Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-06


pendent. The chiefwho governs The des
TIMES OF France and Europe. has combin
ed rith the splendor of triumph and no.
pular enthusiasm, the enthusiasm which
! he finds attached TO every country and
habit. and he will not be less back yard IN
infiaming the classic enthusiasm of anci
ent Greece On It's classic soil, than he " as
IN employing on the parched sands Of Sy.
ria, the zeal of the Moslems and .,
Rome the pie,y of the complaoent con-
ciave. If Austria is faithful 10 France.
all Croatia, Servia ard Bosnia, and that
part OF Waljachia along The banks of the
Aluta 10 lis confluence with the Danube
at Nicopolis, may be hers: if she should
prove faitbless, the theatre of action fur.
nlshes for the modern .zicIonder orece
dent Tor his imilaiion--the tets and Mar.
n,onfs may be provided With provinces on
the theatre of Macedonian glory. as the
GerHado.fcs and 11urats have been invest.
ed With principaliiies OF The RICH; side of
the Kh,ne-and the Berthiers in SwIsser-
lad.
a war in this part of Europe would be
conducted under circumstances very DIFF
ierent from the course which must have
been pursued prior 10 The French reyolu
uon. Before that epoch, France could
not carry on war in that quarter with.
out naval force, aud numerous trans
ports to convey troops and stores. The
pacific policy of Venice, would have pre-
Guided the passage offorces, or the occu
patton OF naval or military positions. so
near Cons,antinople. The favors confer.
RED ~ Bonaparse on the kings Of Tplrfem.
oers, and bavaria, and The advertisement
otthe ltaiiao Kingdom on The sister shores
OF Adria, have not only provided free
passage Which supercedes naval eurip.
men', but provides magazines ON the
march.
lhis is new state of things Bona
parte said that The nane!centh century
would be nnlike any Thing nhat preceded IL.
1t is already ankle all tina, preceded it
and the dissimiliarity is crossing apace
it may be PRESUMED without danger of
mistake, that what IS yet to happen will
be more extraordinary than what has al
ready asionished mankind.
But though the transactions in this
section OF Europe are of Importance suf
fcient 10 engage the attention of the Gu.
rious observer; they form but a part of a
system which embraces the two extremes
OF Europe-the re.renewed war involves
the navigation OF the baltic and the Afedi.
terranean.
THERE WILL BE NO PEACE FoR A
LONG TIME 10 come IN EUROPE.
RecanSe HIS H. r
Europe, tho pernicious to England in one
shape is favorable in another, her com.
MERGE will be affected if Bouaparte sue.
ceeds either in the Baltic or the aiediter
ranean. Her erisfence will be in icoper.
dy il he succeeds in BOTH Bot il the re.
sistance continues on the part of Russia,
and is conducted with skill and visor--
the eIisfence IT England as an indepep.
dence nation is frotractcd and the most
diseased and worn down nations, like in.
tilvidnals, cling with the greatest avid,y
and the keenest hope 10 life; none are
more confident than those whose systems
are undermined, tottering and dec yetl -
so 1t Is with England and il will b.. her
policy and he inevitable course under
such circumstances TO hro rract the zvar ON
the entrance Of Eurofe; to keep the evil
remote from her own shores--wbils other
NATIONS are at waT--to push her COM
merce through thousand channels and
mart IN the very camps Of her enemies
as well as of her allies.
BY the acknowledgment of The irnperi.
al title OF Bonaparte, at Constanlinople, il
is plain that the Russian and English in.
fluence ha sunk at the Porte. a treaty.
concluded between France and the Porte,
recognizes not only the tile of emperor,
but that of king of Italy. This is only
the hfst fruit OF the approximation otter
riiory, produced by the battle of Auster
ita and TIE treaty of Presburg. The
Turkish dIvan ever at the Command of
the most powerful or lhe most feared.
points out like an index to Europe the al.
teraIion which has already taken place in
her sentiments Of European poteDta,es.
The grand seignior will now assume a
tone of independence which he has not
ventured TO employ for eleven years. AL.
ready the Russian and British ambassa.
doris, who one year ago dictated TO the
Turkish empire, are become remonstran,s
and supplicants--the order Of the Ctes-
cenf may now perhaps cease.to be sa-
tire on the orde's of the cross, on the
breasts OF Christian Knights The supporters