Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-06


inc n s,l,.ier leaves better country thSn
sny he can be called to serve ln-afm
the Encli.hmao in general feds hiui,c'i
700, .. nF abroad than at home-so 'sa'
only the refuse Of the population IS liz
clir,i to enter the grmv. Thc i.uSs'an'
on the contrary. ceases 10 be a miserable
.laye, and becomes literally freeman
WHEN lie quit, Rnss.a. He IMPOSE, ms
condition he finds comforts witch he
never could eri"y at home and conss-
,uently A,exander might increase his ar
nv 10 any amaunt upon service out OF ms
own ,Ionripions, ard il he organized Po-
land well, he would seGufe thu command
&c Europe: Ale1ander's object had al
WAYS been 10 take Cons!anslnnnIe: but he,
Napoleon, had distinctly tod him ttat
he never would permit The Greek Cross
to be placed on the Gown o. me Gar
Austria was willing to assist the view, OF
Russia, if she herself WAS ~ be guaran-
teed in SOS. essinn Of the provinces con-
,igaUnS TO the Turkish tvpntrer-sa that
France,anA England would b. le!t alone
to defend Turkey. In speaking Of the
power Of Russia for objects of Conquest,
he said the crssacks were formidable,
not SO much from their numbers as their
peculiar ability to endure prisations M
trayersing unknoun countries. They al
so resembed the Bedouin Arabs IN the
yiit of visi"n-so great in this respect
was the faculty Of the Bedouins, that
when in Egypt upon an occasion when
he wished by means Of his telescope TO
observe body Of Wcn that appeared Oh
the horizon, he h d scarcely |evclled his
glass when n Bedouin near him recog-
nizcd with the rakcd eye another Be-
douin, and described hi, dress, &C. ST as
to Distinguish tie tribe to which he By
Ions ed.
"Ensland. he said. could never become
a continental power. Forty. ;hun-
sand men, with all tie bravery .! tho IA
tion, could never give her authority OF
the continent. A naval and numerical
system vas alone adopted TO her srua-
ten, and could alone preserve her from
the ruin with which she was threatened.
Lord Wellesley was right in saying that
the distress wos per,Bai ent. Lord Cas-
tiersagll had made himself cOurtier TO
the soYereigns, and had neglected the in
tercsts Of England. England was like
the dog looking at its shadow a the wa
ter, and who dropped the mea; out OF its
mouth. II they bad an able minister IN
the British cabinet at the arrangement o!
the aii .irs of Europe: the terms OF the
peac. would have been very different
from those concluded. The utmost pos
.ible extension of commerce, and total
rslirquishment of continental military
ambiri n, could aloue Rescue England
from its present difficulties. The king d
Pc. tugal should have been made to grant
lice years exclusive privilege Of trade with
the BraziIs. as the price OF the Por:u-
gpese throne.
In former times the English ministers
had made peace Ike merchants. and had
filled the pockets of their country. The
present ministers had set up far gentle
uen. aud had ruined themselves.
In the year 1855. England threaten
ed to 60 to war again, il France did
not agree to the commercial treaty, which
speedily ruined her. The French minis
tiers were obi. cd to accede to the de-
mand, as they had 10 money, though the
consequence vas iurcseeH. The dncu-
meats in the Burran DIES Afaiis Rtan-
CERES would prove this ahecdote. Eng.
land, in throwing awav the advantage of
her nav.l power. acted like F.aneis I. at
P,via, WIN having stationed battery #
IS pieces OF cannon lin those days NJ
merous force Of aIjiliery1 and which
battery would have assured him the VIC
tory, interpos d himself and bis Gers
d'arncrie between the gun, and the hos.
tile lines 'ha' ."cy. could Eot FIRE and
drawing his magnificent grand sabre he
lost tic battle. The naval blockade was
like rubbing the bOdy with oil to prevent
perspraticD, and then suffering as my
face does at this moment, (said Bona
parte) an eruption for The want of it -
II England made use of her martin. e.su.
periority, she might send ambassadors to
command foreign courts. Now she was
insuIted with pnhibitory DEGREES IN every
petty state. With $4,000 rnen, he re-
peated again and again, England can
never become a continental power; be-
sides, the at emPt would be fatal to that
free constitution in which the English SO
justly pride themselves, and which in
truth has been the source OF her extraordi-
nary pnwer, conmensuraie with hsreItent
"What had been the re .uIt OF her Mill