Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1806-08-08
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pests shah havemet ii dreadful collation.,
we shall see the superiority of virtue ..
yer vice, and acknowledge with gfati-
tude, that the providence Of God has
been absolved. -,ssa.
There Is 20 circumstance which more
foreibly confirms he truth Of these OBJ
servatios relative 70 the importance of
the sscondary powers, than the manifese
loss which the greater sstafes Of Europe
have sustaiurd BY dc incorporation Of
those useful anxiliaries into phe French
empire, The safety and honor of Eu-
rope depended chiefly on few CONF
mandinE powers bat wonderful were.
the advantages which they derived hon.
those Inferior sfatss tl.at are npN. extin-.
S6tshed. Il was the policy u the an.
Gent Romans 20 intrust TO the legions
the preservation Of the empire, but they
did not disdain TO adopt every useful in
strument Of war. Many dependent prin-
ces and communities dispersed round
the frontiers were, invited 70 marshall
themselves under their victorious eaglesi
and when . Roman army took the field,
the auxiliaries always formed the line.
r A similar policy prevailed ID Europe
40 long as It's princes respected the prin-
ciple Of the balance Of power. Take for
instance the sovereign of Piedmont. Ia
all the great continental wars, the influ.
ence of that inferior state was so couside.
rable, that lie alliance was courted by al
beiligerent parties. From the peculiar
situation of the princes Of the house Of
Savoy, continually exposed to the ambi-
tious designs Of formidable neighbours,
they were often reduced to the necessity
Of sheltering themselves beneath the
wing, sometimes Of one powerful neigh.
bour, and sometimes under that OF lis
rival. From this seeming versatility ID
their politics, they have been represent-
ed as mendicant politicians or inercena-
ries. Never was an impntation more ur.
Just / speak generally. The predomi-
nant policy Of the house Of Savoy, like
that Of every other state, was the desire
ofsecurity i and its refnemeut eonsisss
ed in struggles 70 uphold its indepen-
dence in the midst Of the storms that
frowned from either side Of the Abs.
With equal courage and capacity ito iIlus-
trious princes successfully repelfed the
encroachments Of per6dious allies, and
the footsteps Of hostile invaders. The
records Of history will transmit, 10 future
generations the names Of those dextrous
negociators, and those renowned statesS
men and warriors who, ndrsed in the
school Of Turin, by their sagacity and
their vaior raised q comparatively small
state to 4 degree Of importancs which
Kingdoms of much greater means and
magnitude had never then attained. This
power IL annihilated; ihrguardian efihe
Alts isno more. The barriers which
nature had planted for It's security the
magnificent and mastery Notifications
which the power Of genius had superad-
ded 10 his natural means Of defence, are
now in the possession ofthe rernorseless
enemy and with them, that enemy is
master Of Italy.=l, -.
How melancholy are the reflections, to
which this dislocation of one OF the mo-
blest houses Of Europe gives rise I How
lowly does human wisdom appear, and
how poor the chance of public virtue
when placed ii competition with the kna-
very Of disciplined sharpers and extorti.
oners, bsatingin one hand the olive of
peace stepped in poison, and in the other
the brand that is destined 10 set ON ere
the most sacred treaties. and the most
solemn covenants Of security and inde-
psndeuee e :
This subject win demand more Of our
attention, when / come to consider the
meansb by which the socialedi6ce Of Eu.
rope may be repaired. Il has been ad-
verted to, in this place, selely to Illus
trate my reasonings onthe importance Of
thee. secondary powersin FORMER coufede-
raeies. As far as Great Britain is con.
cerned, the incorporation ofthe Neither
lands into the French Empire aud the in.