The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-08

has fuffered the ucceiIive ufurpatioas of Rnfiia,
and, TO purchafe her alliance, has p-epared her
dehruetve projects; nor was fhe able before
their accomplishment, te fee thst Ruiiia was
neceiarAy becoming her enemy.
Hitherto Rufiia, notwithftanc ING the ef-,r,s
OF Peter the Great and his fuec eiIurs, has heen
unable to become wartime over. Her nu
nervous fhips exhibit an uss,sfs, though pom.
p"us fDettacle in her ports or docks. What.
ever efforts fhe fhoud have made, the cost fined
navigation of the Baltic, topped for fix mon, rs
IN the year, would never have been able to Gre
ate feamen. Perhaps even the very national,
character of the MuCcovi,es oppofsd This rrea.
ton: The conqueR of alm.,f the whole coaa
OF the Back Sea was advantageous in con.
mercIal light; the opening the channel of the
Dardanellcs evinced tn: poiIiaiity of reaii6ug
the projects OF Peter AID Catharine. But as at
the hrit order of the Ottoman Porte, this psf.
fage might be nut, even agaul the return of
the Kuliian fhips which fhoud have filled into
the Mediterranean, Ruiiia his Till fewer beng
hte to hope for than damages TO dread from this
concefion, IT the Ottoman Porte is aware of
It's own itrength and knows how 10 employ it..
III, on the contrary, by a misfortune which
cannot be apPrehended at Preftnt, the Ruff i'm
Ma ihould one day happen to ay on the walls
OF Conitantiuople, this frightfu catastrophe,
mortal to The Independence of Aufria, and
Na'oStNus lot tHe powers, would NOT the
lefs prod!lce a total revolution in the maritime
and Commercial relations Of all nations and
the frlt Of its refults would be to break without
reh'tance, and forever, the fccptre which c..
Britain is 70 jealous If.
The petition of Confantinop!e, which the
ottoman power never reaped the advantage Of,
would afford the activity of the EuiIiaus the
vents of an immenfe trade, and the means of an
incompatible navy. The Cnsiper, the WoIsa
and ieveral other navigable rivers, might con.
vey from the northern cXtreUit;es OF Ruffia 10
the raouth of the Bofphorus, all the flip timber
and materials neceiiary to cit out the MOT pu-
merous fleets. The Black Tea would then be
like vaf port, which RuiIia might open and
ihnt at her pleafure, and where ihc might COL
iect her whole navy and exerciie it in fafety.-
Along this vaf extent OF coat, ihe might find
tai'ors. In the Morea, the ufu-patiou of which
Rufiia has 70 long beeB plotting, where ile
Carefully avails h.,f'lf of the identity ofregon
to keep up a fecret rebellion and al oppofton
dangerous to the fecuyty of The Ottoman Porte,
The would find the inftruments of her maritime
power. The active Greeks, induRfious and
intrepid, held the empire of the Tea for feverai
centuries, and require only the will of their TO-
vereign TO reiumc K, AZ Leaf in the Mediterrane.
an. With fuch means, RuiIia, once mRref, of
the mott advantageous petitions, would have
IN her navy almof all the elements of trade
At prefent ihe cannot herfelf export or work
up her raw materials ihe IS forced 10 have re-
courie to the irdufry and navy Of England.
But then ihe would work them up for her own
| account. and would export and barter them
herfe!f; ihe would perhaps confine 20 her ex-
cutiye consumption every thing necsfIaay to
the maintenance of her navy. England, un-
able to refif the attacks of an indefruetib,c
navy, or to parry the blows of an enemy able to
reach her at the very extremities of the world,
would fee The principle of her commercial prof.
perity fuddenly fall, by the mere ceiTation Of
her relations with Rula.
Befdes, either by alliances or by conquet,
Runian army may fird it's way through Peria
to the very heart of the Engliil, power, that is
to fay, to India, perhaps in Icrs time, with Iefs
expenfe, and undoubtedly with lefs danger it.
felf, than it could come to Holland or Italy.
In whatever light we view the deftrutton of the
Ottoman empire, it would be more fata! TO
England than to any other nation, either by
invaiious, by force of arms, or by the different
direction which it would give 70 trade; but, as
we have faic, this catastrophe is no longer to
be dreaded fnce tie Ottoman Porte has awak-
ed from its lethargy, and that five hundred thouf
and FrenchmeD, commanded by their emperor,
have guaranteed her independence. Yet Eng.
land does not perceive THAI in this inlance Inc
is under obligations to her enemies. Argu5.)