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- duration. • , '■ ■" .
. In the second place, the states of Europe,
are, the meet of them, so exceedingly frail
, in their constitutions, and endued with so
little energy, as to render the subjugation
af them, by such a power as France, com
paratively easy, and make it probable, that
her dominion over them will continue for a
- long period of time* Except Russia, Aus
tria and Prussia, there was not a single
government on the continent of Europe, at
.. the commencement of the revolution, which
t This leaked out from him after the battle
of Austeriits. “ The Austrian armies cost me
•more than my own” said he.
I Austria escepted, which however, seems
to have received a mortal How i or st any rate,
tn be st exceedingly discouraged ay to have no
- disposition to make any furtUerclforts.’
Cotrid be called powerful.* Pruecia, how
fiver* was Mm breathing out the military
spirit which Frederick the great had kin
dled ; and which soon expired. And her
king and minister, by their weak and wa
vering councils; completed her ruin. Abw,
merous instances ftovrA/ wet the enemy
But the conteat has been extremely unequal,
independent of these thing*. And wi'h re
gard to jacoinnisgx, •• the nation* where it
ha* prevailed, were, by their corruption,
p.vparcd for it* introduction and influence
among them, it-would be fair to attribute
it* ravages a* much to their weakness as to
' French intrigue.
How long will the French despotism loot,
ire question, in which every civilised n>’
tiyn on earth must be deeply interested.—
II the governments of Europe, are toh*
shattered, and in the end utterly destroyed
by thia new power, it is impossible for the
mind to Agere a more deplorable and
gloomy spectacle than that quarter of the
globe wiH afford in twenty years, a state of
Shing* perhaps os bad as that of the first
•00 of the Christian tsya. change of
fourteen centuries tvill have past away.—
It Udß Jhsvr gone back so much, and Attila,
the scourge of God* will have come again. ’
' And however eloquently and fancifully we
•tef reason to prove the new order of
fafog* which has risen up, cannot continue
keg: yet facts, ahd actual appearances,
when examinefl with calm and attentive
* observation, will almost dUeat our efforts
to think so* and extinguish all the ftattor
fog hope*, which we may havh Indulged.
Calculations /avoura Weto the duration
. al the French empire, may be made from
the Mowing considerations. ,
■ In the first place, the fact that almost all
> the nation* of Europe, have embraced the
. spate system of interest as France* many
of thedk with apparent willingness and
ghaorfiilness, will go very far toward* re- 1
'fiaUisMsg the dominion of Franco.over
them. Bonaparte exorcises as sovereign a
•way ever the hearts of the Italians, Ger
‘ Mans* Prussians Swedes and Dutch, as
over their live* Htad Überties. Denmark,
Russia, and Austria, ho cannot be said to
have subjugated yet. Bat the two first
have manifested a very docile and bumble
disposition, with regard to his view* ; and
Wve, In fact, gone very far towards de
stroying their commerce, in order to please
hint. Henry the Groat, of France, was
forming a plan when Ravaillac killed him,
«f uniting Europe into a grand confede
racy; or rather of effecting .a consolida
tion of the states ; for France was to be
the Arad. It b altogether improbable, that
that monarch would have succeeded, even
With the assistance of Sully. But Europe
has been totally changed since that time.
Now, the same interests, the same pursuits,
•nd the same governments existing there,
have prepared it, if not for a confederacy,
at least, for a consolidation of its statok—
It Is perfectly unaccountable, that Russia,
Denmark and Sweden, should have desert
ed the coalition t to it fa however; and
when we see such powerful states, (and so
remote from the centre of the war,) ac
ceding to the schemes of Bonaparte, we
havy every reascq to believe that hi* em
pire will be firmly established in the Course
of fc few years; and* that it will be of fang
Asia tick mode of Consolidating the con
quered territories with her own; but, she
• will render her- own power so formidable,
and theirs sb weak, as to keep them per-
Austria besides France, is the only formi
dable nation In Europe. And, if the Arch
duke Charles should die, even that power
> will fall a prey to Franco. The crowned
heads of Europe, of the present day, are re
markably weak men, and deficient'in ta
lents and energy. The Emperuur Alex
ander lac benevolent, amiable man, but
possesses none of the martial spirit and
heroism of Catharine 11. The, kings *Of
Denmark, Sweden and Prussia,' and the
Emperour of Austria, are very weak prin
ces.' The worst of ft to, that, they Ibei
themselves to and make no exertions
to oppose the armies of France, t .
* h the third place, Bonaparte has taken
-such precautions to roneokdafa his con
quests, aa to render B probable when taken
together with the other circumstances,
that his empire will be permanent and
durable. It to true, he has divided the
tfcrr itorles be has conquered into a great
number of proportions, and raised, upa
great multitude of kingdoms; but, this is
the surest Way of effecting a consolidation.
All of them will be rendered so weak, as
to be obliged to take shelter under the
power of France, sad to continue under
her dominion. She will not follow the
Bonaparte's death will be exceedingly
discouraging to the French people, who
will hardly preserve their present lofty
tone of heroism, or be able to fight such
glorious battles under any other man. If
he has male issue by bis present wife, that
son will not probably be more than twenty
years of age, when he inherits; the king
dom ; aad will not be able to govern an em
pire of such gigantick site.
It is impossible, that the people of Eu
rope can live long, notwithstanding their
love of jacobinism and admiration of Bo
naparte, under his cruel exactions, and in
their present state of desperate
And, in fact the resources of France and
those countries which supplied her finances
and armies, must soon be so far exhausted,
by the prohibition of commerce, and by the
perpetual war in which they are engaged
in Bonaparte's service, as to leave him al
most destitute of the means of subjugating
Russia, Denmark and Austria completely.
These three last powers, (especially the
two first,) have not been exhausted half as
much as France, and her immediate do
minions. And they will therefore in the
event of Bonaparte's death, be able to make
a formidable opposition to the power of
France- • 4.' •
After all we must deliver up the great
part of the work of emancipation and im
u (o the interposition and irre
sistible hand of the great disposer."
projects as would have completely humbled
her by thio time, and kept her kingdom
within ita ordinary limits- Vyhen Bona
parfo die*, what man will succeed him, who
will be able to wield such an empire, and
control all the states of Eurbpe in their
present spheres I May not Russia and Den
mark, and Spain and Austria, with the dif
ferent Princes, seated on their thrones, be
emboldened to recover their fornier posi
tion and consequence I Will they not be
disposed, in the state of anarchy which will
ensue, in order to aggrandize themseh m,
to subdue the power of France f Even if
Bonaparte should vacate every throne Id
Europe io order to seat monarchs qf hie
own afi/iointment upon them, will they >*ot,
like Alexander's successors* take advan
tage of the state of distraction and anarchy
which will take place ; and each scramble
for the lion* share ? If Bonaparte is not suc
ceeded by us,great a man a* himself,
France, even with her martial population,
and the heroism, which her glory and bril
liant successes have inspired, will hardly
be able to maintain her'vast preponderance.
The French people must always have a
despot with considerable talents to govern
them ; or else, they will Income nearly a*
helpless and wretched a set of vagabonds*
as they were between the year* 1790 and
1800. • • A
. It must be confessed, that the course of
events, which wiHtake place in Europe
after Bonaparte’S death, lie* so far behind
the veil, which covers the events of futuri
ty, as to be almost entirely hidden from any
human foresight. But it seems so improba
ble, that Providence will suffer that quar
ter of the globe again to be plunged in bar
barism and anarchy, that wo cannot help
calculating favourably for the future, and
believing that the present revolutions are
to be the inatrumenta at a better stale of
things. There are a multitude of flattering
considerations which are involved in this—
which however, we need not enter into
here.
“ Yovn opinions on publick affairs are
precisely those I entertain. Indeed I be
lieve all the tree friends to their country,
however remote from each other, think
alike on these subjects.
" Mr. Madison and his cabinet ydh know
are pursuing their amusements in the coun
try, totally regardless, it seems, of the
scourge Bonaparte is applying with all bis
force; and they certainly left the seat of
government with full knowledge of his out
rages, and of his determination to continue
them. Upon what ground is It to be justi
fied, that Congress have not been called,
and that no evidence is given by any in au
thority that we are not to submit to the
petnaDytaawcaad submission. Holland,
we are told, fa soon * be made a part of
France. The sise ef that kiegfiem. wRk
then be gigantick. and • perfect tmteagp
to all the civilised world. Th* Dutch en
tirely lost the tone of heroism, which their
ancestors discovered apd exerted wi|h an,
much success against the usurpations of
PhiHp IL of Spain. Bypaparte will find no
difficulty to make them fight Am battles.
But the force of all these considerations,
fa very much diminished, when we investi
gate farther. M .
Although, it fa true, that the French po
liticks have proselyted almost all the na
tions of Europe, to the cause of Frauos—
yet, la many of them, this seems to have
proceeded more from fear, and want of
exertion in the Prince* whq govern them,
than from any love of Bonaparte, or. qf
Jacobinum.. If Russia, Denmark and Aus
tria pern each of them ruled by such men
a* the Archduke Charles, France would
have met with such formidable opposition
in the commencement of her ambitious
AN AMERICAN.
Ex/racr qf a letter from a gentleman qf
the fret reefiectabitity in Virginia, to
hie friend in ATew- York, dated Auguet
18M, 1810.
robberies fee tawolsnce of the tymt*
who unquestionably aim* BJ pur subfaga
4faa fncommou With shat of the rest of the
vprtf, I am at a lose to conceive. The
mep who rule us have ogaeqae of nattaaal
honour ** national safety. ’ They calculate,
Lpresume, that the majority of the people
. axe a* much debased as themselves, and I
fear they calculate justly. Ten year* of
jacobin rule have, 1 suspect, produced a la
mentable change in the American charac
ter. Or perhaps the same sense of honour,
the same love of liberty, the same pride of
independence still exists, but exist* only in
those no longer possessing power or influ
ence- The filth has got uppermost, and fa
likely to keep uppermost until we suffer
deeper distress, and if we c»n descend
lower, deeper degradation. It fa plain,
however, that Madison fa losing all popu
larity with hi* party. Hl* only Chance of
being President again, depends upqn his
changing hi* Course, and pursuing such a
system of politick*, as the federalist* and
tfie beat of bis own party would approve.—
His consideration if be has mind enough
and/courage enough, may make him coh
. ailiate with England, which he well know*
•ha* always been in his power—say to Spsn
, Lqh America that we Consider their cause
ourqwn, and bid defiance to the would-be
Ejnperour of the world. There fa the ut
most safety in tbif course—there fa no safe
ty in spy other. But I have no hope* of
it* adoption on publick considerations mere
ly ; unless Madison is convinced it, is the
course his own popularity requires him to
tak*, and that he will be ruined iq any
other; He will most probably continue to
try to conceal a* much of the enormities of
Bonaparte as he can, and to seek every
occasion to try to encourage hereafter irri
tation against England. I doQbt much
whether the man ha* strength of judge
ment suffich.nt to determine what fa best
for hifnself. Should this course, however,
not be adopted, I fear we shall be doomed
to experience still more degradation than
we have already felt—and yet the cup of
humiliation seems full and overflowing.
“ There is no other course but war with
England. lam not sure that there are not
men in our council sufficiently imprudent,
profligate and daring in iniquity, to hope
yet to bring the people to this. It fa in
vain that common sense cries out that our
existence a* a free nation depends upon the
power of Erigland to keep the scourge of
the huspan race in check. That we are as
much interested in the success of England
a* she i* herself, that she bears much from
us, and thaf without her we should be
nothing. Think me not a partis** of Eng
land. Ido her but bare justice. She no
bly fight* the battle* of the independence
of nations, of what remain* of freedom I*
the world, and fhe fa entitled to the praise
and gratitude of every honest mind. Yef
I would avoid unnecessary alliance with
her. As to war with France, she is so
much Obt of our reach, that I would wage
no other war with her, than to arm our
mediant vessel* and give active employ
ment to our best officers and publick ship*
in aiding to drive her flag from the ocean.
But 1 would refuse an asylum tn French
men ; protecting those amongst us who de
serve protection. A* to future intercourse
with that portion of Europe under the con
trol of Bonaparte, we never shall be allow
ed any, ill fuace or war, unleee we give
ufi the very name of freemen. Hi* des
potism he will never think secure while
there retnains a free people in the world.—
Next to putting an end to liberty every
where, his object will be to permit no kind
of friendly intercourse between hi* subject*
and freemen. He want* not our trade and
ha* no other motive to wisp our friendship,
but to make us subservient to his views on
England, and the moment bis turn was
served, if'aerved it would be, he would
acourge ua the more for our folly and
baeeneae. This is absolute truth. Truth
that it orily require* a glimmering of com
mon sense to understand. A* to the Gal
latike, the Smit ha, Wc. and their petty
squabbles, they are not worth a thought."
FROM TRX BOSTON GAZKTTX.
LITERARY.
rary readere from the - Annual Regis
ter” of 1798.
Hotheby'e truncation qf Wieland*e Oberon.
The versatile genius of Wieland is new
celebrated throughout Europe ; any com
ments on it therefore are superfluous
Of the labours of the translator we may be
permitted to observe, that they are success
full, which, considering his task, to ample
praise. Fran Wieland himself, Mr. Sothe
by has received the moat flattering ap
probation. and the best crittoks allow the
English to be as near to the original as pos-
Wa hhvd with much pleasure seen an
elegant edition, [published by Rovsma-
of that de
servedly esteemed and masterly production
of the German Poet, Wi It land, entitled
OBERON* ia 3 vols. translated by Wil
liam Sotmbbt, Esq. To this the fret
American edition, is prefixed an original
PREFACE, containing Biographical No
tices of the authour, and translator, and a
Review of the Poem. This Preface is
written with spirit and peculiar elegance,
and evidently from the pen of a master.
The following notice^tide admirable work
we copy for the information qf our lite-
On this desperate enterprise Sir H. is
bent, when he is benighted in the forest of
Lebanon, Sherasmin js *o delighted at the
valour of bi* young lord, that he determine*
to accompany him inqll his future fortune*.
It fa impossible, however, for us io join
them in their travels. Suffice it to say,
that a series of romantick and fairy adven
tures occupy the attention of the reader
till the completion of the enterprise, and
the Knight's return to Faris. The whole
of this admirable Epick is entertaining—in
no part doe* the interest tail, and even the
digressions contribute to forward the main
action* of the Poem. Asa specimen of Mr.
Sotheby's poetry, we subjoin the following
enchanting description: ...
“ Art's boastful pow’rs to conqu’ring nature
yield:
Alonfi so lovely Venus dpves’ complain :
stole. hereofthaFuoiteiaa
journey peaces p forest of woaderfal ex
tant, amd fa benighted. A light flashes on
Ms sight, he approaches a d*ap 4**ep
from which the flasses baaed, • being
stand* before him of wild and savage as
pect, bearing on his shoulders a largh club.
Sir Hdon relates hi* dblrcs*; the wood
man invite* the Knight to enter the cave,
and the former, whoae name toSherasmia,
recognise* in bl* guest the features of bi*
former matter Sagewin. Duke of Gueyane,
of whom Sir H. is son and,heir. As a jre
compence for the hospitality of Sherasmin,
the Knight relate* his adventures to the
following effect.—Charlemagne had sum
moned Sir Huon to court to claim his feudal
right The Emperour** second son Schar
lot had resolved to slay the Knight on his
journey. la this rencounter the King’s son
is slain by the valiant Knight, who on hi*
arrival at Perla finds the Emperour im
placable. Sir Huon in vain pleads hi* inno
cence, and appeals to the decision of arms.
The companion of Schariot accepts the
challenge, and Is slain by Sir Huon. The
Emperour however is not to be appeased ;
he banishes the Knight from bis dominions,
never to return on pain ef death, without
the literal fulfilment of these conditions.
*. Oo hence to Bagdad: in high festal day
At hi* round table, when the caliph plac’d
In stately pomp with splendid emirs grac’d,
Enjoy* the banquet rang’d in proud array.
Slay him who lies the monarch’s left beside.
Dash from hi* headless trunk the purple tide,
Then to the right draw near, with courtly
grace
We understood that the following to the
employment of our publick vessels of war
at this time:
And gain a trifle, proof of love alone
Her soul that breathe* sensation on the strain,
Warm to hi* soul her kindling wish reveal’d.
Persuasive tone* that clear and clearer spoke,
Sighs that enforc’d the sounds they sudden
broke.
Cheeks deeper dy*d, the bosom’s quickening
pkg,
Each heightening each, the omnipotence be
tray
scene.
Such a* before ne'er shock’d a caliph’s eyes,
Stares at thy confidence in mute surprise.
■' Then, a* the Eastern* wont, with lowly mien
Fall on the earth before his golden throne.
And of his beard a lock with silver hair
o’exgrown.”
WASHINGTON, September 7.
TUK recall of Mr. Jackton has been an
nounced to our government in a letter from
his Brltannick Majesty to the Prefident of
the United States.
. The appointment of Mr. Morier, as his
Britannick Majesty's Secretary of Lega
tion to the United States, has been an
nounced in a letter from Lord Wellesley to
Mr. Secretary Smith, with the further in.
formation that Mr. Morier would act in the
character of his Majesty's Charge des Af
faires until the appointment of Mr. Jack
•on’s successor.
The beauteous heiress of hi* throne embrace j
And thrice with publick kiss salute her a* thy
bride.
Of passion’s wild excess to thrilling phrensy
The unnotic’d lute fall silent from her hand :
But, at the instant that her arms expand,
Huon, whose eye with scornful virtue glanc’d.
Grasps with ethusiast haste the falling wire,
And thunders from the strings wish prophet fire:
The hero on its bold respqpafoe ton*
Dares faith and feeling far sdoSlmt own,
And vows that heaven and earth can wake no
new desire.
guise— , .
To veil her shame ftmwalgMavMy she flies••
Loath'd ia the light—too efogh the specious
hall,
While with a look that might Me aufi *PP*I.
She winks her slaves to bear the rebel fro*
her eyes."
“ Firm was hi* tone, hi* high berotek look
Glow’d like a god —Th’ enchahWes, ’gainst
her will,
Feels his superiour force—tears wildly fill
Her eye indignant—pride and passion shook
Her soul with pangs, she cannot, wretch ! dis-
That it may please him, gift of friend to
friend,
Four of his grinder* at my bidding serd,
“And while the caliph, at the monstrous
“At last, fa warm o’erpow’ring feelings
tranc’d,
23p the JBafljf.
TM frigate MM CfeMMlm Ro-~
gers, is stationed at New-York ; tha Ctm
stkutton, Ggptala Hull, tai the Dolawaafi
Boy; the brig Argp»,-at Boston; and the
ediocMer Revenge at Newport, Rhode-Isl
and—with orders ttf meke short cruise*
and retarn occasionaHy to their respective
starious.
The frigate United States, Commodore
Decatar, and the frigate Essex, Captain
Smith, are stationed at Hassptah Roads ;
the John Ad*m*, Gapt*fa Dent, at fa. Ma
ry's; the ship Wasp, Captain Jones, and
the brig* Ferret, Lieutenant Gadsden, at
Charleston, (S. C.) the brig Siren, Captain
Tarbell, at Savannah; the brig Nautilus at
Wilmington, (N. C.) with simitar order*.
The brig Hornet, Captain Hunt, is dh
foieign service; and the brig Vixen, Lieu
tenant Bainbridge, and the schooner En
terprise, Lieutenant Read, are stationed at
New-Orleans, where there areabout 20
gun-boats also stationed.
The frigate United States, the Wasp,
the Siren, and th* are now cruising
near our Southern extremity. All the Bri
tish armed vessel* lately about Amelia
Island have disappeared and gone, it Is be
lieved, to Halifax. . .
—<«»■»
PROCLAMATION.
TO ALL WHOM THKSB PUtINTS SHALL
OOMS, ORSBTIMO.
WHEREAS, by the sixty-first section of
the act, entitled •• an act to regulate the
collection of the duties oo import* and
tonnage," passed the 2d day of March,
1799, it is among other things declared—
M That it shall be lawful for the President of
the United States to cause to be establish
ed, fit and proper regulation* for esti
mating the duties on goods. Wares, and mer
chaMlse imported into the United State*
in respect to which the original costs shall
be exhibited in a depreciated currency,
issued and circulated under authority of
any foreign government" And whereas
it ha* been made to appear to my satisfac
tion, that the current dollar of Norway fa a
money of account, and that payment* are
now made in that country in a paper cur
rency of that denomination, issued under
the authority of government, which circut
late* with a considerable depreciation.
Know ye, that I James Madison, Presi
dent of the United States, by virtue of the
power and authority In me vested by the
act have decided that the
Collectors of the Custon* in the United
Stale* shall for the present, in estimating
the ad valorem dutieaon goods, ware* and
The London Courier states that a gene
ral consternation prevails throughoutevery
part of Holland. As soon as the fact of thfo
annexation was communicated, every thing
bore the most dismal aspect, and a melan
choly gloom pervaded every countenance?
T'he funds instantly dropped 15 per cunt,
with every prospect of a Mill greater de*
pression immediately taking place.
The former reports from Holland re*
specting the secret departure of Louis,
repeated in letters received yesterday from
thence. The manner in which it was ef
fected ie thus represented His Majesty
was at Amsterdam on the Ist instant and
transacted the busmem of government as
usual. In the evening he departed for his
palace at Haarlem, where he had appoint
ed a select party of friends to meet him.—
The Company broke up between 11 and 18
o’clock; soon after which he to said to have
left the palace by a private finer, accom
panied by a general officer of the name of
Traven, and a nyn servant. Aplainear
riago waited for them in the adjacent wood,
into which they entered and drove off-np
■perchandise imparted from Norway, and
invoiced ia the current dollar of Norway,
calculate the same at such rate as may
appear to be its -real value at the time
when the goods, wates and taerchaudfaa,
were shipped from the said ouuntry. And
I do >lso further direct, that the Secretary
of the Treasury take such measures for
giving publicity to this regulation, aa to
him shall appear most proper.
Given under my hand at. MontfieUer t
thia 19th day qf July, 1810.
JAMES MADISON.
We can assure the publick, from good
authority, that the letter from hi* Britan
nick Majesty to the President of the United
States, announcing Mr. Jackson's recall,
which is noticed with so much emphasis in
the National is nothing more
than what fa always done in the usual
course of business. The manner of Ms de
livery was also such as fa uniformly adopted
on similar occasions, vis. through the me
dium of the Charge d’Aflkires, when the
Minister fa not at the seat of government.
• PROM gTeRALTAR.
The brig Young Soldier, Captain Folger.
30 day* from Gibraltar, arrived yesterday.
She brings no papers, nor no news of im
portance.
Captain Folger informa, that Admiral
Pittmore had arrived at Gibraltar in the
Temeraire, of 98 guns, on his way to join
Sir Charles Cotton, off Toulon.
There was nothing new at Cadis as late
as the 30th July. The French were earn
ing bombs at Seville, for the purpose of
throwing shells into Cadiz from. Port-Ma
ri*. Nothing from Portugal.
NEW-YORK, September 11.