Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1803-12-24
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"Fhe Ottoman PORE, notwithstanding the in
enrasie ignor an,e OF It's governors, The deplorabe
ie8iett OF icience the par, OF its generals, AM
he notorious deficiency of dif pine among III
troops, IS lti!i iufered to erloy nominal indePen
dence- The late war has made but little alteration
inas h'uat'o.; and Egypt, wherhvr conquered
BY the french or hheralei by the Englhh, no long
Ct fee:ns lnclne1 to fopply Conaantinope either
with corn ueafn,e. Incapable Of chadiling th-
Mamelukes 10 Afsca, or OF luhduing the rebel
hshaws in Europe, ami iorting TO chicanery, du
piicty, and ,-eachery The ufuai refources of weak
and declining Nates, This once potent erapre is lels
indebted tor its exte the torbearapce than TO
The uneeAliog lealoo6es OF the flrroundiag nations
The epoch is not far diRant, however, when The
tucceiiors of Sem III will be forced to crofs the
Boiphorus Of Thrace, and the Tu ks oace more,
perhaps, become paaoral tribe amda the paius
Of Aha.
Nor mna mention be wholly omitted of ano
yher quaiter of the world. The new continent
although e-poed by turns to the ipolialions OF the
principal maritime powers, has found means to
prelerse prudent, if not digniRed, neutI atty
amid the convutons Of the ancient world. Tin
moved by the ihock Of paions, the adopted land
oil Penn, and the native foil Of Franklin and Waih
ingtcn, calmly puriues IT'S flent but fuccefstni ca
reer, and tehQi4s its population nearly doubled al
abe end of every fecond loire. The fdteS are pre-
pairing an exalted deany for this nation, or rather
,Ais conseres of riiiug eunPirey which even IN It's
cradle conendcd with The ierpSnIs thar atiaed It's
infancy, and now, inv goratd aimoH lato manhood
is ready, if prompted by necelllt9, to otpofe the
many headed hydra, at the fight of which Europe
turns pale. The arts and licences, ever following
+, the .rain of freedom, Will foon ennoble ,hoie
immegfe foreRs which have hitherto only refouad
I'd with The barbsrous ihous of war and the chale
aad when the (un of libcty lets 10 Eu ope that lu
minaiy may perhaps It'll cheer with his departing
beams Land walhed on one ije by the waves OF
the iubistt Ariaotic, and enriched On another BY
the Miiidppi, then become tributary cream.
"A conGderable period mua elape before Au,
fFia Gao recover from long and diiaarous wal,
bequeatted as a patfimony to Francis III, by the
emperor leopold his father. ihe acquif1tien O
Venice, idria, ant DAmstia, affords but an mad
equate comqenfa ion for the defeat Of 70 many ar
mics, the ag srantizement OF a rival houie, ane
the lois of Lombardy, Tufcany, and the Neither
lands.
On the other hand, the king of Pruflia, BY
rnains aiming the neu rality Of The north of Cerma
nv, AID taking advantage Of the prel1ing events
fplen Tor of the imperia! dadem, Even the fashel
of Frederick William The fecond, although fave
TO his plesfues towards the latter end of his rcgn
did not forget the ruling rnaxms OF the houie O
Brandenburg, ard the prelent protector OF the
GermaEic liberties, will carve out iui}cient IN
Identification for the lofs OF bis poRea on tte
left bank of the Rhine, in the more contiguous ter
,lsories Of fome oil the ecceGaticai CO etates.
.: liz return fer the irnmenfe iacrifces made By
Charlie ", one prince, nearly allied to the homie
of Bour BON, has been pc, nted to lit on the throne
oe modern Tuicany, now recognized as king om
under the ancient name of Etruria, while another
Of that race is Fill permitted to iway the fcePre Of
the two Sicilies. Ii is but little more than ecu
fury Gnce Spain acquired new world tor heife
ia America, and appeared at the fame time TO re
gulate the detny OF Europe. But The lritre O
the ancient monarchy appears OF late to have beer
c.ouded ); and that Kingdom whlch while prima
~ planet. dazzied mankind with its radiance, ha:
at lat iunk into the faellte of new republic be
ing at,ra6ed within its orbit and reglated BY it:
sshuenee.
"Portugal, on the other hand, dependant alike
on the fade of her fcaaty indigenous productions
and the produce of her diff mt co ones recognizes
that iceptre which governs The empire OF the ocean
The ate war has proved eminently dliaitrous to
het PROPERTY ; and ihe is indebted perhaps TO the
policy AID orbe arance OF neighboring court alone
for the retention of ter independence. But her
finances have been deran8ed, and the prince regent
has been forced, by an overbsarin9 neceii1y TO 'e
liaqsith province ofhs dominions in Europe to a
father in law. at the fame time that portion Of
his ter, tories 10 America has been seEgned to an
enemy as a boon for peace
s Holland, now recognized under the narne OF
the Bataviau commonwealth. and lubmting to
France, like commercial Carthage to warlike Rome
OF old, is equally jealous OF her new P'o'edor ard
Lerrecent evenly. Abhorreny of war, and anzoes
as heretofore, to pro6t by the imes Of peace, her
induarous citizens only pant for liberty TO plough
rhe ocean with their merchanetnen and produces