Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-18
aleranoria E;a.lp Gaset.e.
{ SATURDAY,, MARCH l8.


TIE WAR IN SPALN-The enemies
of Spain and of liberty, the adorers OF Ma
.no}eon and of despctsm, are IN raFtures at
the Frcnch fantaronade which was issued,
C Extra. from the Office OF the Baltimore
American, March 8, 8 P. NJ. announcing
the equalization of the Spanish an1:', and
their treacherous delivery OF the tngflsh ar
mis- Ga mighty easy task, no doaoe , INTO
the hands of the Emperor OF the Gauls, /
italians, (and now of the) Iberlans aud Luz
sitanians. How cold-blooded, how das-'
tardly, how despicable, and yet how admit !.
rably characteristic of the present spirit OF
democracy in our degraded country, is the
following comment upon this most mlscra-
bic fabricaton, conceived and expressed IN
the exact spirit Of the little episodes IN The
Imperial buIetins-'' The cause OF the Spa
nish priests and their English auxlllaries aP-
pears to be now decided" Aye, The cause,
q the priests The French republicans, to
be sure, fight for no such cause. ,lhey are
fighting Tor the freedom OF the seas, as N.Y.
Smile and Mr.. Deane or congress nave
SAID. over and over again. To what adeelp
in the lozvest deep of human degradation,
have our patent republicans, OF the Bona
parte school, at last descended
1t is surprising that any man OF sense
should listen to this Idle runner. believers
on both sides, and on all sides, are lnvalla-
blv deceived by these roundabout r<potts.
The sixteenth bulletin is certainly the Latest
piece OF intelligence upon winch ai,y de-
nenelrnce can be placed. The Statements IN
the French bulletins are extremely partial
and exaggerated, but we Can always DISCO o.
yer one thing from the perusal OF them, and
that is, the actual position OF the French ar
mics. We cannot tell what they have done
but we can tell where they are. We know
not exactly how many battles or sNirn' slcs
have been fought, nor do we know no" the
| field has been contested, or what mas oe9h
| the loss on each or either side, bat we can-
not tall TO know which army is advancing
and which retreating We may give the
French Emperor credit tor This at least, on
| the score OF veracity, that he always teas
us what posts and places ne occupies ne
does not date from Eylau when at Osteroaee,
nor from Madrid when at Valladolld. II
i ce,t.in thar Madrid surrendered early III
| December. and we agree with the editor OF
,he London times, that " the reversIs IT
| Spain are Of a most melancholy nature'
They are ust sucn, however, as were " NC
expected In the common course OF Things
We have uniformly said that the Spanish
people are not to be conquered, and ''t say
SO sth, presuming, as we DO, aad eyer
these "reverses" afford new evidence Q
the consolatory fact, that they arc true e
themselves. But it has never oeen part O
our calculations that Boaaparte would no
occupy the capital, or, ladeeel, that ne w0ul'
not march to any point whatever 10 IN
champaign parts of the kingdom. to wsiicl
he might think proper to bend large arm.
/ of his veterans. For many years IN
Prince of Peace (impiouslf SO cailed) ma
been the ruler OF Spain, and at the sam
time the agent and the tool OF France un
der his 6 wild misrule' the spirit AMI cha
racter ofthe country were IN statt OF con
slant and rapid deterioration, and Its re
sources continually exhausted, TO satlaf
: the boundIess appe1ites OF an unprlnclPlee
] individual, and TO repienish the SINKING re
veones Of France. The immense rerrltor
of Louisiana, furnished, through the n
strumentality of the United States, tn
snm Of fifteen millions of dclsars 10 the I'm
: nerial treasury, IN consequence OF 2 Sc seris
of acts of the basest per6dy and robbery o
& ~ ;,nnerial nlunderey. but