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VDL. VI. AUGUSTA—printed BY DANIEL STARNES & Co. west end ©f broad-strkbt. SATURDAY Night, March 12, From Cobbct’f Reginter »f Beccmber 15. Integration of the Allied Powers, The declaration of the al ];ed powers, which was if. Jued at Frankfort on the ill i ioftant, and which is perhaps: tiie molt importr.t docu ment that ever was llTocd in Europe, merits the ierious attention of every man who feels the lcaft intere.l in the welfare of the country. By it we l'cf, that the allies rue willing to acknowledge i\a poleon as emperor of Fiance ; that they aie willing to con firm to France all the means of being a great nation ; that they are ready to leave her an extent of territory, which France, under her kings , nev cr knew ; that thev wilh to j lee her commerce revive, and that they have no wilh to do any thing that (hail be humiliating to her, while they are refoived theinfelves tabe independent andfecure. It would feera, from this, that wise men have, at la(l g\)t at the cars es ihe allied fevereigns •, that the mad- BCfs of aoti-jacobinifun is banilhed from their coun cih ; and that they are really deli rous of obtaining and feruling honorable peace. This liate paper is the very bctl that { ever read. Con ciie, dear and mode ft. It ii paying it a very high com* piunent to fay, that it is, in all relpefts, the very reverse of the declaration which preceded the duke of Jbrunl wick, in 1792 ; but, it me rits, fully merit*, that com pliment. That Inch a pa per, though coining from our owa allies 1 , Ihonid excite the rage of the war loving tribe who condudlour ptefs, is perfedlly natural ; and ac cordingly, they, who recom mended to the allies, the cry of 4< Bonaparte and tear — the Bourbons and ’ peace ,” have fallen upon it with theutinoft fury. They here fee, that the Bourbuns arc left out of view ; that the allies fptak of “ his majesty the emperor •f the French j’*and that they have no idea or “ clipping the wings of France forev cr that they exprels a vrilh to lee the commerce, and, ofcouife, the navy of France revive. This was *oo much to he borne by men, who had i.een aiferting, in the molt pchtive manner, that no peace could he made wtih Napoleon, and who luoi itbiy imagined, that ibe al lies, who had been fighti tg to prevent one single f o.ver from being miitrefa of the land, would no elKiftual MIRROR OF THE TIMES. measures for preventing an- I other iingle power from be ing miftreTsofth csea forever. EtigiitE arrogance has made I it habitual for us to look up !on all the other powers of I Europe as exiiling merely for our tile and benefit. It is not therefore, very lurpri ling for us to meet with a commentary like the follow- ! ; ing : [From the Courier.] | * The state paper, pm po. ting to | l)« the declaration ol the al.iej | powers (we c*n liaidlv believe it to he geoutae) find* its chi T panegy rist* amoug the opposition, thr whig*, the old whig* as they ca!i ; themae ves. They t*ll us that ihr policy 01 this declaration is ih* polity which the wings of England have o strenuously recommended, Thry are tight, far their policy has always been to tecoiiimtiid peace with Bcoapa-te almost upon any term*. This declaration consents to make price with tho * French emperor,’ leaving him in possession ‘ of an extent of territory which France never kurw,’ that i«, of the mean* and resources of the finest jHirt of Europe, and a population of above thirty millions ! and the par ty are quite satisfied. The allies hive n«. intention of touching the head ot the so >rih dynasty, * the moat consummate captaia of the «*,«* —the obj et of the waiui and frequent panegyrics of the whig*. <*»n a*l their apprehensions are re moved. These fa. agraphs «f the whig* pre censure n disguise. fimeo Danaos et dona ferentes. — W herever we had Ut whig* prais -1 g any uieaiu.e, our first unputir is to suspect that it ts neither pat riotic nor wise. For what pt-licy hitvr tb«*y t ver pursued or consult ed that hko net but u in d rcct op* position n* every measure & tvety principle that have at length placed the aloes in this coinniaudiag posi tion ! If war he the element in j which xve. desire 10 live, we are like y to have our Wishes fully acccmp ish ed. For if Bonaparte accepts t/rs declaration , it wilt be impossible (or u$ U disarm ; for w o can expect peace to b p.raianent? L>o Wc ttuuk, .hat because he ha* (seen beaico, he is tamed ? That disas -ers have changed h.s nature, and inspired him with the love of peace ? i hat he wid pat aside a. cnee that * study of revenge, immortal nate f’‘ >Jq, no, ihe veiy pen with he signs such a treaty cf peace wifi ttie next otomioi suhscr.be B onti; 1 order, some decree, that shall lay tne foundation r«r lu.uis Svar, Bui lt is am*rd, *nd with a stiai ge .cr. giveridiion of principle, b, sour cl tho u who were «he loudest lor niiku h u j peace wi b him, “ how is u po stole for France, cer.fir.ed wiihi.i uincera c bounds, and u/tt er tu« dcairucuve sv,ay u s Bot a_ parte, ever is arquue gteatuess or sirength f In toe first place, do ihey call an “ extent of territory which France under h.r k'ngs ne ver knew,” confining France with IQ Ui. dnste bounds l All the evils \ which have curstd ,he wo, Idjo/ the j last twenty years cameJrom fi ante, ; I with no td‘ger extent of territory I at first, than c.d France. Vef, ! lor soon 1, won ado itioDdi dom q j ious, rha is to btr <jut e ham.U s, j quite ■* eon hue a wiib.n mouvraie Ovunds ! ->nd iiouapartc, with such an empire and population, is to l)t petuctiy innocent aod inuo cuour. I'he pan. gynsis ot tn.s umvtse d>duration, m.cle this UO.aUtC Oi*vU»i..j, inat la bellti lo le-ve douapario duperex ol toe J 14 HOLD THE MIRROR UP TO NATURE Shaiespfgre. I F'ench, became his *vr*y is likely Itj he detractive to France, Hr t* (he * Smoon el tht de.’-art, au^ * will therefore be fatal to thr v». ‘ aeration of the O J curious palicy and cunning ul iet J Hut if this be their raraning, h*>w do they racoatile it wu't (heir declaration, rh*t they * a i«h F< alter o<av be happy, that French com- Wetct mty revive, that the art*, ( loose bkktmgsol peace, may 1 flourish.’ Let them beware ;ha | ! ilte * Simeon of the desert* does 1 not carry its b.sating infl ienc« a* ! jistn stnong them. It w 1 carry ii j iJ this decura ion be acted upon, j tn whitcve- i ftUi w« view it it bits nothing checiing, nothing noble , no'hitig grand in it. It cannot .can to sit)tty or honor, and no peace niaue u ider ii :<> nktlv to be ;eai or p rntitu m.” [Lnd of ex tra* t from the Courier.] No. These men are for j eternal war, unlef* France, “ the finest part if Europe,” be deltroyeu ! What pre- i fumption I What insolence! The allies are here called unwise; byway of mockery they aie here called cunning ; and it is aliened that there is nothing cheering , noble or i grand in their conduct. We : may be sure that there are others who think lo beside the milcrable tool who puts this tralh upon paper, and who railes his puny 6c fpite ful voice againlt the lan guage of moderation, digni ty and peace. What would we have mire than this de claration ilipulatea for? It lays, that the allies will not lay down their arms till the independence of all Europe be lettlcd on a solid balr. Bat this does not luit tire furious anti-jacobins. They ; would destroy France—they 1 would reduce her to be of' no weight in the scale of nations. At any rate they would destroy Napoleon.— They here avow the princi ple, that no peace is to be made by us, that (hail leave him any thing like power, i They are quite prepa.ed to tall upon the allies with all manner of abuse, unleU they keep on fighting untilFruuce 1 is lo reduced as to be unable ever hereafter to give us any alarm. These imprudent men for get, apparently, that we made a peace with Napoleon, leaving him in poflellion of ahrtolf all that he now pol- j i fclies ; aye, and we received :at his hands the liland of j Ceylon, belonging to our | fiiend* the Dutch ; and that j ot Trinidad, belonging to our friends the Spaniards. Who' has forgotten the rejoicings which that peace cccalion e I ? 1 law, at the 1 rU May or’s feaft, the Tncolorcd F iag ol Fiance entwined with ot England, hanging lover the tragiflrate’s chair. We boarted es the friend- 1 illip of Napoleon ; and we 1 heard the very.fame writers, who arc now calling for ven geance on France, proclaim ing, that the two great nations j would keep the red of the j i world to its good behavior. ■ | 1 here is a madman who 1 writes in the Times, who ex ; prefTes his wilh that France j could be completely conqucr el. That, he fays, is the only way of making us quite fafe. But, if that be un- j | practicable, at this moment, he is for reducing her to a (fate of perfedt imbecility, j which, he fays, is abfolutcly ncceflary to our welfare.— flow this raving wretch mull | he comforted by the declara tion ot the allies I A cell and a ftiaight wailkeoat ought to be prepared for him without jlofsoftime. This maniac tells his readers, that ever since the unfortunate battle ot Mailings, France has been the curse oi England. The madman forgot that it was that battle which gave us our present almoil adored line of sovereigns. George 111. traces his defeent from W illiam the Conqueror, Th is bring an undoubted fad, the madman mighr, I think, I have looked upon the battle of Mattings as fortunate. — France, at any rate, gave us a r«ce of king?; and, joftlc and diuldf , and wriggle and twill as long as we will a bout the matter, wc are now I under the Iwav of the de- I y. J lcendants of the conqueror of our country , that conqueror | being a Frenchman l— AW the cnis, w>e are told, which have curled the world for i the la?\ 20 years, came from France, with no larger ex i tent ot territory at firlt than old France. It evils they i have been, (and that a ques tion) aid they come from 1 France «r from those who j choose to didatc to her as to her internal government ? Who began the war? Not the French, certainly. War was made upon them, and their country was actually invaded, tor the openly a vowed purpole of compet ing them to relinquish their dclign of changing the na ture ot their government ; i and becaulc they repelled the invaders, he afterwards pun ched them, France is to be i atcufed of all the f uflering < which the coßtefl has occa- 1 iiuned; and (oh 1 impudence t unpaialieiea !) France is to j be reduced to a tpeciei of e petty principality, lelf, in c any cale, the (huuld dittuib i the world again ! ihe truth is, however, that the allies lee the matter in a veiy dif ferent light. They do not wilh to lee England wholly , without a rival They do ■ not with to fee her heed from the awe which a pow erful neighbor is able to ex jcite. We are continually i fondling after the jlteis. We iec m to l'ce nothing but the , fleets in the Tcxel and at ; Antwerp. We are all im i patient to fee them destroyed . We predidt that they wiliot set jirc to. And do we iina lgin« that the allies are inch 1 fools as not to perceive our drift ? Do we imagine that all the powers of the Baltic wifi) to fee the fe.i wfn by at our mercy tot forty years to comic ? 11 Fiance te depri ved of her fair share of pow er, there will be nothing to keep us in check, unlclf, indeed, it be the weight of our enormous debts 5c taxes. It is the inte-cfl not only of the people, but of the governments of tiie conti nent, to have pe.tce. It is not 1 o clearly the iatcreft of the prclest lyftem in this country, unlcfs France could be firfl: almofl annihilated. Becaufc France relieved from herdebt?, having none hut her current expenles to fup porf, giving toleration to all religions, and having aool ifiled the heavier! clogs upon agriculture, mod present an object v. hich an English e . n will look at with envy ; arrei what is more, if a few vcais of experience should fh.jvv, that property and per (tins aie secure in France, that coun try, between which and this I the intercourse will be free, will inevitably become tho reccpticle of many English people of fortunes, too findl to support the load of taxes which will here be to be paid.—At present, and of late, this island has been the dcp#t «f all the moveable wealth of the continent, and it has cngrofled all the profits of trade, Peace ; and efpe ciaily such a peace as is con templated in the declaration of the allies "ill proauc# wonderful changes in th. fe reflects. It will feud thou* sands of capitah/h out of the country ; it wi 1 fend their wealth away ahr# with them; and, cfc urle, it will diminish our n. ins of paying the heavy rax* which rnurt, in any ca.c, continue to he raised as long a i the national debt shall exist. The war has b" .» enormo.irty expenfivt; it has at tac fume turn. No. 2 .