Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-17

tie OF AusteYiltZ eno U<1OIe uas " SVISu
land. The emperor received from Rome,
briefs full Of accvinony. The Pope alter
wards complained Of the principles Of to-
Ierance which, are eenseera,ed BY the Ma.
pole ON Code he broke against the organic
laws by which the tmpire-is governed at
home, ste IN which he had under no title
the right TO interfere. He ,hrt " fire. brands
in our provinces. He endeayor.d in that
n,anner4to divide and toshsie ,hs great
en- pire, and no doubt cen be entertained Of
Whit he would have done, il any import.
ant battle had. been lost. The cOur, Of
Rome laid their secret sentimt hts toe open !:
they could not mistake the services done
by the emperor to religion |; but this mo-
tive OF gra,i,ud. which ought 70 have been
so powerful for the head of III. church,
could not prevail over the hatred Of the
temporal'sovereign.
Being convinced Of these truths which
are confirmed BY the history Of all ages and
by eur own experience, the emperor had
only to choose. between twothings, Il.
Their to create Patriarch, and separate
France from all relations with an e.
nemy who was end<avoring 10 injure him,
or 10 destroy anTpo,ai sovereignty the
only source Of the hatred viii, h The court
of Rome bore to France. The one weuld
have brought on dangerous disc ussions and
excited alarms in many eonscienc's f; the.
emperor r.j.e,td It the other was',he ex
ereise Of The rights which arc inherent in
the imperial crown, and for which the en-
peror cannot be called 70 account ky any
one the emperor adopted it; neither the
Pcpes or any other priests in the empire
must have anv temporal sovereignty. Ne.
yer will the emperor acknowledge the right
of the triple crown be acknowledges on.
ly the spiritual mission given TO the pas.
tors OF the church by Jesus Christ, & which
St. Peter and his, holy successors fulfilled
in so pure andpious MANNER, to the great
advantage of religion.
The kingdom Of Naples has tins year as
sumed new consistency. The kirg has
paid very particular attention TO the orga.
nizatiou of his states. He has etablished
order in all the branches of the administra:
ton he has repressed robbe'ies. and his
subjects, from the first to the last, have dis
played sentiments which do honor both to
them and to the sovereign. The clergy OF
Naples, who like those of France, consist
Of we'll informed men, have deserved the
esteem of the empe ror. One etclssisstic
alone, the archbishop of Naples, has re,
fused to take The oath which was due 10
the sovereign. In vain did ,hrolog ans en-,
deavor to convince him of his error, he has
persisted init. His gross ignorance is
strong satire upon those who raised him 10
such an eminent post.
Holland is really but part Of France.
That country May Ge de6aed by Calling 1t
the alluyion of the Rhine, Of the Meuse,
and OF the Scheld, that is to say OF the
great arteries Of the empire. Inc nudity
Of the Dutch custom houses, the inclIna-
tions of the officers and the minds OF 'ns
inhabitants, which constantly tend TO al
smuggling trade with Eng land, in short
every thing rendered j, necessary 70 PIohi I
BIT their trading upon thu Rhine and the
Weser. Thus buffeted between France and
England, Holland is deprived both of ths
advantages, contrary to our s. ne. al system,
which she was obliged to renounce, and OF
those which she might enjoy: Il 10 time
that every thing should return to it, natu.
raj order.
His majesty has Also been DESTROYS ofse.
curing in o brilliant manner the advantages
Of the act Of The H.lvetic cenfe ds,stion, by
adding ,o" his titles ,ha, Of Mediator efI
Switzerland. This is sufi, ien,ly g'>'Eg
the Swiss to understand tina. happiness will
b. lest for them the day they touch this
;ps;ladium OF their independence. The
bridge of Basil tas frequently furnished
opportunities to the French troops Of 'io-
'la,ing the He'vrtic territory III, was neces.
ssry 10 them on account Of crossing the
Rhine. His majesty has ordered a per.
mansns one to be5buil, at'Huninguen. !
I The Illyrian provinces cover itals, Pre-. l.
cure direct communication wish Dalmatia
and sn-immsdiate point OF contact with the
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