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t&w turned : to the approaching Congress at Vienna , which is the place of resort of emperors and lings and the great men of the earth . Never were affairs of greater moment agitated by the
potentates of European Christen . dom . The ancient system has been overturned ; upon what foundation is the new one to be erected ? Is the holy Roman empire to be restored , to be acknowledged , as formerly , by
surrounding states ; or is Germany to be carved out among indepen * dent sovereigns ? Will Poland be restored to the rank of kingdoms , and thus the amende honorable
be mp . de by present sovereigns for ihe / wickedness of their predecessors , which has not been surpassed by that of the tyrant over jv&ose fall they are now rejoicing ? 3 ¥ Jh # t will be the fate of Italy , and ^ will .- > the Protestant unite
mtth the Catholic potentates in securing the pre-eminence of the pope , and guaranteeing to him iis . temporal possessions ? In of
^ bis pa rliament kings and princes , it is not to be expected Jhat a spirit of debate , will . be permitted : but we shall see in
its decisions , what improvements , if any , are to be made in the government of Europe . The liberty of the press , the freedom of religion , the abolition of the rfave trade , are topics , that we
should gladly see sanctioned by the unanimous subscription of ( hese mighty potentates . Good government is of much greater consequence than the settling of provincial boundaries .
Jn this settlement of Europe , the . affairs of America will not he forgotten : but princes may legislate on this side of the Atlantic and their decrees bfe k dead
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letter on the other , A vessel , manned entirely by blacks , has arrived from Domingo to this country . What are they ? A
few months ago they would be considered as subjects of an in * dependent state ; what are they now ? Are they ia friendship with us , or are they to be
considered as rebels to the authority of the Bourbons ? At present , it does not appear that they are at all inclined to submit to the new order of things , and the two rival
princes are determined to resist to the uttermost any attack from without . In a very spirited publication , written by _ a negro of distinction , of Domingo , it is
strongly recommended , in case of invasion , neither to give nor to take quarter . We do not approve of the principle , bikt such a publication , coming from a negro pen , proves that there , is
not that inferiority on the side of the blacks , which the whites vainly imagine to be their loU For , on the co n trary , the \ vhites con&idering their advantages from
education , and the light of reve * ladon , have great reason to be ashamed of the little advance they have made beyond the unenlightened Africans *
The war with the United States is now carrying , on with grea vigour , and in consequence much of the fruits of human industry is destroyed on both sides . The Americans have been defeated
with great loss near the falls of Niagara , and such reinforcements have arrived jn Canada , fro m Europe , that the Americans will not only be confined within their own frontiers , but also feel within them the effects of an invading army . To balance their losses o& land ! they have great successes
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State of Public Afairs . &ff
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 577, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/53/
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