Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-05-19
From che Bossos caxe'k.


Les, Il should be said, that We are
ending fault With tho prospective refiecr
ti.ns Of Others, OH the probable state o.
Eur~pe, without stating our own, or sue.
ioctinr ourselves to the same hazard OF
being mistaken ; we arc willing that our
present sentiments should be recorded,
and tried by the subsequent events.
Werlam no particular merit tor ha'
wing predicted that Prussia would cor
daily Join in the Russian caase, and that
Sweden would also follow her example,
tue cause being common, * the measure
ofre.istance necessary result oil Fsenci'
aggression aRdof the pcstless imPa,iencs
with which that aggression was endured
AZ little do VIC claim Tor having con-
stantly deridpa the expectations Of 70
land rising in favor Of France, and o.
FINLAND being restored to the Swedish
crown; a country which. from Its geo
| graphical situation, was rather an IN
cumbrance, and which, according to our
former opinion, partly confirmed ny the
subsequent language of Bcrnadotte HIM
self, ought to have been ceded to Kus.
STA, long ago, by tho milder process OF
negotiation, and with prospect OF In
demnity in Norway, beneficial to the
kingdom of Sweden. 1t is enough to
remind the reader that these changes
have already taken place and that they
are fair pledge of what may be said
of other powers in anticipation. Aus.
tria if she does not Join Russia, will not
oppose her; or if inclined to take an
active part at all, will unquestionably
prefer to act with her, in spite OF the
matrimonial alliance so much relied up
on, with Bonaparte. Ssxony is already
occupied by the Russians, and her iugl-
tive king is rendered harmless enemy,
and inefficient friend Denmark by the
advance of the Russian troops will be
separated from the rest Of Europe ; and
far from being of any service to France,
must consider it a favor to be allowed "a
rema n neutral. In short by the nonre'
sistance of some, and by the positive
co-eneration of others, among whom
eyenHolland may be included, the whole
of Germany, whether actively or pas
sively, will be enli ted on the side OF the
Russians. This we consider as ground
Of conjecture, comparatively safe; bat,
whatever may be risk, We are not oe-
TERED from going few steps urther.
By the last advioes from the north &
.ou,h of Europe, the progress of the
Russians, appears to have been success
full beyond example; and can be suffi
eient.y appreciated from volume OF
evidence furnished, even by tho Moni-
teur in its favor. Persons acquainted
with the difficulty of military operations
in northern climates at this season, and
in countries previously desolated BY the
enemy, can alone conceive the full i'm
por,ance aud the extraordinary activity
of the Russians, who In the depth ct
winter, from December IS, to March
10, have passed the Vistula and the
Oder, penetrated TO Hambu' gh, reach
ed the Elb>, and travelled the distance
of more than six hundred miles from
the Niemen 1t is no longer possible
for the French to conceal their losses,
or invent excuses tor abandoning one
position after another; and even Napo.
Icons greatest admirers, who under the
pretext OF winter quarters, deveutly and
successfully followed him to Smolensko,
wilma, Warsaw, Konigsberg, Pozen,
Frankfort and farther, must now be tired
of chasing the phantom of his "srand
army" which has SO constantly eiuded
their grasp, and which is no where to
be found, except Oh paper. 10 prove
how disproportlonatc has been the real
10 the nominal French force, announced
in Paris papers, since the defeat In PS-
land, and no doubt Intended merely to
allay the fears and apPrehensions OF
Frencbmen, we need only recur to 100,
600 men, said to have been already col
lected near wilma, to cause the Rus
slams to pause = and to the various
CORPS concentrating in East Prussia and
S,xopy, which on The approach OF the
Russians. it seems, vanished into air like
the witches Of Macbeth; s lett Us sort
of -talisman, by the touch OF wh,ch we
can instantly reduce to Its dlmlnuuve
size, the poor little frog, that tries to
swell and look, at least alta distance, like
an enormous bull OF this character is
also the display of force, with which the
Moniteur of March 9Th, attempts to
deceive all those, who are unwilling TO 1
reflect for moment, that if such force
existed, it ought to have prevented the
Russians from advancing or, IT 1t were
distributed in garrisens, is now rem
dared useless, by being already placed,
some in the midst, and some in the rear
of the Russian armies. Indeed when
we weigh the importance of preserving
those Of the German states, which fur
hisbed Bsnaparte with vast supplies and
resources, which served him as the
means Of aggression, and would no"
80. 90 ,he barrier of self defence;