Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-10


or princes of their own, and. certain poll,
tical privileges. amounting to qualified
Independence. or mitigated vassaIage.--
The Acknowledgement Of Turkey, SO ire
quently spoken of, wills it is likely, De
long procrastinated by considerations OF
policy on the part OF the christian states.
who, ii is evident, permit Egypt and Bar,
bary to be governed by superst'tious ana
ignorant bordea OF men iroa Jealousy Of
each other. And thus il is that the mer'
cenary passions Of mankind, although pro-
Tossing to act under the philanthToplcal IN,
f,uence OF the gospel, suffer the fairest ana
most fruitful portions of the globe TO lie
waste. and the inhabitants TO continue I'M
civilized. The passage to India by the
Cape of Good Hope doomed the line conn'
tries on the eastern shore OF the MedMer-
ranean TO an interiority contrary 20 Their
nature and Vasco di Cana, in doubling
that point, and giving triumph to the SCI
ence Of navigation. did more to secure me
empire of The Turks than any sultan thst
ever brandished seymitar in the name OF
Mah6met.
At peace With the Turks, Russia has no
other present enemy. Her finances, Vom
all accounts, are in very deranged s'tua-
ton. This is not to he wondered at, when
il is considered that she has about MIL
lion OF soldiers under pay. Such an army
is enough to eat up the substance OF any
people and however extensive the nus
Sian empire may be, its resources are IN
crude state, and lie scattered over vast
surface Of the earth. The emperor Alex
ander, ever since the downfall OF Nspo.
reon, has spoken in the tone oil monarch
who controls the destinies Of contemporary
nations. II may be polite in the great
states o! Europe to allow him thus to SVEN
with pride and vanity; but, in reality,
Russia is very far from being the FIRST pow
err in Europe. Intrnsically, France IS
more potent than she is but more pa'u-
cularIy Great Britain, by her immense
wealth, her vast marine, her military Posls
and possessions, which encirc!e the gione'
has a preponderance in the affairs OF the
world which all the armies of Russia can
not couniervail. The extent ct the Nus
sian dominions must eventually cause a
division of them and the very exertlons
which the emperor Alexander is making
to improve the condition Of the kam;sKa-
iales, and his other subjects in that re-
gion, by encouraging navigation and com
merce in the neighboring sea, will neces-
sarily tend to hasten that event
Austria appears to be tranquil. The
re,gning emperor, as be has openly ayow-
ed himself, is an enemy to intellectual ad'
yancement. The great object OF the sys-
tematic cabinetof Vienna is to keep things
quiet, and in this they are much aided by
the fxedness Of ideas, the dull and d1sci-
pined uniformity Of thought, which dis
tinguish the mass Of the Austrian pepu!a-
ton. The mercurial activity of her ita-
liam subjects. however. gives Austria much
trouble and it remains to be seen how
long mere brute force can repress the IN
destraetble passion for liberty and lnde-
pendence.
It must have been remarked, by those
who attend to current events, bow little
we hear Of the active interposition OF
Prussia 10 the politica! TRANSACTIONS OF Eu-
rope. From this silence we inter condl-
ton OF thing. in that kingdom perIous to
the abuses Of the monarchy, yet doubtful
for the cause of the people. 1t ls very
well known that the sovereign OF Prussia,
when he raised the mass OF his subjects 10
resist the French in the campaign OF 1918,
promised them, by wav of inducement,
an ameloration of the Prussian constitu-
ton, by Introducing 10 certain extent,
The representative system. Upon the D.
verthrow Of Napoleon, the king refused
to fulfil this promise ; in consequence OF
which disaffection sprung up IN some diyI>
sions of the PIussian army, and the stu
dents of the universities almost unanimous
~ combined TO compel the monarch to give
effect to the wishes OF the people. In con-
sequence of this disaffection. the most Sc
we're regulations were made 10 restriction
of the freedom Of the press, and sharp
measures were adopted against those who
were most conspicuous in disseminating
knowledge of liberal principles. II has
required, in truth, the constan! and undi-
vided vigilance of tie Prussian authorities
TO keep down the spirit of reform at hume;
and this, we presume, is the cause why
Prussia makes no figure in the political
discussions which have, Of late, occupied
the cabinets of the other powers OF Eu-
rope. Sufficiently engaged at home, she
dare not venture abroad, as the march OF
an army hey ond her frontier might be the
signal for an Insurrection which it might
be found very difficult to queIl.
Sweden and Norway remain quiet
The trouble which the Norwegians were,
at one time, likely to give king Charles
John, has by that sovereign been success
fully obviated, and he now reigns in an |
undislurbed manner. Prudence is a strong |
feature in the political character of this
prince; and, of all the associate generals
If Napoleon, be is the only one who re-
tains the rovaI authority procured through |