Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-12-09
FOR 7.HE DILL .4DYER7,ISER.
STATE OF EuaoPE AT THE PEACE OF TIL
sIT,sIN JULY, 1907

SINCE the time of Charlcmagne, no
revolution has happened in Europe 50 I'M
3or,ant els tha, whicbIhas been produced BY
the downfall Of the Cape.s 10 France. -
Towards the close of the eighteenth cen-
.,ury, grand and interesting spectacle az
,racted the attention Of every civilized PEG.
Die. They beheld nasio which had long
-bsen re n1arksble for devoted attachment
TO lis hereditary nonarchs. oyerlsap, at
once all,he harriers.erected by PrtJudlce.
and boldly assert .hesunalienable rights OF
man. Az event so unexpected, was hailed
with en,basIasm. by all the fsien IS OF Y.
berry: tl,es considered il as the first dawn
ling Of aligh,, which would quickly 'llu.
niue all the regions of the globe; as a
scommeneemens OF new atate OF it'ngs,s
ia which liberty would triumph, and slave,
Is be ban;shsd from he earth. But these
sbeds Of hope were quickly blasted. The
despolism Of the Bourbons was overturned
but slavery mare in,olerable succeeded
TIE French nation became the prey OF q.
oarchy. They had thrown away their gald.
ed feiters, but chaias still more CALLING
were imposed upon them by.a bandot cut
shrea,s. Wearied with q perpetual change
Of masters, and thinking one syrant more
sto.eratlr a thousand, they surrender
ed the destinies Of the nation into the
hands Of Napoleon, and sought for thai re.
nose in the calm Of despo,ism, whichthey
found uaat,ainable. 10 the tempestuous sea
Of liberty.
But while the French nation was con.
vipcing the world Of its inability to enjoy
the liberty which il sought after, il also
impressed upon the nations Of Europe the
dagger Of otieiously interfering IN the do.
nestle concerns Of powerful and warlike
nation. 10 the wars which preceded the
elevation of Bonaparte to the imperial dig
My. France wressed from Spain, and the
house of Austria, The ten provinces 10 the
Netherlands, aud incorporated them with
herself. The continental dominlons of
the king ofSardioia experienced similar
fate To Italy she had moreover acquired
the duchies of Tuscany and Milan, beside
some smaller principai,ies herepublics
Of Holland and Switzerland. though com
plea,iy snbdred. were permitted to retain
some email appearances Of their former in.
dependence. Such was the state Of France
10 1 Sol. Passing over the intervening
years, Iet-us view the state of
FRANCE,
Atprescns; AID the vast increase OF her
power will shew Us how rapidly she is pro
gceedtog towards universal dominion. We
behold, then, the emperor Napoleon, at the
conclnsioq of the second continental war IN
which he has engaged since he mounted the
throne, coippleally the arbi,er ofibe cont.
nen:. He has broken the power OF Aus.
sria, aud driven her from all her remaining
Italian dominions, he has completely hum.
bled the house of Rrsndenba g, and dc
prived il Of half It's territory. add of It's
long accumulated wealth he has expelled.
the king of Naples from his dominions i;
he has overturned the Germsnic cons.itu.
ton he has been declared protector of the
Rienish confederation, and has placed Sc.
sytn kiegs upon as many newly erected
thrones he is the acknowledged master
Of France. Italy, aud a considerable part
of Germany, beside the Low Countries,
and completely directs.he cabinets Of Con
s,antinople, of Madrid, Of BerIin aud of
Vienna.
RUSSIA
alone, of all the principal continental pow
ers, has jus. presensions to the title Of an
independent nation, But shee too has
been forced 10 crouch beforet the enormous
power Of Frsoce. She has been compell.
edto desert her ally, the king of Prussia,
and TO terminate a war with Turkey. 10
which she had been uniformly successful,
The small addition of territory which she
has received is poor compensation for
the disgrace os being frightened into a