The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-20
WILLIAM s. SMITH,
SAMUEL C. OGDEN.
FROM THE AURORA.
POLITICAL VIEWS.
No. ].

| No. ].
In former papers we have fketched without ftu.
died attention to fyle manner fuch political conf
derations appeared arife naturally ont of the
contemplation OF the preent ate of European nations
| and the changes which mutt inevitably ari(e ont of
eventsfo extenGve and extraordinary as have arfen
IN Europe, fiuce the Of the convention at Pill
nitz.
| We have endeavored to fathom futurtv. and 70
anticipate political revolutions Of n,omentous kind
IN the north and in the eat of Europe. We propore
taking the fame fubjeas up, under different form
though the operation of events which we have fur
niihed, we deem conentaneous and iafeparab,e from
the new point of view in which we propofe to examine
| the fubjeet.
| Our former fpeculations embraced only the 1;Et,
~ and the governmental traniacions and their con(e
quence The difcullions which we now propore. en-
brace the commercial conlequenees, and the COM
! mercial indictments which have given direction 70
the combined operations of in the Mediterranean
| and the Baltic
| The principal commercial consequences tina, mar
arlie from the revolutions which have taken nJaee
and that follow, you'd embrace the ;nterns,
communications between the nations Of Euroue and
the interior navigation of the contin .ntal itatea
Thefe doubt the mott important 20 the peonIs
OF the popuous and commercial nations of that fet;
on OF the globe, and afford ample cope for uteret-
\ ing enquiries.
| But they do not 70 Immediately belonp To The
views we have already taken it NUT be scceptsble
to thoie who have leifure fudy fuch topics to find
| an abtraa view taken of the fubjef in this form, .
perceive how policy and operate in the cour(e
and direction of universal commerce. There is ano
ther conEderation and that is flrong one which
leads US to prefer an examination of the influence of
the exiting Fate OF things the external commerce of
Europe, rather than the internal, aud that is the dr.
reel and the iaaire effects which may be produced on
| the commerce OF the u. S.
| The of the United States may derive ne
cuniary advantage from changes in the Baltic, by
the enhancement OF the prices OF commodities of which
the ike are produced hereour iron timber lumber
bemP, Piteb, tar, Je. ee may find more ready and
advantageous market in Europe, if the Baltic ihould
be cioied by either power, againn the rival power
| But the mott important confderation and it COM
prehends reafonngs and consequences both of policy
and commerce, is what relates the trade of the
Mediterranean-the whole of the Levant trade, and
Its Incidental commerce with Alta, and Fpypt and
| Africa
It's well known, that young as we are among ma
tons, the commerce of the Mediterranean, lr-s been
deemed OF the utmot conequence, by fucce1ive legf
latures. To the commercial nations of Europe pc
neraiy 1T has been deemed of the highen impor-
lance 1t is to luitain and ecure this commerce,
that Gib,alfa and Miaorea and 4Faita have been 70
often taken, and made the oltenible canes Of war.
is the commercial riches derived from this great re-
ervoir that has ftmulated the ambition of Rufia.
OF Auitria, of England and of France, at different
| pericls
From thefe obvious truths, it is reafonng in a
direct line, to infer that France, while the aims at
the reduction OF Britifh power by huttng her COM
MERGE out from the ports of Europe will not if prac-
ticabe leave her unmoleled in the enjoyment of the
| Leyant and the Mediterranean trade
Frame TUaHfS BpS, e0loaieS ant eowzeyes" 70 faid
Bonaparte. On the flores and iands of the Archi-
Peiago, in the emi-barbsEfed foil of the once cafc
Greece, on the ancient theatre of the licences and
the arts, phofoPhy eloquence arms are to be found
fcites for colonies prepared with hardy but catter-
ed race Of men to receive the impreion which French
Vvaeity and comprehensive ambition may be defrous
OF making where the lUrplus Of its forty millions
OF population will find new dwellings and new fields
tor adventure, the novelty which is the national cha
racteriiic TO ieek, and without thoe delays or diff
couragements with which long voyages are 70 apt
to blatt the enterprises OF ardent and verlatie
people.
France wants Hips" and IN the forens which
ihade the flores Of the Propoutis and the Fuxine
from Moldavia and Wailaehis is to be found the boi
~ en45d oak aud the clutter oat (Quercus Orientas
Lataioiia, &c. and the Quercus Orientalis, glande
cylndriiorniis, of Tournefort) and which are 70 be
found in their forels, together with the (Oqerepi
ee,yis) Turkey oak, in the forels from the Trebi
fond throughout Afa, Minor and Syria where the
PiaT paea, Tor Stone Pine) and the Lario Tor Cori-
can Pine are kewe abundant, and every fpecies Of
wood and timber known in the naval arlenas of Eu-
rope.
Long before the revolution, the French govern
meat had procured MATS, fpars yards, and heavy
timber for hiPs equal to thoe brought from the Bal
tic, in the Levant, and from the ports Of the Euxns
and Moldavia-from Galos and sinope--from Catta.
70 and the Guiph of Lljriua, from Durazzo Janina
and the Cephalonan Straits, from Patros aud Lavida
from the Guphs Of Salonea and CerteTa the alliance
or the power OF France may draw materials for hips
for war or for commerce, and eargoes load them
In PdobcaHa6aJ, now called the Morea which once
contained the celebrated Spartan, and from whom
will proceed incentives to route iofe pafions which
never fail to influence warfrom that Sparta colonies