Newspaper Page Text
#fe /^yrs
te§ofSP§PßSWoPfe?
VOL U.
’ ‘i • y* p- . i „ (
, PRINTED WEE<IY,
B’/ Hodge *s oh.ox hell. >
■<V . ; *T’ ‘ •’ * V • ’ l
• CONDITIONS.
.1 ’ » rffli*■■*■:: W ,t’ vv” ~7r\ % - ;■ „•• * v . v':
Sit .The Annua! SubacripioE will be three
‘ y dollars* biff in jujyance. :'• / ,
,2d. Subscribers living parof the Sta'e will pay
*'\ th£ whole subscription upon the delivery of
the first number.
3d. No Subscriptions will be received for less
r i than one year; and no ‘paper shall be dis
continued until are paid.
4Ah Advertisements will be inserted at the
customary rates. *; v ;
’ *rr Letters addressed to the Edi
rpKt must be post paid.
STATEo'KEtJiIOPE. i;*
The flowing letter from VLehna is
trorthy this altentiort of out\rrtler*i av
containing a most .7nteresting, 4r*fh.as we
Relieve, Suit he at c view orr the prestfru
. Rfa'ie ofarfairs in VTvopey, ;* u >*•
arc vcit» of says HugufAbut
in these manifestoes* which are publish
ed as private letters, their sour#fcre .un
masked, and their heal vie.ws displayed.
Such *ve Conceive to be the Icttei* from
a Russian officer which is nothing less
than a declaration of the Russian court
and a most serious declaration it is,
ipvjKktWg the imiputabe rejl of
that government not to relax in its pur
suit of territorial Ipjgg ru t men its
resentment at a close connexion between
Austria and England ; and irts deter mult
a’tibn to controul the consequence* of
that counexibii by rebuilding the edifies
OfPrencfi power, so far as nay be; mi fi
cient for that object. the views U div*
closes, relative to the commercial
rests, federative; 5c continental pow.<3<’ of
England 1 ,’ are also highly .important, and
ifford the material*, sos esreasive poli
tical specula?ibn^s
- fraaie of European so i *ty my fi
natty he cast, it. is not ddfi altto pivciici,
that British upon that conti
nent,, is in the Wune v and .that the
tvVU come, when the other nations pi*
the world will not submit to be debar
red fiord their innoe nt commerce, ib
consequence of wuts, provoked by Bri
tish’ avatice and ambition.**— Nat. Ado* f
.V* .A.. %v . *’V- -Jf ~*A >. / ”>C*s
s .. .* v v ! ’ ‘‘M,’ * ■■AS ±I ’ ‘T “
London, December 11.
TVanslutidn of a letter i»rhtenfrom Vien
na by a Russian officer, dated Decem
tier 2.
Tfie questions which you put to nte
In relation to Poland, to’ Germany, to
Italy, fee*.'.seem to indicate * tftW yos
presume the Alexander has
Come here to learn politics, the military
geography, add political ecbhpmy
.from Lord Castlereagh. It is ivm ;rka
l)]e that yo;ur English nation reiudes to
<£tovv ariy portion of common, sen >e to
tbrtrgn princes, although sne !>is so o -
ten been their dupe. They cainot cer
lainly deny that the emperor Alexander
has some ..experience in potiUcat; and
r 1
other states, both hi the cabinet £nd
ifi the field of battle. fie hu ( s seen
-iheir princes, ministers, and peoplfei he
iks conversed wuh them, and you csin
tipt but think that he kno ‘s the relative
force of his empire, and bis political in
terestb better than any Liigdshman can
do, *i Bence it is dtsageeaoie to see los
s given to him, when he does not ask
4rfu- them. ‘ ”
t ; f A.Athe present tithe, the poßcy jqflllte
>’ Emperor snupli'i a stable
pt*ace, a secui e repose, is au tnat be asks
J;r. Rut this object can be. pbtdm
/ €vl by ah arrangement whu h banishes all
i t *Atic intrigues ; and vincqTn ftne,-ren
4ers every aggressive war, every ut
’ ttuiipt at conquest, unprolhable enter
> ,l *es. ft is nectssaiy L leave to
courts, to kings and to pntoesv neither
- nor sea??. The lout* continental
are of one accord in rrUtioti to
this
t’sh the in line of Uem.urkaudn— Ait bough
#bstinatc prejudices, sup|ioried by > the
Vi men ot narrow minds, may
to prevent the cobs6|bia«ou ol
gens)\al peace ye’ the emperor Alex*
amier is determined to guaranlea and
iSinsolidate that of Luioiit •*--*'An inde*
nendent kingdom jn Poland would be
jpcowfaublb With every proiect tm* -
iy «• f'iw** .* “At ‘ •%***£*« \
’’i &!•: . ;*s> t % ■■ Spilt?
ATHENS THURSDAY, APi-.fl* So, 1815.
v t»e?ce. s _Aj general acquaintance
with the political'slate of Europe, Sc a
simple impartial[ glance at the’ state of
society, in Poland* will be sufficient to i
convince any one of this., Hence no
reaaouable- man can presume that Alex
ander will now risk the overthrowing of
■that bulwark of the Russian empire,
\\ hicKhas cost him so much blood to
erect. With the exception, perhaps, of
fifty lord’s, the proprietors Os fiefs, tfie
Poland Uo"not desire a king ;
they discernment enough to see
tlmt it is irdily under the shelter of the
Russian sceprre, that they can enjoy
peace and tranqliility—There is not a
people i Europe who enjoy greater civ:
Vi I liberty, whose national prejudices &.
local habits are moie respected by the
• rulers, than the nations which live under
the Hussn ii government.
As to. terinar.y, the emperor Alexan
der has desired bra long time', to .see
the ptf pit- of that country I't-mjitcd id
<m« i>oi-iil b+'ily ; Undvr un hetnedditry
chief. b; then be tjbe keystone
of the arch of ?!it p <|itical edifice of Eu
rope, and the centre of mor and and
lative improvement.’ But perhaps, ill
the congress will be able torio, wilfbetq
ciraw out a sketch of, a s coustinnion,
which rnu\- h.iv • for its principal object
to cietach as much as possible the .kings
and princes of Germany fromraß foreign
it■fiueuee,, i nud which will make the in
terests of the German nation the prime
i i licern oi its diiV.:rent chiefs. The
i ivjJviw of Russia and es nor wish to ex
ercise any icfittencc in G; nil. ny ,* bilt
< e .caii never -•suffer this country to he•
the theatre* ou which France and Eng
land shall decide
~iul he can never permit the German
jirlbpes attain to .cotiCuct the armies of
of a foreign powqF to the frontiers of
h.ss ales. >
Hr no-, t r bac been Crot ud into a king
dom to satisfy in this instance, the per
sonaf osteT tatiba of the Prim e Regent
cl England; but that will give him no
itifiut. i)t.£ in -the public aft airs of tie
coot bent. The English pray send then
money into Hanover, if they please ;
but his Hanoverian majesty shall ac
be permitted lo.sChci his subjects.otif/of
Germany to fight in the a of the
British Arm its, either in America, or
.in: any otEer part of the world* L!* v
As to the creation of the Belgic,king
dom, it is an eveht iwhicn
Will not give the least advantage to the
family tor which it was made; but which
may cause many evils to the people of
whom this Kingdom will be comp jsed-
Fhe Belgians and Hollanders will riever
form one national body. . Their nation
d prejudices their reiigioiv, their local
habits, are*very different. Besides they
have neither mil nary frontier nor pot»-
, Gcal cet>tie. «; does any
. more, Thaf. internal power which can
defend the frontiers J and the throne
wherever it u ay he’ placed, cannot ere
ate a national and gt confidence in
its stability. The English dipippiatisis
have pretended and in their tisual style.
“ that by the establishment of a Belgtc
kingdom, they overthrow completely
our continental, system } that from the
I aghs to tiifc Elbe, they have opened to
the products of English’ industry, all the
rivers, alt me highways of the continent
of Europe.’* To reply to these people,
who erect dogmas otat of , points which
.they CMir.ot prove, is a dUficuh thing,
she fact is.-aftdr all, that ail these routs
vi *ll he shut to the commerce of Eng
land, as olten as the pretensions of the
, Englfsh govemineht shall render such a
measure necessaiy. In case of diffe
*en'<e vvltii due of the first power* of tfie
continent, tlf thd torces yrhith England
nas at her disposal aremot capable,” con
sidering the manner in which business
is now-a day's conducted,, of protecting
the Btlgie kingdom for three months
and it cannot lull 10 be evident to every
man Oi ordinary sagacity, that the BeL
k ngdoiii will givtc rise to such a difi
ie fence ’. I* wouio recommend then, to
tfie English merchants, to make their
tfcj oi meichandize rather at Flush
ing than at Antwcrp. ‘ ‘..'o' •’ {
1 he aft airs of Italy are more embar
rassing than those of Poland and tier
many / the powers mosi lmmediateji
connected by miciest with^
krauce ana Austin*. The latter dteWc
iegam to aautat ihj&uetos m*Eu-
rope ; and £ ranory* although she expe
riences no humdiaudn, s-giin to*be con
fined withni her present limits. If
Austria maintains. Murat on the throne
of Naples* site will have all Italy under
her France - will then be in
sulated Irom the political world, and
circumscribed , Within her anc.ent fron
tiei s Without federative connexion pr fa
mily- bond without, unless you wish
that she should subscribe to an impos
sible a Jiiance. France is not enfeebled
enough to content hcfse'f with such a
situation. The policy of Austria miiy
then raise difficulties in respect to Italy
and the consequences of these difficul-’
ties wifi be felt elsewhere* > r <
A general observation, and ope which
applies, perhaps, to the actual state of
lhtpu;s, is, that it is not only hot gener
ous, but contrary to sound policy* to in
sult or. humilfhie an enemy but
still powerful arid formic able ; and Vet
not w i vhsia -jidHig.’ j a lift\ fen $ unci
secuiMijt !ne y *?ou res of Austria—
Prince desirous.cf making
the.KuglUil minster uriderstand;fhat it
is necessar to put a bridle upon the
ambition 0 Uuwsia, and to keep France
low / and nve at this end it is pro
per. io aggrt*iu’ -ze, and to place it* in a
9c pditnm to keep on foot a prepondera
ting army, \jlucb, whens occasion re
quites, may 1* abley with the support of
England, to bedt the united forced df
Uussia ami France* T'ie trutn sss that
to a coolness
bv uween Kiik’u and hkgland, the better
to thduCe thf* minister* of tpe latter.pow
et\ to exejutc their projects in, their
own persods, and at their own expense
he tvn 1 succeed s but (.he result
will not jujtify ihe calcidat.on of the two
, parties/ Jfcfc irilitary Cos Pees -of Austria
yre very irptifecitpf, aiul can never
lorrnidaK'qf tn such a system. * And
a* ivngland give him l
* lieJiruii.esof fEtY.ovef and 1
? A am persuaded VVelHpgron himself
?::sdulcl’ not accept the commmiu ei unv
urn»y which England could- collect in
Belgium, nr on the frd-diers of the
north of France.
At this.moment, the Russian army on
the side ot the thvpva, and the > T leper,
Vs composed of <2 corp; of itifiiiuy ot
the line* of &5 600 men each, with a
proportionable quantity of ecvulry and
artillery, ihc French government has
- at tins mome ii- at its dVspos|Uon, an ar
my of .200.00 J men r oid.experienced
dfefSK Why would any one provok
these twd armies to dcfrimdy the
politico,! state oi Europe ? What resist
ance could be opposed to them ? “Ask
lord Wellington and other men, known
for their frankness and their military
talents, m the projects of Austria are
supported by a speculating policy on
the part of England* the union of France
and Russia is inevitable. In jLhis last
cast, who can say vv hut political form
- they wduld give to Europe ? At the
Congress, which would be the result of
such an alliance, we would not see a
troop of English diplomatists ; and ah
Austrian minister wotild hot be its pre
sident.
We should see# with extreme regfet,
England abandon her ancient friends in
the north, or t,iat by binding herself,
vith Austria and her pfekent allied itr
’ltaly, she should force even theinio a
uandon her. Ihe nations of the north
politically speaking, may be considered
*the vigorous part of the European pop
ulation, which Without taking any sort
of ascendancy which woundstheir deli
cacy j ought to keep the other nations
m order and maintain peace among
them. ■ • r- , . \v’ -
> The English pttetend that the states
in the north are enemies to their mari
|ime r.ghts. This is not correct. In
lime of war; power give'* to England un-
T?m m righ 3 up* n the tea a> u gives, us
upon ?ahd If is n ip talk, of law v
pobey to regulate the operations oi
an irmed force,in the presence of au e
rremy, wtyel%:tf on land or on the sea ;
aril that darfbe required is* that it should
observe thp'rules of justice tuwardfuu
r offending who ought riot to sui
fer in such cases, fhit,in times of ]>egce
sjgtj®rifeipfotity of com m apical; on
be accorded tyith entire Safety.
1 Ve are exposing ijeTtet to see rhe BIT*
ish ministers pfi&blftfi decider’
1 uoa m Uiis subject. It if that whffcii’
wj!f open the p%d passage? to
continental Europe, an I Che w hq>le
World, to »the Engli-fh and m a
ttianrWr murfv tvoqfr rffi- ucions than
treaties with the kings of Belgium and
H mover wili Vver bir-able to effect. .so
have the Fjbe and the, Scheldt open is
not to have the markets ip Europe apd
America open. u. / *’- f;- 1 ., ~.
You will perceive btr these observa
tions, that I cannot .tell, you ahy t
positive about the*gcea! results which \ye
are vsraiting for, Russia, Pruxsja and
fTance, are;agyevtl about tSie .genera* ba
sis of a solid peace. il his , busis Ought
to assure tiie political independv'to.c of
the continent and to , put 1 the ‘diife.reofc
natrons in a copditionvto pursue theic
industry** to atneiioratellieir inteippr ie
gelation. ‘The brave sovereigns who
- govern th'Ofe great states know no 7 peN
sonal ovpolitical a:»kn xsrty ‘*sfiujr ‘have
no personal partiality #|or this •
that ,dv!.’:vsty or tbis
sbssmg the -inesm.voi pacifying Europe
and of assuring the ftit.ticc repose and
the -hAppiiiess) of?lttuie genei auons* they
‘regard it as.duty <o apply -those trauma
to an object so noble sp aw ful. - Pri
vate iiuer«sts, individual* pretensions
Ought to vanish before the general inter
est 61
, ate event, if Austria and Pngland should
persist in their mhxuns of -putt, fal runti
paris Ist Q'ppQMng intdi ests /-yikfthey udt
*Be without daunt, the firU to regiat the
iritsfortunes wlftch they have thought
to have prepared for others. .
England might have enjoyed a higli
standing at this period ; sue might ’nave
k assured .ip-Iters oh the friendship; of the
wot Id, and the u?verlatltiDg acknovviedg-
diems oi all the nations ’of Europe.—a.
Her present manedu vrc* show at this
day, what w e have suspect: u lor -a
time, that afl her effort sunded orov ta
the aoas* alii tie
interest of lunnapny were in-
IclißVieiit to her. is, at least the
geneiui opiifion here, and this opinion
cannot in ail probability, but strei.^fu
itself htiU lift ore. tttflfc| a- the Enahsiv
nm.'is*cis appear’duly td'be the adjuncts
of prince Matcnnch me hi r h consider
ation to wiiixjjh their country would fame
elevated itself, iiiuiii necessarily be di
minished. • ■,y k : "? V •
1 remark that yoji say jn ybur last let
ter, ih<u ihV'cmpttor.of Russia has no
tofertebi in iIW aßirs of America.—
have helping ii* them to interest u>, •
bdt tve nave some fiiu rest in being able
to tmue Witu'iiuucouuL/f.. It furnishes
us wUh tbnacco, cW^e t , and alf
tne products oi imuufat a better ‘ant*.
k<stllian you, 1 fern* very rfjucK* my
dear .it , wiut you am-n won l
push your mercantile selfiaiiiie-vs and/
, your mai>ume rights, too far, Itisirup
as you observe»that ivUssia Would gairi
nothing by being uiwap England ;
but it is time* that England Would there
by lose more than Russia. None of the
deadmg sovereigns of the comment of
Europe desire war, and yet differences
inky unsk very suddenly. Let; England
engage in a war on the continent and
sfie wiil hate to do with an enemy more
powerful than she has recently Jiad,—i
1 he tfrar wdi be powerful here, because
they w»ll consider it as a detensive one*
It is ie markable, that the English gov- -
eminent ftps brought upon itself univer
sal censure, ev£n from tile true friends
apd admirers of the English natipn. It
seems that the good which you
done, all the efforisr which yoli hav* tri
ed, have only taken place a specula*
uon of private interest*. There must
be something sinister, repulsive and un-.
gratious my our public characters, otj
now else come it td pass, that they have
made you tne cruel enemies out
of aU those who were your natural or
lured aide* I > -
£■%’ «ites * am See. *'A#4't
. «
•*
Remark i of the English Translatfr. ‘
The abdve letter is. written by a person
wao, irotn bis sitqauon* appeals to be a«
bte tp torm wefj correct notion* of the
actual bvate oi ttie neg .eiaUc is &t
ua* ‘fiOßi this sketch it V,>uld apptar^
‘ that the question debate
ho v? to balance the p»»er and po)ibtai
tttttfk ackT An.iria, Kus-
jbatljr #SI M „. d , ciatorli4t
NO, lJilt