The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-10-04

them from starvation. But in the per-
turbed state of the public mind, and the
difficulty which the government finds
to raise supplies, there is no money to
bc had either to pay foreigners or to
raise new troops. They cannot even
meet the necessary expenditure without
borrowing, which increases The national
debt, and, what is worse, the general
Glamour against them. 10 send any
part Of the present military force into
Spain, would, according to the acknowl.
edgment of ministers, lay them open to
the inroads of the disaffcctcd, who it ap-
pears are become SO formidable as to
threaten revolution similar to what has
taken place in,Spain. .
Can France aid in this renewed effort
of the legitimates? Her government
would undoubtedly direct all the means
and energies Of the nation, which is still
great and po werful, towards this object.
She has already sufficiently evinced a
determination to extirpatc jacobinism at
home and abroad, and to stiAc the spirit
Of independence by laws against person.
al liberty, the press and a.frec rcpresen-
tation. But France is yet volcano,
winch reccnt events have shown, is ever
ready to burst on the least popular excite
ment. And what is better calculated to
excite the latent spark, and remind them
Of recent occurrences. than the rev oIutions
now going ON around them IN Europe
Tae .monent it was attempted 10 march
French soldier across the Appcnlnes.
that inomcnt, we arc persuaded, would
bc the signil f,r ageneral burst, winch
would oyerwhelm in the present dynas-
~.
Austria, we have seen, has always
been SO crooked in her policy, that If is
difficult to conjecture what part she will
:2ke in the contest. IL is true, her ar
my is powerful, and she has not much
70 fear from popular comnotion iii her
German states. But then her treasury
is nearly nominal, and Great. Britain,
formerly SO lavish Of her subsidies, can.
DOT now afford her any pecunIary aid.
There are other reasons, however, still,
more powerful. which must inAuence
the court OF Vienna. In Italy. il is
known that her SUBJECTS are ripe for re-
volt. To draw the sword against Spain,
ar even against Naples, would tend to
disturb tine tranquility which seemingly
exists in her lta'lan states, and PROBABLY
the "bld example" the . unhappy oo-
iect Of disquietude and fear" into the
bosom OF the imperial territory. 1t is
doubtful, likewise, whether the Empe-
fos Of Austria would feel much disposed
to take part in cause which would agi-
tate France at the present moment 1T
is well known that this sovereign looks
to the aggrandiSement OF his family, ia
seeing the young Napoleon, the son OF
bis daughter, placed upon the Galhc
throne. This he calculates upon at no
great distance, and the feeble state OF the
Bourbon race. combined with the AZ
nchment Of the people 10 the name Of
Napoleon, seem 10 favor his expectaI
lions. A renewed convulsion in France,
on the broad prlpciples OF freedom,
would at once overthrow all these tower.
Ing projects. IL is, besides, well under
stood, that Austria enterrains jealousy
against Russia, which would not well
comport with her forming very strict
alliance with the magnanimous Alexan-
der. AT all events, the note of the En-
peror Alexander on Spanish affairs,
must be considered as the most arrogant
aud high-ha,ded measure ever adopted
;n.Europe, inreltion to the affairs OF an
;ndepcndent nation. ~