Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-06-07

/ ihoss doetrioss, hs 10 sesoIysd 10
MAXI direct alliance and IAN Avowed
eoususon eau2e VIII the Kibx Of Franee
IN tho wss sSaiba Spain.
Nov, a q iy9pessible NOT TO fofstse
|tb4t ti;is rbensars Of the hussian desls
pat may lead % the most importsnt re-
saltA, and <hst & becesney tho duty IT
The Bri(iAh GtSerpjptels 10 take y de,
Isherste survey % - own iituation,.
md VI the psabsbi6 eOst and possible
issue OF is neutrality under such
condition II circumstances The ques-
ton, in word, consists oftwo points:
the first, What would II cost US in
our own immediate sacrifices to go 10
war and whett er the possible good If
such war be equiv alent 10 this cost ?
The second point is, what will he the
pnssible result Of our remaining at
p-ac--how will It affect our future
cpndi'ion Z
As to tn. first Of these questions, we
have no hesitation in ssyiss, that the
country cannot 90 TO. war on great
| scute without II mort enormous rx-
Pense, IAN expense both in money and
1 on SsCh's On w IL n
| point OF prujeuce to avoid =, at every
event short Of incurrias greater pc.
ril ia f,ture,-We cannot afford
war frov, Yvmpathy or e nerosi.y 30
brave and free people suffering under
oppression. 'itr Q years. wal would
Xix us with three nr fur miiliou. adj.
ditionai taxes upru the peace wh,ch
! should conclude it; and where aud
whence are those taxes to Gomez We
insy barrow the principal, anu the ex-
penjirure of the prioc,pai amongst u,
80 lang as i, lasts, may ins,gorate
trade. commerce, and asriculture,-
mare mechanics will he emp,c y ed, and
there will, in eye'y thing, be n larser
consumption. But This will necessari-
ly cease w,,h the peace, and then ,he
'ermmunity must pay the reckonir g
must pay the annual interest of the oae
hundred and forty millions by which
! U.e deb, will he augmented. This will
de the cost of war The replacement of
The taxes which have hprn recently re-
m.ved, or Of Others stilI more burden
some.
On the other hand, let us look to the
| second question, what will be the even,
Of our remaining at reae. The event
will he this,-f'.t, fiat the SpaniarJs
will be- overw heimed ,-secondiy, that
| most abnmnatle and etrocious prin.
ripie will be cate bIishei 40 FAR A. the
Continent Is eoneetued-in the Law Of
Nations. namely. that i. u the r,ghl
and duty at Kings to superin, nd IN,
sr,a ~ III
h7nrlng nations and TO put town any
rel. rn, o. at'-mn's at reform. w'..ch
menace 10 ab, Ids The pienary power
IT Kings over their snhicet. and,
thirdly. that ,he powers OF s,u..is. al.
ready SO enormous 81 20 excite a iu.i
apprehensiou far the balance Of rwcr,
will be further, confirmed sud aug
meate !. inasmuch as such a triumph
over popular principles must nesessn-
lilly consolidate the Russian power.
In Poland, only, has Ru -ia any hing
to far, and Europe aHy thing to hope,
as respects the sdbais i,ion u. ne Rus.
ia empire and 1t is The uulues.ioned
policy of every Da,ion in Europe. NJ,
TO stop the moral sff..et of this cause
by the eourse OF which, alone, Rus,ia
can be reduced within the due limit. Of
The balance Of power. Russia, as she
rests ut present, il an tnmeu.e,
cnmbrons, an overwhelming physical
force, overhans;ng free Europe and /,
uoqnestionahiy the FIRST insprest Of
mankind III general. thar ihis power
should be broken by division.
What, then, is he true point Of pnl.
icy ? We ih:uk thi.--tiiat we should
IoiD in the war 40 far as our own
actual interests sliow; namely, by such
naval force as wuHid be sufficient TO
ave Cadiz. and thereby render nuga.
Try the invasion by France; Il which
" uid not ct The sanse time. cost more
han this coueir, could ford, and tina,
The bisct wanid be worth. We think
hat MIR. Cauning's obiec,i"" to- This
ctnrs 10 d mere rhetorical A,urish Of
Words "a mere fanciful point of ma.
inDai pride. We are bound. we think,
IN due Ppiiey, TO do all that we ear
AID az we can DO ,lis, aud as tn. pert
l. unqnes iionabIy worth IL, we think
we ought so 10 act.
If the Russian army should enter
spaia, we th,nk that the English
ministry will be iBexcusable, unlrss
hey take Immediate possession { for
be spapiards of Csdiz, Corunna,
Ferros, and whatever other towns may
ne within our reach, and within our
means or d. fenee nv sea. We shonl6