The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-11-19

from the severity Of the climate aud the poy-
efy OF tho soil, none can move Without pre-
rious arra0Gements."-.P. 1875.
Russia has then become invulnerable on
that side on which sho was formerly most
exposed 10 attacks, which, though nr DANCE
tous, distracted her atte0tion and diverted
har force j--but this is not all, she not only
has the procession of the most fiourishing OF
the Swedish provinces, with tho islsDd OF
Aland in the Gulf Of Dothnia, and "the nu.
nierons islands which cluster between A.
ISnd aud the main land. which are Inhabited
by rich and happy population" but the Is.
iaod I" Of Aland is distant from the shore of
Sweden only twen,y:/onr miles; from the
Archipelago of islands in advance OF Stock.
holm, not above thirty, and not above sevensy
from Stockholm itself; while an Intervening
sea is frequently ftozen 50 that carriages may
pass"
"Thus Russia has completely changed
her relative position with rcspectto Sweden;"
she i. enabled to dictate to sbat state and as
Norway has by our policy been uoiled to 1t,
with 5 scdeu she CON mmands the whole OF tho
great Scandinavian peninsula. Whether j.
may suit the views Of Russia to suffer Swe-
den TO re,aio its nomisal independence, or to
reduce il 10 subsection, il is evident 'ha, it
can have nothing to fear from that quarter
---.Swcden will not send its men TO stsrve on
the frontiers of Finland, while its capital US
exposed TO ths attacks Of an enemy %-aod so
exposed, that the naval power Of Enslaod
could not protect IL. But the acquisition oi
the Ducby OF Warsaw, the situation Of Rus
81, /, no, les, materially changed on the SIDE
Of Prussia -" On The Nep,ep, tho frontier
remains 10 s.atu quo for about on. hundred
~ <, a. al
Nicmen Rivers, snd suuning a'1og East
Prussia, strike. The VistuIa nsm Thorn, from
whence Dan zic is dis'an, o5out sepenty miles,
and Herin ooly one hundred and .epenIy.
"The line tlrcn crosses the Ve>tuls and
aivaaccs 10 X dish, POM neatly cqui.distsn,
from Ore ,tlen and Bcrlin thence taking a
,outhern direction, aud passing within thirty
miles Of the Oder, 1t bends in an eastern
course along the district or Cracow, whieb |,
respects but ut this point its distance from
third capital, Eienns, is again oniy one hn-
dred and seventy mhes tho Gillician Cronise
!, then rouuded, when the line rlvoCses the
paiestsr, along Ates the Buckovne Fronli-f,
until it reaches the river Pru :" o. 1877
II foliows this river TO its confluence wit1the
Danube, and the Danube, TO tle Bllck S;a.
Within this new frontier the Russian, pos
sess ali that par, Of P,ian1, which undes he
former partition treaties belonged ,o'PrussiA;
% that tho result Of the desuacti0n o. the
}ndepcndep Of Poland mas been 70 give
Russia a formidable eacrease ot Opwer, an
advanced post in the centre ot Eu"tbe, and
facility 70, crushing or holding ind, pcndence
The other states (Au,tria aud Pruss,a) which
coocurred in the fist iniqu,ty Of ne p,rt,,ion,
In the opinion of Sir Robert Wilson, who
from military habits aud local knowledge rs
prob,bly the person in this country best ca
, psb!s Of judging on this subjsct--" Prussia
San never nuempt 10 defend any territoiy
north Of the Oder, and her lin. of forttesses
on that river is now the only rampart Of Gcr-
many, a ra mpart too Of no vsfuo, if there arc
n,, supporting artties 10 the fed ,eqor or
nearly so to attacking force, and especially in
the lrp ef cava'ry; which - almos, iDpo,-
sible since Russia, without any cxtraotdin
a0 cxer,ion, could b-'ng 100 ooo cavalry
Irregular sni irccgula,) 'in,o action on Tho
Prussisn fronticr."--P l35.
ii IL from q mere Inspection of the map
evident, that II would be equally impossible
for the Austrians to defend G,llicis. Be
tween thar province and tho rest Of the Aus
trian territories there Is tho birrier os the
Carps,h than Mountains; between Gallicia aud
thc Polish dominions OF Rr ,sia there is no
patural separation, either OF the ianu or in-
habitaots. Russia hastakcD, as il has bocn
we'll said, the lions share, anl those who
have conquered ia the gniit OF tho spoliition
are only allowed 10 hold ,he small outskirts,
which only serve TO increase the influence OF
the grrat power, by the conviction, thai ut
her pleasure she my seize them also.
On the side Of Turkey, her froouer has
advanced to tho Danube and the Pru,h on
the side of Persia, it !, extended beyond the
Caucasus and In this direction also she has
added to her security ny this exteosiou, aud |
she has now possession Of great snare of
the coast Of the Black Sea, with which with
in the msmory of man, she had no one point ,
Of contact. Grea, ports and cities have been
created with a rapidly. Of which there is no
example but in the u. States, ADD torn out.
lets for tho supetflaous produce OF the south.
ern part Of the empire. Odessa, place not
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