The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-20
TIE NORTHERN WAN

IFo9'' BaEFs ian. | Ueskb .ife5seuSsy.
rEosPEcIs from TEE RussiAN vte'raREEs
lnege IS frequently an inilite utility in looki.l,;
back ugcn state OF thinEs, which i, not only al
The greatest present Importance, butfs necessarily
the foundation for future action. The late events
ave passed sc rapidly before eyes, as rat.er
"a appeal 10 our passions than 10 our judgments.
Every one is too much struck with wonder or i'm
pressed with thankfuness 60 possess his cool aeul-
ties 81 Iuigng and reasOniag-and therefore if this
question sheuId be put to any one-what is il that
You infer or expect fer the future from what has
passed No one, we believe, could give very dis
tnct answer the worst possible moment indeed,
tor the exercise Of the jnsdment, is during The do.
minion 81 The passions
The hr't main feature m the late events is this
very strong one--namely, that we have seen, rs L
were before our own eyes the destruction Of one Of
the most immense armies which modern Eurnpe
sas known. or modern canGnerors hos over kee..
able to epee'. Ard this dest uction has been inf
nitely more eomp!cte tan any human hand could
have made 1t IL has not been by FIRE aud sword
not ly baiue and defeat, hut by the premature, in.
slemency Of the seasons. The army of Crassus ,yss
over helmel IN the P.,rtan Deserts-the aro,v al
Caniby5es, II ,'stitonary history may be relied on
Peil~ied near Egyptian OYss-but these are two
rare examples in the long period oi nearly three
thousand years. But mo'lern history has not ,r
example of forty rVousaui Cavalry perlshjoe on
the roads 81 civilized country in ten dsvs.
Ana no canals Can furnish parallel to tbs
eVrnt--ot such an army being in the mid ca
rsei OF victory in one week, and, in the followins
week, fugitive Irom its desgised enemy Is If moi
rs evident as that light proceeds from the sun Chat
the whoie power of Russia was totally uneuiial a.
tiis eissFt, and thst her empire and indepeudenee
have been saved by the Snpreue Disposer OF Kings
ard hinglOms And what renders this st;kiHs
event sini mote wonderful is this considerations
that tire CLIMATE of Rpssis ike all the High lsuics
- according toiis ordinary and general course SO
thoroughly regular aud periodical that the DAYS al
one winter almost exactly answer TO those OF ano
lher, anj that the coming and conclusion Of the
'r0ss 'naj b. nearly as exactly ioretold The rising
sad setting Of TIC How did II happen therefore
Shat % this p,rticnlar perind, when te fate OF EN-
pires depended upon IT, this regular course Of thelsea
son q tcoperstnre vas broken through, s. that the
winter began with most premature severity Can
there be but one cOucu.cn-qnd thstis that IL was
re very VIII Of Providence to preserve the Russian
stel
Oar own history presants another singular exam
PIE ct whnt we slail term singular pr0yidenial n.
ttrvo'tiOn --Phhip tie Second Of Spain COLLECTED
ssn nnnebse tye and army for tie subiugation Of
tnglsuA---and England and EGzabeth were prcsef.y.
Ell tueib 20 Riseia ard Alexander now, by The
oieaih % deayer the Armada was DESTROY ed a..
~ 'st 20 90 last timbcr-snd will not future times
re'd t,s same catastrophe Of the army Of Nspoie-
oat bas one teptb Of it escaped
40 oan1S rnFf, hawcYcr, % the prospects for the
iutu's " hri ers 0irscl 90 us By these events Tie
hfs Gursii1n rs, viii iul 2oe1sns continue much
'"nf.r y"h me same prec'pt2te course Of victory
0r vf the sassous o'her eauses arrest their pro
src's AMI CIV brsattir. time - France or her En-
perpt or t'tiaoa, sc sorline ~ The last nceouuts
"'' Hf-c1 ti'c blfti iiNs " trussi9, and had even
me- ihen 7iyls ia some Oi q cir strong towns
hes bad due. eIeio satoyer ts g.sr from thcir
own oonmry, aad Uofe.y- rahed s0 much more Il.
f'h44ai"r DC "ista, Sod BIZ u,.c interval III rc'isf
Peg &c tta'f'o ria,'.an,s. B0tb ut these pninf,
~ oi .'Fie ie. l,is priuci-la IN the militia.
~ fb Vat 20 VIZ isfo as1gupoos lie dat which
--tgl'i.y dclsfiise asa itHag br seen b. toe ae.
t+' tf-e'ee0 f'Efi'a GU rio las aIo2Ts carried
iie va ifD ine eet.u} srlray Stisat Die own know.
c,y. a"e experience hsvc recognized the trathr 81
ilus fuNxlr..
hod lomfa, merssrcr, wss 81 C.7rove!iy *.
s R's fi.iff ne afm rhcn .H n9-iora
er,rEin ~ nlJfe <flnr tio was il'0 Poland
t"J Ffas'r. las et tae ems tina broken bev
sri'i, Mrl tf dnsr mera-. Hb former oosra-
His woNpet'aly qait,. tiry eaiulrf Yere
ie~'. i.@fs sssa hap-jel v .sg az ats &. fss4.l