The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-10-20

ltatement appeared III the tar OF the 26tn OF
July, 1908; but 1t that time part only OF this
in.ere!tiDS tranla6tion was known to the public.
With tn reaions urged by the Prutiian Agent,
the prefdent De Meyer, in fupport of the pro-
petition, and the noble and generous letter of
the King OF France to the king of Pruliia, which
we inis day lay before our readers, we were
then nacquainted.-They will no doubt be read
with interet by thofe who are not infeniible TO
the fufierings of unfortunate princes, and who
deteft the unprincipled Means by which the
Coriican ufurper adds infult to injultice.
STATE PAPERS.
LoUn XIII. THE KLNc OF PaCssIh,
AND BoHAPARTE.
Friday, the 25th February, 1903, the king WAS
informed by VI. the Able EdgeWorth, that vi.
the prrGdentde Meyer, who arrived from Berlin,
was charged with a million to him upon the
part OF tis majeity the king of Pruilia. The OBJ
ieG Of this milton was 70 obtain the renunca-
ton, full and entire, of the whole houe of Bour-
bon to the throne of France, as alto TO all the
denominations which they had poflefled. AS
the price of this facrifice, Bonapar.e would fe-
cure to them indemnities, and even brilliant
fate Of life-ferjferee.J
Saturday morning, the Goth, the king received
II. the preiident dc Meyer. After the ailur-
ance of tender intereR, which his Pruiiian ma
lefty felt for NJ. the count de Lille and his fam
lily, ri. the prefident explained the fubjed of
bis milton. " tie obferved that Bonaparte had
not overturned the throne OF France /; that he
had no part in the horrors of the revolution (;
that he had put an end TO it he expatiated upon
tine good he had done for France, and even for
all Europe. :.
90 He faid, that the revolution was confolida
ted more BY factions within, than by war with
out. All reaction was impol,ible, becauie a
Of ,c ed yhPrt. fell
interefs created by it. and incompatible with
the return to the ancient order of things reli-
giou has coniecratrd The new ioveregns of
Europe have acknowledged it political iyt-
tam, common to all nations, is eisabEihed upon
This cafe, and the kings will maintain It from
conicience, from duty, from ntereit.
The confeQuenCe was, that the houie of
Bourbon remained without iupport, and with
out means of exiitence for the future becaufe
the favors which they have received from Ruff
fla may at laft fail the children and fuceel1ors of
the count de Life; thatin few years Bona
parte would no longer find an advantage to fet
a value upon resignation that it would be
more wife to take advantage of the prefent mo-
ment, feeling their rights were not yet profcrib-
ed, to act honorably, uiefully, and fecurely.
&c Ufefnlly, becaufe the frft benefit to the IA
mily of the Bourbons would be brilliant fate
(fort.) Securely, becauie Pruiiia, Ruiia, and
q
the treaty. Honoraby, becaufe that family
would confolidate the repofe of France, and of
sliEurope, by its facrihces.
IF the mott touching ability and intereft
could have prevailed over the honor, over the
duty, over the fentiments, which he preferved
for his country, the king would have been fha-
ken. Without topping to difcufs the motives
which were prefented to him, and which eftab-
f!hed his rights far from weakening them as
fuch ftep revived his hopes, far from deftroy-
ing them his nlajefty anfwers:
do not confound monfieur Bonaparte with
thofe who have preceded him. eiteem his va
Tor, his military talents. give him credit for
feveral acts of his administration, for the good
they have done to my people will be always
dear to me. But he deceiveS himfelf, if he
thinks to induce me TO abandon my rights. Far
from it, be would eltabliih them himfeIf if they
could be queftioned by the itep which he has
now taken. know not the intentions of God,
refpeeting my family and myiclf; but l know
the obligations which he has impoied upon me,
by the rank in which he has been pleafed that
lhould be born. AS Chriitian, lhal difcharge
theie Obligations until my lalt Ggh. The de-
fcendant OF St. Louis, iha learn from his ex-
ample TO relpeG myis6f even in irons; the fuc-
celior of Francis the firt, with, at eaft, to be
able to fay, like him, g ne haze left all except
honor"
Monday, the 2Sth, the king fent to NJ the
PRECEDENT, dc Meyer, this anfwer in writing,
fanctioned with the addiction of his royal high
nets, the duke of Agouleme, in thefe terms:
With the permiliion OF the king, my uncle,
! adhere with heart and foul TO the contents of
this note. (Signed)
"LOUIS ANTOINE"
And letter for his majefty the king of PruiIia,
OF which the copy follows:
His sy<ae and Cb,jaiaH Majegy,
al have thought it my duty to give 10 writ
ing my anlwcr to the offers which it has plealed
your majeGy to make to me, and requelt M.
the PRECEDENT de Meyer to tranfmt to you. But
cannot ,yod to add to it this letter, in the firh
place, to thank you for full exprellons of friend
ihip for me, which you have ordered M. de
Meyer to ufe in the diicharge of his milton. Sc
condIy, to depoht in the boiOm of your maieRy
foiac roAeGtons which did not think proper to
make in my anfwer.
Not only would the prefent ftep Of M. Boz
naparte eilablilh my rights, if it were neccGary,
but il farther reveals his approximations, and /
congratulate myielf upon feeling them in 70 all
CUFF hands. know all the advantages that |
could take of this acknowledgement, but
would rather maintain hlence if were not COM
PEELED to break II. This is a refpeet which
thal owe to generous fovereign, who grants
me 81 alylum in his Rates." The great mind
Of your majefty is too well known for me not to