The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-09
RUSSIAN TREATY.

The prefent face Of the war in Europe dr6es
athe calculationsofthem NOT fagacious tate fnan.
is there to he awar or peace, and if war, will
Kniiia JON IN coalition againft France, will the
French execute their intended project of invali-
on VIII the Pretent miniitry of England con-
tlnue at their potts? And if there is TO be a
peace, will it be brought about by change Of
the Engl!h minftry, by fear of the force o.
France, or by the rumoured intersection of Ruff
liza and on what terms is he bafe of precHcatinu
to be laid On all thefe and on liniar ouefti
ons we can offer NJ more than the rudeit and
mott uncertain coniectures.
Our iafeit Engliih papers announce the for
nation of treaty of alliance offenfive and 4
feniiyc between Ruffia and England, from which
they infer that the war is as il were i'm its com
mencement. Is not this treaty however a cor.
dit'ona' one! Is II not expressly ftipuIated,
that Rua is not TO fIrnif}i her aliy with troons
and hips, until ihe knows whether France will
accept of her mediation? In icttling the terms
OF pacihcation, has Rntia no particular oh.
Jeef OF her own to attend to? Has f,e not al
ready taken poi1efiinn Of Corfu and the Ionian
lilies, by which The has now acquired foot hold
| ~ the Mediterranean, and from which lhe NAV
the more eaiiIy make her long-medtated, and
mnch-wiihed-for defcent upon Turkey, viii
Kulfia rellnquiih thete new acqnitions and thoCe
iolendid hopes in any treaty of peace? VIII
me give her fanetion TO any plan of pacifcation
which does not fanction her claim TO theTs ;f.
lands! In mediating between France and En-
gland, will ihe not promote the interefts OF that
power, which mott flrongly promotes her own
lsthere not then the fnen field laid open for ex-
erciiing the diplomatic talents of Bonaparte
Bonapartc may content to acknowledge the
claims ot Ruilia, if Ru!1ia will acquiefce in his
,iurPationsi in the north or Italy. The diplo-
matte KILL OF Bonaparte, may thus ultimately
iucceed, and the treaty of alliance between En-.
gland and Rufla. from which the political onid-
nunes of England had predicted fuoh an extern
iVe leries or consequences, may be reduced at
length to an ineffective piece of parchment.
Let US however reverfe this picture, and fup-
pole, that France being jealous of the contiguous
power of Rufiia, is unwilling that fhe flould
have colony in the Ionian feas, while England
IS diipoied to fupport her preienlions; let us
then ak, OF what cxtenfive benefit is this treaty
OF alliance to be productive? The feafon is al-es
dy advanced. The Diplomatic Kill of Bonap,rtr
VIII tpin IT out fill further What time then VIII
the Ruiiians have to- recruit and difcipline their
forces, and TO prepare them for an effective fer
vice under the command of England Where
VIII be the point OF attack, even when they are
TIT for tervice! Wnen Siwarrow made his at
TACK upon the north cf Italy, he hal Aunria
tor AN ally; hut now Auftria guards the
frontiers Of Italy and PruGia pref>nts an inn.
penefrabIe barrier towards tie north of Gerua
ny. The Ruiiians cannot yet have forgotten
their defeat in Holland and tine coats Of France
DEFY whit they menace an hottie invaiion.
The idea Of emitting and fubfdizing S1ve4ea
Is Ri more ridiculous. 50 long as lhe pole Hes
her part of Pc nerania, the politics of her court
muir nc exteniively modified by the influence of
Pruiiia Let Sweden accede to the coalition A.
ga'nit France and the court of Berlin connected
by the nrongelt ties of frenda.ip with that ma
ton. will at once fend an army into Pomerania
and match il from her power.
Under whatever afpect then we contemplate
this rumoured treaty with Ruilil we can fee in
Vt nothing that is calculated TO favor the ener-
getc and warlike projects of Great Britain.