Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-12-08
From the Philadelphia Gaselse.
FRENCH PAPERS.

BY the following Articles nro"' .
| French paper. our readers will per-
cciye tho effect produced there. by
the hossrable transactions ofthe In.
giish At Washington
PARIS, Oct. 9.
Il is most assurcdly not without
the most painful feeling that our
| readers viii have perussd the details
we have givea tbem. respecting the
capture a nd desfruc,iod Of the capt.
tai ef,hs United States Of America.
THUS. then. the war is prosecuted IN
the New World vi,L the same cha.
racter Of fury as Tor SO long q period
spread desolaiion over the Old. IL
there exhibits the same spectacle Of
devastation and horror, at the mo-
msat when we battered ourselves
with tue presp et Of belIoidirs the
revival. even IN The midst OF battles.
Of those principles OF humanity and
the law os nations. which polished
aud civilized people ought never to
violate. Was il iniended 10 furnish
him with an excuse, who Was justly
rIi,pgr5 with tramp'ing under foot
af ihoss Ptioei, les, by initiating bis
bar5arsus example ! What The
!.asiish who Represented him with
such force and justice, With spreading
pillase and copila gration wherever
hc went, With running and destroy.
ing the towns that submitted 10 his
armies. nav make themselves mas
tiers 81 WA,hingtsn, eluadcr and lay
il waste. blow UP all its public esta
bIi.!tsen's aad public ediiices. and
carry of IN their ships all (hat they
d. not choose TO destroy by lire and
sword IL is not an absolutely to
rvisa city, and Ia which no tie. none
of those aacisat relations which dna.
bly, claim the rights Of humanity.
might have to ensure "a less severe
fate. that the, have thus treated !;
IL j. \ eiiy. which may be sailed Eu.
elisa. whirh speaks the same lam
s,ase, ahisn has tho same manners
ani is con ,s<csi of iah sbitanis whose
fathers were English.
II tli~ia1 war, which has divided
IN ylauI from tho United States. our
wishes aud, our feelings aA'e been
| constantly 10 f.,sr 0f The taSIi,t
! ,rms. The Eag!ish cun,ba'ied the
general enemy Of Eurone-fhc enc.
nay Of Frame in particular. Fac \
nericad government seeiDei TO nave
espsasch .he odIeas caus. OF 0ar "
| rant: il tltwarted the active war
made Hooa him, by aesiari1s itself
against Es,iand wlIDm we ooasi lcr-
ed - the seni oil the cOa!rs:rd Pow
ers. AID whom we heartily wished
to wee perisrm'9; a part III once 80
brilliant aud SO honorable We
.n.r.ayar b.i,e!d in .Ir. a1issn and
his party, adhersnts 10 those demo
cratic principles. which had brought
uooa Us .neh ralanitiss: We wished,
therefore. that his party might tall.
Ba: how mach WAS il to be wished.
that Possibilities had ceased in AMsries,
rs in EuroNe, sa tho fall OF bim who
lad si,rn Tie signal fnr them ia all
part. oil the w"rld1 Why, at lcast
h., not war itself experienced the
.5ed effects Of that fall why is il
.andnviri in the manner of pirates.
who land Hpen . coast To ravase II &
then preei ,itately embark again not
f.eiias themselves sufficiently strong
10 o-elpy it and maintain THAR pc
.iiion Was il not. in this raaaner
'ha, the English landed. to the nun.
her or 6vs. tLossand, ~ il 10 said, ~
wsshingtoB. and thea fled sfier hsv-
ing ruiard. as u were. swept from the
.,ce Of tue earth one oil the hrest
"apitais III The world. which most
rarrisly struck ny its inagnihrence Il
lis .,la bii.hmeal, oue Of the mOst CO.
srkrs,ed travellers oftke p' essst day,
NJ. De ilumboidti Is II thss that
the hero whom they hold far;h with
just pride 10 ihe admiration Of Eu-
rope, made war in Portugal, in Spain
in France.
The English have often preached
up excellent principles OF morals and
humanity: they have often and justly
reproaciled their enemies with yiaIat-
Ing those prinpiples :-bnt let them
bewsre-lheir edif,ipg sermons aad
their severe reproaehes will 'lsse
much or their force, If they them