Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1819-08-03

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Iject of considerable interest, and to facts
which it is as well not TO overlook. With
respect to the source of the fresh infor-
nation impaired in the conclusion OF the
article below, we confess we are disposed
TO place somewhat more reliance on di-
piomatic correspondence" than on the sage
speculations Of Russian traders. We pre-
sumo the Emperor Of Russia does not Sc
lect his confdants from among that class
Of people; and that we are more likely to
be informed of his views directly from our
agents at St Petersburgh, than roundabout
the north Pole through the agency OF
struggling adventures. Nevertheless,
there is nothing impossible, nor yet i'm
probable, ia the views ascribed to the
Emperor Alexander, who appears to be
wisely and warily adopting measures cal
culated to aggrandize the patton over
which he presides.
From the St. Louis Enquirer.
Progress Of The Russian Empire in--
misunderstanding to the east for every
thing, the people Of the United States
have contemplated with establishment the
progress of the Russian Empire in Eu-
rope and Asia; they have not thought Of
looking to the west to see this giant power
already mounting upon their own backs.
Except Mr.. Walsh, We do not know an
American who has even spoke Of the Rus
sian establishments on our continent. He
has mentioned them in his Sketch of the
military and political power Of Russia,"
where he says:
Their establishments extend from
Kamschatka TO the N. W. coast Of Ameri-
ca-that they have fort mounting an
hundred pieces Of artillery att Norfolk
Sound, lat. north $40; that since 1873
they have descended the coast, passed the
mouth of the Columbia 500 miles, and
established themselves at Bogada, in $50
30, aud only 80 miles from the Spanish
settlements in California, where they are
not only trading with great advantage, but
are profting by fine climate and fruitful
soil to feed their more northern possess
sions." Page l57.
This encroachment upon the American
continent is not The transient effect Of the
present gigantic growth Of the Russian
empire. 1t is the result of system and
settled policy followed by every great
man. and great woman, who has sat upon
the Russian throne. Peter the Great be-
gan it; the Empress Catharine the second
followed up his plan; the present Empe.
ror is only executing The desigos of the
empire. In the course of these three
relgns, the Russian power has been firmly
spread over Northern Asia; the straits OF
Behring have been passed, and solid
foot-hold acquired in North America. A
road over land is established from ST. Pc.
tersburgh to Kamschatka: and Russian
ships, loaded with American fur. Annually
sail from the N. w. coast of America,
double the Cape Of Good Hope, traverse
10000 miles of sea, and land their rich
cargoes in the Gulf Of Finland. And,
while the public is amused with the pro-
ject OF treaty for some islands in the
Mediterranean, the modern Alexander is
occupied with scheme worthy Of his
vast ambition-ths acquisition Of the gulf
and peninsula Of California, and The Span
ash claim to the ,UeStern coast of North
.AmeriCa, DEC. We learn this, not from
diplomatic correspondence, but from A.
merican fur traders, who learn il from the
Russian traders now protected by the
Emperor in carrying off our furs.