Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-05

il in that country in, fact Indeed where
have the vnot, where civilization has reach
ed? They have ever effected great me a.
sures. Why then may we not expect scme-
thing great, from q woman placed in this
situation, and particularly from woman,
who it is said possesses the passions and ia
lens of the martyred consoft OF Lewis the
sixteenth. Every thing induces me to be-
lieve some great events are in agitation
Her conduct is bold, and the English pa
pers say, she has brought upon her the ha-
tired of the upstart mushrooms OF the revo.
luton. The conduct Of the mperor has OF
late, induced people to see or think they
see, symptoms of relaxation in his policy.
1t is certain that but few new troops have
been sent to Spain. 1t IS said he is willing
to abandon his projects against Spain end
Portugal, provided he can secure that part
of the former country north Of the Ebto
! so IS 70 make that river the boundary --
(Imbrobable.) Should this be true, it will
prove. either that he thinks the conquts,
100 difficult to make, or not worth having il
made. If tue, his object, which was to
place a 3onaparte on the throne OF Spain
is lost. 1t NAV also be considered as con.
sequent act of policy on his marriage with
branch of the house, Lorraine. View
ing the subject in this light, have been
led TO think he will make strong eSertons
to obtain peace as mode ct establishing
his family. Should the empress be rreg.
nsnt, as reported, it must bring some inter
walls Of sanity, and make him think serious.
| lv of the usual measures being necessary &c
settle his dynas,y. On the other baud
should she fall, ard sacrificed by the mush-
rooms, who, like her lord, are ind, bt,d to
spot that happened to be fertile, and a sun
that happened to shine upon them, for their
existence, what will, or rather what will
not occur? Scenes which have already been
acted, scenes TO the bloody nature of which
we have become too much accustomed.-
Patience is necessary; but alter all, we are
but passive beings, and must follow the tor
tune Of those planets, in whose orbits We
move but as satellites. Happy yet for thos:
whose ideas are limited and whose wants so
few, as to occupy =" the post of honor,
which most empha,caly is "the private
station" Human nature is mutable and
vain, and has well been describe as
Sunny is;nd in stormy main;
4 spot Of azure in a clouoy sky"
As 10 America, she seems likely 10 remain
in statu quo, unless the "supt rcmincnt,
Nancleon should force her from her sta
ton. do not think he will do this, farther
than keep the nn2nies-and the presen party
will not think this degradation or injustice.
[" Dishonor TO Rene, said Mr.. Ames, lost
blood with them cur rNie,s the mode is
to charge it in their ledgers, and to let it
cost III. m nothing more than ink or q little
more trihute.' But at present she will re-
main as she is. Indeed what more can the
government do? They have sunk the coun-
try as much in reputation as the wild theo-
rists of Europe elevated it, in the periods
succeeding the American war. One of the
most important circumstances which Will
lead 10 the destruction Of her commerce in
provisions, is the means taken in this quar-
ter to produce large quantities. Whatever
may be the fate of Spain, her agriculture
will rise, and the expulsion Of the sheep
and the hateful monopoly dependent upon
them, prove great benefit to the penlnsu-
la"
On the subject of the Quarantine Resu
lations at Lisbon, the same writer observes:
Having come from place SO infected
as Boston, found that the Portuguese 60
vernment thought it necessary that should
spend a certain time breathing no air bat
the pure air Of the Iagus, in order to cleanse
myself from any impuri.y might have ccn-
trac,ed on board the ship or brought from
,ba coil For hsrp ,he yaoue uuarantirp