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south Of Europe, may be forced, il les
turn, to bear a foreigo yoke.
/ The TURKS
seem TO have reached almost the last stage
Of political degeneracy. Prevented By
their religion from cul,iva,ing the arts and
sciences. they have adopted few of those
improvements in the art Of war which the
last century produced. The necessary
consequence S, that when they eng &c id
contests with theirmore enlightened neigh.
sbours.hey encounter certain defeat. Dfi-
ven far Within their former bosndaries
nourishing a formjdable X enemy within
/. the bosom Of their scouatry, and reduced
no state, of extreme debility by mites,
wars, the Turks, il is probable. will ere
/ long, be driven Toto Asia. Nothing Blu,
The abiecs submission with which they
now receive the commands Of Bonanarte.
prevents the Immediate dissolution a
their empire 10 Europe.
( The rcscuing of Greece from the domi.
MON Of those stupid inhdels, was favor.
| lie plan Of the great Ca,harine of Russia,
and would DOT be unworthy of The magai.
hcen. Napolsoa. How shameful il is tha,
the native country cfld1rrty and eloquence,
the nursery of the arts and sciences, and
the mother of so many heroes, should be
left under the gailing yoke of those uolet.
tered and unenlightened barbar:ans. Tha,
the monuments Of its formee glory should
be overturned by their senseless possessors,
or converted into. shelters for bru.es. as
enlightened as themselves. But things will
not long remain 10 this situation. The
empire of the Turk even bow tot,ers, auG
ere long il will tumble in the dust. Then
shall tine brave and ingenious Greeks awake
from the slunber which Expresses them
aud occupy their proper rank among the
nations OF the earth
GERMANY
has ceased to be called" The Empire .
since an empire more mighty has arisen In
Europe. 1t is divided into the kingdom
of Prussia, shrunk to the half of It's former
bulk the newly erected kingdoms of Sax
ony, Wessphalia, Bsyaris, Wir,enburg,
and Baden, and the empire Of Austria, so
called. The circle Of Franconia. tits said
is alao to be erected into kingdom. ell
these obey the mandate of Napoleon.
SPAIN,
fosge,fal of performer greatness, and aux,
! ious only for psesens security, is compleat
| " subservirnttot the all-copqusring French.
| The resources of this feeble monarchy,
| are as completely at the disposal of Bona.
paHe as those of any department. inFrance.
! The treasures ofthe new world, continH
ally flowing into his Golfers, afford him the
means of snbdaios the old. The naughty
Castillan is compelled to march under the
auspices of France, anc to fight her battles
| 10 the inclemen. regions of the uorth. The
Andulusiau peasant is torn from the orange
aud citron, Groves of his native provinces,
| to follow the track Of mao ambition, thro'
the rugged forests of Poland The adven.
turous fiscayap, cut off by the wars Of
Fraoce from lucrative commerce, mans
the navy Of Napoleon Nor is
| s PORTUGAL
10 much better situation She retains her
| political existence al the mercy of France,
and there's every probability of her soon
Leasing TO exist as an independent ma.
sion.
GREAT BRITAIN
alone Of all che European states has pre-.
served her dignity audsdefended her rights
| agsinstshe overbearing power of France:
10 bloody contest Of fourteen years. she
! has eudeaycred TO set bounds to French
| ambition; to preserve her own indepen-
dence, aud thar Of Europe. Though her
gallant efforts have not been crowned with
! the success which they deserved, they have
nevertheless covered her with glory, and
/ preserved herself at least from French do.
4 mination. They have annihilated the pa.
/ vies Of France, Of Spain, of Holland, and