The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-07-26

U1at vsin be the effect efthc infdfuatfon Of
AUSTRIA and her overrhrovv, on the affairs Of
nations
This is now an inquiry most interesting;
1t concerns the whole human race 1t Is but
the prelude TO nesv and more astonishirg re-
voiu,fon fhan fhc Svorid has kncvrn.
Civilization, science, cducaticn---rnanners
religion, morals--power, war, commerce, will
undergo such changcs,.as no previous antici-
patton nor the boldcst conceptions can state
with accuracy. n. I. ..A... !,
How will il operate these effects, Is the
theme Of enquiry
1t will begin with commercc--that master
power, that Protcus which has caused the ex-
trcmcs Of the world TO bc drawn into neigh
bourhood, wbifb has given wings 70 inani'rate
matter, and conquored the elementary powers
the air, and ocean, and space --thst Porcan
power which has spscad abroad civilization
and crimcs--scicncc and rapinc, and brought
back gold and diseasc.-luxury and ava'ice--
that power, commerce, which hasa It were,
given 10 nature new creation, snd make mani
kind at once more intimate, and more capable
Of sppreciating and practising ,iftuc--and OF
alternate murder and insIayemeHt--whichh has
cmbclichcd the earth by multiplying the re-
sources of retincmcDt and the arts, md confil-
grated the monuments which IL had erected,
by exciting avaricc and giving TO ayaricc pow
cr towrcstle with genius, md outrage the
bountics Of nature, and the bchests ot.sSod TO
man. 3.
Commerce, which has been the source of'
80 much good and evil IL about to aycnge
mankind upon itself, and by the resources
which hav e hitherto iDcumbercd human s0ct-
city with SO many Affections.
The revolution which is 10 follow tic foil OF
the Austrian monarchy, will be either Gen-
cral peace, or such peace as will place hors
de la ic--tbc enemies OF human concord. As
the BUCCANEERS of q barbarian sge punished
those who violated their predatory compass,
the enemies OF human happiness viii be cx-
cluded from intercourse with the worid--G
desoiate island will De their hrecincf, and from
the society of nations to whose peace they are
opposed they will be by the common consenk
| of.the civilized world, excluded.
1t is difficult to anticipate with any plaurjt!c
| cxactness, the march of the human genius In
magnificent enterprises ; but it - not 50. cif-
icuh to investigate causes which we know do
cxiot, and then, by comparison, form judg-
/ ment Of consequences which seem 10 be their
necessary reSults. ~ ~
AT what period Of time from the year 1870
10 the present day, could any man imaginc,i in
| advance, what was tn follow az the period Of
oee year next after The most sasacious have
been surpassed in their conceptions, ard a.
mong the statesmen of modern time, only two
men hGgc discerncd in the progress Of events
any shjng like the consequences that were TO
arise out Of them. These were men odds
similar character, but Of pcnetfxi'on g'ea'c'
than their eotemporsrics we alludc 20 ne
late Charles J. Fox ind L1ndsdown (tbc lord
Shclburnc of our revolution )--these men sa~
the follics of the coalitions fomcnted BY the
british cabinet, the oyerthsow Of all the
<hrones Of Europc--thcy folesold them, o"'
were disregarded; apo their 7red'etienH s's
now history. !.