The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, October 20, 1758, Page 1

- FRIDAY, Ocroser 20, 1738. 'L O N D O N, Jusezo. " Froni the MONITOR. [ fune17. Propenfity to defpair upoa the ill fuc- cefs of any political {cheme, and to be elated upon any favourable change in the prefent poflure of -affairs, is the ‘ ‘ diftinguifhing eharaferiltic of a weal, degenerate, and dafardly nation. The country qua- Tities'are (ureit prognottics of a brave and flourithing peopie,— : AR " Qur behaygioar and difpofition fince the commence.- ment of the war, has been fuch, as cannot, I think, intitle us to the chara&er of a fteady,firm and fenfible pation. A little more than a twelve month ago,no- thing lefs than ruin and beggary were the objecls of our apprehenfions apd fears. If we received advice of any military preparations that the French were shen makiog, our imaginations immediatgly magoi- $ed them into formidable armédments ; {uf as, con- fldering oor . animofities and diffentions, it was im- pofible to refit or repel ; oar wealth, our power, our fleets and armies were not allowed fufficient to divert the gathering ftorm. If the French had landed upan our coaft, our fate was determined : and that ancient 'nation, which all the powers of garth united, have not hitherto been able to fhake or alarm, was (o become an eafy prey to Gallic tyranny and ufurpation. ; ‘To adiligent and attentive obferver of the prefent gemper of the nation, we fhall feem, I fear, to be ranning into the contrary extreme, Our hopes are fo enflamed by fome advantages gained over the French in the Mediterranean, and upon their coait in the ocean, that we feem to think ourfelves our of the reach of diftrefs or defeat. _ Our prefent plan of politics is unqueflionably” Fradéis aod Tasional; nor do I.doubt in the Jeat but that our operations will be more profperous and fpirited, in the enfuing campaign, than they have hitherto been. But, yet thefe confiderations ought pot to render us too prefumptuous and eonfident. No fchemes, however wilely concerted, can infure to ns fuccefs and vitory. Ler our hopes be propor- tioned to the praficability of our enterprizes, and to the capacity of the enemy to tountera&t and defeat them. But let us pot, becaufe cur affairs wear a more aafpicieus alpe@ than they have lately dene, conclude that we are invincible and omnipo- tent. . The French may have refources, which we sre not aware of : they may find, as they often have done, a uleful and feafonable ally in a neighbouring power : their credit. may not be fo low as we ima- gine, nor their finances fo much exhaufted : we know what amazing efforts they exeried in the reign of Lewis the Fourteepth : after a feries of calamities and defeats, and when all Earope thought they were irredeemably roined; they fonnd means to conclude a peacé mueh to their own advantage. . It will be faid, perhaps, that when a nation is ia fuch a prefum{!uous difpofition, as above deicribed, they ought to'be encouraged in itz that it is. by no means confitent with found policy to damp their hopes, or to ftart any difficulties, which may tend to lcflen the opinion, which the people entertain of their own ftrength and power. . Thigprinciple,however juft in itfelf,is often puthed to an unwarrantable length, . I will allow: that any unfavourable reprefentation of the fate of akingdom, wr of the manners of its inhabitants (fuch as we have Jately feen) is not likely to praduce any good effedt, or reinfufe a (pirit of valout into a degenerate nation. But this js no argument againft an attempt to mo- derate the confidence of a prefumptuous nation, - and inftil into them juft notions both of their own firength, and of that of the enemy. : g And I am convinctd, by tlie meafures ndow taken in the dire@ion of public affairs, that their conduét is regulated in fuch 2 manuoer, as, on the ohe part, to in{pire the nation with courage to defpife the ad- verfities, to which they have been expofed by a feries of misfortunes ; and with a refolution to feek for Aafety, not under the favour, but in the reduflica -of the power, of our enemies : {o, on the other part, .to convince them, that the defeat of the French is pot to be accomplithed by a contempt of their firength 3 ner without a vigorous and pradent exer- New-Hampthire {:§ ' C&fz’t'ai#;:fig the .l""’r.e/be’]z1 Advices tion of that force, for which we are indebted (o na- ture and providence. The repeated defeats of our forces in America ; the misfortunes, which followed the retreat of our, fleet before the Gallic flag off of Mahon ; the mife- tabic fituation of our German friends were reduced by the viftoriows fword of France; the dejeltion and difquietudes artfully kept vp, under a pufillani- mous adminiftration,by threat: of an invafion,and the flale trick of fowing difcontent and divifions, and by fomenting rebeliions ip thelv kingdoms, and by the utmoft efforts of a faftion, which had rather perifh under the ruins of their conntry, than lofe their pow- er at the helm of ftite, would neceflarily raife ap= prehenfions and feats for the pullick fafety, and create an anxiety for their liberty and: property in every breaft, that had no power to remove the caufe of their misfortunes and dangers: but they were {o far from driving us to defpair, that at the time the enemy hoped to kave fwallowed us up, our ftrength was exerted in fuch a sianner, as to counterdct and defeat our enemies. Their paval power is block’d up in the Mediterranean : their American fupplies are cut off, wafted and deftroyed :- their navigation aod commerce reduced to the lalt extremity : their credit blafted, and their finews of war difabled : they are brought into a more deplorable condition than thole they invaded and plandered, without mercy, in Germany ; and are finking under the apprehenfions of the fatal confequences of an invafion from an ifland united in one common intereft, in whofe divi- fions they were wont to place their fecurity, and taught by the ruinous meafures, for the courfe of more than half a century, that.the way to peace, fafety, eafe, contentment and :unanimity at home, and ta conguer our enemies effetually, is not to con- fume the riches of the nation in.an ufelels ffandicg army,and mercenary allies ; nor ia a.pumerous navy to defend our own coafts ee=inft the terrors of an invafion by a fleet of unarmea tat bottomed boats ; nor yet to harbour vain imaginations of the paverty, weaknefs or dejection of our enemies ; but to exert the natural firength of otir nation, in the way, which our own fituation 2nd jutereft require ; to transfer the feat of war into oar ehemy’s bofom ; to main- tain a {uperiority atf{ea, and to rilque no advantage for want of diligence, circum{pe&ion, ftrength, and courage. If after this, we fhould be defeated, let us not defpair ;==and accept of 2 dithonourable peace. On the contrary, if qur fleets and armies thall return adorned with laurels, let not prefumption of our flrength expofe us to the future efforts-and ftrata- gems of our enemies.. They that hope to reap the advantages of a viflory, muft purfue the enemy, tiil they put it out of his power to rally ; and the coun: cils, which hope to maintain the fuperiority of their arms by fea or land, mult be -fteady and watchful, and inclining rather to fear than prefumption. : Therefore, I cannot conclude better than in the words of Machiaval ——¢*.We may obfeive, fays that cute and convincing reafoner, that great men are ne- ver difcompofed : let fortune formetimes elevate them to the higheft ftatione, at other times deprefs them to the loweft ebb of mifery, they are always in the fame temperament of mind ; fo firm and quiet, that every man may {ee it is not in the power of fortune to difturb them]; whereas pufillanimous and low fpirited perfons, intoxicated with their good, fortune, and afcribing all to their own wi{dom and condutl, render themfelves odigus and intolerable to all that are about them ; their arrogance and prefumption expofe them to many revolutions, which, coming upon them on a fudden, do fo difmay and terrify them, that they run into the other exireme, and be- come as abjet and vile : this mutability of ternper is often to be found in commonwealths, as well as in individuals, as may be demonftrated both.by an- cient and modern examples.” An Account of the Marguijate of Moravia, andof the principal Places of that Country. s The Marquifate of Moravia is bounded by Silefia and Poland on the north #nd Eaft, by Auftria and Part of Hungary on the South, 2nd by Bohemia on the Weft. It is about 100 Miles in Length, and 80 in Breadth, The north and. weft Parts are woody and monntainous, but the reft a plain and o- . NuMB. 107. . GAZETTE. Forezg;z and Domeflick. s e p:n Country, yielding plenty of Corn, Paftures, and Wine, It was anciently a Kingdom, and included Bohemia, Polend, and Silefia ; but being conqueded by the Romans, was divided into four Dutchies, though this of Moravia was afterwards reduced to a Marquifate, which Title it ftill bears, and is fob- je&t to the Houfe of Auftria. : Olmotz, the Metropolis of the Marquifate of Moravia, lies zo Miles weft from the Borders of Silefia; 28 north eaft of Brin, 8o North of Vienna, 45 fouth weft of Tefchen, and g4 fouth of Breflau ; it is a {mall, but neat, ftrong, and popnicus Ciiy, ftanding on the River Morawa, which falls into the Danube 80 Miles-below it ; and, by this Means, it has Trade with Bohemia, Hungary, Poland, Silefiz, and Auftria. . It has a great Bridge over the River, which on one Side fills the Ditches, and on the other tarns Mills for divers Callings ; and its Abbey is fo commodioufly. firuated for the Defence of this Part of the Town, that it is fortified,and has a Garri- fon. The Town-houfe ftands by itfelf ; and ail the Streets are {pacious and regular, in whish are fine Houfes, painted-on the outfide, efpecially in the Square that- contains the great Piazza, where the Citizens have their Walks ; and the Jefuits College and Church, together with the Square in. Front of them, are curious Baildings. . Here are alfo a Con- vent of Capuchins, a.curious Monaftery, and feveral beantiful Churches, that are modern Struétures ; and in a Word, it is accounted one of the moft agreea- ble Towns in Germany. . The Bithop of Oimutz, who is both the {piritual and temporal Lord there- of, has a magnificent Palace in one of the Squares ; and its Cathedral was eretted on the Ruins. of that which St. Cyril its frft Bifhop, dedicated by Uladif- laus, Marquis of Moravia. Befides the City of Olmutz, there is only one moie Place of-Strength in the whole Macquifate, namely Brin, fituated ac the Conflux of twe fmall Rivers, 60 Miles North of Vienna, and 40 fouth of Olmutz. It isdefended by a ftrong Caftle, fituated on the Top of a neighbouriag Hill, called Spielberg, is well fortified both by Art and Nature, and en- compafled with a doubleDitch and Wall. Itis a pret- ty large well built Town, but not very popuious 3 has four Gates, a Cathedral, and feveral other Churches, a College of Jefuits, {everal Convents, an epifcopal Palace, provincial Houfe, and other public Strutures. : 5 LONDON, July 12. 4 : Battle loft at Land doth not hurt the French' fo much, or touch them fo nearly, 1 the De- firaclion of their Shipping and Commerce. They cannot build Ships as eafily as they can raife Men, or recover their Commesce as readily as recruit their Army. By deftroying their Commerce we do in Effe@, deftroy their Armies ; for they cannot be {upported long when that isloft. We have had too much Experience, that the French are net to be fab- dued fo eafily by a continental War: The French King hath Men encugh, and whilft there is Money enough in his Kingdom, he will have it. But, if we pur{ue the Methad, fo happily begun, of attack- ing his Harbours, and deftroying his Shipping and Commerce, he will foon want the Sinews, of Wir ; he will not be long able to fupport his Armies, or pay foreign Subfidies ; but will be foon forced to comply with juft and honourable Terms of Peace. Befides, by harrafling the French Coafts with fuch a Body of Forces, our Allies in Germany are more effeGtually ferved, than if the fame Body of Troops were fent there to their Afliltance, becaufe it obliges the French to keep at leaft five cimes their Number at home, 1o guard their Coafts againft us, which might otherwife be fent-agsinit them. Let us, there- fare, if it fhoald be thought neceflary, at this June- ture, to fend Forces to Germany, purfue alfo, at the fame Time, our Defigns vigoroufly upon the French ; for there we may in a great- Mealfure, be fure of fucceeding ; there the Enemy may be moit fenfibly gauled ; and there the Intereft of Great- Britain may be moft effectually promoted. The wif¢‘and vigorogs Meafures taken by the prefent Adminiftration o fupport the Rights and Honour of the Kingdom, and (o diftrefs the French ia every Part of the World, but particularly by attacking their Coafts, hath revived the Credit of this Natioa : throughout -