Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-09-16

Oh, Ii which the fame of nnimosity
burns, secretly for time and bursts OUT,
.on the first oppor tunity, witha more de.
structiye ravagc than before. Il mayb
imagined how much respect would Be
paid to the decree Of q Congress which
had nothing but the brntun .fsluen Of
mere dignity tosupport il. Wearemis-s
taken If = Drit b erroy would not imme.
diately lie to arms.
There Is no question ifany thingcoul
Be effected BY mediation that Ministers
would not avail themselves oft; and
! Russia being the most likely TO have her
arbitration respected, il offered, it would
certainly be accepted. But we are not
altogether certain that the disposition Of
Russia points this way. A dexterity Of
intrigue has long obtained France 1 pre-.
dominance IN this Court, and jealousy
Of British commerce has left littie room
Of friendship or good win. The pacific
temper ofthe emperoris indeed, gene.
rally acknowledged; but with this mo-
Iteration Of ambition, Is kind of slug.
gish and inactive policy, which teaches
him to consider things, with which he
is not very intimately connected as I'M
worthy Of any great exertions. One
thing is certain Russia viii not be our
ally, and all we can expect ofheris, thar
she will not become our enemy. go q
The other Northern Powers have 4
distinct Interest. Prussia seems 10 care
little what becomes Of the continent. prc.
yided she can weigh with advantage
against the emperor: with a kind Of lea
lous frankness, she viii see ruin spread
around her, andso long as her own wings
remain unplucked, those Of theimperial
Eagle may be leftwithouta feather. The
other Northern Powers are neither consi.
derable bytheirfriendship oneparty,nor
formidable By their enniity tothe other;
their only desire IS to guard their neutra-
lily witha s-rupulous exactness, 10 swim
with the tide, and look indiffercrtly ON
the success or defeats Of either party
The GOODNESS Of Austria, il indeed I'm.
accountable, and something more fhan
cautious neutrality might have been ex-
pected from her The war which reign
ed internally in France so many years,
the conscriptions, the assassinations, the
emigrations, not to mention the CON.
sumption Of the guillotine must have de.
Prlved her Of greater portion Of inha-
bitants than Austria can have lost BY her
defeats. Yet France is more powerful
than ever. Why then should Austria
represent herself as feeble and exhaust.
ed Il cannot be said with reason, that
she has lost By the system ofindemnities.
The Miianese, indeed are gone, but she
has gotten ID exchange Venice and the
coasts Of Dalmatia, and there Is no com.
parison between the value Of the one and
the other. Her military system Is now
put on new footing, and the Archduke,
under whom every thing before prosper
ed, i again placed at its head. If Au-
stria be economizing of her spirits and re-,
sources, tits well to wear the mask Of
neutrality but if her views are such as
we flatter ourselves they are, with En-
gland ready TO assist her, an attempt to
regainthe honor and independence Of the
continent should not be delayed amo-
ment.
Such, We believe to Be the state or the
Northern Powers. Its idle, therelors<
to think Of 4 mediation. The peace Of
Amiens has been called truce so badly
patched up, that the combatants renewed
the battle before the seconds coming into
the 6eld could put q stop-to present
animositics. We are afraid the quarrel
Is too far advanced to authorize i hopelof
reconciliation, before some powerful
blow Is struck to prove the strength or
weakness of the parties. II Russia be
forward in her kind Offices, Let them. be
made the best use Of, but We must be
careful lest HER offer TO compromise
differences which must be settled in onr
own favor, or not atasl which end, II
arbitration can accomplish it. well en-.
ough but If il falls short Of this, the
sword must decide il.
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