Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-05
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY, APRIL 5.
European Rumors.

With regard to the rumor broushtl
J., the ninpomenes, that letters werel
!" .o;yed at Curacao from st. Bal
,tI,mews, stating that British
"C ,.,t had touched there in % days.
I'm Fslmo tn. bound to. Barbados.
n ,;,b information that there was 4 re-
.oIntion in France, and that the Eli
~. ~, government had ordered the e.
.n;,went OF twenty four sail of the
5nr il comes, as Hamlet says, in a
rery questionable shape. If an in
.rrrection of this character had TAX
On Mace. the question is cui bono !?
II the Insurgents mediate such a
MAN. it must be for some definite OBJ
ig,t. ard we will say for the sake Of
argument, chat this object is the ex-
.irpaticu OF the Bourbon dynasty. If
thfs is the object. arc the allied ar
mics to be eXtirpatea also, or is il to
he presumed that they Will quietly
bIi thrir arms, and see a reaction Of
III those cnormities which they were
g.ationei there tnpreyCnt. An in
-,rrection al the present mNmout. SO
ar from putting the Bourbon dynas-
ty in Jeopardy, would only serve to
Nadcr il mGFc secure il would fur
,iSh a prCtex for any severity which
me coGuuerors 0fFrance might think
Dropcr 10 inHict. even to its dismem
brrnent aud division amongst them
s,lyes. We can hardly therefore be-
Eeye that these insurgents in their
yea! TO render themselves indcpen-
dent Of a Bourbon dynasty. wOald
PIT at risk the very existence of
France IN the catalogue OF indcpeD-
dent nations This was attempted
uader far more suspicious. CirCUm-
stances than the present at the bat
tic Of Waterloo. Unless we can
bring our minds to believe that the
French have lest all the traces OF that
battle. no reliance we think can BE-
placed GA the truth of the report a.
boye mentioned. The cases are ST.
milar AT all points when the con-
qreIS of France were convened al
Vienna, and engaged in tac hEpOr-
tant business of securing the future
tranquility of Europe. before the dis
banding of their armies. an attempt
was made for the expulsion of the
BcurbOms from the throne. The re-
suit Ofthe battle of Waterloo, cen
WINGED the French themselves how
rash and unfoundsi vera their hopes
Of success. II they are ready to
prove again, a renewal Of such hOr-
gar; iftheyarc determined 60 risk all
The vengeance ofthCir couquerors if
they will not grow wiser by such
dear bought lessons of experience,
then may they be prepared to antiCi-
pate what the allied monarchs have
threatened to inHiCt, the disnember-
ment Of France. Infatuated men as
Jefferson once GonOminated them, il
IS true arc blind to all considerations
Of this character bat 20 suppose q
whole nation composed OF such indi-
yiduals, almost amounts to libel on
human nature. Did Che allies wish
the further degradation and humility
Of France. they would covertly lend
their C0antcnanCe to such mSurrec-
tons. because il woulI afford them a
pretext for taking possession Of Pa
ris in the name OF the combined mo-
narchs. In fact, partiarrlsinss OF
turbulent and discontentcd iEdigidu-
ais have been so often magHifed by
she time that they cross the Atlantic,
IN their size, character and Conse-
Guenccs. that we are not at all surpriz-
ed by reports of this kind. lnsarrec-
tons which where they have happen
ed. have been forgotten by the time
the intelligence reached us, arc swell
lei into matters of the utmost impor-
tarCe by those on this Side OF the at
iaHtic. who think SD favorable OF re-
violations. The question is nat with
such men, low their country is to De,
benefited by the whirl Of the revo-
iutiOnary wheel: their only pleasure
seems to be in witnessing the rapid
:y of its circles. Heads Says
Swif) under the dominion OF the
moon, arc for perpetual changes and
Perpetual revolutions"
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