Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-02

,ght have uech, J" -,--'.-s, r CT !
s.. of French policy with fearful and
IN 93ransactions beyond the Pyrenees,.
~ dynasty closely connected BY fa-s
, ",l's with the Austrian house was
~ y y the throne and freedom, would,
a'sa s., any personal reference, have deeply
,saos ~ his imperial majesty. Not less
8 '1l lis majesty havenbeen touched and
'ou .nu ~ X, ,he unmerited fate of noble
- .ss;ab minded nation, which, at ons,.
fasA I',,o',,;ved of their dearest blessings
's ;;nJenendence, their constitution, their
y !. and their princes, had no other than
W. , a'' resource remaining Of a glorl-
p ~ s;st,nce. Butthe circumstances by
~ s:s his shocking catastrophe had. been.
sl1s n,red and occasioned, added to IT'S natn-
CT Fort welvc years had the Spanish
y - : order to purchase from a formida-
|.au ;;sbbor, if not friendship, at least for
DC - sacrificed its resources, treasure,
ess' 80 spets and colonies. The will of the
'roo 0pror Napoleon was as omnipo.snt IN
es as in France. Blu. instead OF thus ex-
0pa'r C subserv,ency avaihng to save what
eess :, v,x re u,a,ning TO it--:sn independent
a'''s ;;n,ernal security, and domestic peace
na' Nc court found rather. IN its mlsiak 2
- ,sa,ors 70 obtain repose the immetliaies
enosa . &c &c r. ruin. His imperial majesty
sou's sl.o drclineel no sacrifice TOR the mAintr-
'su 90 and assurance of peace only one
s ssi,r he had not oversteppsd. de had
0'a a,r,;n,rs carefully maintained the dlgnl-
. r. h;s throne, and the right of leaving no
! -. !, unemployed for its defence. That
n'.s a Nat Is tri6ec with, and this is neglect
u W, nothing can withhold the state from ruin
i, ne fate Of Spain has confirmed by fright
S,l and warning experience. In the then 81.
.,.,;ou Of Austria, such an example could
'a fail &c its effect an army of 100000
, -, 4nv;roned the monarchy, and waited
butfor the signal of attack. The conquest
f,be western states being thus completed
h that Of Spain and Portugal, and the prln-.
e:nle. that every thing is just and lawful
which the interest of the emperor OF France
reouirsd being openly avowed in this act OF
outrageous violence, and without reserve
proclaimed in the official papers of the go
yernment; AMI that restless love OF domnl-
on, for which Europe seemed hardly large
enough, having on no account found ITS IL.
nit nothing was more natural than the ex-
spectation, that the next mortal blow would
be aimee, at Austria. The apprehensions
aud the pre-sentiments of the world were in
concord with such an expectation,
What at the same time was taking place
il Italy, gave new force 10 these threatening
onens. That broad circle of dominion
which at one time wac denoted under the
name Of the Nezu Federal System )" at a
mother under the more expressive appella-
ton Of the aGreat Empire" had long en-
hraeed the whole of the Italian states. This
vas not enough. The subjueation was TO
go into the detall---was to be more immedi-
ate and complete. The pope had, in the
sense Of his duty, resisted series Of
pretensons which would have wounded
The dignity of the head of the church, and
his ancient rights as sovereign. In an IN
s'ant every thing was diSre8araed, Whlch
reverence for his sublime person, and es-
TEEN for the greater part of Christendom,
which heheld in him common father, APP
psared to prescribe even to unsparlng vio-
ence. The provinces were taken away,
which remained to the pope after earlier en-
froaehments. Rome itself became the seat
q military prefecture, and it could not be
concealed from the world that his holiness
s7Iiured in his own capital, the tate ola state
rsoner. The provinces belonging to the
church as well as the principalities OF Parma
"a Placenza, and the kingdom Of Etruria,
Na'ch France herself had erected, and now
s''dnly and tyrannicallv destroyed, were
.isHirporated either with France or the king
'S.s OF Italy and Austria learnt on this oc-
'sSian, By solemn Grafton in the French
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