The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-15
ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, MARCH Is, 1905.
FRENCH EXPOSE.

The official expedition, which appears in this
days. par IF the external relations and the
domeit' IN of France, is on many ac-
counts e. he profound meditation of
the ltateima. her we regard the hittory
& downfall OF infitutions, or the fate
of the preftnt " 'imatelv connected
with the conduct OF whether we con-
lider the balance of po rope 70 deem
ly involved in the iiiue OF Or in what
ever light we regard this offI, emf, il is
eminently entitled TO our mott qtten-
ton. Though the time nolonge. ZEN
the political deitiny of America Al,
ieemed 70 intimately blended when "
concerned in all her revolutions, howeve
mute; when ihe appeared a6tuated by the fan,
luxurious principles, which had nipired our
own exertions; when the enthufafm of free in
habitants feemed to have given an impulfe to
the politics Of Europe, which wonld have iha-
ken every throne TO IFS centre, and delivered e.
very nation from their chains; though this fairy
icene has now Disappeared, with all the won
dertul revolutions, which it had originally pro-
mied fill we are compelled to admit that
the cabinet of St. Cloud has fcarcely diminilh-
ed the degree, though it may have varied, the
Influence Ofthe nation fill we mutt perceive.
that though France is no longer defined to be
the deliverer of Europe, yet ihe materially re-
guateS the balance ofits power and that in her
handS are the iiiues of peace or war. In thefe
Pohti1a! movements, own iuterefts, our
manners, our commerce are deeply concerned
however wide the ocean which rolls between us.
1t is not however from thefe general outlines
which ths eXpofe delineateS of the external re-
lations OF France it is not only, from the
vlewswhich 1t diiplays OF the political hucfuati
ons OF Europe, with refpect TO the progrefs or
the termination of hofilities, that this official
document acquires all its interelt but it is
ilkewiie from its interclting deveopement of
the internal affairs ofFrance, of the progrefs of
ITS phytcal improvements, and CT the arts, of
thS :tate ct itS army, t6 navy, ito fi,,atl1cs, hut
above all of the revolutions of its government.
ofthe probable consequences to which they win
conduct the nation, and ofthe falie lights and
Piauli5e pretexts by which it attempts to re-
corcie the people to this nglorious ufilrpatioD.
IT IS from tuch political hetches as theft, that
we are enabled to climate the temper of their
new government and that we are able TO
match IN imperfect view of a people, who ha-
wing III vain attempted to be free, have once
more fallen under the fceptre Off depot. Such
experiments are as awful, as they are uncom-
mon and there is no nation, which already
enjoys or which withes to acquire, repubIi-
can contribution, that may not draw fome ufe
iui rlttruttiOn from fuch memorable lefIons.
he tate of France may then be regarded Ell
thcr as an Imperfect barometer of the refources
and iilns Of the prclent war; or as IN imper-
feet mirror OF the prefent condition of France,
when new dynafty has been elevated to the
throne, and the delightful vilions of the revolu-
tion have apparently vaniihed.