The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-19
HISTORICAL EXPOSITION,

OF the motiveswbich have determined the con-
duet of H. II. the Eleetor Palatine of Bava-
ria.
Bavaria, exhauRed by an unfortunate war,
was recovering in the midi of peace. Without
betraying the lean unealinefs, The beheld camps
forming in the Auttrian Princes bordering on
her frontiers. Peace appeared TO her an Object
fo deirable that fhe never imagined the CONT
mental Powers would ieek TO dilturb the rspofe
they enjoyed. -
were entertained that the diff ance of theft two
Empires from each other would prevent a rup.
fure, or that at leaf Germany would avoid TAX
ing part in it. Bavaria too, was TO foreign 10
the differences which divide thefe two States,
that it was difficult 10 conceive any power
would with her to take arms in this quarrel d.
gaint France.
Bavaria had no complaint to bring forward
againt the Emperor Napoleon. BY his power
FIJI influence, fe had obtained indenmities for
loi1es fhe had experienced Iat war and the
courts of Vienna and Peteriburgh cannot be ig-
norant, on the contrary, Of the intereR he took
In the affairs Of Bavaria, in that copjunefpre.
In this fate of things, intelligence was re-
ceived at Munich that the negotiations between
France and Rufia, ~fcarcely begun, had broken
off, and that at the fame time, Auaria was al.
fembling numerous armies near Wells, and diff.
patching troops TO the IyrOl.
Several d~etachments on their way thithcr,
crofcd the Bavarian territory without any pre-
viors notice. On complaints being made of
this condHct, the Aufrian Envoy at Munich
gave the mott satisfactory explanations, promif-
ing that. the officers who headed thefe detach-
mems houid be punilhed. Thefe promifes
were not fulfilled; and adyices were received
that the AuhrjaD troops croffed the Bavarian
territory more frequently and il greater num-
beers. This news gave birth to conjeetures that
the troops of the camps of Wells intended crof.
ing the Inn.
The Eleetor nevertheless Rill hoped to pre-.
ferVe neutrality, which the exhauted fate of
his territories and their geographical petition
appeared to prefcribe.
II. E. Fl. had already ordered his miniter TO
make oveltures to the Court Of Vienna on this
head, when Prince Schwarzenbursh arrived at
Munich.
He brought a letter rom the Emperor of Auf-
tria, by which Fl. NJ. required the EleGtor in
the mott precife terms, TO Join the imperial
troops with his own. This letter contained
threats in cafe of r%efufal, but an alTurance that
# acoeeded to, no pretenious fhould be bro't
forward againh Bavaria.
II was IN this manner that the fri o~vertures
were made. The Elettor had fill lefs reafon to
think of its being in agitation to bring forward
t'N'N ~" ~ ~ ihuiiftNCI sidus HU0Sr
the ~ref.rve of H.. E. bighnefs's appreciation, juA
concluded a treaty, which granted fcveral con-
haerah!c advantages 10 II. VI. the Emperor AMI
to the Fie6tor Of Salzburgh.
The intentions of the Court of Vienna were
fill better known from the naughty tone ac-
fimed by the Prince Schwarzenberg, in an au-
dience granted him by the Ele6tor, and in a fe-
cond which be had with the minifer Of foreign
affairs.
He required that the Bavarian army fhonld
he delivered up to the AufriaU Generals, in or
der 20 be incorporated with that of Aufria.
The threat efcsped him that In cafe of refufaI
V ltould be difarmed. He 1ikewife demanded
an eTsa fatement Of the army, and that the e.
lsstor aiohld reply 10 ihsfe proportions in one
day.
Nothing was ready the Ele6or conceived
that ne might an rely on the confidence he had
~ the Court of Vienna; and accordingly he
fent Lieutenant Geoersi Count Nogarolla 10 II |
NJ. the Emperor, and in a letter written with
his own hand, reprelented to him ia 4 mannerI
equally Rrong and candid, the pofitiop in which
h. wa7 placed, and the n~ecefity he lay under
OF preiersiug ? fyftem of neutrality.
The gleGtor did not take a Gnele Rep but
what indicated that his fsntiments had always