared
rsmcdilvss, OF tyranny which tanclrd nsclt
beyoE,! the reach of danger, Of IaHless roh'
berry which set at ds6snce all restraint; at
this dreadful period, spark from hy sur
rounding ruin has suddenly slnal'@ mo
fame cou;sge Which bad lonS Ian cor
mant, but which now uniteS "th WIN:
and honor to nerve the arm, tlat Is :'Ttcca
forth against triumphant wlckednesi' AL
that :ireatens to !ay p~c:rate IN the aust
merci!rss and insulting deS?osls"' 10
lion has al length arisen with one consent
to hurl defiance at the or?ressoT OF ma
kind. She rushts nnllunted uPon the "'
terao lcsions With have long been a''l'
toned to Conquer Amos, withGu: rs*i1Sr'
and whose sole object in conquest hs' 0,'h
the plumber Of those ahom ;hcy sa@d''''
Napoleon ca,no. x2ectto de'uo' N 0s
dav, and ty single aovemr7t, &c 'nsay
which now opposs 5 hin. We have h,'ds
fore seen him wito tstHxing a bow '"s
10 his own terms lhe generals "ho , ,SII
maoded against HIM = we n"ve ", n:.,
hin, surround The armits OF bis e"n.
and, as by enchan,mens, a0nih''as , ""
power.t But these almost IN S"n' i =, II.
cess are to be attributed pr"c'9s'y |fr
rapidly Of his marches, the c''E'N3 ,;.yi
manceuvrcs, and the lTmensr s'P''"+.
his forces. The troops az is, WIZ l., hal
mas hitherto contended were alFSa'' srl
conquered BY The terror OF ms nan':. ,trc.
50 extensively and tRcctua!y had MS .,a ay h3
partisans p:opogated the op'n'o" n i'd IN,
rozvc,. mas irresistible. that he wou'' Nc ht
shor, time, have had no other u,s ,,noc,
armies than to remain inactive ; 's' oh.d.
While l.,e sovereigns Of Europe, IN hn'ns4
encc to his mandates, p"ace%'g ,'o'L BIZ
their crowns at his imperial lo1!,s'' o~d,s,
IL, the war which is now s0o',iI 81, enc.
hin. he will not be able to COMP h '1' Z
mics, before quitting the fed as Of 0 oa
subscribe 10 hosly and ru'n0u. NV cor
Victory will'now BIZ succeeded u .n,oly b:
bats; fresh troops will rush IN 10 Ill lad sndvana
place of the fallen, end they VIII and and r.
with a, courage inspired BY NY
vcnge. ;on AGAINST"
ver.icn, the soldiers who fall IN a, D
ealmiy replaced by othars whose n %p' VIII
are those Of mere machines; ;.va pu po'h
nation rises to oppose an ln'"'