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Beaded . To oppose tlic French it has feeeh said , that it would be Ho objection , if our troops were to march under the auspices of an inquisitor-general ; and victory would not be the less haifedj though the wafer god and other abomi ^ nations were intermixed with our standards . To this sentiment worldly policy
may subscribe , yet viewing as we do the moral improvement of mankind a « of far greater importance than the temporal rise or fall of kingdoms , we cannot separate so entirely , £ he advantages of a momentary success from the permanent evils , which the domination if an inquisitor-general would establish . By the expulsion of the JEnglish the
northern parts of Spain have been laid © pen to the French ; but it is said , that their possession is dubious , and continual insurrections the peasantry are dai-\ y weakening their armies Our intel- ^ Hgence of what passes in the interior of Spain is too meagre to confute or confirm this statement . But we have no
reason to believe , that any thing has occurred to shake the seat of the new sovereign in Madrid . Victories have been obtained , according' to report , in the South ; and the fall of Saragossa will enable him to bend his attention wholly to that quarter . Cadiz will be the object &i attack , and the accounts lately arrived from that town do not
encourage us to hope , that such an unanimity prevails as is necessary for the defence of so . important a fortress . Disputes have taken place , in which it is said , that the English interest has gained ground ; but if there are strong parties
in it , there is reason to dread , that not © nly the iron but the gold of the French will be" successfully employed . If the Junta is not capable of making a stand "with its armies iii the field s we should &ar very much for it 6 efforts when cooped up within the walls of a town .
Spain th ^ n seems now , according to a common phrase , to be hors dii combat * What is happening within the Peninsula will have no effect upon the gerieral politics of Europe . These seejrtt to h& © f a very extraordinary nature ; arid the
result is apparently so Evident , chat one can hardly believe what is reported with the strongest eoiifidexicS . War is breaking ' out ^ or probably it has begun , between-Fran . ce and Austria . It fe . ctfrtain , that since the return of Buonaparte to Par it , very g ? £ at collections of troops bftre- fceb t&Mk in hi * dojMfiitas and
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those of his dependants , tjfcrea , te * ikj , g £ Austria i and a £ the saaie time it is well known , that the latter has been co ** sta , ntr ly employed in military preparations . Pretexts for war on either side are obviously numerous ; but the only tiling ^ that would strike us with surprise , i £ the follies of the Austrian cabinet from ,
the beginning of the French revolution had not prepared us for every event ,, is the improbability that Austria can make any movement to advantage . Its armies have Been so completely beaten ; its system , whether we consider its sut *? jects or its soldiers ,, is so bgtd ; . its generajs , if we except the Archduke , ar 4
so incompetent ; its iron tiers are so exr * posed , that we can augur nothing from a declaration of war , but ah eariy eva ^ cuation of Vienna by the Emperor . Massena is said to have received alrea * - dy the command of the troops in Italy , whence probably the great attack will be made , and , a > sist » ed by another ; ineur , - * si on on the side of Dalmatia , and tha
advance of troops through Bavaria , the Austrians will be exposed to a ^ tacks ^ against -which no better defence willbe made than on former occasions . Th ^ people will be spectators merel y of these actions . An Austrian-, a Bohemian a Hungarian cannot possess much , of that
patriotism , that inspires men to gr& and noble actions ; and the Poles wij | see with indifference the change of mas ** ters . Austria then has nothing to gajn ^ and much to lose : but % whether cha time is come for the house of Hapsburgnl to follow the destinies of that of
Bourbon , the campaign of this summer wi l * probably deterrqii ^ e . Peace has beeiarnade between Turlc ejf and England , but the affairs of the fpp * mer country . will receive little ben < fii&
from this . event .. Should ., it nwits . with Austria , it cannot ward q £ thus blo \^ which seems to . be , impemjh ' flg arer , It , and its own distractions will prepare the way for the French . Syria is assenting ' its indeppndehce . ^ very thipgvin sji cu * wears the appearan <;« of . many nci ^ vm
scenes takiqg p ! aQeitori . thq shores of . * & $ Danube ; and th $ . Ioy ^ s of , pe ^ cp hwp no proapect o ( seeing , rnankindj ?» $ Jf entpjlojrea . in objects wx > r , tKy of- h ^ unp ^ nati 4 r 6 . What p ^ irt , feus ^ ia , is tu ^ gf cannot at pr ^ crit t , ^ c ^ r > by ^ jaj ; bn ^ V * nv 8 t tp
probably , itAu ^ i » * . ^ e j ^ ft to ^ tl | $ mercy oT t ^; Fryw : li , th ^ f Rus&tans wil oh M * . ^ PWJ ^^^^ SjW of-TifrKey .
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State of Public djairs . 167
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1809, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1734/page/47/
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