Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-06-10
From tie Ccnadrfun tosrta,,
CADIZ EXPEDITION.


The tate of the Cad'z expedition i, ~.
difficult TO be foreseen. For time !, v;r
Turn the tile of success against the patriots
but must be eventually overwhelmed ~
the united energy OF population which
reused by the oppression OF desnoii. ard
suprrslitIous government--encouraee Lv
lis present debility-and animated Nv III,
successful example OF their republic,r
neighbors-has determined 10 le free
! Discipline will in vair be opposed 10 tho
| impetuoLs onS' of enthusiasm, and mill.
tary skill 10 local knowledge. The rv,,
troops, enervaied by the inac,i,i,y Of ,
long voyage. ana unprepared Tor climate
dissimllar to their own, will wage an m.
equal contest with hariy peasants. who,e
sinems have been hraeed ~ con,tont exer.
cise, and their constitutions, by caari.
nued residence. adaptei to atmosphcrie.l
peculiarly Their 'reiuforcemen,s. sen,
from distant county, and liable to can.
ture during theirp7 ssage across m nmer,A
ocean, will be insufficient TO replace I,sses
perpeIudliy occaSioned by partisan enter.
prize; while the hydra force 0! theirsw nm.
iHg opponents will te as,often reuewedas
cutalled. Their reduction will be also
accelerated by GeseItop, a step TO which
tie ma uraI wealth of the countryside rro.
pensily to Change inherent IN the human
mind-and The prosp ct of distinction INC.
ce,sinlc 10 military talent, honeverohSCme
the posse ssor) hold ,ut the most se14c.rg
invitaiiun. In addition 10 this, her army
necessarily distributed through the towns
yet IN th-lr possession, will be unable 10
spare force competent 10 the pu pose Of
general warf re. and to keep oren commu.
MICA non with those tracts from whence il
may draw lis supplies while tie reyou.
tons, divided into numerous dctaChnert<,
and strong in cavalry, will intercept their
conveys, hang upon their tldLks, suddenly
uniTing assni their weakest points. an IN
spte of rrpuI renewing their ATTACK Wnh
musqu,to perseverance,, keep then N a
state Of perpetual alarm. Thus vii rleiV
army, raised and transported hy liz last
effort Of the mother country, be diminish.
ed, disheartened, and finally destroyed;
or blockaded in the few niaralimr towns
which they may then retain, he captured
in detail
The Spanish feet will in vain pursue
vessels OF lighter construction, and com.
manded by ADLER officers than their own.
H. crews, long disuset 10 naval rencoun-
tiers, will feel no ncinotion to cn!age
swarms of foreign adventures, who roqae
but their lives, rush to action with iear.css
avidity, and all tie advantages Of csre-
rience. Opposed however tie two 90
vernmo MS may diSavrw it, by Erli-h nd
American sailors, commanded by an tncer
OF high repute even in our own navy, md
comparatively unacqua,n;t. with The nasi-
Cation OF those seas, Ihrir ships must even
tusl!y lie the pley of wreck or capiure.--
Considering all tbs, ana the ampe re-
Sources Of The reyo.u ion It's, either within
themselves or derived from the contiguous
repub iC,-sha,I We be deemed rash in pre-
dIctiDg that IN three years It farlhr.' the
indepen!onl flag shall trinmPhauty float
over the South American territory.