The National Register.
London, England, 1808-11-06 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

and Denmark e joined With him in the war
'hat be Is perfectly Satisfied with the conduct
the Princes of the Confederation of the
giss patio° has deserved his confidence; and
of every day chews the advantage they have
of mediation--that the people of Italy are
value of beingcopnected with, and protected
Americans persevere in the embargo, and
iish for ever the benefits of commerce, than
;etnents destructive of the principle of the

ge contain oven a solitary proof of his
He pleases to profess his willingness
sacrifices, in order to gise peace to the
he and A LEx.sivolot protect ! But who
unhappy ;—who has drained the sources
and cursed them with all the horrors of
and war ? Who has caused the Mim-
ed orphans, whose fathers he has 'la-
the loss of their patrimony, and the
posed to ? He, himself, is the source
ud disorder he affects to deplore, If he
igs of other Hien ;—if his savage heart
pity, or remorse;—if the cry of con-
'bricks of persecuted innocence, could
breAst ;—were it possible that he could,
en vauntingly, announce his departure,
of placing his brother JosEpn on the
—or, in other words, of plundering and
'n, hamlet, and village, on the way to
exposing the unfortunate inhabitants to
and discretion of his 150,000 ill-paid,
He boasts of the friendship subsisting
Russia ; and the onioa of the latter
;ainst Great
.Britain. Too much rca-
triumph over the credulity, 4 igno-
of these besotted Cabinets.' But
victims of their passions and unrellect-
he people of this country are actuated
,f hatred or jealousy against these States,
it their intemperance and indiscretion.
or Ministers, arc so deaf to the call of
;t, whilst we mourn over their suGrings
we disregard the feeble, unavailing el-
,or and vengeance. In another place he
ction with the Swiss; and that they daily
e the benefit* ef the Act of Mediation :
loss of their independence and innocence.
Ind peaceable inhabitants, had they per-
t own story, what a series of crimes and
'line of RAPINAT and Rise am., to I,.at
ld BONA PA RTE, wool i) they have to re-
formerly so comfortable and satisfied;
is this very instant, when they enjoy all
Mediation Act, a single cottager, on the
mite of their mountains, or in the deep-,
yanks, vyllose manuers aro not vitiated,
it iAuse to complain of iniustice.--
Ind us of those which prisooers are sup-
ho are secluded by the humid walls, of
im the cares and. anxiety. of the world.
!titian, and loss of liberty be benefits ;
enjoy them in a larger proportion. Un-
of Switzerland ! yon only wanted this
Tour toisety; th4t tie qraut, ,vlits so cruelty


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injured you, should add insult to injustice I In another
place he asserts, that America prefers to renounce Com-
merce and Ms Seas, rather thin recognise Slavery. This
attempt to encrease the disaatisfation between that cond.
try and this is toe plump and too palpable, even to de-
lude his legislative automatons. We are inclined to enter-
tain very serious doubts, at present, of the animosity of
the Americans to this country. That the cool, systematic
Jime.asos and his Party, coincide in his extravagant pro-
ject of liberating the seas, we have no doubt of; but after
this confession of Rosa,. vRTEI We nave strong reason to
believe that the discontent of tba Americans with the
embargo is greater and inure universal, than was hitherto
imagined. Bet the most intereating feature in this expose,
is the silence it affects to maintain towards Austria. We
have not forgotten his petulance, the rancour and do-
preciation of his allusions, when he wrote to the Senate,
some weeks ago, " That he could not answer Jar the per-
verse errors of other Courts." But now not a single 5311 -
ble tn tranquillize his Legislative Cody, and inform it that
the Austrian Cabinet has returned to reason and submis-
sion. What means this extraordinary silence ? Only 110100
weeks back so much fuss and uneasiness ! and in thiscriiia
of his fortunes, in the grand expose of the political state of
the Continent, he cannot find leisure to add a 'single
line, mentioning that Austria has consented to disband
her new levies. Extraordinary, in fact ! His saspicion
of that Cabinet, we plainly see, is as great as ever; and
what ik more satisfactory, he dares not raised the menacing
attitude she has assumed. This circumstance sets beyond
every doubt, that her armaments are of that formidable
kind, as to enable her to defy any force he can, in this
moment, employ against her, But will Austria remain
inactive, when the resistance of the Spaniards affords
her so auspicious an opportimity of making a diversion
in Germany ? Sonic uurefiecting men will have the
' folly to object to us, that her former exertions were
attended with no other died than the suhjugaijpn of her
capital and provinces; that she is now grown prudent
from the experience of her reiterated disakters, and will
wisely avoid irritating a man who has so frequently chas-
tised her; with such like stuff. Can any one, in the poses-
. sion of his senses, or with uuderstanding ein‘e;;,h to diacri
minate his right from his left hand, seriously believe that
it is the interest of Austria to wait till BONAPARTII haw SUC-
eccded in subjugating Spain; and then contend single-hand-
ed with his undivided strength ? Or do they imagine that
he will acknowledge. with gratitude, her present neutra-
lity ? Yes, her acknowledgena nt mill consist, should Aus-
tria have the imbecillity to wait, hi a fulminating decree.
that the (louse of fidasturnu has ceased to reign: because ifs
power is ineompolihle with his security and greatness. And
however we might bevva,il this deplorable event, we should
be reduced to the distressing necessity of declaring, that a
government so infatuated, so blind to its interests, and in-
attentive to the occurrences of the time, deserved the Welt
had neither the energy nor foresight to prevent. We have fre-
quently alluded to the patriotism, military and political ta-
!cuts of the Archduke CUARLES and: we are. happy ,to find
that his influence in the Austrian fiabiset is proportisatale to
his integrity and merit. We, have shun had the satitfarition
of reading in one- of the German lournala, that • he refused
tp appear.aarong the vassals of the Corsican, at the Meet.
incr. at Erfurth. Is he also blind to the events passing is
Spain, and the "situation of the Monarchy ? There is sonic.

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