The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-09-06
STATE OF ETROPE.

We had supposed that the question Of
peace or war had been dehnitiyey settledn
the mind of the Emperor Of Russia, in re-
ference to the Ottoman Porte. The will
to choose hostility could depend only On
himself AS to the uncertainty, therefore,
which is continually, and even now, express
sed in the European prints, whether or not
there will be war, we can only observe that
every thing IS uncertain that has not take.
place. Although the Lawyers, quaint set
Of gentlemen, will tell you that whatever
may be certain IS certain, yet herein do they
indulge the uncertainty which belongs to
their profession,
The situation of ALEXANDER, in relation
to the question of war, is exactly that Of
the man who asked the oracle whether the
sparrow which he held in his hands wa,
dead or alive. He might instantly have
squeezed the sparrow to DEATH Il defeated
the oracle. So may Alexander choose Peace
or War. But the Almighty, who allows
not sparrow to fall without his consent
restrains the Russian within the borders of
peace.
There were two great objects involved in
the war, had taken place, between Russia
and Turkey, one of (which was as much the
subject of interest and of desire, as the
other was of alarm and jealousy. The re-
suit of such war must have been the expul-
sion OF the Turks from Europe, an event
infinitely to be desired by all who love the
charities and the deCorum of life. COnse
quent upon this event would have been the
enlargement fthe Russian empire, over
grown as it is, and the partial if not entire
emancipation of the Greeks.
For our part IN this country, who feel no
fear of the combinations in Europe, which
there affect the balance of power--if II
could be obtained on no other condition,
we would have Greece free, and give the
Turkish Empire to Alexander. And is IL
not barbarous Il mistaken policy in those
whose lessons Of wisdom, OF yalor, of virtue
and OF liberty, We're derived from the mo-
dels of Greece, as she was old, to look WIN
indifference, if not with enmity, on the at
tempts of the descendants of the Greeks
to restore her to what She was Yet was
this foreseen and foretold by Homer, VINO
observes,
The day thatto the grave hs father sends,
HoDs the sad orphan of his fathers irlendss
- ~ Hot u OCt, j IL not iDIdIHob'i
not one civilized nation should assist in the
renovation of Greece, the Mother OF Arb
OF Arms, and of Glory?
Something was to have been eXpectea
from Great Britain, because public opinloaL'
IN that country, is paramount to state pon'
sy. Yet we find that .hose who 50 anN
'oasly coFet and Carry away the mafOF
monuments of orecian taste, sends arm
ana ammun.tion to destroy the livins Lee
nioases 81 these days!
AS 20 France, quiyering on the SUNNI
OF an internal volcano, she must be excVseu
Tor avoiding, as far as she can, all torels"
explosion, Russia, the power which traiu
ed and tempted the Greeks to the prest;;.
glorious, but we fear fatal eiiort-fus:'
that, by the proximity OF her army, the u.
position of her forces, and the designs
liaicoptents, as far as they could be know
lostered, encouraged, and then left alon'
ana abandoned these heroic Greeks, she e