Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-20


fish constitution is tree, which, in its ma
tive soil, bears excellent fruit, hut which no
one hasyet found the means o; c1ltivating
elsewhere. 1t is not that these institutions
have resisted the action of time. The En-
gl,sh themselves avow that tn r republi-
can monarchy degeneratc3 into an oligar-
chy, ansl that the throne which Of old pro.
tccted the public liberty, protects at pre-
sent only ministerial tiespotlsm vet these
corrupt institutio S still preserve a,vg,,r 81
soidity, of which it would be disicuit to
calculatc the durasoa
England. mistress of the Metliterfane.
an sea. of the East and West Indies, md
soon perhaps of the continent of America,
has long since passed the term at w,lch
Empires sink under their own weight 8.
yet her couquests have made her lose nc
thing OF her force. and the reservoir with
out being diminished, spreads itself over an
nme rse extent.
Peace causes her commerce to flourish
War satisfies her ambition. She knows not
what It IS to support alone Tie LuIthen Of
war; While she retains her battalions in her
island, she covers the world with her am
bass&dors. She buys those whom she en-
not seduce, and it is with one part of the
continent that she undertakes to destroy
the other. She has the least share in the
danger. the greatcs. in the CORY ard in
the dyantages of the contest Is there an
alliance formed She is sd. where she APP
pears to be but part. Her prudence takes
the advantage Of The ardour of some, and
OF tie slow deliberation of Others She
disposes events, because she is prompt to
seize on opportunities, and her agents are
aiwaysin the Acknowledgment Of European
diplomacy.
Is there q question Of division os
spoil! She will have the air of taking the
smallest portion, bat it viii questiona-
by be the most advantageous. What i'm
ports 1t to her who holds Venice, which
would qure an army FIR its defence; she
" ii have the Ionian Islands, which block
AIDES the ports of the Adriatic, and which
may be gu rded by ships Of war.
:" She refuses to incorporate the provinces
OF Mexico. which despair preoipltates un-
der her yoke. 1t is because the time is not
come: Spain not yet sufficiently W. sted,
and Mezicois sill strong enough not to sur
render at discretion.
Wherever she cannot reign herself,
she takes care 10 make the power fall in
to unskilful hands, under which every thing
will langpish, or be extinguishedi in convul-
sions. Her projection is then sought for
by both parties and under the mask of
an apparent neutrality, assisting the one,
What she secretly encourages the others,
she thus prepares the catastrophe Of which
she IS to profit.
Russia owes her grandeur and her
power 20 other causes. That which Eng
land obtains from Republican forms and
the love of liberty, serv,tude, or rather
passive obedience procures for Russia
he power {. the Prince, is there almost
without bounds and hencsforth cons;,ira-
cies will be less frequent there, because
the avenues OF the palace are more open,
and that national preiudioes lose there ev-
cry day portion of their influence. Su-
persiiion was among the soldiers, the
principle of a blind intIepidity This re-
source is enfeebled, but the progress of CT
viilzatlon has substituted in it's stead the
science OF tactics and experienced officers.
1t the mass OF the nation is yet far from the
maturity OF the rest of Europe, the Fit of
he nation is as far advanced as in any caun-
try upon earth and from this union ofihe
intelligence which commands with the ig-
norance which executes, results a military
state, superior perhaps to that Of the other
powers.
Alexander follows gently the incliua-
ton of lineage. Without eude.vorine to
retard it, he has not the imprudence TO
accelerate it. He makes his approaches
tONaruS CIVILIZATION ON y so TAR as IS neces-
sary to second the slow dispositions Of his
subjects. Liberty at this time would be as
little suitable to Russia as slavery TO
France" 1.-THE writer then euloejscs the
Emperor for the liberal political Institutions
he has established in Poland, and for the
expulsion # the lesuits from his dominieBs,
and concludes the article with these re-
marks
Russia tranquil, and enabled to post
pore her Projecs on the side ct Asa,
without compromising their su cess, has
turned her attention towatds Europe.--
Po.and Is become her first barrier That
forced, there are deserts to pass < heaps
Of dead bodies may announce tn nth adj
vance is victorious,the reiu is not always
secure. Bat she may naint.in an often
s've attitude without dreading airy agrees
sion- There yer WAS an example Of so
adyantag ous a position. Ferhsp- there vs.
wanting to the accuracy Of her calculations
and the profoundness Of herviews, a duya-
6ie balancing fo7ecr in the SoHfh-she
thinks of this, they say but il does not be-
long TO US to fathom the mystery"
Lonaon, Nay II!
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