The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-01
From the Democratic Press.
Observation-Disclosures.


bright
Proiuse OF bliss and pregnant with de-
fight
Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign.
And smiling plenty leads thy wanloD
Eas'd OF her load aubjection grows more
And poverty looks cheerful in thy
sight
Thou mak'st the gloomy face of Nature
= gay,
Giv'sl beauty to tho sun and pleasure
to the day!
| hee Goddess, thee Rritannia's Isle
| adoreS :
How has she oft exalted all her stores,
How oft In ficlus of death thy presence
sodsht,,
Nor thinks The mighty prize too dearly
bought
On foreign mountains may the sun re-
fine
The grapes soft juice aud mellow it TO
wine,
With citron groves adorn diStanl
soil
And the fat olive swell with Goods OF
We envy not the warmer Chimes that
lies
In ten degrees of more indulgent skies,
Nov at the coarseness OF oui Heaven
repine,
| Though DER our heads the frozen Plei-
AIDES shine
IT'S Liberty that crowns Britannia's
| Isle,
| And makes her barren rocks and her
| bleak mountains smile"
| These beautiful lines of Mr.. Add.
sons Italy are forcibly called to mind
cy the late accounts from our Ameri-
can squadron in the Mediterranean A
British feet (what terror used TO swell
that sound y of six men of war, with
irigates, 6reShips, and all the appara
tus of naval Conflict, commanded by an
admiral ennoOed for his actlons-bic
with menace and machination-visi.s
the Barbary coast with the announced
design OF putting All end to the shame
full slavery OF Christian caplives. The
nava! and national rcnown of the island
ers who lay claim-a claim not i till
i'tely disputed--tO the empire Of the
seas is the precursor OF their promise
and the pledge of their performance
All Christendom is looking on with
anxious but confden: anticipation. A
uerica has already led the way, so late
iy and so triumphantIy, thai Great Bri
tain cannot, must not, dare not fail 10
| surpass her. She sends force, in-
deed, and makes tia point 10 transcend
the American example. Arrived il
the harbor broadside upon the devoted
town--what follows why, instead of
striking salutary & lasting dread into
! The hearts ofthe treebooters, instead of
laying waste all assalabie places" un
less in case of the immediate and un
| conditional surrender OF tie unfortu
nate slaves, the ennobled admiral be
trays an unaccountable impoIicy as well
| lmpotency by paying large ransom TO,
every individual delivered thus &C
knowleLging total want of either
the ability or the resolution TO &C
complish the declared object of the ex
pedilion, and holding fotth direct en-,
enlargement to the barbarians to per-
severe in their pirAcies. The feeblest
of the Roman emperors never more c.
gcegicusly rewarded a repltion of the
inrOads of the Saracens when they were
bought off for the moment
While British fleet is thus engag.
ed in purchasing temporary truce, an
American squadron oi three fIiea,es
| arrives, and unlurls is banners to Aout
the skies over the red cross standard Of
England and the pale crescent of the
lU6Jcls. What spectacle Europe
Africa and America confronted
recent recoilecuoDs too strong 70 es
cape the suggestions of the humbles,
mind. OfIhe three American frigates,
one had captured the pria e of the Bril-
;ish marine, aud another was, as i,
were, a phgnix sprung from the ashes
of another British prize The Eng
Ssh force having setCied for It's tribute
money, withdraws Snarting with rage
and modification the Algeiine has re
solved to renew hosrili,ies with Anne.
rica. What follows Why the gallant
little squadron instantly, calmly pre-
pares Tor the blow. Measures are tax
en- to scale the ramparts, storm The forts,
ourn the shipping, and lhus iuiltct sig
nal chaStisenent or the faithIess foe
The chances are sufficient TO d Ter a1y
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