Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-05
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49, ssrsS &C., --..s--. -, ISL 49,. ~ >I-i3:
MARRIED on Thursday evening last,
III. Rev, d.. Muir, Mr.; RIcaAR p,
Dop, % Mis-. cArHARIsI BAGGEr, all
bis town.
EnrsssGa Prospects, I'VE steadily pre-
ted the general result Of .he contest. bee
cen France and Adstria. It was our OPT
bp. ,inssed. that the Spaniards and the
,suiaps, as two ua,ions operating in diff
en-, quarters a. one and the same. time,
uIi qait tSemsst7es Ike men, even the
!osssl, power Of France would be found
: adequate 20 their complete subiuga,ion.
IS applied to greas if not 10 small nations,
e celebrated aphorism Of La Fayssfe,
Nor ana,ion to be free h is sufficient that
,s wills it, issndoaStedly. correct But
is will muslin truth be abe viii of ma.
pr, people energetic aud undivided, a
sople like the French ths,hsslyes,2 one and
sliyisible." Il 10 nes the momsntary glow
d patriotism, vs. not the evanesceut spi.
B h OF heroic zeal, bursting out in cisiss and
alaces, uneohneeted, isolated: il is NOT
few truly Spartan characters, a Paia
Fox, Blake an AIrarrs, that can resist with
buccvss the mighty rulers OF mighty en-
birss, 'wisldiug at will the fiery artillery
.oi great and potent armies, led By the hero,
courage, and managed b. the sage, disei-
pine. ,.- z
Austria Is still grra, military rover.
|bui NOT great enough TO Contend with France
E.-Her efforts were those of strong man
armed, but they werevain. Hhegsuius Of
Germany was rebuked BY rtras Of Gau!a---.-
A .giddy girl dazzird by the splendid
i,lea Of heromiDgthr 6'st sn.?ress on the
Globe, will ssal rtie servitude of Europe,
perhaps Of Asia. Not that family con
necrion iniesrlf would smalGamate ths pow.
er OF France. and Austria. But, in rae-pre>
sent instance, the matrimonial uuidn Of the
arch. duchess Maria Louisa with Napoleon
the great, will be the most conclusive evi.
dencs of the complete devotion of her
country to all the projects OF her husband.
Sr results from the Relative situation Of the
two countries at this men,ens, and the pc
enliar circumstances Of the times. ;Napole-
en- will be for tinae more powerful than IF
huStIia were in name, as well as in fact, a
province Of his dominions.
1, is true no doubt, that Russia Will sooa
change her Poli,ics Cri 5tn0? What good
viii result from il to the grea, and perma-
nent iWseresrs of mankind Not an atom.
France aod Austria will be fsasfhl odds
against Russia and Turkey, even If the
ancient country of the ambassador with
sixty three children were to be thrown 10
TO The same scale. IF those powers do NOT
fall, shey must sueeumb. The wooden walls
Of AlbioE cannot save <hrm.. There are,
indeed, in the natural constitutions ol man
kind, and in the natural current Of events,
very powerful if no. iasuperabls obsssel:s
to the Requirement Of power absolutely
bouudfes, by any single indiyIduas. .Ch-
mate is perhaps the most powerful Of them
al. Although the Preach have hitherto
been able to iire in every country and in e.
very CLINE, yet j. % possible Tia. I" the vi.
tai air, the III SURROUNDING heaven" may
one day be big with death" to them. up
On the plains 81 the Enphraes. As 10 the
continent Of Europe, the preseh. prospect is
that NaPolsoa viii role /. as he Pleases.
CFrcsmsn's JsGraGl
When the war broke out between Prussia