The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-08-20
.l.e nallimnre FedoraI Gazette.

w., some uf our public writer's slated
as th,ir opinion, that the membeis oil the
a. Alliance " did MT conline their
- af .,,biugalion To the South American
nan,,bles, but contemplated an extensive
Their naternhl embraces 10 the Chaied
lie il was eon-iirred, we believe, hs
III men, and by ourselves among The
,'.ab,r. as Il mere chimera arising either
.,, 700 easy admission nj fear. or the
i.,,,s;tiun In Il these Holy bretlireH were
- ,nnre absurd in :" / .eir notiuns of
-: - than could Will he concrn ed by
'.6,,a,y capacities. II Was mol, weihought,
-. gra,tly maintained, that such Il
...s,,fr could for IA moment be conie,n
,,ls,.d h, even an ultra ro,alist of the
f,gb..t and warlncst cast much less by IA
10, r.t,r, scnicd as III. ahlcst and most
iadaenfial statesman "i all The diplomatic
,rns connected with the Holy Alliance.
We have now, however, To acknowledge
our mistake, whilst We communicate Ia
the readers of the Federal GaZette what
will ". imagine, not Ill tie surprise them,
namely, that M less parsonage ihan PoH
~ hi Borgo, the Ambassador from Russia
ia France, the paramount minister oi the
lIoly Alliance, who IL supposed to direct
lin, attention Of the Allied Sovcreigns as
IL. w,lld the babies of his will, and tn
ba,. wIclded the destinies of the European
Continent since the sun set on the fortunes
.f Napoleon, actually advised an open AT
lack by arms on the Independence and Ii.
bertes of the Quilted States of America
We copy the following editorial article on
This subject.
H., tho I onrnn Nnruiut
Theextrayagancc of the Russian or high
Ultra party in France, wonld hardly be
credited in this country we it be be
Ip,ed that NJ. PoZZo di Borgo, its oracle
IN Paris, in Il memoir addressed To his
Court in 1917, ON theimporiance Of replac
ing South America under the dominion Of
Spain. actually allowed his Zeal against
liberty to carry hun 40 FAR as gravcly To
propose the subjugation of the United
States Of North America. i" Founded, he
said Oh the sovereignty of the People, the
Republic of the United States of America
wasa fire, of which the daily contact with
Europe threatened the latter with conha
grltion that this state, an asylum for all
innovat0rs, gave thrn The means of disscm
mating at distance by their writings, and
hy the authority of their example, II poi
sun Of which the communication could not
be- questioned, as il was well known that
tbe French Revolution had its origin in
rhe United States; that already trouble
somc effects were f.,il in Europe from the
presence of French Refugees in America.
and more particularly in France, that the
Administrations uf that Kingdom was obllg
I'd 10 bend before The revolutionary spirit :;
and, that prompt repression of detnoera
ical principles could alone prevent the
irruption of AN evil already 81 grave in its
source" After il variety of considerations
oftbe sat1e SORT, the Russian ambassador
proceeded toy7bsrrve, :" That the conquest
Of the United States of America was an
.asy entcrpriZe the suhnissiun tn
mode 0fgeserr rrrcut more in harmony with
that OF the other civilized States 0t the
world would be attended with little incon
'enience in comparison ofthc danger from
allowing 10 subsist, much longer, the form
III The actual government : that the degree
olpo"er to which the Americans had ri
sen, made them objects of .ra~ 10 the
European W narcricM Governments, but
that al the same time, the SUM Of their
riches having augmented that of laxuGy,
and corruption, there was REAGAN tn think
that the principal citizens of L. States
would not be dispcascd TO see II change
which would place them at the head of The
go,crnm nj OF their country that IA, the
drIstocratIcal splrit WAS mere particularly
lerccptlhle in the towns the influence of
the rich citizens might easily hiring about
the desired change that il would IN vain
be objected that the United States had
Just come of victorious out of the ,trng-
Oh, gI.,,. al A .,t . n
mat tins success WAS owing 10 particular
causes, the absence which would over
come opposition and resistance, and that
two Of desc caus,s could not 'aI To strike
every ohs,rFer--tfal, iuthe first rlacr, thu
richest citizens saw With fear The moment
approach Ia which the English party would
IePIAce the United States under the power
al England that, in that case, they would
consider thcInscl,, sas strip, of their power,
and snhJe, ted To the {, ranny of the
bt''Ish arIsturacy whose representatives
would impose on them a yoke as sr> ere
rs humilIaiing thai in consequence, gre.
Iis they could g,in notbiu. by thi, change,
'hey made every .llnrt Ia fcrcomr every
dIiicnlty, in which they w,uld not, per
laps ha'. succeeded, bat far the jnpolilic
Conduct of the English tho set fire Ia
Washington sud thai Il IS, perhaps, To
TAI second causr, that III. Future ri the
ehlcrprls,', md consequently the consul
a'l'on of ttc Republic, -, u ii great inca
sure, IL br attributed"
Now, though III THIS lr;ast appear 10 us
Americans extremely ah.',rd and rxlra,a-
s'N', yet, when we consider that it
'".n's from man who is understood Il"
''"nenrr tn" c'bnris vi the iIoly Alliance,
u" Jolly ass 'acs Il grascr aspect, hrcause
WE An"w that weak aod wicked princes,
anu even thosc of "A better stamp, are
s" ';. governed by weak aud nicltt Il
MINISTER'S, aud that nhru Nirkc,Incss H.