The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-11-07


now are, to remove difficulty is not to over
come 1t; on the contrary, it is to increa!e it
The emperor has not lof battle, which die
not rebound on the throne of Prutia Bonapar.
te has not attributed an indemnity, obtained ?
conquef, or extorted a conceflion, that did no,
flake the p liars of all lawful fovcreignty. The
neutrality ofPrufiia has conipired TO extend the
progrefs OF revolutionary conouefs and filbver-
iions. 1t has augmented the audacity, f,ipport-
ed the ambition, and organized the ufurpatou
of Bonaparte, and with it the llavery and infer
Of the continent. To what does Pruiiia owe
her tranhent calm to the indifference with
which The views the ravagcs OF a Political tenn
Peit, which is rapidly advancing towards her
ielf. Bouaparte, bufy in deftroying Europe, BIZ
piece meal, does not diGurb the precious llum.
Der OK an intmidated king, while he is pulling
down monarcaies and republics, grand duchies
and celebrates. But foon armed from their
tpois, with their population and their riches, be
will undoubtedly cruih the ifolated power, who
ihall have cooly looked on, while her bulwarks
were de1royed.
Inc Cabinet ot Berlin, as we'll rs all well in
formed politicians, foreiee this catastrophe. Ii
would be 10 fuppofe the PruIian miniftry deffi-
tute OF understanding, to believe them itill un-
der the dominion of illuion but the torment
OF this folefght is the neceiIary effect of their
peace with France and their connections with
Bonaparte. We will venture to fay more it is
their chaftliement.--Fhe king of Prufiia's three
hundred thoutand folders, his ten millions of
fubjc6ts; the allegiance Of the one and valor of
the other; the abilities OF. his generals and the
fagacity Of his minifers, w6eid have thrown
Deceive weight into contedcracy OF public
iafety; but they will not add that Of grain of
land, on the day when PruiIia fhall behold Bona
Parte, the French republic and the revolution,
advancing a-breaft, agaipft her tardy reliance.
She repeis her natural allies, feens to blufh at
her union with the oppreiIor of nations and of
kings; da-cs neither fight againft him, nor ac-
cePt lis afiiitance traces the lire OF denarka-
ton againf the Colo1irs, that befrides the con-
tinent; Ioies lerfelf in chinerical fears fhuts
her eyes TO the nesrnefs of her danger connot
iatiSiy Bonaparte, bat by Joining in his enor1ni-
ties, and will fall victim to her irrefoluton if
the powers whom lle refufes to aiiit, be immo-
vable as herfef.
Attia," fsys Montefquicu, q" made con-
hant traffic oi:he fear ofthe Romans ~ IF we
were TO compute what Cowardce has loft the
continent IN contributions, plumber, exaStions
loans, regulations, gra.uities, indsmnities, ne
cuniary redemptions, ard uleefs experces, to
pTeierve or obtain peace, we ihould find funds
adequateto twenty campaigns. When TO the
notes preiented at Ratiibon, we join million OF
Auttran, Kuiliar, and Pruilian folders under
'''S' W 49, Nildl tIlsy are nor TIE
French who are fubjugsting Germany, and who
have enllaved Italy, Holland, and Switzerland,
who, in the fouth of Europe, make Spain and
Portugal tributary, and who, in the north RI
in Hanover, aud pillage the Hanfeatic cities.
What have thefe IargeGeG Of fear produced
thee Irrational and ridiculous calculations, by
which 10 many powers keep Bonaparte in paw
by the. means Of their fubieaion ? EIanv of
them are, already fubverted with The money
laid down to purchafe their fafety. The fame
fate awaits them ali. Has ooe Of them reco-
vered any degree of fecurity? Where is the
balls they hoped to acquire by treaties? Do
we ever negotiate with conaagrations or enter
into agreements with earthquakes? Has any
advantage compensated for the difgrace and
ruin attending thofe intrigues and negotiations
for continuance of peace Il is by rafting the
contempt OF an enemy, that we are enabled to
rehlt him lsit with diplomatic tatters we re-
pei revolution, armed with principles, backed
with lncendiares, feducers and cannon We
NUT reveal the iecret of The continent. The
higher claiies of fociety, dignitaries, opulent
prelatcS, generals, mnifter., aud
even more than one fovereign, join in drcadine
republican tyranny and plumber, lefs than the
riik OF reiifting then.--They leave them to an
iTciifable fate /; and cffeminacy and inactivity
conform to dogma, which dfpenfes with every
eHort.-They are the Greeks of Conftantinope
When Mahomet III. approached their walls,
they deierted their emperor, refufed him flc-
cours from their wealth, kept treafure for the
Ouomans, with which they might have paid
armies of defenders, and quarreIled among them.
ieives about the two religions.--It is to this
continental fatality, this extraordinary lethargy
NUT be afcribed. Weary ofther irrefoIutions,
the Sybarites gave themfelves up. Each feeds
a hope of individual fafety amidG the general
deitruGtion. Some of them even compute the
tributes, lohes, and difgraces, TO which they |
expect to be condemned. But this noicifn is |
till fucceeded by anguih and alarm. To the |
torment of doubt is added moral depreffion, |
which earthquakes even the will to be delivered |
from it. Hutton and terror fucceed each other
in the fame day. AS without moving, 70 with |
out pain, do they fee empires di1olved in the !
trucible Of the revolution religion, thrones, |
enates, dignities, morals, fociety, and !
property oyerthrown. They DO not al I!
ow themfelves to breath compliant, |
eft it mould be heard on the other iide Of the ,
Rhine. Prudence enjoins the putting UP with
outrages, and the moi difsunng
,normities. All energy conlifts in hiding theiT
reads like the oftrich, and in eicaping the revo-
ution by turning their backs upon 1t. Iniuit
UGH as the inva6on of Baden, the occupation OF
hanover, and others which in former times,
would have made courts and nations fly TO arms,
ire tolerated, glofed over, and fometimes even
hcnted to. Has any quiet, or at leaf any r.