Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-05-08
TsR e r. USgIANS.

TsR z r. U,sSS.{ANS.
Mr., Carr makes US familiar with the
customs Of the contn,on Russians, who arc
thus nobly nd feeiingy vindicatcd from
The character which sore travellers have
I given them, of unconquerasis bsrbafis.n /:
" 10 say ;hat nature has irreversiIjly
doomed the Russians be a ba,aarian is
ar assertion 'as disgracefcl as K is urius,,
and such as ns;aYe herself cQntraveaed
. Amidst all the oppression ,ha. wsisas Aim
to the Garth, tia. half associates h.a, with
the rugged bsarnf tie forests, and laugh,
as he is that his condiuon can never know
amelioration, ibis poor slave OF ti?e rorsh
has displayed the most heroic ardor in the
field, he most gentle moderation ia success,
and the miIdes., unrepiaias philosophy in
suffering. such as would haze done honor
10 a Roman.
elf you ask whether the sensb;lisies cf
nature ever softened The Russian breast,
read what The poor exies have oppressed
in the deso!ate wilds of Siberia, and it
will put feelings Of year own heart 10
,heirful estp'off. Ii those regions of com
the poet may ca(chaome oithe first subje( 3
for bis nue..
"Let us not erdeauet to convert the law
sf c.in ates into the ruthless DEGREES Of i'm.
mortal vengeance. Wei did The poor A.
frican say g All n,assa, good negro IS like
q chesnut, all uvhitewi,hin, and bad Eng:
lishn,an is like an apple, thought perfec,
when j, has many black grains in its heart"
No! No! The Breast OF the Russian is
not unimpressib!c. The granite of his in
element region Is hard and rugged, harder
than any other rock; but under its rough
surface. gems are sometimes found, and
time and toll have proved that it is sus.
cep,ible Of high polish. No one who has
remarked the Russian with eandor, who
Judges from wha, he has seen, and not from
what he has heard or read, will hesitate to
pronounce him one OF the best tempered
creatures in the creation. lie will bear
the curse and scorn, and frequently the
blows Of his superior with mildness. Re-
venge almost sanctioned by insults, neve,
maddens his blood and knowing how hard
il is TO suffer without resisting, he IS scarce
ly ever seen TO strike the animal over
which be has power.
His hotfc is ieIdom compelled by any ether
inAutnce than few ch:flfhing end cheerful
/ founds; if this encouragement inofea!c not his
pace, he does not, heated with fassge fairy, DIFF
tetf the w:etched he.e with theleou,ge, beat
oat an;cye or tear cur the tongue; 30, bis patti.
! en-, driver begins to fng to him, and the Ruff.
ans ales all famous fingers, as ,flsll hereafter
tell. ,sEf the charms of lnuGc have no influence
| on his legs he then begins torcafon with hin
/" You hy fellow, why don't you go on fas.
teri Ceme, get on, &c. 90, doa't you know
/, that to.motrow is phralhnicS "a iatt aay) ARD
then you will have noghing 10 do butto eat.
BY this time, tie hlky~jade has had her wbin
gut and trots on sail). His hsyle is the object
of his pride and Comfort. Wsll obferving the
wliom Of the Ra.liin proverb, cit IS not The
horfe but the oats that csrry you" AS long a,
the anima!-will eat he feeds him, and lis appear.
..aace generally bpnorss and his grateful feryices
remunerate the humanity of hi, matter. RIFF
Gan 10 the cbullitiou ofrai1ion may do a ferocous
thing, bet never an iil5naiursd one. No beicg
under heaven farpaaes him in the. gaiety of the
heart Hi, little national iong cheers him
wherever he gees. Where German would
smoke for comfort, the RuGian flags. There is
nothing cold about him bur tie climate; when.
evsrbe fpsaksisi is with good hsnour and yivaci.
ty, accompanied with the ncR animated gtRures;
and although Go not Think that the Gfaces
would at the 6ra fight puIlcaPs, about him, yet,
in the dance, tor ipiri, and agility, would
match him againf any one dt the moa asile sons
Of easelslsnsss in the chanps Elisses.''