Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-20

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Der former state in few years she VIII
De free fron all engagements. and there
IS no fear, but under such an excellent
and wise government she Will continue
lien to remain tranquil and composed.
he has figured as brilliant nation
now les her rise as a commercial one; she
5as such resources within herself, that
france can be any thing she pleases, and
whatever plan may be adopted, ia that
he is surs OF rising to perfection.
From the Boston Daily Advertise.
TIE Light produced By the conimottons Of
E1repe.
M.de Pfatt, in his late work on the
Congress of Vienna has enlarged witt
rreat spirit. and some eoquence on the
ehanae which has been Effected in the ge-
ieral intelligence CT Earope. by the latc
axtraordinsgg connections. The renaarh
IS certainly not without foundation.
Whether tae good is balance fer the e.
Nj. or whether the change will in tht
end prove real good, time only can de
eide, The authoi, asks,
I" How viii it be possible to deceive
men, after all hat has passed. Deceive
hem /? For how longs Conceal, they may
Cor a single moment. but With the mutt
tude;of eyes, which are always open on
pablis events, how can they fatter the
selves that the mystery of-one day viii
not be fully explained, and laid open the
next? Cabinets are rendered, we NAV
,ay, transparent, Men can read through
walls, and in spite, Of the m0sf secret de-
,patcbes and even the cnuiers who fur
Iaish wings to the intigpers Of diplomacy
ana dispersion. Europe is covered witt
IA population ofreaders, of writer's. of me
Iaccusfomed, seme to manage public az
fairs, others to watch ard forsee Their
pro fess atle corrSe, in order by them tc
heguiate their own Society is sort OF
tribune, which i never empty and cal
hncnbope 60 deceive or lead astray those,
hi have SO macy means of examining
every taing, and OF knowing all.
/" If snen can no longer deceive, they
Fcan shH less successfully conceal: What
! said in one country. is instantly re-
Issssea insauothei; as long as there shah
be a patliame attn England, SO long there
IWi.l exist public tribunal for all Eu-
';one.
!. What indeed would he the fruit Of
disguise u deception c-uid they be prac-
Itised! Precisely that which Bonaparte
gathered An universal in-crsdulity: In
the present state of mems minds, all that
"a not clear produces distrust; People
have been so deceived, that men have fall
lleninto the opposite errour of disbeliev-
ling all assertions from public authority.
la giant Of talsekood arose. and strobe o.
Iyer France 1t made its power subservi-
lent to its receptions: What thens It
Twas unable to establish the currency or
credit of single one. Men doubted e.
lyeh truths when they emanated from Bu-
Ionaparte. They disputed the evidence Of
them and thus the man who could make
lhiuself obeSed in every thing, could not
force others 10 believe him in any
thing.
We may calculate that there exists
In France atlsast sfour millions of men
Iwho by their education. professions or
fortune pay constant attention to pub
Ilic affairs. We ought to deduct from
this number zone hundred thousand
.yhose situation necessarily iaeiines them
Ito confidence III tie existing government.
| Fhis mass represents the vigorous. ac-
live influential part of the nation +; it fills
Ialplcst all the inferior parts of public adj
it serves as the eye and
arms of the nation it directs the inter
tests ofa the people through commerce
lit provides for their wants: This class
lis more numerous still, in all the north
lern countries Of Europe. tits this class
lwhich, in foreign countries, as we'll as IN
France, has slapped the power OF Napo-
Eleon in France, by separating the people
from him in Germany by raising them
lup in mass against him."
DE- PRArT.
sWe think the FIRST Of these numbers
jt6o aigh and the second TOO low. Voltaire
.Esaid there ere not more, than $4,000
.lthNking men in Europe in reference to
Imatters of learning or taste We much
doubt whether there are more than one
Imiilion in France who think much aboui
The Government, and less than halt that
humber who understand correctly its
IlmeasureS. ~