The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-25 00:00:00

Tula. NATIONAL REGISTER. Cur tiny, Con.stitution, attD 347. POLITICAL DIS2UISITION. THE APPROACHING CONGRESS. The conduct of Prussia, if she prefers security to a pre carious increase of territory, cannot be doubtful. As she participated in the infamous destruction of Poland, she must r esign her share of the spoils. This act of retribution will entitle her not only to respect, but to receive a greater re ward for the efforts which she has so powerfully and so suc cessfully made to overthrow the European despot. But even here she must affix bounds to her expectations. Entire states cannot be sunk into her kingdom without a decided infringe suent of the principle of moral and political justice adopted by the Allies. The balance of the Continent ddes not re quire that every power should be equally great, but that there sh .uld be a sufficient number of inferior states to counterweigh by their union the strength of the most mighty . llenCe Prussia, witbut any *bare of Poland, and with only a moderate portion of Sax :my, wiii hold an useful and dig nified, but not a dangerous place in Europe. To give her remote dependencies on the left bank of the Rhine, wwild be only to "eakcn her meal power, and to lay up a teal'', fa , i:Ninc.!..ions.- How aim have not tL pt.,‘ when in the bands of Austria, proved the sources c; conti nental war ? Placed at a distance, and cut off from the seat and strength of the empire, such poisessions offer points of temptation which powerful neighbours are always on the watch to seize. To secure them, the parent state, if such an expression may be allowed, must drain a considerable portion of the force which might be wanted to maintain its Own integrity : and even then their safety is but pre carious, for if it be the intermediate Power with whom war is waged, they can receive no relief, and their gacrisons, even when not compelled to surrender, remain captive in insula ted fortresses. Of the impolicy of keepitig such possessions, Buonaparte himself gave us a remarkable instance in his last campaigns. They were, in fact, the chief causes of his ruin, for had Inc abandoned them to their fate, and collected the troops which they contained, and which diseases wasted in their bosoms, he would have still possessed armies superior in numbers and in quality to those by which he was assailed. What proved fatal to Napoleon in 1818 and 14 might have the same result with Prussia at a future petiod and the. Yule VU. No. cc(aLVitt '~~ t • . 0 . . . L r PUBLISRAD AT NO. 11, NEWCASTLE-STREVT 2 STRAND. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1814. :/yq • .P r likely, as the fortresses she would hold on the:;-left bankof the • . Rhine being intended as a bulwark against•the .sleving, but not extinct, ambition of France,.wou!d occupy Icilgrge a portion of her strength as to leave her weak at Irorne, and yet the object •in view would not be attained. Tor should France commence hostilities, she would turn or mask those places and march on and should other Powers declare war, . . . . ..• they would have to contend with only onehalf of theViussian force. Did those fortresses command any E,rreat , comiikercial advantages to compensate fox.these inconveniencieS and dan gers, then might their poves'sioWiliecorue, if not ckiiiiti:e, at least no burtheu to the statels'lrDtit comparatively . havr e n a s .. they arc, and ueioenected W4tilthe rest of the Prtisian do minions, they ought to be cemsidered by Fiederic-William as at best a treacherous gift, and therefore refased. The conduct of Austria, if she be troe to the principles she professes in comtnory with the 'rest of the Allies, demands perhaps still greater magnanimity. She has also to expiate the guilt of having annihilated the national existence: of a brave and injured people. -She most surrender Gallicia to the renovated country from whence it w as torn. Bit.',Anlike Pros a. she cannot claim any increase of terrl:ory. S:•!iould she - eti be Ale to •.'cover sil. her own, she shoulch . sacrifice , - :„..,.., • j t ,-,1 % , ....- ,rtinp etf it tg , the b: l l4nee and the repose•of '.-- t- - Europe. zihe is one of tilt i 11'; rate CorttinetKalr ~.EveL , - She extend% hr. r immediate rule ovt. r thre.2 Kingetdins,numei - - ous Duchies and Marquis;ites. :,As the Lead of .;init tEnlef-.: • , ~. she can wield the whole force of - Germany: ..he' 'is tvtg-r-...,-,. already g reat, perhaps too much EO,• were she not i lAA 4 th. : barrier •btween Russia and the rest of the contistVtie. - , In re peated wars she had lost alt her remote possessionl , lorn.ing at least one-third of -her ddtikinions. At the CO.o . gr'ess she can therefore only expect to '34;e6ret 'not acquire. ' 4 . :it the extent of the restitetioes must 1A limited, if not by : her own Choice, at least by the : yrissdoen and ,firmness of the Allied Powers. Most Of the. concessions m e i& by her to her we--tern neighbour cannot bOietracted. - They.have served to rAse the Bavarian ths'onC, and policy requires.thaf ii'iliould sand. If she has already regaluect the Tyro!, she.owes it cbletly to *the loyalty of its population, which eve!, when abandoned by its Sovereign, and formally Ceded to another, never ceased to display . the most ardent and constant attachment to the flotiSe of Lorraine. Every province where the sane e. spirit pe,ail M' ay safely be reunited Whet empire. But • - .... let her beWare, lest the wish of recovering - 'alfshe once pos. -sessed, should lead her to bind unwilling subjects to her throne. !'They would shake the fabric, which, but I,r the ii troductiott of unsound materials, would. have baffled the ef forts of all foreign enemies. . ..(To os•Vottintterl). -.. .:. ....;: '" ' . • r_y e~ .~