Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-17

ended with these words, applied to the
king of Great-Britain {" The maniac
monster. who has convuIsed, corrupted,
and insulted the whole world.'' A little
further on perceived that he was demo-
minated the British tyra;st''-s. his mad
majesty, &c. Upon this ] gave over the
search, concluding that the Aurora is the
Aurora still and that when he declaims
against the improperly of saying irritat-
ing and offensive things Of one of the bel
liserent parties, he means no other than
that one by whom he is employed & paid,
the gentle and amiabIe Napoleon, who is
himself so proverbially cautions of doing
an injury or giving an offence.-U. States
Ga1ette.
The following remarks on the news from
France, via Boston, are from the New
York Evening Post.
pass over the confirmation here af-
forded that the French DEGREES are still
in full operation because the fact seems
to be entirely set at rest, that Duane con-
fines himself to defending them as they
stand. A few words only shall be said re-
spccting the American prisoners.
fan individual is impressed from an A
merican vessel and forced to work as one
Of the crew of British ship of war, the
whole countryis instantly in flame. We
are not content to make known the wrong,
to complain to the British government of
the abuse Of which its commander has
been guilty, and to demand regular re-
dress from the proper authority. To
wait for this is, in the highest degree cri-
minal. We rust go to war off hand,
hammer and tongs; the government pa
per at Washington, has set the nation all
agos by informing them that our commo-
dere went out to search British frigates,
and retake the man by force. Huzza {!
cry the government party, let us burn,
aink and destroy every British picaroon
that swims the ocean; and if any there
are who incline to be little cooler and
take tine for reflection, they are denounc-
cd as a parcel Of traitors and tories, and
enemies to their country, who deserve at
least tar and feathers. |, myself, had
like to have been torn TO pieces, because l
merely SAID the first day after the news re-
spccting commodore Rogers arrived, Let
us wait little and hear both sides.
But what of France What of the con-
duct, not merely of French commanders,
but Of the government itself The above
will tell us what. But it does not tell it
as news. Alas months have rolled by
on the back of months, and years on the
back of years, all marked by the capture,
and the ignominious slavery of hundreds
upon hundreds of American citizens rat
ting their chains and counting the hours
of imprisonment, disease, and the deep
est wretchedness in the dungeons of every
interior prison in France not placed there
by French commanders, but by the orders
Of the sovereign of the nation himself. At
distance from their native country, there
they lie, where their groans are neither
heard, nor, when made known regarded.
Shut out from the face of day, in vain
they turn their hopeless eyes towards the
land that gave them birth: In vain they
continue TO convey the story Of their
wrongs and their miseries across the ocean
to the ears of their own government, e.
qually deaf as the Atlantic waves that Sc
Derate them from all they hold dear, all
.!.at makes the remainder of life still de-
sirable. What indeed, can they have to
expect when they happen to hear from
home and perceive in newspaper known
to be in the confidence of their govern
ment, the following sentiment as to their
deplorabIe situation
" AS we'll might fellow caught pick
8. ing pockets, & sentenced by our courts,
" to fine and Imprisonment, complain OF
" the law of nations, and talk of the ram
" som demanded from him by the govern
s. ment of the United States"
This is taken from the Aurora Of the 4th
of September and is his remark on the
petitions from France. l leave it to eve
ry American reader to make his own re-
Elections upon it. Iconfess l have no Ian
guage to express mine.