Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-09-16
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From the Baltimore Mora. Chron Sept. IS
The late arrival has furnished US with
intelligence from England, by no means
destitute of interest. The spirit of reform,
as ii has been denominated, has proceeded
to blood and assassination already. Itmay
be said indeed, but one solitary murder has
yet been committed, but still this one mark :
the character of those reformers. Incen-
diary hand-bills have been disseminate
amongst the populace, recommending such
sanguinary misunderstanding are SIT
held and the same intemperance is adopt
ed as heretofore, evidently shelving pre-
concerted design, to proceed in their pro
Ject OF reform, to the most desperate an&
alarming lengths. The great number 0
manufacturers destitute of employment, ali
OF whom are told that The government Is
the cause OF all their priva,ions D. misere,,
may easily be wrought up by popular har-
rangues to deeds of blooushed and murder
The retormers make no seclet OF their real
designs they boldly, in The face OF the CT
vii and military authorities, avow their real
objects. 1t ought 10 afford some consola-
ton to Us, and il should teach US 10 to bear
cur own mflortunes with dignity, that SO
much more real distress is existing else
where. We hear of no popular rIslngs III
tSk country no threats; no attempts at
assassination. Our evils we trust are of a
temporary character, and with an humble
reliance on the blessings of Divine Prov
dence, let Us bear them with iortitude and
resIgnatIen.--Ihat there has been some
Commotions IN SPAN, is evident from dn
extract vi letter, dated Cadiz, July 24th,
which we repuSlish from the Philadel pL (
Gazette. The account gwen OF the popu-
lar cUmmotiOn Is couChed in such general
terms, as 10 leave nothing, but a vague AM
indlslinct impression upon The memory
1t likewise mentions, thai Gen. O'Donneh,
was al the head OF the iDsurreClIon anu he
trayed his confederalesl By the conciudina
paragraph OF the letter II appears, that this
insurectlun had been put down. and thu
upw ards OF Nv U hundred officers were unuei
arrest. 1t has all aioug oeen represen,ec,
that much disatfeClion existed amongst
the troops assembled al Cadiz, which were
designed to be sent TO South America. It,
proportion as the time draws near for EN-
barkation, this spirit of mutinv and revolt,
assumes more threatening and dangerous
character. What bearing this will have
eventually on the far famed expedition,
how long it will tend TO procrastinate that
event, time alone is capable of unfolding,
Private letters from Cadiz. have spoken
with much confidence on this subject. and
stated that the troops never would emhsr
from Cadiz, on an expedition against the
Patriots of South America. Amongst the
latest accounts, it appears that the treaty
for the cesslon of the FIoridas, had not been
ratified by his Spanish majesty, and very
prevailing opinion was entertained, that 1t
would never be ratified In truth eve-y
thing wih regard TO Spain, appears so con-
fused and so unsettled, that no general
points of policy are presented, for even
conjecture to grasp at. In all other g.
vernments, something like system nay
be discovered. aud probable CONCLUSION