Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-18

the iron hearted tyrant on sudden becomes
love sick, offers to embrace US, to mug Us
! and to kiss US, and fills our ears with his
uauseous palaver-'tls time to keep sharp
look GU. Bonapsrte would not bave acted
such ridiculous farce before The world Tor
nothing Unques ionably he has some deep
design in this: ard we may pretty clearly
ascertain whar that design is, IT we duly
examine The conditions which he has an
nexed 10 his act Of revocation.
Bonapa,te promises to revoke his DEGREES
from and after the first of Nov; but, with
left handed kind Of liberaiity, he promises
it upon conditions which are hard ard im-
! practicable. What is the amount Of those
! conditions They amount to this, that En-
gland shall do what it is well known she
will not do else that the i. S. shall make
war with her. 6 1t being understood" says
the FreEch minister, :" that in consequence
Of this declaration the English shall revoke
their orders in council and re1aounce the nezv
| principles Of biockade 7vhich they haze at
tempted to establish"
The last Of those two conditions PIT him
on the safe side Of the hedge. For he knows
the English viii not give up their principles
Of blockade, which are interviewer with
their navigation laws and are as old as the
the time of Cromwell. Wen, suppose they
revoke their orders in council merely :--
What then Bonaparte viii be under no
obligation at last TO revoke his DEGREES, or
if revoked for short time, he may renew
them at pleasure unless very ex!raordi-
nary condition be fulfilled on the part Of the
United States. And what is his condition !?
# is 6 ihae The United States shall cause
their tights to be respected By the EGG
lish." That is to say, the United States,
even upon the event Of The orders in coun-
Gil being annulied provided the English
yield not up also their principle, Of block
ade, shall embark with France against Eng
land on the Old around ofthe liberty q tie
seas.
All this tseems is undrrst9od' How:
Has there been secret understanding on
this head between Bonaparte and the ATe-
,ican cabinet? Has he been promised by
the latter lhst England shall BIZ resisted by
US, and resisted even unto blood, unicss be.
sidts The revocal Of the orders IL council,
she also revckes her principles OF blolkad.!
We will not, we cannot believe 1t.
AS a cat pinches a mouse with It's CLAW,
then plays with it. then lets itgp, but takes
care it shall not escape destruction al last
so it seems to be here. We were frstthrea-
tened and pinched, now We are da.lied with
and coaxed; and all iur the Same purpose, q
purpose which, if it succeed, nil prove
our certain destruction. There is much art
ia this business yet, after all, the bait dots
not half cover the hook. R-2napaIte, with
the ser,ile pottntates Of The cont!nent 4, his
heels, has been struggling for a long time
to wrest from England the dominion Of Tie
sea, that he might enjoy it himself. He
has employed threats and violence to en-
gage the q. S, in this tbs da ljng project;
that is, to bring them to act Ike The silly
crane in he fable, which thrust he, brain
less head and long neck into The VOLTS
mouth, in order to pluck the bone out of
his throat. Hitherto he has found his plan
nustrat,d 1. He has found that the continent
Of Europe is distressed, impoverished and
bepgarcd, by his arbitrary restrictions On
trade, togeth>r with the txpenc,s Of his
wars. He has found tia, the PEOPLE Ct the
u. S. are refractory, and regardless Of his
threats in short, that he cannot drive tn m.
Yet their co operation, he well knows, is
nredful and indispensable TO he attainment
Of his object--Now, therefore, he changes
his ground and his demcanof. He re!axss.
he courts. he coaxes, aiming yet more to
divide and distract us !; and in this Wav is
bringing UP anew, the same old question,
namely, shall 14merica join France in a zvar
zvith England ubon tie mere subject ef "a
ritinle rights ? If this question should be
determined in tie affilmaliye, cur country
instantanf ously hecnmts an ally re Erance