Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-10-20

are the ehie1 INSTRUMENTS OhiPINJ
by tue tyrant in this work OF misery
and de.olation ?-FRENCHMEN =
Can we then regard them as peacea-
bile and unoffeading men?-No; they
are morally answerable to the ,est
IF mankind. for all the evils prodl,c-
cd. either by their apathy, or oy
lending their direct assistance to tine ne
fnrtheranee Of Napoleon's views OF
universal dominion. We disciaim
the dwelling morality which makes
Individual virtue consist W merely
ab,tain;ng from the perpetrat'on o.
crimes instead ofthe positive exer.
else of impsrious duties. Can be
who sees An assassin, with his knife
in his haad without attempting to
strike il from his grasp, be gu'itless
IF the flood of has victim? No more
can we hold the men of France (or
the citizens Of America who abel
their crimes) as innocent and unot-
fendins members OF the eammuaity
of nations or. 10 use the French jar
con. :. the great famil' Of rsurope,"
of which Napoleon is the ua.eeiins
step.father.
The system we are Recommending;
;s NOT chimerical. The Immoral
Nelson (the snundness Ofwh0sa. JUICE
ment was never questioaed) formed
high estimate Of the consequences
which might be expected to flow
from its adoption. Sir Horne Pop
ham, another very gallant and DIS
tioguisbed officer, now actively EN-
ploycd in Spain. on something ike
the service now pointed ont, We know
to he warm advocate Cor perseye-
rance in the same vigorous system.
1t was q favorite idea with tbe
great men, and repeatedly suggested
to Ministers, that not single inha-
bitaat of the French coast. OF any
age or sex, should be permitted to
enjoy an hours rspose. by night or
by day. if gun could be brought
10 bear upon their towns OF villages.
This. to little minds, may appear to
be a barbarous mode of carrying on
war. hut different view will be TAX
en- of it by enlightened men-How
ere the crimes Of nations to be pun
ished--but by the intlietion Of VEN
geance by other nations ?-Those
who have the means TO inaict such
punishment, become accessories to
their enormities if they neglect to
employ the weapons with which they
have been armed by the Great Ruler
Ct the universe for their own defence
for The protection of the innocent
and unoffending, and for the :nainte-
nanse and enforcement Of natural &
immutable justice among the nations
OF the earth
Government It'll said. has contract
ed for the transport of 10000 quar-
tcrs Of wheat from the Black Sea.
Capt. Milne is appointed to COM
mand the Venerable, ~, on the north
coast Of Spain; in the room of Sir
Home Popham.
Since our last publication two mails
have arrived from Gottenbursh.
which bring down our intelligence
from that quarter to the Esd inst
The accounts from Riga, it will he
observed, are not OF later date than
those previously received from Adj
miral Martin; and, consequently,
we arc without TIC means Of forming
any Judgment with regard to the &c
nuinc rcsa,t Of the acticn Of the first,
bctv cen Prince Wittgenstein and
Hudinot, in which, according to the
French statements the Russians suf-
fered a severe defeat. The supple
ment 10 the ST. petcrsburgh Ga
zetIc, of the ith inst. contains tho
sutjoined accounts of the action Of
the 25th ult. near Osir0yn0. and that
OF the esd. between Prince Bagra-
ton and Davoust -
Official intelligence respecting The
military operations.
4. The commander in chief OF the
first army, the Minister at War,
Barclay de Foley, announces, that
on the 18th July co. S. the corps Of
Lieutenant General Count Oster-
man, whilst marching upon The town
OF Ostrovno, fell in with the cne-
my's grand army, and that warm
engagement commenced between
them at six o'clock in the morning.
which lasted until eleven o'clock at