Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-25

lor otoeKholm to demand a diet Of ms marc
On their march they published the State
ton IN wn,sh they stated that t5 r."' I
were merely 'l'rsr that the st s's. ', ylcv
realm and the legislatures shah bs OF II
to assemble and deliberate w;,h "s at 1blrk
The proclamation then draws %controu
the wretched stase ofsweden; AND ::s'lie +
ing OF Great Britain and Franz, 81 sPe.
the former, the ally of Sweden bnTss, ~
appreciate and value anation ,rb "', 'taTn .
how to break its letters, and thai III. N4ovs
shall be taught to respect a re ro' me iatt4l
to rival her military powers. TIL. nro ~1Aloq'
ton contains a solemn declaraf-5nF 'tSlan'
a single inch mofe,of Swedish trrr;, wat No
be gwen up TO the enemy. The , ~, 81
onaermanla, nc waiting lor The a"Ne 4
the states, deposed the king by h. ,5 4
thorlty, and assumed the govern o"n II
majesty was put under arrest as !, II
bout to set out for his Country res; vas
When the guard surrounded him H.
his sword, but he was soon over,n. ur'f
and when the last adyices left St'oclb%y /
he was a close prisoner.
That this revolution has been Off
contrlvance we are not able to prononrel
tho many will be inclined 10 snspec, ~
is. Since the revolution of1772. bron ,%a'
bout by the dcposed monarcb's f,.b
considerable degree of discomfort hoe ar
ed among the mobiles, whose aurbor;tr r
considerably abridged. The reyoInt;o, -
destroyed the Influence which the Pr,s;,
and French parties had over the COM
OF Sweden an influence so injurious n Il
real Interests and dignity of the comm,
Great eccentrlcities of character his Sw1
disa ma esty certainly had he was yioT,
he Was impatient, and acted too much n.l
haps, from the impulse of his Passions 'bI
1t Were indeed an act of injustice to jm2n,l
to him, the miseries Of Sweden, Or n. Jo.l
Of her territories. Hadhe chosen Derbgns i
bend the knee to Bonaparte to have ae
knowledged himself his vassal to hay,
crawled in his train with the servi!e hr,I
of Rhenlsh princes f; had he linked himssI
in the same letters with the kings Of Win
temberg and Bavaria, he might have bed
permitted to have kept Pomerania, on til
condition, however, of carrying on no trad
with G.. Britain. That he did not 50 dcbos
himself will never be imputed to him as
fault by any Swede who is a friend to tn
independence and freedom of his country
That the war, and the severity Of the sea
SON. produced extreme misery is most tru,
bat they were not occasioned by the Kinl
He exercised the right which God and n;
lure give all sovereigns, OF defending The
territories against any enemy who may at
tack them. He has failed however in tn
struggle, and the fall of another lawtul soyc
reign will add another triumph to the man
achieved by Bonaparte over the principle
Of legitimacy, freedom and justice.
The French have retired from the Iagui
after destroying the bridge of Arcci5ispo
and the S~panlards are preparing to ioIo'
them. Some advantages have lately Osci
gained ovcr the French in Spain
Dutch papers have been received to tn
22d instant, and though they do not an
nouncc the commencement OF hostilIn@;
they afford additional proofs that war IS N
evitable. The first column OF Oudlnot
army, 10000 strong, is now at Augsoor8
The second column filed off through U"
on the 1st, and proceeded in the same dIFs'
ton. The number of French IN German!
including the Rhenish contlngent', IS q"
mated at 10000 men, The Austria
troops are encamped at Egra, IN the D'n h
mia, Lintz, in Upper Austria, ana Oh =,
side of Italy. Considerable a~P9fenehsi' y,
are entertained in Saxony on account % ~ -
contiguitv of the Austrian army al" VI
treasure and archieves have been sent y
in great haste from Dresden. fto"' ~"
STA we have not sufficient information 10 a.
sert that she willtake part with Aus,F'@ a., -,
we have a strong belief that she W'U' C2a a
Wy t,c+o7N DthcPr IS rSDOIl