Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-05-11

be encouraged then! 20 pursue tie crts CT
peace. He had been assisted with both Men
and money By the king Of France, i'll his ey
nsd;,lon against Richard, and perhaps a feel.
ing of srai;:lde might make him irdisposed
r. make war upon his bcnc.actc", Or raider
indeed his n,onssrous ;rar.ce prevented HI,
fro,, pursuing the track Of those woo had
come before hin. About this time th. I'm.
0ortant art cf navigation had been busily
Spreading its wonderful discoveries, and tie
success of the Portuguese. ard also the disco.
very of America, by Columbus. gave an e;,-
tire new direction to the ardent, hery ahd CHI
valric spirit of + urope. The use OF gun.
nowder, and the art Of printing also assisted t.,
Chance the ancient order Of things. Herr,
eouaiiy polite and ayalicious, saw th;t he
intrinsic strength OF ENGLAND was rct s'ttficie,
80 mike her GREAT as first rate miiis.,w BOW
az &C war w;,s now about &c be csirirG o.,
and wisely encouraged commerce ana niauu.
e,ctures among his people. From this plr:.
o,I may be calculated the perm which aas to
co. st;tt,te the future maritime greatness Ct
England. From this period she went O. 81.
lentlv though surely to encreaSc both her ia.
val power and her domestic nai!uiacgures. tie
nri,c;p.l whereof was, and is 70 this day, ii:
WOODEN. AS commerce ana! mai.uiactures CT.
creased, she found it necessary to cnc:ca::
her navy, and in the next reign kl.z,5eta a..
though her navy was small coitencetl $ucc-ss.
fulIy against the greatest that Eurape J..
then ever eeen, that OF Philip 3D., ri Spa,
and called by distinction the inrlnciolc s...4.
ia. Tic defeat Of that armada cst.b:iya.i
ENGLAND as nation destined to Shine IN:
annals of naval glory. tSrarce 1t THIS ii!c
made 10 great figure in naval affairs. Eur:a;
4he reigns of Eiizabeth's immediate ,ucces..
ors down to Charles Cd, religious pc-s>c,i.
tiode and domestic byoils kept ehei: attesica
Hxed uDon matters ~of nearer i:itercs, 1l.
upon the restoration Of Charles, a Wax 5:el;-
;ner out viii, the Eutch, then the :rfe-test IA.
s,.timc nation IN Europe, the sgncs'oFitg0f
the English Alg WAS destined 20 b cofnp.gs.
After many bloody bJttles wei Tarioa5 81.
cess, victory declared Oh TIE side OF tie ElF.
l;sh and at this tine I believe the Du,sa
welded 10 the British the superiority 6 lie
aag in tie narrow seas. Upon The accession
of William the third, &c forage. to tie Ed.
!ish throne, the former ariIaos;ty between
France and England again broke cnt. icas
,4t,l. of France having through ant:t!ous no.
,ives commenced war OH the contInca.
threatened the invasion Of Williams na,iT:
country. William, a jealous protestant, 14
bearing mortal hatred even TO the cat'oiE
name, from the cruel persecution his COUNTY,
and ancestors had suffered from Philip Ed, c!
Spain, and from which they had been relieve!
in a great measure By TIE assistance o. :is
English, determined to oppose louis in pr
son. In this he WAS jealousy seconded
his English subjects; bloody war ensn'b
set on foot soIciy by the ssion of Louis, IN
universal dcnion. lis war ended success
fully for William, and MS allies, ard as ] r'
fore sid, brought the french monarchy 70
the very brink Of ruin. Here was new
cause Of hatred between The two Nations req.
eious intolerance was added to the weight OF
former wrongs; and from that mCalsns to'
present, their hatred has burnt with still grsa>'
er fury. Eut have exceeded TIE spm'
which h 4, alotted .cc each number In HT
next will resume the subject.
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