The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-04
Rfmar&S on the POLICY Of Rsha.
From the Moniteur

from the MonIteur.
we know thai no war upon the Continent
can be ferIou1y undertaken without p ufTia mr.
Auitria becoming partifans in j.; and thef- DOW
ers are not 10 be told that they often commence
war with allies, and fnR il without then,
that the fubfidies thew receive are barely {1f; !.
ent TO defray fourth of their expences; and
tnat among neiRhhourng powers, acquainted
WIN each other, the confequrces of war are ter
libe, and to which they will not expofe them.
islves without good. cogent and indifperf,hle
reaions. Ruiia herfelf can effeet nothing againG
france, but with her affiltance, fhe may become
every thing good and great.
" VIII fhe a fecond time fend &c. 900 men to
make new debarkation TO Holland win fhe
ohenoark 10000 men upon the Wefer 70 at
tack the French in Hanover, The reCult to
Kniha would he the lofs of great number of
men, and the inevitable weakening of the en-
pre-, but would he truly advantageous to the
powers on the confines of Ruiia they would
willingly fee her waiting her armies in contend
lp8 aga'nft France, and futfering in her turn, all
the inconvenIencies which Auftria has 20 long
fuftdined alone.
VIII fhe fend 80 or 10000 men into Ireland
70 defend that country againH French invafon?
By doing 70, what credit (l,all fhe obtain in the
eyes or The univerfe, thus becoming an auxiliary
and inha'tern Btfides, what intereff has Gle
IN aueU'enting the Bri+ia, power? Can H,r he
ignorant that the fea bathes every fbore, and
that England, who rules over the fea, NAV alC,
appear before Cronfadt to dictate law 10 Ruff.
ha On the other hand, Rui1ia has nothing TO
tear from France; nature has defined tbefe
two powers TO be friends and whatever evil
direction PATTON may give to their armies, no
great 'nteref will ever attend the undertakings
of either power.
Men of fmall experience nav deceive them.
ielVes IN citing to acknowledge incontefi-
BILE truths: but minifters, grown grey in the
public frrviCe. as there are many in Runia or
Prince only directed By liberal opinions with
an enlightened love of his fubetts, and fent-
ments ot his rea' grandeur, cannot be milled for
any length Of time
Pafron and misunderstanding. fomented Inv
artful and malevoIent men, NAV lead to hazard
Gus and inconvenient meafircs on either Gde .
to the futperhon of all communication. and p
Vento the making of war but a mifunderhand.
ing cannot be durable between nations which
are necetIarily brought hack to recollection Nv
the fentiments of their REFLECTIVE hrength, their
mutual and perfect independence neccfTarilv
leading TO difpoftion for moderation, and the
public defire of peace.
When power whole capital is far in The
North, and whole armies upon the frontiers of
Perha and Tartary would interfere upon if e own
account, and at its own rik in the affairs of the
south OF Europe, even then it quits its proper
iphere.-Howeyer powerful monarchs may he.
and however brave their folders, they are hut
men they cannot exert themlelves beyond the
limits marked out by the nature of things.
Rnfila, when takinga part in the affairs of
the south of Europe, muf either flipport one
OF the three great powers, Aunria, Pruffia, or
France, and thus fhe acts. according 10 the in
tereft of her local fi'uation, which renders her
truly refpecfabe. But If, ON the contrary. he
Intermediates with the affairs of the South. with
out the afhftance of either Of thofe powers, he
is wanting TO the confederation of her own
greatness, which, TO increafe, does not require
provinces, hut men; theft might elevate her TO
pitch hyperion TO the other powers One
years war would dearoy more men than manv
years duration of peace could produce. 4
lalting peace is therefore the mon certain means
OF fatisfylng the ambition of Ruffia, and the
propagation of the fpecies one of the mott pref
ing of its exgencies.
we therefore cannot perfuade ourf,Ives TO
believe t at the Rufiians will make a debarkati
on IN Italy; in fact, were they 10 land there
with ten times the force, they would be all loft
men,"