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pii.,4A6DTTE, yet hit &sleet has been inch as not
!certainly to place him beyond the pale of suspicion.
,The Swedish Diet has been hastily eenvcked, to'
tike into consideration the aggressions ot the French
troops. We fear that we shall have to announce
risk arrival in Stockholm, however, befice the Diet
has ended its deliberations. If BERNADOTTE be seri. '
ous in his enmity to France, let him chew it by in.
the field at the head of the Swedish
stied,' taking
oar :—as a General, his talents are not inconsi,

derable.
The French have most decidedly nude war upon
Sweden. BgANADorrs affects to say that he is well
dispose(' to Great Britain, and yet he daily confiscates
such ships and cargoes belonging to British :subjects
as fill into his power.
Some of our private letters mention the advance of
a Wigan army to the frontiers, with a view to oppose
the march of the French. If this report can be re.
lied on we may expect soon to hear of hostilities
loin been commenced. Letters from Prussia sim-
ply inform us that every thing wore a dark and gloo-
my appeararree in that unfortunate country.
A Messenger, with dispatches from the Portuguese
Azbusador at St. Petersburg!), arrived with the
above Mdil.

AMERICA.

it'e extract ihe following observations on the moral

tate of the Americans from an interesting Pamphlet
y Mr. GALT, entitled 4, Cursory Reflections on Po.
tical and Commercial Topics, as connected with the
mar's accession to the Royal Authority."
" I believe it is• TALLIYRAND who has observed,
a we of his literary publications, that the American
tion has left none of those revolutionary dispo.
kat which in other countries have prolonged the
iipt of anarchy, because the vast extent of the
absorbed in projects of private interest, the
motion of all the restless and enterprising part of
it community, who in other countries would have
loco= factious and ambitious. But the previous
condition of the Anglo-Americans was such, that
Int did not exist in the country any of those con.
nations which in other nations give a revolutionary'

him. The American rebellion originated in an at.
Leapt to introduce a change into the political system
fifths country. The attempt being successfully re.
aimed, the inhabitants returned to their former pur-
suits; and *re 'content with raising only such a
=amount as might supply the place of those pro.
viscial forms which were annulled by the renuncia.
n of the British claim of superiority.
41 It-was not ataction by which the provinces had
Yea agitated, but an external power from a remote
nice ; anJ when it was withdrawn they relapsed
in their former habits. They were exactly in such
line as England would have been in, if in the time
lithe York and Lancaster wars, either of the rival
families had left the island with all its partizans, ad.

and advocates. The American revolution

was not like any other recorded in history, unless it
be the separation of the Hebrew tribes : not originat-
ing from any internal cause, it could not generate
those revolutionary dispositions of which Talley rand
speaks. It is with the families of contending factions
that the seeds of new revolutions are deposited. The
wounds and injuries, which, parents receive in civil
wart, become motives of action to children.
* In every state that has existed, out three gene-
rations are found ccnspicuous families, who conceive
themselves more particularly interested than the
other subjects in the proceedings of the government;
and who with the names and patrimonies, inherit
the dispositions, and pretend to the offices of their
founias.

" If we consider the history of the American I
stales, and contemplate the circumstances in which i
Iley ate placed, I din* we shall be obliged to ac-1
knowledge that some kind of change both in their
iatetior frame and exterior policy is inevitable. Not i
however, I apprehend, from any immediate effects 1
efthe War of their separation from Great Britain, I
k 4 from the progress of their society, and the im.
Tension which the great events of Europe have had
%the minds of the inhabitants.
"The country has increased amazingly in wealtly.
Wltespnlation once the zra of the French revoln-
tee. l't has received into its bosom many of, the
tram, enterprising and ambitious spirits of Europe.
Theprivilege of exercising the functions of legisla-
tee and government, has begun to awaken the feel-
ef aristocratic rank. An acquaintance with the
iPlendour and refinement of Europe, has excited,
among the rising race of the inhabitants, wants and
desires which were unknown among the frugal coin-
uists tills resisted the arrogant claims of the mJther
country ? and the progress of the French revolution
ku altered the thoughts of the republicans. There
's, PerkaPs, at this moment, no inconsiderable portion
44 the inhabitants of the great towns of the United
States IlisPeeed in their hearts to a monarchial form
c(Pvlearneot; and, ludicrous as the assertion may
°PPear, it is difficult to be long in the company of
lienericmts without perceiving that the greatest ob-
stacle to the gratifying of their occult desire, is the
coesequential idea which each individual entertains
of himself.

" Many circumstances mitt to lead us to think
that the Americus, as 'republicans, should possess
?11614C spirit in a itioie zealous degree than even the
InheWants of this country; and yet it may Well be

alatbtsid diq /net be so. rublie virtue aamag them
• scents Wen nearly allied to private feeling than
amonries. In discussing those skirmishes which have
unavoidskbly. arisen between our cruizers and their
vessels, I have uniformly remarked (with but one
exception) that the Americans never seem able to
conceive an idea of the jealousy necessary to our men
of war front the belligerent state of the nation. They
alttays attributed to them some direct motive of en•
mity against the prosperity of the United States....
Justice, or political necessity, was never considered;
and they spoke only how they would retaliate if si-
milar injuries were done to themselves as individuals.
—The spirit of revenge is stronger in the American
character than the sense of justice. And the court
which they pay to Napoteos, contrasted with their
conduct to the Spaniards, may be received as a
symptom of that growing love of monarchy which is
undermining their republican character.
44 What may be the result to themselves of the
growth of patrician sentiments is of very little con-
sequence to us; but in the mean time, it is pretty
evident that there is already a strong fermentation
among them, propelling their government to war.—
A sufficient pretext to authorise them to claim a share
of the misfortunes of Europe, is all that they appear
to want. For several years their public journals, and
the proceedings of their legislature, have exhibited
melancholy proofs of a people discontented with peace
and prosperity. This discontent is doubtless owing,
in a great measure, to the secret germination of those
feelings of pride and ambition with which thel have
been infected ; and it is the more to be lamented as it
therefore is the less likely to be repressed."
In addition to the foregoing, we shall take this
opportunity to offer a few thoughts on the conse-
quences of a war between Britain and America, as
they may affect both countries.
That there is a number of persons in America,
who are sincerely desirous of a mar with this country
cannot be doubted. To this class. belong all the
United Irishmen, and other discontented foreigners.
Such is the blind hatred of these persons to the Bri-
tish Government, that they would gladly see America
at war with it, for the sake of the little injury which
might! result to England, however destructive such
war might prove to the interests of their adopted
country.

There is also a description of persons in America,
both natives and foreigners, who are desirous of war,
in the hope that it would probably give rise to some
intestine division or convulsion.—Having nothing to
lose, they entertain no apprehensions from any con-
fusion that a war would occasion ; and even antici-
pate plunder in the general wreck that might over-
spread the country- Though the number of persons
pt this description ought, from the circumstances in
which she is placed, to be smaller in America than
in any other country whatever, there is reason to be-
lieve that even there the number of these is not in-
considerable ; but it is to be Loped, that the influence
of the wise and good will always be sufficient to frus-
trate the nefarious schemes of such desperadoes.
Of all the effects that would result to America
from a British war, the only one that would be ad-
vantageous to Great Britain, is a change in the
American Administration—all the others would con-
stitute evils, which would hardly be less prejudicial
to this country, than to that which they immediately
affected. Whatever retards the prosperity of Ame-
rica, must hurt the prosperity of England—because
America must, for many years, form a great and in.
creasing outlet for the manufactures of the mother-
country.
It cannot be disputed, that a separation of the
States, with the wars and disasters which would ac-
company it, would check the growth of the Ameri-
can States :—and whatever partial benefits might
arise to this country from the alliance of any one of
the confederacies into which the Union might he di-
vided, it seems undeniable, that the very act of dis-
union, would be a positive evil to Great Britain.—
Neither is to be overlooked, that the miseries of a
British war, and those of a civil war, which would
probably follow, would be most severely felt by that
portion of the American people which is friendly to
the British nation.
The Federalists compose a most numerous and re-
spectable body, who have opposed, with all their in-
fluence, the baneful policy which their governr pmt
has been lately pursuing. A regard for their inte-
, rest ought to serve as one motive, at least, to induce
the British Government to abstain from hostilities
with America, because it is on them that the evils of
these hostilities would fall with the heaviest pressure.
They are, generally speaking, the people of property,
of education, of family ;—and it is persons of this
description who suffer most severely in civil broils.
America is the only free nation, besides our own,
now remaining in the world. She has hitherto ad-
vanced in the career of improvement with unex-
ampled rapidity ; and if her progress is not prema-
turely checked, she seems destined to arrive at a
height of greatness to which no nation has hitherto
attained; and which will reflect immortal honour on
her British origin.
The unnatural
with its

—....uucrtnent of such a country,
2—int evils of civil wars and sangui-

nary revolutions, would present a spectacle which it
would be, shocking to humanity to behold, and dis.
graceful for any country to have contributed to pro-
duce. If ever the Americans do declare war against

ICrest iiitain, its will probably be at a time ediett
their insernal divisions and dissentions have arrived
at such a height, and when the jealousies and guar-
relibetween the northern and southern sections of the
Woo, have so nearly approached to open hostilities,
that enels party is only,waiting for a pretence to de-
clare war. against the other. In such a case the pro-
clamation of war against this country will be the
signal of civil contention. When this period arrives,
it will be for the wisdom of the British Government
to adopt such measures as the exigency of the case
requires : and while they watch the natural, though
prensattwe dissolution of the Americas Empire, to
direct their own amity, and their own hostility, in
such a manner as may best promote the aggrandise.
went of that fragment of the Union, which embraces
the alliance of England. At present, it is evidently
the policy of England to practice the utmost for-
bearance towards America ; to disregard the self-
interested and unsteady proceedings of the narrow-
minded rulers of a factious republic; and so long as
war is not actually declared, to cultivate the spirit,
and preserve the appearances of peace and amity....-
By persevering in this line of conduct, we shall shew
the people of America, that we are more attentive
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to their interests than their own Government is; and
may possibly contribute, in no inconsiderable degree,
to the rise of the Federal, and depression of the
French party.
The policy here recommended, however ungrate-
ful it may be to our passions and prejudices, is cer.
tainly that which our interests dictate ; and it affords
us very sincere pleasure to observe, that this is ac-
tually the policy which the Prince's Ministers seem
at present to pursue.