Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-12-09
From the Connecticut Mirror.

t has been remarked with great force,
TINT the year 1912 presents the extraor-
binary spectacle of the 7UhOle CHRISTIAN
sysrla Being engaged in war. The TACT
strange and melancho as 1t ls. is not
more astonishing, than the reiiection'
that this mighty mass of evil, OF distress,
and OF ruin, all arises from the bound
less ambition, the Unsuitable thirst tor
domin;ens, the vindictive and diabollcal
passions Of A SINGLE Mana man
born in poverty and obscurity, of the
most ferocious spirit, and the vilest cha
racter. The object for which the 7vcr!d
is in arms, is merely, that this base-born
tyrant may humble q rival, and elevate
himself 10 the throne of the civilized
world Bonaparts is now in the heart
of the Russian territory, at the head OF
hundreds CT thousand, of Frencbmen,
Italians, Austrians, and Prussians, desc
la,ing the country, hutcbering its inha-
bitants, plunderinS its towns, and burr
Ing its cities, for the purpose OF forcing
the Gar 10 assist him in precipitating
Great Britain to her fate.
The fact that this monster in human
shape is at such an immense distance
from home, in pursuit of such an object,
would BIZ thought sufficiently extrava.
CANT, if we were not s,srcd In the face
by one much more wild & astonishing {;
and that ls-,hat our orvn .goVernment,
at The distance of three thousand miles,
and scross an ocean, have been mad e.
nough, and wicked enough, to join him
in his desperate purpose, aud hazard all
that is valuable III human society in such
depraved aud fatal conflict. We say
depravcd-for what can be more SO, than
that natiphs should combinc to destroy
nations, fre:n motives Of ambition, or re-
sentiment? The trade of Great Britain,
IS essentially necessary to the nations
who are thus endeaYoring to destroy her
and to mons more than this, The sue
cess of France in her attempts against
'Grea. Britain, would be fatal not only to
the prosperity, but to the independence.
cf all other nations--and yet, VIC, at
least have voluntarily put ourselves in
the high road to political as we'll as mo-
raj ruin-ws say dssperate-not only
for the reason just given, but because
toe attainment Of the object is utterly
hopeless. What spirit short of the
most arrant folly, or the grossest stu
pidity, could expect, by withholding the
trade Of this country, to break down
nation capable of raising in one year, and
which did raise of the last year, re-
venue more than double the amount OF
all that this country HIS raised both by
taxes and la&ns, since the adoption Of
the constitution?
There is another argument on this
point, which is stronger than all the
rest. We have the frmest belief that
in spite Of the mean enmity Of Jcfer-
sonian, and the hsughty ambition of b.
spsrte, the PROVIDENCE OF GOD,
will support Greet Britain, against all
the combinations That men can form a
ssinst her.
articles, selected from late
Lond1n Patsrs.
A Cadiz paper contains the following
-" Ii is said, that Bonaparte
has ordered Godoy to be placed under
arrest at Turin, and that tie residence
Of Charles w, and his family is fxsd at
Avignon. The cause Of this arrange
mentis said to have been some CONVEX
sation held By several inhabitants of
Marscillcs in favor of the Bsurbons.
The following IS a letter from Malta
: have to acquaint you of a phenome-
ION which has appeared at Damascus,
n Sylvia, in April lsss. A pillar Of lire,
IT al lmssnse light, WAS seen towards
he East, and remained in view three
lays and nights, during which time no
un, moon, or stars, were seen, yet the
'ght was sufficient for seeing any Oh jsct.
l'hls has given rise to many conjectures
mong learned men in the place, The
Nile has risen two months before the |
lsaal time"
1t is confidently rumorcd, taat The
Key. MIR. MENDOZA, The Portuguese Rab-
i, received letter few days since,
:orn the Rabbis of Jerusalem, informing |
i'm that there bad been DO darkness in
he sacred city for three days and ,pree
lights, in consequence of cloud of FIRE
Which rested Oh tree i" the vicinity,
nd that the third day it vanished, to the
eneral CONSERVATION of all the inhabit-
sts. The tree, it is observed, was not
amaged b, the miraculous and awful
vent We are confidently assured,
y very serious authorities, that no doubt
xists among the Children of Israel, in