The Litchfield County post., 1828-08-21
From the London NeaCs.

The NATURAL DEFENCEs OF CeNsrAN-
TIN0PLE: THE Power OF Russia, Aus
rRIA, ENGLAND, &c.--There are two Pc
r'ods in he during which the approach
. ConStantinople, from Russia,is invested
with diff s0ItieS sufficient to deter the most
'meFpr'sing spirit from the attempt; viz:
he wiHspc and summer. In the former sea-
IN, }le Russians have hitherto considered
n invasion Is hopeless project; and in
he latter, such Is ;he dry and burning ma
'0re Of the soil, that The whole country
~oulI seen 10 be blasted with design. The
adder inhaeAce of spring, by which all
.'rr' t"rrocs are mIlgated, must have pas
aed bY. iar he present year, before any es-
sentiM "rpro hes had been made by the
Russians 10 tie direction of the Ottoman
rnpta!. Aud yet it is only the work of
Jew weeks brief fighting to occupy all the
passes between the Danube and the passes
# the llAan. The Russians have not o.
pened the campaign with any spirit that
would appear to contemplate an open dash
On Con,tant;uopIe. They ought, e1e .his,
had such been their views, to have engaged
n some severe Skirmshing with their fer
cess foes, the mountain cavalry in the de-
files of the Balkan. Ii is no Summers work
10 combathese hereditary soldiers, who con-
tract to tight on their own frns, AS the fee
simple Of their own inheritance: and who
| are at home amidst their native Businesses
! with death and danger mounllnJ FRISCO
upon the mighty buIwarks Of wiIu and
!eSolate nature. The tumuitary CAM
pa+gns, which The race ofpeople that inha-
BIT these r"gions wage against their ene-
| mics, are such IS to strike more terror than
the steady md regular movements of dis
cipIinei force. because the country is as
peculiar as the conflict and all calculation
is hallied as to what ground tho enemy may
be encountered on--ln what forCe--wheth-
er in the from or rear, &c. In situations
ofthlS description, powerful army may
be destroyed in detail, without ever COM
| ing to a regular. engagement and hitherto,
such has been he difficulties attending a.
ny advance towards Constantinople, that
we ave no instance Of its military occupa-
too by any enemy amid the conflicts of
many centuries. Were it not for these
difficulties, and The singularly bold and de-
cisive bravery, and furious impetuosity of
which The '. urkish troops are susceptible,
the patient, persevering, and phlematick
character of the Russian military would
have long ago reduced the proud Stamboul
and displaced he Crescent by the Cross OH
the Towers ofSt Sophia. Russia compri-
SEES l2Sth of the entire globe; and when-
ever she shall avail herself of the coasts of
the Black Sea, to promote unrestricted
commercial intercourse in the Levant, she
will become more formidable to Great
Britain than Buonaparte ever was in the
meridian f his power. She menaceS at
this time the East and West; and though
there IS a guarded tone of moderation in
Ill her dealings, we never find her making
peace without demanding money, with
winch to indemnity her elf for the past, &
! territory in possession in fee as security for
the future. And yet the very name of this
nation ;wo centuries ago, was, as 1t were,
unknown LIle better than one century
ago, Russia did not approach even to the
Black Sea; and now she is mistress of the
greater part of it; while in the North she
mas equally encroached on the Baltic. The
great secret Of this uniform success is, that
she possesses litlle to tempt the cupidity of
ether conquerors. Bonaparte only sought
to drive her back into Asia; and elevate
Poland as a Sort Of watch tower on her
frontiers. She has the capacity TO renew
a physical force for any definite object, to
an almost unlimited extent: and this pow
or. supported by rare constancy of pur-
pose, through victory and through defeat,
has always brought her in winnesin he
end. She is in that Stage efexistence as a
nation, which posSessts the vigour Of bar
bariSm without its weakness and thus con-
stitutes that peculiar moral position in which
knowledge may be dead beaten by ignor-
ance. Russia quotes her population in
Europe, Poland, Asia and America, at 60,-
O0O, 900; her army in time Of peace MI!
at 700, 900 men; and IN period of war, at
100000 fighting men; and 400 armed
ships. The latter, beyond abont dozen
vaSsels. are contemptible force in all that