The Portland gazette., 1822-10-01

part of the Christian states, who il is evident.
permit Egypt and Barbary TO be governed
by superstitious and ignorant hordes of men,
from Jealousy of each other. And thus it is
that the mercenary passions Of mankind,
though protesting TO act under the phianhrop-
ca influence of the gospel, suffer the fairesi
and the most fruitful portions of the globe to
lie waste, and the inhabitants TO continue un
civilized. The passage to India by the Cape
LOT Good Hope doomed the fine countries on
the eastern shore Of the Mediterranean to an
Inieriority contrary TO their nature I; and Vas
co di Cana, in doubling tba, point, and Civ
ing triumph to the science Of navigation,
did more to secure the empire of the Turks
than any sultan that ever brandished a scime-
tar in the name of Nshomet.
Atpeace with the Turks, Russia hes no
other present enemy. Her finances, from all
accounts, are IN very deranged situation.
This is not 10 he wondered at, when IL is con.
sldered that she has about a million soldiers
Iunder pay. Such an army is enough to
leat Up the substance of any people i;
> and however extensive the Russaa empire
may be lis resources are in crude state, and
lie scattered over vast surface of the earth
The emperor Alexander. ever since the down
fall Of Napoleon. has spoken in the tone Of a
monarch who controls the desinies Of coiem-
porary nations. 1t may be polite in the
great states of Europe 10 allow him thus 10
swell with pride and vanity but in reality
Russia is very far from being the first power
10 Europe. Intrinscaly, France is more po
tent than she is /; but more particularly Grea
Britain, by her immense wealth. her vast ma.
: rine, her military post and possessions
: (which encircIe the Slobe, has preponderenct
D id the affairs Of the world, which all the ar
t mics OF Russia cannot countervail. The ex-
D tent of the Russian donations must eventual
e ly cause division of them and the very ex
ertions which the emperor Alexander is max
5 ing 10 improve the condition of Kamischalka
dales, and his other subjects in that region, BY
! encouraging navigation and commerce in th,
neighborng sea, will necessarily tend to hast
e en- that event.
AUSTRIA.
: Austria appears TO be tranquil. The reign
ing emperor, as he has openly avowed him
> self, is an enemy to intellectual advancement
The great object Of the systematic cabinet o
f Vienna is to keep things quiet, and in thi.
they are much aided by the fxedness of ideas
the dull and disciplined uniformity Of thought
which distinguish the mass of the Austrian
population. The mercurial activity of be
, Italian subjects, however, gives Austria much
trouble and it remains TO be seen bow lone
, mere brute force can repress the indestrucli
bic passion for liberty and independence.
PRUSSIA.
II must have been remarked, BY those who
attend 10 current events, how little we hear
q OF the active interposiiion Of Prussia in the
a political transactions Of Europe From tbi.
silence we infer condition Of things in thai
:, kingdom perilous to the abuses of the monar
) chy, yet doubtful for the cause of the people
: II is very well known that the sovereign 0
2 Prussia, when he raised the mass of mis- sub
jects to resist the French 10 the campaign O
r lsI3spromised them, by way Of inducement
: an amelioration of the Prussian constitution
[ by introducing, to certain extent, the rep
resentatve system. Upon the overthrow o
! Napoleon, the king refused to fulfill biz prom
! ise; in consequence of which disa0ectior
% sprung up in some divisions OF the PrussiaI
: army, and the students OF the universities al
! most unanimously combined to compel tb,
: monarch to give effect TO the wishes of u,
. people. In consequence of this disa1ection
y the most severe regulations were made in re
Q strIctIon OF the freedom Of the press, and sharI
+ measures were adopted against those wh,
!, were most conspicuous in disseminating
! knowledge of liberal principles. 1t has re
0 quiIed, in truth, the constant and undivide,
e vigilance of the Prussian authorities to keeI