Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-01-30

u,eantime was discharged by consent
10 abide che decision Of the court.
That decision has been made in behalf
Of the Marshal, and weunderetaDd that
Judge Van Ness is preparing en- elabo-
rate Cpl MON upon the subject.
From the !Caarlcs.oa City Gazette.
CONJECTURES.
II the despot of Spain can only be re.
stored Is sis legitimate privileges by the
aid OF the despOt ,ot France-if tyranny
can only be upheld BY ioreigB violence
there is still hope for Libety; aad the
Spanish Constitution ins,.sd of being o.
verthrown, may be -purihed Wy the srlai:
The neutrality Of Great Britain in TIE
war between Esac md Spain, Or rather
between the principles Of regulated Free
dom, and those Of The Holy Alliance. lit
such a war take place }is founded on the
same basis as the neutrality oi the other
aIked powers--a mere shddow. Is vt to
he E, edited, that England, who always
has had 10 pay the bill OF fare, after these
ems; ye ftolics, is yet 10 learn the ne
cessay OK ,ndenntfying herself by antici.
patton? or. in more serious terms. will
tho yoyernm ent of England who carried
with Them the voice OF her entire popuIa-
ton, in their former interference in favor
of The Peninsula against the despotism OF
Buouapa1e. and who through that Desss.
bule marched onward 10 the sanctuary OF
the temple, and finally effected the over
throw OF that worship--wiil England lose
the present golden oppor tunity OF ass,''ng
the Constitutional Government % opa'h'
when her communications are SO easy ano
10 rapid, and her prize so splr ndid
Conjectues, in abundance, are upon
the wing. 1, is argued, that the secret ne,
eoCiations that have recently beef carriea
on between the Courts of St. JAMES ana
Madrid-and the unexplained visit OF BIS
B. Ms irigate the Serinsapatan, ~ !ne
island of Cuba, ere connected with lnis
very subject. 1t is SAID, that the univsr'
sal competition which British ManutaG-
lures NEE ,Iwith from other European work
ees--the artificial wealth which alone up
holds the government Of England, and the
relief, however temporary, which both
her government and people receive from
q state of active hostilities, in giving i'm
pulse TO industry and employme to mil
lions, all tend to show that, under exist
inc circumstances. Great Britain would
be very willing to meet France once a.
gain on the plains and mountains OF ibe.
ria.
Let these conjectures have what wsight
he reader pleases. it cannot he denied
that the hypothesis on WHICH they are toun.
ded, has some vrotssmblance Not that
England reaPed any uncommon quantity
of iaureis The enterprise 10 drive the
French oct Of Spain Certain politicians
say, il was tao Spanish peasantry and not
lord Wellington that overthrow me French
power in tbe P+n,hsuIa~that SuCHEr with
less than ten thousand men and retreating
all the wbile respectfully bsfled the mill
tary know Ridge of bis lordship, who pur-
sued hm-Wilh Eve times tsv number CT
regulas tnpps, bsslce, eighty thousand
Spanish Ordonapza, to the confines Of Ca.
taloaia. SouLr also. it is added, stood
against the forces of whole nation; and
the affairs OF ThouioUse and PyreRnees
offered very little TO boast withaii. Nay,
these inidels to Wellington's military ge
MUS. go farther, and say that before The
walls Of Bsyonne old HARIsrE sept bis
IordsbIp in play tor half a year; and when
6 the great lord entered Bordeaux, the
white rocksde was already worn as the
signal of welcome, and token that the
Aourishing season for the tfcur dc luce had
just commenced in all lis blooming beau
lies.
But let these untractabIe rea.oners say
what they will; il must be confessed that
England had still much TO boast o! from
the events to which the struggles on the
peninsula finally led. The re-conquest Of
Spain, whether wrought By the Guerilla
wars and the untama5le sons OF the noun
tains, or by British arms, was the prelude
10 the emancipation of other states from
the yoke OF ,Buonaparte, though they have
since lost the opportunity OF securing
themselves from another and more CALLING
chain.
That Louis XviITlb, from his personal
Incidence and imbecility, is indisposed
to the adoption OF stormy measures. and
the actual invasion OF Spain for the sup
preston Of liberal ideas is highly proba.
BILE. But from his very imbecility ae is
incapable of resisting the councils OF that
tyrannous aristocracy, The penal curse OF
France, who hate. gel Tear the example
OF Spanish emancipation. Louis, there
fore, ma, put his throne, aud even his
pernicions race 10 jeopardy, by his ina:
bIlity to resist their " devilish tenpta-
tons
The mere apprehension Of war With
Spain, some months ago, shook the put
lie credit OF France, aad for season pa.
ralyzed her commercial pursuits, If the
mere Rumour have this effe CT, VIII would
the Realty produce? What effect on her
finances; On her people; on her whole mo.
raj and political constitution? The conse-
nuences NAV he awful. assurances at this