Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-01-26
sKETcHEs or
Europe Affairs.


& Europe has babe her vasiefal Con-
test Cease ~
TIE Martens seek renoWn in arts 81
r. scs
By The Editor Of the Boston ceniinel.
xi'he disconnected manner in which
European atyiecs have bsen reeeiy
ed since the cemmencemenf OF the
War, and Tie difficulty Of testing.
hy public or authentic doe,l,aeifs.
The truth of iaaHrneraaIe reports and
sprujatioas received hom time 10
tin.c--:,ave; made il u desirable 90
sjj8sst inthe A,neriean public, IN err
( der to form any thing like correct
Ideas onsIle subject, to seesome ~.
pest ksweser ssebly executcd OF
fse condition of the nations OF Ed.
rene, as settled at the important e.
pofsII OF the late paciaeation. OI
resne seasiiag oeeHrrrnres they lisye
hid suaieie8t rvideHces--hut nc. Q.
tAer Ny remains at aseeriaisIng flss
t,.at's s. many reported transactions,
team comprising them with rortein
poraneoas eyents.--siiseardias such
! Parts as are contradictory to known
f:scts--and Judging sf the accuracy
or the resaaiader. by their cciuei
deuce with ihose facts. aud The unde
WAITING nature of things.
Frsm ingredients of this seee'ss,
we prsaass asaip 10 attempt the de-
liaratiaa of !. Sketches oftAe poll
teal sisuation OF The nations of the
E.astsra Hemisphere. at the most
sreeeat ssates--col,pected wiia their
satisfied and coamsreiai reiaiiens.
Ne shall continue them as room and
pressure of naalerous other duties
viii permit. Whatever faults may
mark them, deviation fron lIPAR-
TALLY aad TRUTH shall not,
scientifically he one of them.
Ii per slaps may be objected to an
essay OF the kind, at this time, that
evcats are still in esnbryo in europe.
witch In fhcir developeRent must
essentially change the coalition OF
somc OF her Grs4t Powers, and pro-
haBiv involve them in new MATS.
10 this ne reply sit isogr decid.
ed hs,irf-fermr after the best
views. We have bees enabled TO give
She sasjeet--taat the result of the
Is'ibcrasiros OF the Congress OF Vi
cana, will NOT aazard but confirm
the Peace Of Europe. The late
great allied powers, With France.
most certainty command the dcsti-
uirs OF Europe. They, we are con-
denr, require and desire repose-&
II any Of the miner States were de-
Sirens to interrupt The general tran
qaility. they so0ld and would easily
be auietes, were they TO attempt it.
The distribufisn OK lac countries
lately under the sway of France and
her allies, has generally speaking.
been already agreed upon by the Ca
binct Ministers fthe principal pow
ers--and the Congress Ut Fienna has
We tlliuk, merely to give them.
:. form and pressure" and to deal
Oat the fragment. The great rsla-
ions betwecn France and the allies
we're fnl,s settled by ths treaties Of
Paris. France seeks Peace and the
blessings which attead her--and she
has ssEeially announced 10 the world
her perfect satisfaction viii, her
present limits, and the valuable Co.
lonies che has received from Great
Rr;sain. As ii regards tue minor
States. the Great Powers have al
ready given the world sufficient evi.
desee tIlatthey will ac, towards them
with justice and moderation. May
We not then nationally anticipate that
the same spirit will govern them to
the end, and that their decisions in
Vienna will be readily if not cheer
fully aeqaiesced ia by all Eurale {
As ii respects these sketches. what
ever changes may take place will be
explicitly detailed in tn. great treaty
Of VirAna, which instrument OF IL
seif will farm good appcndix to our.
work, and al course the ohisati0n
need no sIeiav TIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS