Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-06

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ts'De y ore. nor OF our manners !; whlcl
q ~ not known how to appreciate our eie
mas ", &c soul. nor to comprehend the e *
sa'.u e our rights III would De to replace
tea' y a,,r necks the triple yoke ofabso!ute
uooa -, s Of fanaticism & OF the feudal
nora .aa,. ti,at entire Europe would seem to
sF7'e% ..ayf m to an immense rising They
give ~ cav that France confined within
soq anc;snt limits, when the boundaries
re @a thor movers are enlarged so pro-
.. =, that Free France. rich only in a
e chsracter which her revolutions
:. lact her. occupies still too large a
Ia Ia n the map of the world.
Yes. if. contrary to the dearest wishes
eao,r Majesty. the foreign powers give
o o s;nraI fer new war. it's France her
u sie 4 Z tie whole nation which they
~, 10 attack. when they pretend only to
s a1,4 her sosereign-Nhen they affect
go "ao,,ate the nation from the Emperor.
Tss contract Of France with your Ma
,rg i. tae mostrisid tl,at ever united a
J p.t;on to its prince. The people and the
p can only have the same friends
l nJ ire same enemies. Isit the contest
s ssen about personal provocationsbetween
Soyerciyn aad Sovereign? Perhaps it is
I'm sothisy bat an ordinary duel.
what did Francis in his rage against
Charles v: lie sent hin challenge.
U,t 10 distinguish the chief Of nation
fan the nation itself, to protest that they
nnlv want the person the prince. and
- cause an army of a million Of men to
march AGAINST him alone, is to sport too
ruc5 with the creduHty OF mankind. The
opiy true end which the foteisn powers
,,apropose to themselves, in the basis of
ia new coalition, is the exhalsting, the
,nsement of France ;and to arrive at
ms end, the surest means to accomplish
t5e;r wishes would be, to impose upon it
government without power and without
energy. This policy on their partis not
political novelty: example has been
furnished them By other great masters.
Thus the Romans prescribed Mitesidates,
tbe ycomedes, aad only covered with
tier haashty protection the. Atallas and
tae pgussias, who, honoring themselves
vita the title Of their freedmen acNnow-
lelred that tsey only held, under them,
their states and their crown Thus the
French nation would be assilni!ated to
these Of Asia, to whom the caprice OF
Rene gave for kings, princes whose sub
mission and dependence were most sure
to taem! In THIS respect, the efforts which
the allied powers may at tins time make,
Evil have for their determined end, to
bring back to us again dynasty rejected
by pahhc ooiniop. 1t is not tue SolrDons
in particqlar whom they wish to protect.
Fer long time their cause, abandoned
by Themselves, has been so also by the
whole Of Europe; and this unfortunate
faily has every where been subject to
toocruel disdain. OF small i'0portto the
allies was the choice of the monarch whom
hey should Place upon tie throne Of
Fance, provided they could see feeble
r,s and slanmity seated upon it.
Tbs outrage wonld be the greatest which
could De dcne to magnanlmoas and ge-
nerous nation, Il is that which has al
ready wounded most deeply the hearts
Of Frenchmen-taat, the renewal OF
winch woul be the most insupportable.
When in the first months of 1915 they
published at frankfort. that famous de-
eiaratlOn, by which they solemnIy
announced their wish that France
a'ald be great, happy and free, what
Vas the result of these pompous assu-
fahce' At the same moment they Vie
Sa'd the neutrality of Switzerland.
"aea afterwards upon the French soil, to
S'o' tAe patriotism and to disorganize
We Interior they continued to promise
'Sa'ce an existence and liberal laws, the
enects speedily Showed what coahdeace
was Sas 70 |, De reposed in such engagements.
hanSntened by experience, France has
~ eyes open. I.:ere is not one of her
S4 a who does not observe and Judge
Tie events that are passing apou.i
sau' up within her ancient from
~ a,~aen She cannot give umbrase to o.
l.. s,sernments, every attack against
a.. soserelsns has tendency to mter-
s'e"ltA her Interior affairs, and can On
appear TO Ger like an attempt to divide
81 Grces ey civil war. aud to consum.
1'' Ief rum and her ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
In
s. ~ ule mean time, sire, every thing is
", s but no act OF hostility has as
de-. u zen committed, Your majesty
ins inf not VISA to consider as acts proceed
I,y;oo. tn the viii Of the powers, and as
,dsaf uf9Sen the state of peace, the in
hdjT1,Ss,e lc9 On, may take place from tie,