Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-10

has been afflicted such certainly, havel
zen the sentiments of Bordeaux, which
has suffered and dared in the good causeI
more, perhaps, han any other city OIL
France.
Within a few daysonly | have placed
my foot in France, for the first time III
nv life circumstances OF private ma,
ture have directed me to Bordeaux; but
liz Ihad been allowed to choose the place
lin which. according to my information
land opinions. was to commence my ac-
ouaintance with Franceand Frenchmen.
ii would have chosen the country OF Mon
tesquieu, the temple of Madame, the city
which FURNISHED Deseze for the defence
of Louis the Martyr, and Lynch to pre-
pare the way for the revolution OF his
august race.
Gentlemen, you have suffered much,
and feel that your suferings Nave not
| vet reached their close /: your Commerce
las not yet resumed its accustomed
course but that situat, on is not peculiar
| TO YOU. ,
| In England, and in ether parts Of Eu-
rope. an astonishing AID almost unlocked
fof change has produced shock accom-
panied with temporary difficulty: tenn
porary, | am convinced. it will SOON be
supersened.
| Commerce is the offspring Of peace, but
! Of consolidated pea ace.
You have suff red /: France has suffer
ed much. The de!age Of the revolution,
which has inundated the world, has
overwhelmed in its course men and
things, orders and institutions. These
distinctions canhot be compensated.
Far be from ne that frigid philosophy
which, in individual calamity, sees no.
thing but pubic good, or that severity
without discernment, which imputes to a
nation it, misfortunes as crimes. France.
! it is true, has suffered beyond comptnsa-
ton but what motives of consolation
are not afforded her. Let her reflect.
that In the overthrow of the monarchy, in
the humiliation of her clergy, in the
changes Of her property, III the etfusion
ofEer poorest blood, the heart, the spirit
OF the nation have not been destroyed.
nor the means Of eneesy diminished--di-
unfinished did I say ?--those means are,
,pcrhaps augmented
Providence edpces good from evil It.
self-nnSery to the nan who presumes
to work on such motel but the Won
derfu aIchymy Of God extracts, from tie
impure mass of crimes aud the passions
of men, unexpected benefits fer hu.
manly.
! In the course of this frishtful reyolu-
! ton, and the murderous wars, which have
followed in its train, princes and people
have had Lessons from which they mav
draw reciprocal advantage Not only in
France but in the neshboring nations,
and IN the most remote regions of the
north, "e see the happy effects of that
experience IN The perfecting of their po-
litical institutions. Here, with the vene.
rable edifce Of your mona, chy, which.
thanks to Heaven, is restored. abuses
have crmDbied, which are for ever ami
hiiated.
1 The career, precluded bv ancient pres
JUDGES, is nevertheless open to merit and
talents.
| tolerance IN matters Of religion is car.
rled to degree. which may serve as an
example to other states, and the spirit Of
liberty is SO generally difused, that lie
gitimate and we'll regulated monarchy
while it serves as its guarantee AID its
restraint, cannot, Iii it were so disposed}
destroy it.
| 1T were so disposed But on the
part ofthe King. formed in the school OF
adversely, who has studied in England
| the principles and the movements OF a
tree constitution, such an attempt is not
to be apprchended. Ihis king, whose
conduct so fully contradicts tie odious
calumuy invented by falsehcod, and pro-
pagated by ignorance, shows that he has
learned whatever a private condition
could teach, and that he has lost the re,
membrancc OF all that sovereign ought
to forget.
Knowing how o restore unanimity at
home, he is rot less jealous to preserve
harmony abroad. And what nation eau
fern another wish +; each one may be
proud OF recollccting It's warlike achieve
iments? But the general result of these
high facts will be the sentiment of mutual
respect, wh!cll finds in the annals of past
wars, the most powerful motive to laslng
peace.
To assure the duration of that Tranquil
IIify nothiny ran no nnre efFiraciouc than