Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-07-24
REVIEW OF EUROPE.
From he MVrinstwsh (gt.1 Gazette.

From 'he NJ RfiHs5wgh { ~ Gazette
7ie ZINES are 4eili contention lie horse
E.ll Of high feeling, 'naaly hath broke loose,
nj 6eats do1n AZ t.tofe him.
SHAKESPEARE.
THERE is no epoch in modern his
tory, TO which these words OF tho In
spired bard Of Avon, are more truly
d, plicable than TO the present. The
times are indeed wild and turbulent
contention hath broke loose among the
nations, and naught bu the din ofarms
is heard in Europe, from the Shows OF
Lapland to the pillars OF Hercules
The restless ambition of
FRANCE,
still continues TO afflict the continent
with the calamities of war. Her ar
mics have recently spread ruin and
dessolation over the face of Spain they
have converted her cities into heaps of
rnouldering ruins they have gained
bloody victories over the half-armrd
peasantry but the shouts OF triumph
have been drowned by the lamentations
of oppressed and plundered millions.
The Gallo eagles now bend their flight
towards Austria they are whetting
their talons for new feas,s oil blood |;
and unless benignant Providence in
terpose, Austria will add one to the
long list of conquered and ruined king
doms. One hundred millions obey the
nod of the French Emperor the scam
ty and diminished population OF Aus
,ria cannot successfully contend against
such mighty odds and it is more than
probable that, ere this, her armies are
routed and dispersed. But the natives
of Europe are brave and hardy race :
though they may submit, for time, to
the tyranny Of this modern Tamerlane,
they will, at last, rise in their strength
and shake of CALLING yoke.-lhe
French nation, decked with the spoils,
and bloatsd with the plumber OF Europe,
intoxicated with prosperity, and fond
ly imagining that nothing can withstand
her power, hath "played such fan'as-
tic tricks before high heaven" as to as
tonish the universe But let her be
ware the wrath of heaven will not
forever sleep; and the same Providence
which hath made her the scourge oil
the nations, may have already decreed,
that her fall shall be more sudden than
her exaltation. There is point OF en-.
durance beyond which human nature
cannot go. The very worm tha, crawl'
in the dust, will resist, when trampled
under foot surely then man, the no
hlest work of the creator, when ih'
hardly earned reward of his toll i
snalched from his grasp, when he i
torn from the bosom of his family, and
compelled to fight in the ranks OF for
eign tyrant, against the real friends o.
his native land when he is plunderee
insuited, oppressed, derided and Tram
pied on, will turn with furious indig
nation against his proud oppressors
will avenge OH their heads his accumu
lated wrongs, and endued with all tn
omnipotence of despair, will be FINAL,
victorious. The example hath beel
already set.
SPAIN,
atousing from the lethsrgy which hail
SO long benumbed her faculties, am
goaded tho resistance by the most in
tolrrable oppression, hath drawn III
DISCRIMINATING sword Of vengeance, ant
calling upon heaven and earth TO wit
hess The justice Of her cause, hat
sworn never 10 sheath it, but in tn
hearts of her ferooious enemies. Ate
sustaining a multitude of battles, aite
seeing her territories laid waste 10y tn
Gallo mercenaries, and her braves
sons perish in combat, she still maintains
the unequal conflict. May victory
crown the efforts of the gallant Span
iards may their arms be nerved viii
more than mortal energy may the,
force the blood hounds who now la!
waste their country, TO re-cross the Py