The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-10
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Fran a Liverpool paper of September 10.
RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

RUSSIA AND FRANCE.
The paper, of which the following is tranf-
Ia.ion, has been universally circulated through
eut III thofe parts of Germany which has not
yet fallen under the yoke of France. On the
Continent it has been conhdered rs a kind OF
deini-o1fc;a! anfwer 20 the petulant obferyations
which appeared in the Official paper OF the
French Government, under the head OF {: Con
Jfanfinoph.' The reafoning, and the impor-
tant facts which it embraces, have created We
~ great fenfation among the northern powers.
There is no reafon why the formation of An
army of or 5000 Ruflians, in the Republic of
The Seven Hands, flou,d give rife to much po-
iltical onleelure.-Such meafure is undoubt-
eily, very inferior part of that general fyfte.n
which Ruliia thinks it incumbent on her TO fo!-
low al TINS moment. The attention or the po-
iitical world ihould not be directed 70 an expe-
diton of 5000 men it is thewhole of the fyftem
that VIC are 70 look to.
So Twelve months are fcarcely elapfcd, Gnce
Alexander the Fmif ordered that III 900 men
thonld be RATED in his empire, and that levy has
been 10 ehe6tualy executed, that they are, at
tins day, formed into regiments, ard perfectly
difciplined. This levy has increa{cd the Rufiar
military force to upwards of 100000 folders,
and 10000 feamen. Add to thefc, $4,000 ire
gllar troops, which are already embodied, and
l9z4;t9oo more, which may be allemb!ed in a
SPORT time, con6fting of Kalmucks, Haf1kiers
and the different hordes of Tartars, every man
OF whom, upon the promife OF being allowed 70
plunder, would gladly enrol hiniclf; with iuch
q force az its command, can it be afled, If Ruff.
H. havea night TO the character me aiIImeg, IN
At age when the power of the ftrongeft is the on
~ one that is retpe6ted?
'FIt muft be acknowledged, morally fpeakinp,
that il is France that Ruiia is indebted for the
brilliant ituation which ihe now occupies and
which cannot be denied. TO be OF the very frft
order. The period from whence this command
ing ard prominent petition was occupied by Ruff
ia, may he dated from the commencement of
tnat fyGem OF tyranny and iEiuhice, which
France has efabliiiied: fyaem of inva!ion, OF
rnpinc, and OF OpDretlon, which has been excr-
CITED wherever IFS power could reach and A.
bove all, tince it became apparent, that its arlbi-
tious views were directed to no Icfs an obicSs
than the attainment of unverGtl monarchy.
Since that tins, PuGia has betcme the ihieid
ut the weak, aad Alexander, ftaicd on his throne
has aliUmed the character Of the protector and
Irbiter Of empires. Can trance compel her to
lay abide this digniGed character? Let her not
deceive herielf in imagining fhc can. Runia is
not in The ftuation of an actor, who puts on the
purple to play the part of king, flle is not an
Hhfart, who appears what .he really is not the
attitude of the lion BELTS her becauic fhe poi
Enes both his force and his dignity; ihe is a
Cooiial power, whole eyes have been nniealed
by the faults of others, and viewed in her true
light, C0.Siius of the mott formidable defcrip-
ton.
Whether Ru1ia will unite herfelf TO Prunia
or to Auftria, whether !he attaches herfelf to
England, or fands alone, fhe NUT always be re-
ipectdble. and among the firtl order of powers
Respectable, as long as ihe fllall follow fyf-
tenn of juitGe and dfnterefednefs, and that
confident in her ftrength, he filall openly reiiR
plan of universal defpotfn, and lay open to the
world the violation OF rights the mott fac.ed |;
that impious violation, which has beer 10 well
deicrihed IN the itrorS but temperate note,
which was prelented at Ratifbon.
Rui1ia, it mutt be admitted, can never be a
conl1cerlble gamer by indulging defre of con-
quet. She is exteniive enough alreadv; her
boundaries are fuch, that fhe need not win for
any alteration III them but fhe NAV be 4 gainer,
and 70 may Europe. by the consequences of any
war that t. plain dealing and foresight of her
toYereign may induce him to declare.
"Alexanderis naturally Of mild and anna.
Die dipoItlon, but in whatever concerns the
principles Of iueice he is decided alnot to obi.
sdcy; and they know him but little, who ina
cine that toe Note to the Diet of Ratiibon, WAS
'nggeted by M7rkow, and his adherents, inye-
trrate as their hatred is fuppofed to be.
What is the grca. danger to which war
with France would eSpgie tie Rufiian er1oire
IT does not follow tn2t the Ruhian army is to
march 70 Paris. No, nor can the French reach
Psteriburgh, Molcov., OF The Crimea, lince they
IRE not able to Diet ia daQis fhip, the whole Of
Their navy be.ng biockaded ard confined 20 their
ports. Asto battles and marches, brave as the
trench are, they are but men Ike others they
cSai0' exceed the limits which the laws Of ma
tare have placed 20 human efforts.
4" WIZ /, b. faid, that tae commerce Of Rufia
will be Affected by rupture with France? Ger
tainiY fcr with vaat articles docs r,s nm.
Ply th7t country None di-er,,y. What docs
ne import from Thence Articles of luxrrv,
which arc prohibited. ]. Is tue, ne receives
ione wine from France l'ut w;sh that article
ihe IS, at pteient, pientfrEy upblitd, And G.
v.aii ihc were not, fle could do without Il, a.