Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-01-27

, whose glory is ike . sacred deposi
entrusted to their patriotism. May
| they at last be found worthy Of the
name wkich they bear, and Of the
sovereign who has SO often led them
to victory by participating in their
fatigues and their dangers.
Our enemies have forgotten that
France is the domain of tho brave, Il
the country ofbonor. TAey|have for
| gotten that 1T the call Of q threaten.
ed country, there is not a Freuehman
| who does not know his duty, Il who
is not seady to fulfil it. They i'm
imagine, perhaps, that we will await
quietly those undisciplined hordes
which carry is there train wherever
they 60 piIlags and devastation.
Their attempt will be disappointed.
| Our bublio monuments. the MASTER
pieces of the arts, the immortal tro-
phies of our victories, every portion
| of this natal soil, favored by nature,
| every thing that is French Is tho
| safeguard of all ; it is thus that
from Mayence to Perpignan, from
Brest to Toulon, from the Alps to the
Pyrenees, every citizen will be rea-
dy to fly to the succor OF his fellow
citizens.
We have already seen the Prus-
SLAMS in Champagne, we have seen
the Russians on our frontiers, we
have read these proclamations, ID
which menace was mingled with in
suit, and it sn!y wapteda single move
ment OF tie nation to dissisate every
danger. Behold, then, the nonie ex-
ample which it becomes us THIS Gay
to initiate.
let every Frenchman awake then,
ut the call Of the government winch
directs our resources and our efforts:
lie: every one Of us recolleet that he
,.ss nothing to fear, provided no res
pon'ls to The appea! Of his sovereign:
1t is by an effort, unanimous ana
glorious, that we will scatter, far
from orr wives aad our childrea, far
from the sacred sepulehres of our
fathers, the torch Of war, insult and
devastation. We are Frenchmen, d
we will never cease to be so.
journal Of Paris.
The speeches pronounced in the
bosom of the Senate, make US az
quaiatea with the circumstances in
which the empire is placed. These
circumstances arc critical, they are
imperious; the French nation must
rise in all is greatness, in eli its
mower, or she must renounee the
glorious rank which ste has always
held. The enemy threatens oni
frontiers, lac dc,ours with greedy
eve cur rich cities, our fertile fielss;
already he whets the sword OF ven,
geauee and Of destruction. But YET
Us assume the firm attitude which
becomes rs, and his projects VIII ne
once more foiled. Our armies cover
tbe banks Of the Rhine. hehiad this
ramnart of iron, rise fifty fortified
places, masterpieces of nature and
Of art; their watch the cohorts OF
the national guard, collected at the
first cry Of alarm /; there, assemble
together the new legicns which
march from every quarter, and there
will come to waste their fury all
these irritated waves which have
raised themselves in vain against |
our borders. But, to profit by these
military advantages Of the frontiers
of the empire, we must make great
efforts we want men-we want
money. These sacrifices may i'm
pose momentary burden on indus
try. on commerce, on oil classes Of
society but they are indispensable,
they are Of the most urgent neesssi-
ty. The days of our brothers. Of
our sons are dear to US; but, If we
do not present 10 the enemy front
Of numerous battalious, they will
murder by thousands multitude
without arms; il we do not offer to
government a part of our revenues,
the stranger will come aud carry a
way the whole OF our fortunes. Is
there husband, father, propri.
etor, a merchant, citizen, who
does not trembls with horror at the
idea Of an ungovernabIe enemy, mas
ter OF our lives and our property |
Is there man attached TO this beau
tiful country by sacred ties, by ten
der affections. by happy reeollections
who is not ready TO defend, with arms
in his bands, all the previous objects !