Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-12

tute contract Of partition. Napoleon ma
perhaps. have said-it is to the common in
terest of the continent that the north ant
I southsshould have its protector, will as
sumo the protection and the empire of tn
states south of the, Vistula, do you in turf
take those of the north. I will form an en-
pire from the Atlantic to the Adriatic.-
Do you in turn form one from the Baltic te
the Bosphorus. Let Turkey and Greece
hail you as her deliverer, whilst Spain ane
/ Germanyin turn acknowledges me. Ou1
two empires will then have the natura
boundaries Of oceans and rivers, and there
can be no apprehension that we can inter.
fere with each other, as there can be no con-
ceivabe object for such lnterposition. Oh
grant even in the future vicisstudes of things
it may 50 happen that France and Russiabs
sosequally aggrandlzed, so proportionably
Augmented, that their relative strength Will
remain the same-that. each will remain q
match for the other, and that in this equali-
ty of strength the battle will as it ought to
be--to the bravest. Why should we fear
each other. Why should we stand ia each
others way topursuits which mustadvance
our common interest. In alliance we can
effect any thing. If opposed to each other,
we mutually check each others glory. is
it not more therefore to our mutual interest
that Russia and France should be both great
together, than that from a jealousy conceiv-
ed by the one at the aggrandizement OF the
other, neither of them should be enabled to
obtain that commanding station, for which
nature intended them,g and opportunity m
vites them.
Such we have little doubt lis the plan
which. the French chief has chalked cut to
conciliate the friendship and alliance of Rus
STA. There is something III this scheme Of
things which hatters her ambition. Ima-
CINE on the other hand that Russia was to
declare against France. in such circum-
stances she would have to wage perilous
war, in which she could by no possibility
gain much, but.night lose every thing
Let no one therefore be surprised, that the
emperor Alexander should retain his faith
70 France. In an immediate point OF view,
the alliance between France and Russia is
an alliance of victory and participation
France, by her unexampled success, has so
much to offer, that it's no reasonable sub
iect of surprize, if by bribing so highly she
should accomplish her point. The continent
with all her Kingdoms and principalilles is
at the feet of the French usurper, and if
France remain passive Greece and Turkey,
and Persia are equally at she command OF
the emperor Alexander. With such adj
vantages in the contract between them, it is
lust matter Of wonder that each should adj
here to it. We confess, for our own parts,
tina; before we had given the subject due
consideration, we ourselves felt some asto-
nishment at the conduct Of the Russian
court. But upon an attentive view OF its
probable motives, it appears TO us, that SO
long as Bonaparte is successful, SO long as
he is abe strongest power on the continent,
SO long as he can most facilitate, or most inn
nede the immediate views of Russia, SO
ong will the emperor Alexander remain his
magnaninaons and faithful ally.
LONDON, lays 6.
TIE Emperor Alexa'ldsr.-Ihe annexed
intercepted letter, from the French minister
of foreign affairs, to Bonaparte, is positively
stated to be authentic. Ii so the hopes of
any material change or the part of Russia,
in favor of Austria, must be considerably
weakened, if not altogether at an end. One
passage of it is very important, as it shows
that the violation of the integrity Of the Aus
l,;,;,,e formed an ohirct IF confer /