Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-13
FOREIGN.
London, March s5.

Dispatches were yesterday reCeiVeu
by government from the King Of France
at Lille, which place His Majesty had
reached in safety attended by the Duke
de Berri, the Prince de Condo, the great
est Officers Of State, the foreign Minis
tiers, and many ether nobility, and es-
corted by the household troops under the :
command of Marshal Marmont. Duke OF
Ragusa. His Majesty will Immediately
issue Manifesto, denouncing to his
subjects, the wees likely to be brought
upon them, by the adherents of the Rebel
Chief-and the measures absolutely ne
cessary to be adopted, to save France
from the ruin which threatens her. The
war against Napoleon Bonaparte having
been formally pronounced by the Legs
lature to be national, and that criminal
having been proclaimed a traitor and
rebel, it seems but right and just, in con-
formlty with the practice observed from
all antiquity in such cases, to set apriee
upon his head. One of his advocates, in
tie paper which has regularly taken up
his cause, and may henceforth be set down
as devoted to hisinterests, proposes itas
a query, what are Bonaparte's rights
We will tell the advocate what they are.
They are all of negative kind-not to
live-not to be protected by any law
not to be ranked among mankind. His
rights are the rights of Cain--and he
may with the same justice say !" it shall
come to pass, that whoever meets me
shall slay me.'' The apologist Of this
murderer-for to the utter shame and dis
grace of the English press, it supplies
him with an apologist-most realistically
argues, that the culprit in question pos
sesses certain rights, "as a person pos
sessing an Island in sovereignty" 1t
was the sovereign of the island of Elba,
forsooth, who plotted treason with the
Frencharmies, who landed on the French
territory, who advanced to the French
Capital, who usurps the French throne !!
But how did he become such sovereign?
By treaty the very first line of which
pledges him to renounce for ever all pre-
tension to the Empire of France. Scarce
ly had he landed on Elba, before he broke
that treaty by intriguing to regain the mn
perial dignity. From that instant all his
rights of Sovereignty vanished. The
treaty was vioIated-and he was liable IN
strict law to be hanged, as he should have
been the instant his intriguss were dis
covered. 1t is a principle with such
writer's as the Querist in the Morning
Chronicle, that a treaty made between
Bonaparte and any other person, may
be violated by the former as much and as
often as he Pleases--but the moment a
measure of retaliation is adopted, the
Treaty is to be appealed to as sacred and
inviolabIe. 1t is asked, as if with affect
ed horror at the idea" Was it net in
contemplation to remove BonaraEte from
tie Island of Elba?'' We will reply by
another question. Is there any ran of
common sense. or of common feelings,
that does not bitterly regret his Got hav-
ING been removed to the most distant cor
ner of the earth--if it was hot thought ad-
viseable to obey the dictates both of law
and Justice, by putting him to death In
fact, however, Bonaparte himself openly
regulates chicanery. He does not pre-
tend to any cause for his breach of faith.
Read bis proclamation. He laughs at
the treaty of FontainbIeau, and at every
ether treaty. and every principle OF hui
man faith, that stands in his way. He
comes to, put himself once more at the
head of turbulent and faithless armies,
to lead them to fresh devastations and
plunder,-to pull down constitution
which establishes civil libertys-to eXpel
once more from their country the ancient
nobility and Princes. Which were for so
many ages It's pride, All these are, in
the ewes of remorseless ruf5an. suit
Gent causes for justitying an attempt,
which is sure to involve France at orce
in civil and foreign war, to deluse her
fields with blood. and to give Ter towns
and villages to the flames. What cares
he for all tbis-or with what excuse does
he seek to gloss over his treasons Not
with miserable special pleading areu-
ment about Biba, or Parma, or the non
payment of bis pension-bUt with three
magical words-Eonor, Victory, Giory !!
It has been tie unfortunate lot Of France
to be too often dazzled with empty alb
stractions. The "Liberty and Equality
of Robespiere, ard tie "6lory" OF Eo-
naparte, are only different ferns of the
same fatal delusion-a delusion originat-
inc in the art of disjoining impetuous
feelings, from all roN er CT reflection, all