Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-02-09

DdDt 10, tiS ""o W.
Berlin. On the same day our Government re-
ceived intelligence of the event, in a despatch
from Lord Clanwilliam, the English Minister
q. Berlin. The Russian Ambassador in Eng
land had had no communication whatever up
on the subject from the Continent. He was at
Brighton when the news arrived, and upon the
intelligence being communicated to him by
our Government, his Excellency seemed SUR
prised at his not receiving the inform alton
from any Of the public authorities Of Russia
The late Emperor Alexander was the eldest son
OF the Emperor Paul. He was born on the
and as Russia, from the period of Peter
the Great, was accustomed TO depend solely up
on foreigners for intellectual improvement, a
foreigner was selected as the tutor OF the heir
TO the Russian throne. The selection was made
OLA Harpe, a Swiss philosopher and reiormer,
who had published several tragedies, many
eloges of the French Kferati, and lastly, a very
yoluminous history and a system of literature.
| Under La Harpe, the Emperor Alexander was
supposed 10 have imbi5ed liberal and philoso-
| phical principles Of government; but the barba-
rous Court of ST. Petersburgn found itself SO
totally unable to compete in state policy with
the other Cabinets Of Europe, that a plan was
formed to resort for a Minister to Italy, the
country of Machiavel, where intrigue, yfnesse,
and Court policy, were indigenous 10 the soil,
and had been reduced to a system, and carried
10 the highest state of perfection. The choice
of Russia fell upon Pozzo di Borgo, aCorsican,
who had been a Member Of the Corsican'C oun-
ellis, and had distinguished himself by his OPP
position to the Emperor Napoleon, and by his
adopting the English interests, in opposition
to the wishes of the French, TO bestow a re-
formed Constitution upon his native island
This Italian and oussian Ministeri is now a pen
sioner upon the English Treasury, and receives
his pension of four hundred pounds regularly,
through the hands Of Messrs. Coutts. Under
the advice and Surveillance of the Corsican dl
Borgo, the Emperor Alexander was brought
into communication with Prince Metternich,
Lord Londonderry, and the old school oil abso-
lutte power and court intrigue, and from hence
may be traced the instability OF seDtiments with
which the Emperor Alexander has been aecus-
ed. The precepts Of La Harpe yielded to the
| crafty maxims Of the Italian %courtier. 1t Is
very difficult to form any estimate of the cha
racter Of Alexander. He is not accused OF cru
city, or of excesses of any sort; but what infer
ence can be drawn from this-for who dare hint
the vices of an Emperor in a country like Rus
STA. The chief features of his character were
displayed in has conduct to the Emperor Ma
poleon, which was a perpetual ffuctuation be-
tween attachment and hatred. magnanimily and
treachery-each, we conceive, assuming the
ascendancy, as he was guided by his own dis
position, or as he was influenced by his Corsi-
Can adviser. Up 10 the almost miraculous sue
cess of the Allies at the Capture Of Paris in | 8l4,
| the Emperor was the avowed advocate Of libe-
| raj opinions, from the hour Of success he be-
came the champion and leader OF the most des-
potic principles and sanguinary practces.-
His compelling Austria to suppress The Revo-
luton of Naples, his acceding to Lord London
derry's plans Of seizing upon the Venetian ter
r%i,ories, and sacrificing them to Austria; his
compelling France TO her most ubiquitous and
cruel invasion of Spain, thereby establishing O.
YER that people the most odious government,
and the most imbecile and treacherous tyrant
that disgraces modern history; his prevention
OF the English Governments acknowledging
the American Republics, and his sinister en-
enlargement of the Greek struggle, to the ex-
tent of weakening the Turkish power, without
establishing the liberty and independence oil
Grcece-are ali marks OF a blind and Ignorant
policy, aud Of that lnhuman principle of hold
ing the lives, fortunes, and happiness OF mil
lions, merely as objects of stale property, TO be
squandered and sacrificed TO the interests OF
princes TO these we may add, the Emperor's
seizure and permanent possessions OF Finland
his sacrificing Norway to the Swedes, and
his amalgamaling the Tyrol with the Bavarian
dominions, Notwithstanding the rooted antipa-
thy of the Norwegians to the Swedish yoke,
and the interminable hatred Of the lyrolese to
the Bavarians. Many political crimes attri-
buted to the Emperor Napoleon has been prac-
tised by the Emperor Alexander, without any
similar grounds Of necessity 10 eXtenuate the
guilt. One of the most decided pieces of state
turpitude was the Emperor's gaining posses
sion of Paris, by orlbing the French with the
pledge of a Constitution, and afterwards resign
ing that nation 10 the Dourbons, upon a Char
ter, which was a mere apology fora .onstitu-
ton, and which the Emperor suffered to be Vi
olated in all its essential principles. A similar
want of good faith was exhibited by Alexander,
in his conduct 10 the Poles, and in his intrigues
with the Court Of Berlin. In the government
of Russia, Alexander's policy was that OF de-
,eloping the resources OF his empire, rather
than Of increasing It's extent. The absolute ne
ces,ity Of such a policy entities him to no praise
for its adoption; and yet he may be charged
with a deviation from this course, in his al.
Temps at coionising the northwest coasts OF
America, and in his plans OF military COLOMBIA
ton in the southern extremities OF his empire.
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