Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1804-06-01

AZ leaStS 70 tne ATTAINMENT otVictorEs
THE conclusion is spirited detail of
the events by which that unhappy contest
was distinguished II ';-.A
Thus ended one ofthe longest, most
interesting and most bloody contests
which modern times have Witnessed. Il
is not little singular that no one Of the
great objects originally aimed At by the
belligerent powers was obtained by IN
appeal to arms; while, on the contrary
thuse few nations which stood aloof dnr-
ing the struggle, derived immense bene-
fits from their prudence or good fortune.
The vanity of Machiavelian Statesmen
ought TO be mortified by the recollection,
that no event has ever more VIGOROUSLY
belied their hopes and predictions !, while
those men who, reasoning from the a.
nalogies Of nature and ofhik(ory, calmly
deduce effect from cause, and, under
the name Of philosophers, expose them.
selves tothe suspicious and sometimes
even to the prescriptions Of Ignorance
and presumption clothed in the garb Of
authority, must be allowed to have. pos.
sessed the rare merit of calculating the
phases and foretelling the result Of the
revolutionary warfare. --- = -. z.r
"The treaties Of Luneville and A.
miens, BY changing the relative situate
ons of the various states in this quarter
Of the globe, have forced Europe to as.
sumo a novel as well as an ominious as
peet. The boosted balance Of power
is changed, and the political chart Is
theneeforth to be calculated by new
scale. - !. - III. f.. i
Two Of the northern powers, profit
ing by the contentious Of the neighbour
ing states, have cultivated commerce,
manufactures, and the arts of peace, in
the midst of the most calamitous strug-
gle, and derived immense benefits from
those conflicts that have beggared nations
apd destroyed kingdoms. Sweden,
stripped of the precious metals, and
obliged TO- recur to the wretched expedi-,
ent Of leathern money, in consequence Of
the brilliant but destructive achievements
of Charles XII. has increased her ships,
her manufactures, and her commerce.
Denmark also, by reaping the obvious
advantages resulting from good polite
neutrality, has added greatly to her pros.
perity; and the cities ofCopenhagen and
Altoona, under the administration of .
prince regent, have received an imrnense
accession Of wealth the cloud has Pass.
ed away which threatenedNthe navigation
Of the Sound and the trade of the nati-
ons on its borders has been secured in
case Of a future contest by new and adj
vantageous concessions. +~s%
u {" Russia towering like a colossus g..
bove the neighbouring states, has iieither
added to nor diminished the extent Of
her dominions by the late conflict ; but
she feels consciousness other own pow.
er and preponderance and while she
acts, even now, occasionally, rs the me.
diator and the umpire of contending ma
tons, bids fair to realize those gigantic
projects of ambition which originated IN
the genius Of Peterihe Great. Alexan.=
der PauleWiteh appears to be preparing .
new destiny for that immense empire, &C
the same time that he is acquiring stabili.
y for his own government. BY remov-
ing the feudal prejudices against come
merce he has opened q new source OF
wealth and industry for the nation whils
aware, by the dire experience Of q father
and grandfather Of the evils as wei a.
the dangers of despotism, he insures
continuance Of his own power BY sharing
it with the senate. II sr.4.S 2
."But ifthe north of Europe was for
tunate enough to be in some measure exc
empt from calamity, the south has been
pregnant with changes. The Cisalpine
republic chiefly composed of territories
dismembered from the house of Austria.
has at once been created and protected
by France while the Venetian posses
sions on the continent are subjected, in
their turn, 10 the government OF the
cabinet Of Vienna, Genoa, rescued
from dependence BY the wisdom and
Err,,Ass nf Andres DORA. and once tas