Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-10-06
i'ToA BeiTS VtehIy ,5iessengt,, August 23.1
- THE COURSE OF RUSSIA.

6pli ana mtrepidcourse, hitherto unchecked; aud
the Hsption of tho public is pretty much direct
>el taffUregn politics. from the composition OF the
pne" Nhci, M;nstry, and Tie march OF the Russians
ecrosS ic Ealkun shall resume the subject OF our
last sxcek'S icc.
tnaSlrisory of all ngcs is very nearly tho same
we are told the records of the past century, that,
al = M.ne when neither Russia Prussia were yet
known as leading Powers III Europe, Sweden was
Tire. rate State together with Poland anu the empire
oEtle Turks
Never vas greater error committed by Frnnce and
England, and iuStcr punishment brought upon the
head OF tie enemies OF freedom, than by suffering Po
aad to be swept from the list Of nations, and Of
The fuirost provinces ofthe Turkish enpire,its most
fruitful districts, aud commanding maritime positions
n the Black Sea- to be sublugated by Catherine H.
ah0to be scheduled it were amongst the enormous
masses Of the Russian empire.
The partition OF Poland was no accomplished,
taan Russia began TO turn her thoughts and point her
ntrgues 10 the minor states of Geru,any,-tc iten-
ton OF whose petty princes has always been directed
81 more powerful monarchy, i'll consequence of the
Iabit WINCH has grown upon them from the condition
OF vassa!age III which they have always been holden
oy the Gerinanc empire Unfortunately, Enuland
has too MUCH favored this course Of Russian politics
The time ior resisting was when MIR. Pitt armed the
country upon the seizure OF C)cSsakow by the Empress
cathari',e: hut Mr. Fox, and the Wings of that day,
thWared, from revenge and by means of the basest
'hi'Sne, the councils Of the atcst statesman that
ever directed the cabinet of this country.
Our policy has been too uniformly directed TO
rancc and America, and, together with tie rest OF
Europe, we have been almost blind to the wonderful
had great vanages In the progress Of her ambitious
ckreer she has only had to defend frontier, from
whose barrcnness and rigorous climate she had su-
per protection than III fortresses. She has alNvavs
been safe i'll her and has conrived to get under
Aer sway an immense population, half of which
was III direct hostility to her forty years ago Plat
population from which she recruits her artnies has
now fallen to the lot of few Russian Lords lust as
tc cattle grazing upon pastures the proper OF
INC landlord. Such however, has been the course
OF events that this empire has been enabled with one
n friirl ib,. Ix,SE
oyershadow and keep down the rising liberties of the
Ahine--to enter tile capital Of Persia With her Asiatic
froops AND the cupital of France With all Europcan
army at the same time
Before the reign Of the urcsert Czar s1,,II ter,r,
eye, unlesS Eoropc fund Fraucc and England in par
I:cuiar) shall be prompt and bold in resisting him. ve
6hai see power more formidable than was ever
sUayed by Napoleon. Catharine the Second had not
IN iet don!nions sufficient number men capable OF
Seadlng and writing, to supply for ouch Village
at The present day, the daughters OF Cossacks arc
acquainted With music, and the perfumes cf Paris
and London form the decorations &c their to,.ts-
ahe Injuries and elegances of PurSian saloons have
heen carried into the heart of Tartary; and us Rome
Ill a few years after the conquest of Greece rev
polite and classical, i'll the same manner We sasll
Hnd the reiotest districts of Russia beuLinn 20 the
spit YOKE of fashion and tuste.
But The question nov Is what course shall ;yc per-
sue: 1t would be quite ubsurd to depend on the
moderation OF the Emperor Nicholas, should he be
permitted TO oVefturn the Ottoman Empire
Since the late settlement of Europe By the ctou
gFess in 1885, whilst all the other Powers have ben,
liked ana stationary. Russia alone has been advau-
cIng--a multitude Of people, unknown to us hive
Vtnin the last twenty years, been added to the do
nunons OF the Czar-those, for example who iuhah
II the immense surface amongst the polar ices which
separate the north of America from Russia a rain
l. we draw line from the mouth of the Viotuls
across the Borystlenes to the mouth of the VoIoz
We shall merely draW faint boundary of the sue
ocssors Of Catharnc. Besides an extent Of couul,y
equal to the surface of France and situated to the
%csl"afu oil those rivers another still more unknown
T. off ,oC
Sed TO augment The mass of Russian usurpaton
. Now, al this multitude OF people are the imnc-
aiate vaSsais OF Government which acknovl edges
no law but ITS WILL and which is at liberty 10 raise ar
mics, to wage war, to conclude pence at its own
option, without any restraint from popular assem-
0es senates, or Internal institutions This immense
monarchy can Keep armies on foot almost without the
knowledge OF the rest of EHrope-arnlies nearly
equal TO the united forces of all the other Powers
because the intercourse with Russia merely EXISTS
u single point whilst the relations of Russia viii
Diner states branch out INTO numberless ramiicatons
The Emperor Alexander was friendly to peace
and anxious to uphold his own work. but there is |
+UR on the Russian throne prince fond of war and
anxious to distinguish himself by arms and conquest
y hat measures have the Powers of E,lrope CEnm-
SEd in particuar) taken, to keep I'll ambitious and
~aFike sovereign, welding the RESOURCES of such
a.! an enormous empire 10 check None unfortunate
y, none at ALL On the contrary, by extDguishinrr
the Turkish navy at Navarino, we have done eyery
thing to assist the ultimate projects of Nicholas
Eur we will not pursue this subject any further
Splice 1t to say that the policy of Russia has now
completely developed ITSELF and it will become orr
duty, by prudent and timely alliances, to guard a.
galnst it.
Prussia Vill be compelled TO follow the conrve
OF Russia, in order to maintain her swav over
tie countries which she possesses from MemeI to
1he other side of The Nemen, as far as the mouth
tate her example, and great portion of the North
eEn States of Germany will lin revenge for beinp
disappointed of free Constitutions promised to them
at the Treaty of Vienna) pursue the same course.
AUSTRIA conformity with Bavaria, do nothing sin
gle handed; she cannot support the forks and de-
lend herself at the same time What then is to be
gone. We answer:-thut the seasonable change in
INC French Ministry offers to the Duke of Woiinr-
ton most noble opnortnnitY of consl ructint. n Coz