Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-07

GN~HA s.5 stt,.
81. 4 tlis rs $. some such wishes feigned,
Tat there Go ~ since there are not q
faanoi b GOV ~. weakness 10 suspend their
u eho na's , ~ on he adversely OF the
.tsoaal prose- s,,aee. and |" where the carcas
asriss o LII The he Eagles be gathered toge-
ih 3, u. : = l,aDDilv,. the Spaniafds have a
Igr;s put a a than our best wishes, and,
srSra- pg' friend Or aiiy, iooad the means
|riiAoat l ,bs Standard Of their indapenTd !
/ planting - corner OF the kingdom. |
FAcs n -, fss' the rapiaity win which the
Fotfs' ' ls,rs Of their eoantry's rights have
Pas as .ss ); rsr,iiitd invaders, has exceeded
|se ,l sr,ee.s.ions, FOR who coald bellssys'
p o.. . Il hr9ened, that pr5tender
pa'll Y y Of SS.,ain and the two Amerl-
: liz !. fertile loss Of Dnpon., unknown
Es' So. NJ fine / wrote, would have y:eld
Per-; ',. = s -, aad two hundred miss OF
E no no s wi,aoot striking blow. merely 70
Fsfl'O ' : MR., asrt.3@r!y AID saabri7''s ar.
FIsy surely, vas more calculated 70.
.V'D'Jo' !. Han tbs dastardiv retreat7 IN
O] !, was tfe uaboands3d inPadence N AZ
49, = impose on the worlds childish
-, ~ Or the treascehtlaat imPiety Of an
49,. tsgasias, 3:s Co, TINT ais enemies
,{besa ioined by a nation who once tr'-.
rrL,... n his capital, aud sven atthis mo-
o-dl tiid dg6r,ce TO his sakjscts and their
kIss On t,eiir owa coasts,
i, .h5oagh ths history Of Castiiian va
/ d, With the advantages Of a coed cause,
/ : as famTiartos rs. as the disadvantages OF
4 bad one VITA the treachery OF lnoaern
Gnsrresarics, | id oct foresee a triumph 50
MAIDEN; knew Re Instant tkey got I'D Of
ten,oorisiiag base born Prince o Peace,
Imperial bay oaets xould lose their enchant-
benz, as shey did 100 years before, when
he Dutch dethsonea the too eonhdens pen
fonarv De Wa, VINO shred a fate which
6od3T had better pacrited. Bat, having
kyns 50 far, IN 50 Short a .iae, | raay not be
Eag;f,ar now, i / Was taen, in placing an
Imost irhr|;cit taith Ia tie pidmate success
he patriotic armies.
The French were then On june in pos
fssien Of at least tlree-fourths OF tie ter
ktories Of Spain anu Porhgal in Europe,
bid 1t was in some measure doubtful, it all
hrts Of Il PeaiasllawAre eqtrtily well IN
iaed, should they acquire tie means OF
biting together.
Aspr,seat, we know tie whole popula-
PINOT ne two Kingdoms to BE united IL the
use as one soul, That 2o,ooo men fed into
fer hacds At Baylen, that Portugal has
Fen evacuated by as many more, who have.
Pc Such a lessen taught them, as renders
EN- anat confdanss for the new levies,
pssitas;aading al that has been said 20 the
sIadlce OF the allies, anl that.the remain.
fof the pretended invincibles are peat
"a the mountains and highlands Of Bis
and Navarro, two provinces always
sFrqn the first campaign, in which the
snsh are the assailants, or obliged, like
a Wy OF their predecessors invading Spain
.iS quarter, to contend for the banks of
Vsr washing the south side of the Py-
iSes' and whose very name OF Ebro, I'M
les limit or barrier.
Nof are there solid foundations TO look
more success to the French arms here
me two provinces in TIE possession of
d ,rs1aeF$, though valuable, are incapa-
=. FINISHING supplies for any extraordi-
na'aoer Of men. Nor is the DISPOSE
8, s'e people such as would authorize
VIII commander TO cesar on them, if
sa'e OF The SOL ana Industry of the
; Sa'l produced provisions. Being near
S ;m o. the French, and having suffer-
o, slsnseiy by an Eruption of the Sans
~ s army since the revolution, they
NJ Il Is Vices, and equally detest It's late
); s'sts o. authors, and It's offspring, whilst
own favorable constitution, and the
r vary moderation of the Spanish princes