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Tip TIM PAOPLE OF PE e::

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LETTER 111.
FIifIVDS MVO FFLLOW COUNTRY7OFS,
in the Appendix, dated the 12th, a If the
Archdttke ,is left 'atone, Woo one comes to his assis-,
tan e, he r:ltt‘t at last yield to the !immense superio-
y of ...lumbers that the enemy is cilleetitig from all
hi. conquests :" so it h.ts fatally happened, no one
has •. me to the assistance of the Austrians ; poor
Sch ill was left to his own resources, and fell a victim
to superior forces ; the brave TYrolians likewise met
V ith no support, nor was any diversion made on the
(toast of Germany, Holland, or Italy, where the peo-
ple were :Al ready to rice on their )1) pres ;no where
was Bonaparte disturbed ; but for seven long weeks
quietly permitieti to draw all his force from the inte
tic r of France, from Germany, and Italy, till by su-
..perivrity of numbers he obtained the dearly-
b 'tight victories of Ebersdorr and Wagram. Such
flex.. s cannot have surprised any pets ;n who attes-
t: vely considers the course of events ; it is fools
.alone, who. trusting to ch.ince; are surprized when
any thing happens cont:.iry to their wishes : ' The
active and t 34. provident will always get the better of
the tardy and the thoughtless. No doiibt ihelciss of
the Austrians 7e sth and 6th of July, has been
aerious ; nor is our situation now so promising as is
'was on the 23d of May ; but yet there is no reason
for despoisidency ; ail that was lost may be recover--
ed, the cause gained, if those who have committed,
have the candour to acknowledge their errors, arid are
capable to profit by experience ; but if foolish pride
prevents princes .and their ministers from confessing
that they have acted wrong, and they persist in their
old track of vanity, indolence, and petty interests ; if
-nations will not be roused to fight in their own de-
fence, all will :be lost : all Europe will be chained to
the Conqueror's car.
I certainly do not despair, as I clearly see in my
•,..e mind, the way to obtain complete success.
Without either a disgusting vanity to think myself
superior, or an affected modesty to believe myself in-
ferior to the rest, I shall, with dutiful deference, offer
to the public my views on this most important subject.
Much, certainly, are to be regretted these seven
weeks so miserably lost, when so much might have
been done. Here I must beg leave to quote my own
writings. In my letter to Prince Charles, on the

st of May, I say, ,t with the concurrence of the peo-
ple all will be done, &c." Again, in my first to the
People of Venice, dated the 6th of June, I observe—,
fri m the Elbe to the Scheldt, from the Alps to
Messina, all is hostile to the French, and, with the
assistance of England, an army of 200,000 men
mi ht soon be eo.iseil in the North of Garniany and
Italy, Sc." Now, Las any thing of this kind been
done ? Has the Austrian Government taken any
means to obtain the concurrence of the people in,
Italy ? No, fer from it, the Austrian Generals, on
entering the Venetian States, levied contributions,
and treated the people in every respect as A cottpered
country. Has any expeditioa been made to assist
the Germans, Dutch, and Italians ? No, not ore.—
The error on the part of Austria, no doubt, has pro.
ceeiliel from the bad advice of stupid and interested
courtiers, who ruin their masters, by making them
believe they need do nothing for the people, and that
they will sacrifice their lives, merely out of love for
their princes. As to England, we must suppose the
time was too short to fit out such an expedition as
woold he adequate to the magnitude of the objects,
and we have the consolation to see that this Govern-
ment is convinced the greatest of British objects is to
prevent such an accumulation of power, as the posses-
sion of the whole Continent, from falling into the
hands of so formidable an enemy. This intense ex-
pedition is at last ready to sail: its destination is, with
great propriety, kept secret ; nor shall I pretend to
draw asiJe time veil that covers it ; but, deeply inte-
rested as I am in the success of tile war, not only for
my country's sake, but also for all that I possess, I
shall be pardoned, I trust, if I take the liberty of of-
fering some 14ints where, in my humble opinion, a di-
version from England is likely to be attended with
most .effect.

There is no doubt the King of Prussia has the wish
to recover his rank among nations, and his territories;
he has also a sufficient number of soldiers to forman

army of sixty or seventy thousand men ; but he
stands in need of money and arms In Holland, and
in Flanders they mortally hate the tyranny of the
French Government ; I speak not only from general
but personal know ledge, having long resided in those
countries. In Piedmont, in Lombardy, in the Ven2-
tian States, in Tuscany, and in Rome, they are'
equally impatient to break their chains. Ido not
speak of Naples, being little acquainted with the sell.:
timents of that people. It is evident then, that to the
parts of Prussia, of Holland, and Italy, the expedition'
would be attended with infinite good effect. 0111
Prussia rising, all the North of Germany would 1111.te,'
only the three Hanseatic cities of Lubec, Hamburgh,:
and Bremen, could furnish a force of thirty or fterty, ,
thousand men. The Dutch nation, on the arrival
of the English force, would instantly rise to recover,
the :T. liher:v. their colrnicc, their commerce. Their

teighbours, South of the Scheldt, would immediately
join, as they remain faithfully attached to their
ancient Sovereign, and ardently wish to enjoy again
ther ancient constitution. This combined army, in
irn.lrching towards the Rhine, could continually meet
Kith friends, as the free cities in this part of Ger-.
many, deprivdd also of their freedom by Bonaparte,
Aix Li-Chapelle, Cologn, Frankfort, Ulm, Augs-1
burgh, * would join their deliverers : thus, this army
incr!a,ing in number as they advance, would be re-
ceived with open arms, in Wirtemberg, and Suabia,
wt. re their Duke, by the assistance of Napoleon, has
dq)riv,d them of their ancient rights. These corn-
armies would tl.en join the Tyrolians and the
Swis., and at last this hostile circle, from the north
to tllt. west, from thence to the south and the east,
would be closed by the people of the north of Italy
. anti DalmatiA, if .J F.rllish force were to land in the
ports Rome or the Venetian States. J3onaparte,
thus incompassed I.y numerous armies of p..triots,,
decerm•ned to conver or die, having in front the yet
forrni,r4lole f. lice of Pi ince Charter, would have need
01 all Ills abilities to extricAte himself from so perilous
• The wit er of •his has been in these towns, when they en_
toyed tL•..: tr:e.ioni. and :,It-m• they lost it ; assi be L 36 seen the-
d .th-rence ~E fr( -
its t.r,rn:a•.y, which L. been all 4uitzwywil by
sr et autakind.

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a !situation. The:.bve,Utniards,t baying no sclai-
tional force to.leif,"Would'sison succeed in expelling'
their invaders. Spain, .1 must again recommend as a
lesson to princes and to nations, to convince then'
that they must haVe the concurrence OT the ploßlerles.
succeed. Prussiaand Austria 'having had 'nothing
else to depend' on bur a standing aimy,'One • battle
Ar two ended the contest, chile Spiln, after apP7 de-
frats, remains unsubdued." A nation of °nit-three
millions of inhabitants well-determined, can defend it-
self against iCcotiquerlng kation of twenty or thirty
milliOns., as happened in ancient Greece, which with-
stood kll•the'power of the Persian King ; and in the
latter times, Switzerland, who conquered her liberty
frOm a forMidable-foe ; and Holland,
,Who success-
fully resistedithe tyranny of Philip 11. and his suc-
cessors.

From these considerations then, let not the Aus-
trian Government be dismayed, nor the people of
Germany,' Holland, or Italy be disheartened ; as to
the Spaniards we need not fear, we have sufficient
proo- of the strength of their nerves. The time lost
may be a matter of regret, not of despondency, all
may fret be'recovered, if there are in those who go-
vern "'More promptitude, and more parreer princi-
ples, and if the people be more united and firm.—
The people in general have behaved svonclerfully god,
bttt they have been miserably deserted by their princes.
I hope I shall be pardoned if I speak now a few
words in my own defence. Some of my friends in
this country have expressed their regret, that I have
exposed an opulent fortune without any utility to at!
cause ; it is possible to be so, though I trust not, as I
shall presently explain ; but this too general 4n ex-
cuse, " what can one do alone ?" is a poor on& ; for
if every body were to say the same, no tyrant ould
ever meet with any opposition. So a :oldie may
ti
say ih an army of 50,000 men, " What signi s one
more or less, I may as well take care of myse ;"---
but, if many more were. to say the same, s for-
midable army would be gone. Thus it is in a poli-
tical body, every man must do his duty indepen-
dently of what other men do. It was a most salu-
tary law of Solon, which punished with death.any
citizen who remained neutral in public affairs. If the
law cannot now reach the selfish man who layX hy
to save his fortune, let him at least-be punished with:
the contempt of his fellow citizens, and of the world..
I hold nearly equally guilty, his who sells his coun-
try for money, and him who, to save his property,
abandon, it tq its Tate ; they both give up their country
for money. Even should my honest endeavours prove
fruitless, I shall feel happy in having done my duty:
I was more particularly obliged to do more than the
rest, having most' miserably wasted my early years
as I mentioned before. But lam not without hopes,
if these letters can reach Venice and the Tyrol, they
may have some influence ; there my family has long
been known and respected; there I have many friends
and respectable connections ; there it is known that
whatever may have been my errors, I never have
acted from corrupt motives ; there it is also known
that I am not an adventsirer, bpi. I- ave a considerable
fortnne to lose. These circumstances are but little
known in this country ; yet I entertain some hope
that this rapid, but .accurate delineation of Bona-
parte's progress through every crime and every de-
ception, from the pretended friend of liberty to its
utter destroyer, may open the eyes of some worthy
person, whom I have found strangely deceived i 4 his
character.

Surely these few words which I was obliged to say
in my own defence, will not be taxed with vanity ; I
have no claims to it, I am satisfied if I obtain your
forgiveness. I remain your faithful servant, and
affectionate fellow-countryman, zxxonto.
Brighton, July 25, 1809.

P. S. July 27.—Since 'writing the above, the dis-
astrous news of the armistice is arrived. This is what
I most dreaded, as I expressed in my second letter ;
e{ what I most fear is peace." Now, what will these
despicable courtiers t, who bring their Princes to'
wreck by talking to them only of their power, and
advising them to disregard the people, say of their
exploit*. ? Will they see their errors ? Will they
ac-
knowledge them ? most probably not ; because being
equally /tepid and proud, they neither have the
capacity to see, nor the generosity to confess their mis-
takes. May the Princes of the Continent so fatally I
deceived by their Ministers, choose better informed and
more honest advisers! Now it will be seen how fata
the loss of seven weeks was, when all the Continent
might be armed, and Bonaparte brought to receive,
not to dictate terms. In consequence of the cessation
of hostilities, our situation is certainly worse, but yet
by no means so bad as at first sight it may appear.—
All may be recovered by adopting more energetic mea-1
sures, and more liberal principles. Let us they. exa-
mine our new situation.
One month must elapse before the Emperor ofl
Austria is to decide, whether he again will have re-
course to arms, or submit to the will of the conquers r
—for one month then, Napoleon cannot withdraw
his troops from the Danube ; in thi3 interval the Spa-
niards most probably will accomplish their deliver-,
ance ; but, as they must be sensible they cannot en-
joy security till their implacable enemy is rendered
incapable of renewing his attempts, consequently
they will see the neeessity of following up their ad-
vantages. To this effect nothing could be more use-
ful than an expedition, in conjunction with the Eng-
lish, from their ports in the Mediterranean to the
coast of Italy, as no doubt on the arrival of such
powerful assistance, all the country would rise to
drive away their invaders. At the same time the im-
mense force issued from the English ports might ac-
complish all the objects mentioned in this letter, and
perhaps some more important in conLemplation of his
Majesty's Ministers ; and when Germany, Holland,
Spain, and Italy, should be all armed with the power-
ful co-operation of England against the common
enemy, then probably the Princes of Austria seeing
so favourable a chance would' throw away the scab-
bard to emerge from the present degrading situation:
in which case victory would no longer be doubtful.
But even if pusillanimity should prevail in the Aus-
f I beg to be understood, that when I speak of Courtiers I al•
lade only to the Continent, as such a sort of beings is unknown
in this free country; likewise when I complain of the errors com-
mitted in this campaign, it relates men-ly to Germany, au Eng-
land has yet had ths opportunity to co-operate in that part of the
Continent. I need at least much indulgence for appearing too
preemptuisus, but I beg it be observed, that I have been in all
these countries under the dominion of Bonaparte, and I have seen
how much his despotism is every wkere detested, France not
excepted ; and that iu consequence I conceive it evident, that to
make it lad,seed, it must be made a poplar war; and that Weir
Wi.lll it afro/ Will SIICOII4.

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