Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-14
lsovereipn Of Portugal is placed with

lnput rnuld lake upon hstii '"f w.
IsoonNhJlity IF causi = troops l.
ma oh Out Of the kingdom in exe'u
ton Ola treaty moi YET ratified rms
circumstance, then. cannot annul o.
s. fleet ia any degree the right which
the undersigned lay claim to-tha' Of
being considered and treated like all
the other me bers Of the alliance
Iinssmurh - Portugal has heen read,
on her side TO per ID all that could
Ibe legilima,eiy expected other; and
the expenses occasi"ned by the pre-
variations f,r war, and without the
laid of any foreign SUBSIDY. should be-
repaid TO b out Of the mass destined
fer those indemnities.
Lift we're wished to adopt the
basis Of not admitting to participation
in the contribution q! but the armies
" hich took An active part in The war
this principle would lesda great deal
too far each sfthr Allied powers
had unqurstionabiy fulfilled the du-
ties which il imposed on ITSELF and
Contributed more or less actively. ac-
serdius To il, position. to the h"pp!
Issue Of that war hut Al thu same
Time the Russian, austrian. AID ''ar
Idiniap, &c. armies. were Unable TO
reach the theatre Of war until liter
Its result WAS decided The Danish
icont,ngrn, had sraree;y PASSED US
own 4, optiygs " hen h0slililIe, erased.
Portugal placed politirail, and ge"-
graphical, in a posiiion still more
di,tant. could not H. thesr circun
stances bU' co'ie up the ias' but
unque>,ionabl, bad The chance U! 'he
var heru unfavpra she would
have seen herself. in FOr,u nee. IL
her engagements. expos d 10 under
go all its Inconvenience, wI'n"u' br
log entitled to complain or 10 plead
her Inv ,luntir, in"cIi,i, isH n"t
iustlhaI. as IT, this ease she would
have hid ser shsrr Of thr mr. '"r
tunes, she SHOULD now claim that Of
the i,demniIies ah cb accrue 10
her.
. The undersigned have hiihrrt"
confined themselves TO considering
the question undrt the point Oi We"
Of the late war. because they So.
pose that il NAY have heen traced
out as a rule not 10 admit al other
Would il Nv, b. proper
however. TO pa, some resard In res
pee, 20 Portugal. 10 e,eHis anlerIor
10 the ear 1915 and IL. setting a.
side examples. il is wished I" lay il
down as d principle th.t The linden.
mites de,u .nded Of France have no
other hi Ct nut TO d,'fra, the expen.
lces Of the last war, woulA Ii not be
| Just Il least that the objections that
n,s, he made 10 the claims Of POrlu'
/. ii in this view should nr balanced by
80 many other inconirstible reasons
hich she might alIege in Ter own
behalf
France extortrd from Portugal
Iin The wears sol and 1892, the sum
Of forty milliunN offranc-, for grant
ling her treaties of pence, whi'h she
violated immrdi"te!, afterwards.
The French armies three times iu-
vaded orlugal and committed there
the devastniions and horrors which
are known to all the world. The Por
tugurse nation supported during six
Years. war disproportiOned 10 il,
force for its own Independence and
that of Europe. At the close Of that
war the Portuguese arm, found itself
j the heart Of France. having Goa
SANITY shared in all the fortunes OF
the British army. And yet. al The
conclusion ofpeace. his Royal High
ness the rincr Regent Of oriug a
was almost the only one of the al
lies who received no increase OF e.
ritor,, who eb'ained 10 indemnity
no advantage and saw himself even
50 situated as TO he obligedto restore
TO France the colony Of ayenne,
which tor so many reasons he inighi
have wished 10 retain.
I" Such are some ofthe titles which
I Portugal could -Ilege in her own be-.
half; and the undrrsigne ilatier
themselves that the august sove.
reigns now assembled al :aris will
appreciate all their v.lidit, and vii
feel how very hard il woaid 80 g.