Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-05-15
From the Charleston Courier.

We anticipate, when the Correspon-
dence of the British Ministry, m their me-
diatioD against the war with Spain, shall
be published, a refreshing exhibition OF the
Tree principles, which are the sacred es-
sentials of the British Constitution and
which impart the British monarchy a
characteristic difference from The absolute
desPotIsms of Europe.
The student OF politics has practical
evidence al this time OF the various forms
OF government And it be be an Aneri-
can, be will respect aud sympa'bize with
those nations, the spirit and nature OF
whose institutions assimilste them most 10
his own. With these feelings be will not
tail TO cherish contempt nd disgust, in re-
laiion 10 those states, which regard their
s bjects az Iaves, obtained ty inheritance
and TO be disposed of 10y caprice
With the former OF these, bis own com
try has lutte danger of collision but with
the latter, no Tree state is sale. ACcor
dinghy he will hud Russia seeking to en-
bro,l herself with The United States. and
openly denouncing The peruieious exam
lie" OF her Liberties. He will see Prcs>
sia and Austria, deprecstng the progress
and influence Of light and of letters
/ hese barbarous indications will not sur
prise hiT They accord with the spirit
vi subjects, who are content to be slaves.
But he will be surprised 10 tlnd the king
Eysass who is on the crater GTp a s0d5ii
bis people--ihe universally promulgated
doctrines of constitutional liberty and a.
gainst the proverbial gallanry of F;ance.
He will, without difficulty predict the is
sue, Monarchs OF themselves are as IN.
potent as ether men Coahned to inter.
marriages among themselves, they are
said to degenerate. The great strength oi
a ruler is in public opinion and affection
and in this respect, the unarmed, The IN
suspecthig and beloved President OF our
country, has more power than any sOve.
reign on earth II The French monarch
hall. by the rsshness Of bis measures,
lose this strong mold On the national SYM
patty and esteem-wbat is there 10 pre-
serve him from the national Indignation.
With the ardent impulse Of Frencbmen,
almost any thing can be acheyed-with-
out it, nothing. BuNAPARTE rode unarn-
ed, in a baroucHe, along line of twenty
thousand soldiers of Lows, within few
miles Of Paris, and received the saluies
OF the army sent tor his destructioD--at
the very moment Louis The king, hImselt
fed precipita,ely from Paris, leaving, I'm
destroyed on his table, love letters, which
the delicacy OF Napoleon would moi allow
him TO peruse. And what has happened
to change public sentiment? The securl-
ty OF the Bourbons has arisen from the
restoration OF peace, and the content which
neces arily grows out OF the secure and
profitable pursuits OF industry. Now the
Bourbons are violating thai very security !!
They are plungiDg Tie nation anew INTO
war-an intelligent nation that cannot tail
TO perceive that il is IN unjust war-a gal
liant nation, that must recoil from iutlcting
wanton injury-aud an hoDored and tn
umphant nation, That would not trust one
OF lis laurels 10 Bourbon in be field.
he greatest enemy Of LOUIS and OF
Ferdinand, could not desire more favor
able prospect of their rum lhan The pre-
sent crisis affords. And If 1t shall te.ni-
nate IN the death OF either or OF both, it
will produce hereafter, a greater affinity
betw cen The sentiments of monarchs and
of subjects, so that the immortal truth,
attemp, to conceal It as they may, will be
felt and Observation-Disclosures lie only
source of poTer on earth, and ats only Sc
curly. consist an the affections. the ariH.
and The strength of he people "a lesson,
which, 'pesceabiy II If eau, iorcIbly II It
must" will be taught TO all tyrants from
lTuRBlpE TO the GEAR.