Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-28

Itacks on the national honor, all atteihPts
lat INVASION =
| What! You have begun a rebellion
then, which You cannot finish without
help? You are lost, if all your country
linen do not consent to participate In all
your perjuries and treasons; nay more,
Iif they will not support them at the ha-
|zard Of their lives and properties. Pray
call to mind your own proclamations IN
ISpain, in Italy, in the Tyrol. You there
told the inhabitants. II was madness to
, fight for their king, their country, their
Flaws, their religion, their Independence,
and now YOU, the same persons, preach
| up this madness to Frenehmen. to sup
port perjured and Infamous Corsican,
against their native sovereign, against
Their solemn oaths, against their ratified
and recognized constitution. Apdacious
1inpudence self-convicted folly
8. g No one among you is now igno-
Irant that if France had been Loyalty de
Tended on all the points Of her territory.
she would have been in 1914 the tomb Of
Tier ravagers."
It will be pretty satisfaction indeed
Ito France, if you should have the same
ieycuse to make in 1915.
! 9. /" They are only formidable to those
who suHsrsthemselves to De alarmed by
lmenaces which IN general cannot De put
into execution"
/ The tone Of this, and all your other
Ereeent publications, sufficiently shows
,,yeur own alarm.
4 10. S If more effective forces should
penetrate iufo some Of our departments,
Ilet obstacles Of all kinds be multiplied on
their passage. Let their conveys, their
ldetachments, be cut OF or arrested on
their march; let an actiye correspond
ience be every where KEPT up; let the
military chiefs promptly receiTe infor-
|mation Of the slightest occurrence. Let
the inhabitants of the country that places
themselves Dispute the aef!es, the woods.
the marahes, the lnountain passes, the
mellow ways. This kind of warfare, with
iout danger to him who kuoWs the loea-
liities, and no less honorable than useful
to the citizen, who defends his property,
is always disastrous To the foreigner,
Iwho knows neither the country nor the
language"
/ At last we come TO the real object Of
the address. II is 10 stir up all people
of all classes in France to a GnerTe Il usort,
AGAINST their sovereign and his allies. 1t
must be owned, that those who descibe
with SO much mlnuteness the Gurilla
warfare Of Spain, speak from a dear
bought experience, but they ought to
remember, that their own proclamations
lstill exist, ia which they stigsnatise this
tkind of hostilities as unlawful. Hey
loaghtto remember, that they actually
|laid whule towns in ashes for maintain
Ing the resistance which they now en-
HON. Will not tbs allies retort on them
their own rules /? And is rot this ad-
|aress of Mr.. Dagoust's Challenge to
them to spread fire and dame wherever
they march
i II. :. Let the least village, let every
Insulated house, every mill, every inclo-
Isnre become by the bravery, the indus
TRY the intelligence Of thew defenders,
posts capable OF stopping the enemy
lIlet the gates Il walls of the towns be re-
lrairad, the bridges be fortified and de
Tended. Let the example Of Tournus
Iof Cha,ons, of st. Jean &c l'Osge, OF Ian
lgres, of Compiesne ct cetera, ct eetera, III
flame the emulation of all cities; let all
he disposed to merit, in case OF need
1.-THE same praises from their sovereign,
the same gratitude from their country"
Yes. Let all be disposed to merit
praises from their lawful sovereign, and
Igratitude from their regenerated country.
The vague ct cetera W! follows the
remuneration of only five cities oft OF the
great number occupied last year by los
tile forces, sufficiently marks with what
willingness, with what feebleness OF Ell
fort, the cause of the Corsican was then
embraced by France; but if even be-
fore the virtpous Louis XVIII were ex-
Iper;mentallv known to his subjects, be-
fore the white flag had waved in peace
over their cities, the name OF Bourbon
had vibrated with pleasure to thei'
I..,earts. if even tien the gates CT French
towns few open to the allies, What may
we not exnect2 now tlat the father OF his
country advances to embrace his repen-
liant children--now that the author of a
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