Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-22
From TIE London Times Of January It


The councillors Of state presented
projec, ola sena'us censuitum' sec ~.
f.,lowins si,ung of. the ll,h.) the mo.
lives ior which were explained oy couh'
Reenaua de St. Jean d'Angely, In the
manner following:
NOtives of the senatus eonsalfum .jor
huttiny $4,000 men at the d'sf0sa' q
the minister st soar.
My Lords and Senators-lh nc urea
,y of 'r;lsit had given to the north OF En,
rope a peace, which it Appealed wou'a
have been of duration but Englahu'
mensced with a war with the Y, States
of America, and dreading, with great
reason, the bad issue for her, which
must sooner or later attend the iiame
kind.cd in Spain, has occupied herse''
in giving birth to new war against
France, by obtaining the breach Oh '"e
alliance lately swornto by Russia.
All the efforts of the emperor to Keep
it, and to insure the execution OF tho
treaties, have been useless, and the war
is renewed.
1t has been forced on him by the Nio-
la.isn of the most solemn convenhohs'
BY numerous ornaments, by evident as-
pressions, by repeated rcfusals OF every
explanation and in short, BY the neces-
si,y imposed on his majesty to MAINTAIN
the rights and dignity Of his CROWN ana
those Of his allies.
The consequence of this new flame
is, that it mist always be conducted on
the part of the French by that genius
which has accustomed them to conquer
The enemy, forced from all his posts,
repulsed in every combat, vanqulshed
in every battle, has been forced tc aban-
don his capital to the victor, but he gave
it to the flames, which have almost re-
duced it to ashes.
From thence the necessity OF this glo-
rious retreat, retreat iii which We have
not been detained or disheartened BY
the asperity OF the climate, the early Sc
verify OF the season, and its unusual IL
gor.
When the 29th bulletin of the grand
army shall at once astonish and reassure
France, the information of its losses un-
yelled to the nation with so much ener-
getic simpicity-with such manly
conference.-the awaken in all French
men feeling Of the necessity OF repair:
ing them; every thing will then yield
to the demands they present, and rather
dispose us to prevent and repair, than
to debate ON, or wait on them.
Meanwhile the emperor, whom his
enemies must always fear, and whose
arriya. was wished for by his allies and
his subjects, was returned to his capital
whilst he was believed to be still before
Wilma and causing accounts to De rem
dered him of the resources OF bis arse
nails, his magazines, his treasury, the
number ofhis troops had announced
to France his intention of not making a.
ny demand of men, nor Of new contrl-
buttons.
Wi,A the annual impns.s, and the SOL
diery already under arms, be can sup
port all the wants of the campaign, both
in the south and in the north al + urope.
But. Senators, the facts OF which the
minister of exterior affairs has just
given you information, by his majesty;
orders, must alter the first calculations
of his acknowledgements in The sacrl-
fees of his people-and cause them to
he succeeded by calculations OF foresight
and necessity.
Already, Messieurs, I have seen in
this assembly bursts of that indignation,
which all Europe will feel at the recital
of a treason to which we would hesitate
to give belief, were it not avcwed and
written bv its author himself
The Prussian General, whose name
must hcnceforth become infamous, be-
traycd at once his sovereign's honor,
the duties of citizen, and those OF the
| soldier.
He shamefulv separated himself from
the army, of which he formed a part
! OF the corps with which he marched -
he has given up. those who were exposed
! upon his faith, to the hazardous conse-
| euences Of his base abandonment-ot
his unexpected dcsertion.
! Informed of the crime, new in the
history of modern wars, his majesty the
king of Prussia evinced resentment
worthy of his loyalty, and his fidelity to
his allies. Joined in sentiments with the
monarch, his cabinet has only shewn the
wish of rcpairing,-of publishing a poll
teal aud military crime, which offends
! the Prussian ration, and outrages it
sovereign.
These facts, these assurances, are con-
tanned in the letters Of which the minis
ter for foreign affairs has given you a
| communication.
They guarantee, that the heinous-
ness of this event will not only be ap-
! preciated by the government, but by the
whole Plussian people they will Judge,
and all the nations Of the North will