Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-19
Tie State Ct Euyose.

Tie. STATE ef Euyafe.
There are Bat two efficient powers in Eu-
rope, Napoleon, the Itaperial Lord OF the
Iss.all, s Britannia, the Royal Q"-en OF the
Ocean. A thirdpower has been Struggling
INTO bsi.s, but it. is evidently under@.he in
auenoe OF malignant stars, and it's not a.
mong the DEGREES OF Esivine Providence
thai Spain shall at preseat, obtain an honor
able rank among tie nations OF the earth.
Although we believed, from the first, that
the power Of France at the present moment,
il suffered to exsrt ITSELF in all It's force for
the accomplishments single object, would
be found competent othe conquest Of Spain,
with the excsptian of some parts of the
mountainous PROVINCES, yet we harbored
stroag hope that Spain, united and deter
mined, would be found anconquerable as q
nation, so far at least as to be incapable OF
submitting silently, as people, IN any pos
sible event, to the dominion OF the Usurp-
er. Their e.1ertioas have not equaned the
expectations of their friends in ether quar-
tiers OF the globe. They appear to have
been united in their desire to be independ-
ent of France, but not to have been deter
m;aedto live free or die. Their armies in
he northern provinces, after t1e retrcae4ot
Blake, appeared TO mels away like dew
drops in the beams of morn, and an Eng
fish army Of thirty thousand menwas lett
alone and unsupported to sustain the cause
OF Spanish independence in the North TO
this it was unequal, and the results such as
mast have been expected. The North has
given up, aud it is greatly to be feared that
the South will not long keep back. Ne
have nothing to expect from that quarter
bat
News titted.to the night;
Black, fearful, coFnfortlcss, and horrible.
None have been more disappointed than
ourselves, but we Still believe that the con-
quest Of Spain diniaishes the power of Ro-
aaparte, and that it cannot be permanent.
Itwill require the flower OF his leslons to
keep that kingdom in subsection, and the
remaining powers of the cohsinent, sensible
ofthis, will gradually prepare TO withdraw
their necks from the yoke. The Colossus
3f French poweris founded upon sand, and
4 i Tempest Will ere long arise, that will pre-
cip;tate it to destruction. We speak only
Of the acquisitions of France by conquest;
for if there be- power on earth that is ALSO
lutely invincb;e, within its natural and pro-
Der orbit, that power is Fraace.
Therc might indeed be, and most GER
tainly there ought to be, at this very time,
third, and great. aud glorious power in
Europe. Alexander Of Russia, swaymg
the sceptre "a vast dominion, extending
from the Caspian sea to the Frozen Ocean,
and from the sea of Japan TO the Baltic,
reiening, like Ahasuerus OF antiquity, #
not from India unto Ethiopia, yet oyer at
least an hundred and seven and twenty pro-
vinces, Is. contented to act the humble and
| disgracefut part of the puppet and the pan
| der Of the boundless ambition OF Napoleon.
Were he, at this most eventtua moment, to
| declare hignself the champion OF the lnde-
!, nendencs of nations. Austria would be IN
viaorated and determined, Spanish patriot
;sm would be resuscitated, Great Britain
would at least put forth all her powers,
the progress of French conquest would
| he checked. and the balance OF power IN
Europe would once more exist, to the pre-
yention, if not of perpetual wars, yet Al
4 least of universal domination. bur we sse