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tice&r , vengeance , returned to his seraglio * issued his decrees , and informed his subjects of the state of warfare between them and the
Russians . It is evident from them and the insurrection , that the great results expected by the inarch of the sovereign at the head of his troops have fallen to the ground ^ and that the Russians will not be
compelled by the vizier to quit their present quarters . It is said howeveiy that negotiations for peace are carried on , and that the w ^ r will terminate without any decisive impression on the Turkish einpi re .
Harassed by the Russians on one side , assaulted in his capital by bis own subjects , the Grand Seignior has had some success in the eastern part of his dominions * Some rebellious pachas have been brought into order , and a victorious
army has marched from Damascus to enter in triumph into Grand Cairo . It is said tpo to have chastised in some places the Wecbabites , who are rising to great powefj and threaten the Turks witK destruction on one side , as the Russians do on the other side
of their empire . It is indeed a momentous epoch for this cruel , barbarous and uncivilized nation-It will not give up without a severe struggle for its existence , yet little
hopes can be entertained on their side , and certainly none on the part of the civilized world , for the continuance of a government so unfriendly to evety species vf ixioral improvement ..
The politics of the Russian £ purt are variously represented , and if it ; is likely to be checked in its attempts on Turkey by the French , it is said to have cause of apprehension on its north west-
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ern frontier . The ' province of Finland , wfiich it has so lately acquired , is by no means secured to her and the claims of Sweden may be enforced , whenever the
French emperor shall permit ma general now heir to the throne , to regain the possession of it . But these are merely rude surmises ; the Russians enter into all the politics of France , and
acquiesce as tamely in the edicts of the Parisian cabinet as any other power . Sweden also has manifested ho disposition for war , except against our own country , and
this she carries on with no great degree of vigour * It will require tirn ^ to bring her finances into a condition to support a fleet , and without one her forces and arms
are not likely § ver to meet in battle . Both Russia and Sweden combine to bum English manur factures , and thus are encouraging the industry and commerce of the French . v It is dtirjous to see
nations thus ^ m&rring eac h other ' s powers . In \ Ejigtend pur silk . weavers are < as eager to prevent the introduction 6 f French silks into
this country : but it may be justly doubted , whether any nation is benefited by this species of exclusion . Better probably would it be to leave the manufacturers of
different countries to vie with each other in energy and industry , and . the consumer * will then every where be sure of having a better commodity . ¦ <
France is exulting jin the Expose made of it ' s flourishing condition by the emperor , in whifch we must allowy that very great plans are laid down for the benefit of the internal commerce of Bu *
rope , and a tremendous sya | en > for the perpetuity of the horrors of i
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State of Public Affairs . 57
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 57, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/57/
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