The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-17

tive soil bears excellent fruit, but which
no one has yet found the means of cul
tiyatipg elsewhere. tits not that these
institutions have resisted the action oil
lime. The English themselves avow
that their republican monarchy degene
rates into an oligarrhy,. and that The
throne whichoEold protected The pub
lie liberty. protects at present OILY a
ministerial despotism yet these COZ
rupt inatitutions still preserve vigor
and soiidity, of which il would be diff
cult 10 calculate the duration. &
&c England, mistress of the Meditera-
mean sea, Of the East aud West Indies,
and soon perhaps of the continent oil
America, has long since passed the
term at which empires sink under their
own weight: and yet her conquests
have made her lose nothing Of her
force, and the reservoir without being
diminished spreads itself over an i'm.
mense extent.
Peace causes her commerce TO
flourish. War satisfies her ambition
She knows not what il is TO support "a
lone The burlhen of war: while she re-
taiDs her ba:lalions in her island she CO.
vers the world with her an,bas sado,s
She buys those whom she cannot Sc
duce, and il is With one part;of the con
unent that she undertakes TO destroy
the other. She has the least share in
the danger, the greatest in the glory
and IN the advantages of the contest
is there an alliance formed She is
al, where she appears To be but part.
Her prudence takes advantage of the
ardor OF some, and of the slow delibe
ration of others. She disposes events,
because she is prompt TO seize on op
portunlties and her agents ate always
in the Acknowledgment of European d.
plomacy.
Is there question Of division oil
spoil ? SheNTill have the air Of taking
the smallest portion but it will un
questionabiy be the most advantageous
W hat imports it to her who holds We
nice, which would require an army for
its defence she viii have the Ionian
Islands which blockade the ports Of the
Adriatic, and which may be guarded
by ships OF war.
s. She refuses 10 incorporate .he pro.
vinces of Mexico, which despair pre-
cIpitayes under her yoke Ills because
the time is nol come, Spain is not vet
sufficiently wasted, and Mexico is still
strong enough not TO surrender at
discretion.
Wherever she can not reign her
self, she takes care TO make the pow
foil Ii L.. Il, -:
every thing viii lang uish, or be extin-
guished iii convulsions Her protection
is then sought for by both perties and
under the mask of an apparent neutra
lily, assisting the one, while she Sc
cretly encourages the other, she thus
prepares the catastrophe of which she
is 10 profit.
Russia owes her grandeur and her
oower TO other causes. That which
England obtains from republican forms
and the love of liberty, servltude or RAJ
Their passive obedience procures for
Russia The power OF the prince is
there almost without bounds aDc hence.
forth conspiracies viii be less frequent
there, because the avenues OF the pa.
ace are more open, and that national
Dreludices lose there every day por
non Of their influence. Superstition
vas among the soldiers, the principle
oi blind Intrepidity this resource is
:nfeeblcd, bu, the progress of civiliza-
ion has substituted in its stead the
science-of tactics and experienced Of.
iicers. IL the mass or The nation is vet
far from the maturity of the rest OF
Europe, the Ehae Of the nation is as
Tar advanced as in any ecu ,try upon
earth and from this union Of the in
'elligence which commands with the
ignorance which executes, results mi
iitsFy state superior perhaps to that of
the o.her powers.
Alexander follows gently the incli
nation of the age. Without endeayor-
ing to retard it, he has not the imprr
dence to accelerate it. lie makes his
approaches towards civilization only so
far az is necessary TO second the slow
dispositions Of bis subjects. Liberty
at this time would be as little suitable
to Russia as slavery to France" THE
writer then eulogiZes the emperor for
the liberal politica! institutions he has
established in Poland, and for the ex
puision Of the Jesuits from his domi-
ions, and concludes the article with
these remarks l.