Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-12-16
Front 4 naon Ceua7er.
The Five great Powers

warfare but let Us take nearer view
OF lie situation Of each oi Enropean
powers. and see whether i. Can possibly
BE- the interest Of any Of them to wish
for, ~ to provoke, wars (,
kuSsia w hat should induce Russia
"a slepar, from her speclic 81 stem IL,
has. We know. been SAID OF the Emperor
Alexander. that his is ambitious and en-
terprIsing, and DESTROYS oil filling thel
same space in the eye OF Europe that
Ronapa,te filed. Il Can only have been
SAID by hose who have studied his char
acter very specifically. FIRST, there is,
this real difference, that the ME was al
ways aggressive and unprinc'pled, un,
dora wars t.'r the mere purpose OF
amal.on an conquest; whilst the other
has never undertaken one war for az .res.
sim or conquest. FIRST, ,e WAS defen
slve, against most offensive and I'M
PROSE. warfare. The progress OF that
war enabled him to lurn upon The ag-I
gressor-to BE- the offensive instead OF.
the defensive p rty and to a,ense io|
the noblesl manner the ConAagratlon of
Moscow, by bein., parry in ,he salsationI
Of p is. What could Alexander have tol
gain by any fresh wars Extent OF ter.
rltofy? " But i'll what quarter would he|
atgransllze them In Germany Thel
folly OF such policy would only be equal
to Tue imposslbility of its execution.
Austria aud Prussia, and the rest of
Germany, and france, would feel il their
interest to oppose it. Turkey. it may be
thought offers a tempting bait 10 Russia,
and because the empress Catharine, had
designs a aims. the Ottoman Port, it is
rsshly taken Tor granted that iler grand
sou Is the iphcrtor If them. Hill we
perceive more deceive symptoms of
sucn disposition Oh his part than we do
at present we shall NOV think il necessa,
ny to enter upon the discussion. But
must not every onr see that his imperial
maj sly has, in common with all the
Other powers Of the continent, suilicieut
to occupy his attention at home to
heal The wouIds OF The last war--to ell
courage and reward industry and COM
me- ce-lo pa'rohlze the arts and sci
ences--.o eyttn nd The action # civilization
throughout his immense territories
Prussia is without the sl gitest mo.
tive lor war. The recovery OF those Ter.
riiorirs OF which she had been de priyed.
the Applications and burdens to which
the were SO long victims, render it ne
nessary for her to direct her most seri
Gus attention 10 her internal situation.
Her own AID every other natioi SIS praver
ST. nd be that She may have peace IA,
home. But her philosophers 4! her con.
sthntion .Donsers her melhnph, sicians.
ius'ria must be. of all the powers of
Europe, the least inclined, and has Il e
ger Rails from the
deplh Of adversely to all her former pros
perity having gained these territories
oil Ahich she had been successfully de
pri,ed- Italy and the Iyrol more than
UNIDENTIFIED ior the loss OF the Nelher-
lands ny the accession of the Venetian
dom'nions, her entire solicitude and de.
sire must be hat "a long and secure peace
may enable her TO consolidate the pros
pe 'ty OF her vast possessions. 1t sa
noble and virtuous empire SO united
throughout in all its distresses: so firm
and respectable in adversely ; so faithful
to is sovereign In all his calamities that
whilst the politician regards il with won.
der, the phlanthopst and the patriot
contemplate il with affection and re
spe't! Upon Austria, Europe may safe.
ly rely, as Que of the most devoted ad
vocales Of peace.
France This in every point of
view The most important of all placed
in he centre of Europe, she must, more
or rs, influence every nstion around
her. But we ATE Ear f ON sharing those
ALA which some writers have INDUCED
resp-c ipg her, They would induce us
to believe that she cheriahcs the project
OF reSalnins the unnatural prepoDtler-
ancs she once possessed. Upon this we
Cab only observe, that as such a project
is evidently impracticable, we cannot
suppose that 1t can enter even the dreams
OF any member Of the French govern
ment. But those who affect to be of this
opinion, do not or will not see the differ.
ence between the two periods. franc
was then under the tespotic government
o! one man whose whole mind & means
were engrossed by ambition war and
distn pafce were The only ele.rents III
which I've could live srd move and have
a being = he was not fopm,d tor peace
nor pc ce Tor III F.; his power was toe
green his title too hollow, to enable him
to brave and cnct unter a long eeason OF
tranquility. lis purpose, and in his po.
si,ion we cannot say il was an 'impoliis
purpose was like our fourth Henry, te
ell ageihls subjects in foreign quarrels,
Lest rest aud lying still mish max,
them iGok