Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-04
Lavasion Of Sweden By Russia.

mon. This! outrage has been preceded with
the decorum of manifesto, the tenor Of
which as applied to Russia, has somewhat
surprized us. His new alliance with France
has communicated to the emperor Alexan-
der much of the old jacobin faint, and en-.
grated upon constitution, naturally s stur
Oily loyal, and once enthusiastically aristocra-
tic, the very worst slip ssnd Scyon Of OBJ.
sole tie democracy. An innovation Of this sort
will ill agree with the Russian stamina, and
when the emperor of the north shall begin 10
chatter out of the French revolutionary yoca-
bulary, he must have sharp look out, lest
his Subjects take fancy to the same sort of
reading.
The Rights Of Man is very shor, and ea-
sy catechism, and soon learnt by heart--and
when the emperor Alexander attempts to
batter down the government Of a rival soye-
reign by a weapon ofthis sort, he should have
care lestit be retorted upon himself. It's
an instrument of subverson more powerful
tam an army. The word of command is SUI
hcicnt to discipline a body of revoltcrs, And
the tactics OF rebelod are soon Got BIZ heart
France, in none OF her shapes, and least Of
all in her present, is congenial with the IN
terests of Russia and it was SO we'll under
stood BY the empress & atharine, that she Sc
parated her country from the contagion CT
French principles by the strictest line Of cir
cumvallation The emperor Alexander should
have pursued the same policy. He might
have sheltered himself from contempt after
his defeat by trance, had he retreated with
dignity into wise and impenetrable neHtrali-
ty. He never was so far defeated Or reduced,
bur that he was safe at home; and it was not
necessary to any contingent interest Of his SO
vernnlent to become the meanest understrap-
per of French nalevolence.
Re should have RENE mbered the lesson that.
was handed down to him by his predecessors
who have filled the Russian throne. lie
should have Remembered what column of
pure natis e granite was required to sorm the
pedestal Of his statue who had protested to
emulate the example Of Peter the Great s.
His grandmother though foreignsr born,
made herself Russian his father, with the
best intentions in the world, though born in
Russia, ruined himselfby becoming a foreign
er in his own kingdom Safe in his native
glory, and in the surrounding affections Of his
cwn subjects, he Infatuated himself into all
the intri gues Of the French cabals, and was
rewarded with their usual compensation, as
sassination and contempt The emperor A.
lexander, should have his eyes fixed upon
these examples, and not challenge (what we
trust he,never will experienced the same fate,
by pursuing the same councils.
Withlrespcct to the invasion Of Sweden,
We confess we feel no great alarm for the
safety of that kingdom, provided the French
troops can be kept upon the continent, and
Sweden be recruited BY a competent British
force.
There is nothing very formidable in Rus
sian army, and In a country where there are
no magazines for them. they are not likely to
stay loag.-If the Swedish war can be pro-
tracted till the arrival of the British troops,
the soldiers of the emperor Alexander Hust
return home or be starved.
Orall places, at this period ofthe year, the
northern parts of Finland are least suited to
campaign. and Of all powers Russia is the
least adapted to make active movements out
Of winter quarters. Her system of warfare is
purely baroarous; her tacticts are those OF
Tartar horde; commissaries and magazines
: are almost unknown In her army. Unless,
therefore, her enemy feeds her, she is una
Bile when removed from her own country, TO
snbsiss herself
IF the Swedcs therefore, can kept Rus
SLAMS in check till they are strong enough by
means of British reinforcements, to attack
them, Russia, we trust, will be oyerwAelnl-
ed with disaster and confusion.
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