Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-05-12
From fhe E-eeuuaa's Journal.

throne. of Spain, the Romans still possessed
the eastern coasts. Resimond, as he is call
ed by Mavor, or Remismond, which is the
name in the pages of Vertot, reigned over
the Sueyes. In the west. And the interior
provinces, with the neighboring ones in
Gaul, were in possession Of the Visigoths,
whose capital was the city of Toulouse,
which has ever since been one Of the most.
considerable cities of France. Resimond
was. himself a Goth, who had assembled the
Sueyian throne under the auspices of 'Theo-
dorie, the brother and predecessor Of Euric,
by whom he was assasslnated, as Theodore
himself had murdered their elder brother.
Torrisnend, thirteen years before, IN order
to- pave his way to the crown. Resimond
had strengthened himself upon the throne
by an alliance with the daughter of Iheodo-
ric. The Vandals possessed@the coasts OF
Italy opposite to Spain. AL these nations
now protested the Christian religion, but
the Visigoths, Sueves, and Vandals, were
all tinctured with Arianisn, and treated the
Catholics with great severity and cruelty
Vertot, like sound Catholic, expresses the
deepest. regret at the Introduction OF that
heresY into Spain, by the Gothic princess
whom Resimond had married, and who
succeeded so well as even to convert her
husband.
Whea Euric succeeded Theodoric, be
sent embassies to the kings of the Suevess
and the Vandals, with a view 70 secure those
nations in his interest. Resimond, equally
cunning. sent enYoys to Anthemius, the
new emperor. of the west, to the king OF the
Vandals, andto Euric. The Roman en-
perors OF the east and west, Leo and Anthe-
mius, now preparing to attack Genseric,
king Of the Yandals, Resimond invaded
Lusitania, and and demolished Com
bra and Lisbon. This invasion produced
the attack Of Eurie upon the Romans and
5 Sueves n Spain, and of course led to the
reYolution which established the Gothic en-
pire in that country.
Euric, at the head of the Visigoths, hav-
ing conquered most of the provinces of
Spain, accepted, when Augustulns was de-
posed, and the empire Of the west subvert-
ed. al offered alliance with Qdoacer, the
Heruiian monarch, and became master OF
Arles and Marselilss, hitherto subject TO
The Romans. The Burgundians made war
.upon him, but were defeated. His appetite
for power appears now to have been satlsil-
ed, and henceforward he devoted his great
talents, like another Numa, to the work OF
legislation. Unlike most monarchs OF those
stormy times, he closed long reign IN
peace. He was succeeded by his son Ala
2 re. Clovis of France attacked the country
and person of this young prince, under the
pretenee of attacking his heretical religion.
Eventually he was slain by Clovis's own
hand in the battle OF Poitiers. Alaric was
one of the best and wisest princes that ever
lived. He labored to live in profound peace
with all the world. Though an Arian, he
tolerated the Catholics in his dominions,
and received the prayers Of their councils.
Traian and Marcus Aurelius were not more
devoted TO the pursuits OF justice than this
Young Goth, but the pious Clovis could not
besatished Till he had extinguished his here
sv in his blood. Vertot, Notwithstanding
his religious preju6ices, has, in a spirit OF
the most liberal catholicism, done ample
Justice to the amiable character ofthat most
excellent prince.
Spain still continued the theatre of per-
petual revolutions. Amalric, a vicious
/. prince, who, after acivil war, succeeded to
the throne, was slain by Childebert OF
France. The Gothic royal family is now
extinct, and Iheudis was elected to the sue
cession. Some authors say that his reign
was short and tempestuous, Others that he
reigned ten years in peace. He and several
of his successors were assassinated. The
Cantabrians appear to have been as uneasy
and as unconquerable under the Gothic as