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found to be contrary to ii. general intereas of
thafe already confederated.n What is this
but ayowing, that as .,-any as chooEe 70 Offer
their feryices, will he readily aeeesieds What
IS this, in fae, but lifting the ftandard of defec-
t'on to every petty Prince and Power of Ger
many; periuading them to abandon their pre-
tent Iovereign and to join in the !" League of
the Rhine % ...'s
Two advantages will refult to France herfelf
from fuch an arrangement. 1t will not merely
augment her own military reIomres and per-
ihaps the reionrces of her treafury but it will
IN the Game proportion, flbtract from the re-
ionrces OF ner continental rivals. But will
Anitria will Praffa herfelf thank the Emce
ror OF France, tor holding out this invitation
to the nieh5ouring Princes backed, and
brought into effect, as it will neceNariy be by
his own influence and the intrigues of the
polite Talleyrand I" The Emperor of AuC-
tr,a, may expect to lefe, one after the other,
gu the f" Germanie provinces and Gates of the
Empire" which he till deiires toe incorporate
eUit6 bis .fyj2rian StafeJ"" And as to
Pruiia, The may relinqufh all the hopes
he may have entertained of forming
"A confederation of the North" Gmilar
to the " L eague of the Rhine" Bona
parte may ba1e entertained his ally with this
iPlendid project; but it was mott probably
Tor the purpoies of deception. 1t may have
been only fweet cake thrown out to this Pruf-
fan Cerhsrus, to lull his vigilance TO lleen.
Meanwhile his own project may have advanced
to its completion, and it may ultimately en-
brace thefe very acquiitions, which had Iulled
hejealoufy of his ally.
1t IS ridiculous, therefore, to prcfcribe Ii.
nuts to this French Federatize SyRem. UefJe.
Saxony, and all the surrounding States of Ger.
many may foon be covered by its fhade. The
military empire of France will then meet no
limits, until 1t touches the borders of PrufIia
and of hereditary Auttria.
The language of his late letter of reGgn.tion to
| the Diet of Gatifbon.
TIE NEXT PREsIDENT.-Wep predicted tina,
the republicans of Neqv. York would initiate the
| Example OF the Ward Meetings of Philadel.
Phla, and the event has exactly verified our pre.
di6tion.
On the 18th inf. meeting of the REPUB.
LlCAN GENERAL COMMITTEES was
held at Martling's long room, in the CITY of N .
| York, at which they came TO the following re.
folution
=" Reslved unanimously, that it be recommended to
our Republican fellow Citizens of the ninth Ward to
convene on 1nsEAy EVeaing next, the 2IR infan,
and to the other REFLECTIVE wards on rs ea.Esy Ev,n.
ing NEST, the 22nd infant FOR the purpofe Of appoint
ing General Committee to con of i7Oeufy.one Dele
gates from each ward, prepare, fign, and tranfm
respectful and earneff addref, to THOMAS JEF
FERoON, Prefdent of the United States, rsqueltipo
HIM to content to be candidate at the next ele aioT
for that important Office which he at prefent fill
with honor and dignity to hmfelf and ufeunels to hi
country"
PGfolvtd unanimously, that the committee to b,
appointed by the REFLECTIVE wards be requefted to az
ic''S - ,aitirg iaver., trlxay Evening uszt
the 24th Infant, at fix o'clock precilely, and thai
they alto be requeaed prepare and fign an aaael
10 our republican llczv-e=eus IF III. direqt eoDat.
i" this fat requeang their cooperation and infuenc,
in promoting the particular objea of thi, meeting"
| Is this fandiag committee, or one merely appoin
ted for the removal of " fome prefing and nonnenta
ry evil I" it be the former we confider f,ch Alto
ciatens at war with the genuine principles of r.bus
eanifu and of yeaIon
| To iueh of the republicans in New-YorE as .dvo
cate this drilling iyfem, we particularly recommen,
the chapter on Political essiaton in the fri vol
OF the Political Juftice." No doubt Mr.. Wortmar
/ has the book in his Library.