The National Register. — London, England, 1809-06-25 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. cessarily and do invariahty terminate military Om. Besides, has not the decision of Monday night in House of Conunons, given the lie to all the out-cries that 4ave been raised against the incompetency of the present IParliantent, or of one so constituted, to remedy such abuses of a partial nature as may have crept into the practice of the Constitution I But we cannot omit to observe, however cursorily, upon the idea that has been excited as to the possibility of the Emperor of AUSTRIA so far forgetting the danger and dignity of his situation as to think for a nioNent of making peace With BUONAPAttTE. The Emperor FRANCIS, previous to the battle of Aspern received prOposals from NAPOLEON, to conclude a truce on eertain conditions, which overture he instantly forwarded to the Archduke CHLKLES, who returned it with the follow ing note Brother, take my Marshal's stair from me, and let me rather know the Austrian name no more, nor . . yours, but let me retire with my brotners to ITtingary." Although this correspondence between tho brothers, places the Emperor's pacific wishes and intentions be yond all possibility of doubt, previous to the declara tion of war, yet it is absurd and ridiculous to draw from this any argument to rapport the idea that any thing. short of the loss of life, or the annihilation of his army, and *with it all his hopes, eau place him in the de grading situation of patching up a precarious peace with his enemy- . • In that sawful moment when the danger of the Empire, and the feeiiiigs tif its Sovereign have been displayed in their real and tear ful extent, is it possible I hat he will permit any compromise so contaminating alai so fatal, as that With the universal robber. The most puerile politician who condescends to refer to acknowledged first principles, must lee that a continuance of the war is imperiously commanded 1 , by the most weighty of all political considerations. If Ans. f' trig, adeptieg.ttie inferior policy of punishing Bavaria and Saxony, or of endeavouring; to attach the little spots of ter ritory• which compose the Federation of the !thine, should neglect to concentrato her force for the protection of Hun gary, and of what is left to her in Germaay, this conduct will he destructive; she ought to adopt even from het enemy his pplitical as well as military tactics. If France sh mid fail .in her present z :igantic attempt, all these lesser powers, like floating lee islands that lie forlorn in the ocean, will melt into and augment the hotly that surrounds them. What security can Austria have for peace 2 What is the nature of that security whic.h•arises out of the moderation of the most arbitrary tyrant that ever existed 2 Can Austria ever be considered as secure from attack, till she is despised for her weakness 2 She tan be secure only when she is be come a lonely power in the wilderness of Europe, which her own credulity and folly will hive assisted to create ; in this state she will easily pass into the throng 'of the van. quished. With - respect to Prussia,wheilter the reports of the K I NG having joined the cause of Austria be true or false. it ceases to excite either sympathy or interest. His egregious folly has taken away all pity for his distress. He has acted liko a Jew broker in politics ; and if we could separate the fuffer ings of his subjects from those of the monarch, we should have but little concern how, or in what manner he may act Upon the present occasion. But we cannot Ant our eyes to the' moral efrect which (more that in a military point of view) We think will be produced by the . yistory of the Arch duke CHARLES,' If the Hungarians are vftsiiillating, it will determine them if . the • Tyrolese are arready in anus it Will confirm and inspire theirs ; and if the 'hope og der or even of security has bound the Federation pf the Rhine together, this will probably excite the fear of punish rent, which may prove a sufficient antagonist-power, and ultimately, perhaps, destroy the rope • of sand by which the Lessor Powers in german' , are cennected. In our Paper of to day wilt he found, the speech of the rresideat of the American Congress, at the opeaiug of thq . 41! scot,. If any thing it iii bee.. ‘santing to satisfy us of the degrading effect of the poutiesviiiich Mr. ERSKINE has adopted in direct contravention of iii.' instructions, this in suiting speech would_ furnistlus with ample prooL--•"rhe hritish Government, anticipating the state our laws, which has had the effect of placing the two I.elligereat powers on a footing of equal restrictions."—ls tees true, or rather is not this a deliberate and an ins,iting misrepresent. tation ? Is not Holland one of the Belligerent Powers, and s not the Berlin Decree adopted by the government et that country in its fullest extent? Is it not a vile mockery of our feelings as a nation, to talk in this w.'y ? ‘• But his Britannic Majesty has not only offeree satisfaction fur the Ails of the Chesapeaitee and io send an Envoy Extraordinary to cenclede a treaty, but has expressed his willingness in the mean lime to withdraw hie Cleibso in Council." The - first part of the sentence may be American, but it is scarcely English. It would appear, taken literally, that our anticipating the state of their laws, had had the effect of placirg the Belligerent Powers on au equal footing of restricti: , And weal is it we coleeted in return fur this anti cipating precipitancy—nothing, absolutely nothing !I We good o eu i .le are to be satisfied with " the prelims siun that Gee intercourse would be renewed on t!,• part cif !he United States.-0 t shame where is thy blush. Are have given up our pre-requisite, and have substituted iris course which has hated thus amcably.—Tne ?resident can eh no less than refer to the proposal heretofore mace s as a proof of the spirit of accommodation, which (he says) has at no time hecn intermitted. This aioertiosi is either true or false, but which of the two it may be, no Englishman, and no American, we believe, Call hesitate to determine. Bold, unfounded, and unwarrantable declara tious of this nature athird very unequivocal roofs of the I I crooked politics of the new President. We should have thought et would have required a longer apprenticeship to French politics, to have enabled Mr. MADDINUN toe owe forward in his maiden speech, with an assertion, at which *he common sense of his ov..n country men, and of all gurepe, must unquestionably revolt. But what is to be the consequence of these degradieg pwlitico vseli to be sure that if France does not unmedraieiy rescind the Ber lin Decree, America will unite itseif more firmly to Great Britain. Fair and softly —an Englishman may be fool enough to think so. It • is the plain and unsophisticated meaning of their own propositions. But we have been too much in a hiirrv, the Yankee politician finds that his pre decessor " was toe quick upon the tide." Ile did not know how much the " trafficking Administration, of a trading people, would concede, in order to be persuaded that the intercourse with Great Britain wvulil be renewea." And our foolish concessions are io hr forwarded to the American Minister at Paris, NVlth instructions 66 to avail iiimself of the important addition thereby made to the considerations which press on the justice of the trench Government *evocation of its cic cr 'es " BUONAPARTc may net bear) flexible as Mr. t Erskiiie; he may say, 44 Perv,ll Commerce !" What I have done I have done, and I wilt not alter inz determination—l care not a rush about transs atlantic politicians--America has bet n conquered in Ger many before to-day. In this event, which is• not at all unlikely, what is the American Minister do de ? Why he is to press on the justice of the French Government tor such a MoDuccwriom (modification, amiable word !” of its decrees, that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States. Then our mernature withdrawing of the. Orders in Coml./ cif are possibk to procure a modification of the Frei:ch Decrees, only so far as - they respect the neutral commerce of America. 4tut this is not all ; it is unequivocally recoil ,- mended to the American Congress to make such further alterations their laws and fosli the braneltekof recently) i in their law as may encourage and foster the I f mantffacturewhich have been RP CFNTLY ( r nl inititeded or extended by the laudable exer• JUNE 25.