The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-23

his alliance
Is IN the organization OF our Empire that tte wiz.
FRANCIS III. found Lew pledge for ecurity and peace
'eaioo 20 diDlnd his armies our frontiers or on
'hoie OF our allies and not keep his troops under
arms
In hort of all the aarms which ealouiy or hatred
ear or hope had conjured up, the only rens are har
Py explanations firm alurances of the oonti,uanc. of
peace and she maintenance oe harmony between the
two Eniperors
Bavaria Saxony, HalIe CaIel, Baden. wirtemburr.
the Eieetor of Ratifbon, all the petty Princes of
many and the Equeifrian ORDER have given to hi. n,-
Jerry multiplied proofs of their regard, attachment and
The brakes, the Spencer Smiths, and TavIors ~.
deipied wherever they known fince the di,Iom,-
TIC Character has been 70 THANKFULLY degraded by them.
ugit TO conceal the owel and mott diiyracefu plo,s.
the reut OF Whole intrigues was war awar the dam
gers OF which the prelent generation, wear;ed win
hShtng and derous OF repoie did 10, with to encoun
Ter, and Whole inftigators they defpifed.
Pruflia and Aunria continuing our allie. ,vho-.
gentlemen, can we feek for the principles of CONT
mental coalition?
is 1t IN Sweden! The young king who reigns o.
yer this tate, and who poHeiles warmth of fen,,o
and an exalted imagination, fatal to kings, when .p
controlled by reaion, has known how to temper
ms actions with prudence has neglected to call TO his
ard tho'e wife men with which Sweden abounds. and
has dPlayed his own experieuce by its con,rat with
the intelligence of his old miniifers
mus mas this monarch been wanting in the reTpet9
que 70 France and thus has he in the violence oF his
fe'oVes' kept no terms with her but at the iam..
time, ms weak inprudence has caned him TO map;f,
the 'ae diire'Pect towards Au!tria, which clearly
mat ms ACTIONS are without calculation Is 10
the conequences his projects unrpe, his wifhes viii
on. reflection, and his pailions withor. control
he had even medisated treaty Of lubGly with Eur
land
He demanded of the Fnglilb government sortv mil
lions Tor 10000 folders but the Eug;.l mir;nry
Purchang n'en IN Europe they would merchandise
IN Ala, & valung the Swedes as they would Cipvr.
would not give more than ix;eeu millions and ,h.
treaty was broken off
Prniia iikewie, during the regoc;,tian declared
that ITS ratification would be the ipnai for her en-
trance into Ponierania
Aud had not the wifiom and prudence of the -,bi.
net OF Berlin preferved the King of Sweden from th
coneqrerce of his errors TIE blood OF the Swedss is
not OF tha, kind that could be bought ard fold y, in
trigue ard tyranny.
Ii France had formed with hottie to the iDte-eft
or honor of Sweden, Stockholm would have roufed RE
defendants of Guavuss folders TO arm thcn,feives
IN the fervice of their country it will ALTO behold
them provoked at feeling their blood let up at au,a,or
bartered Tor Englith gu;neas and they will prove by
her Indignation thar the Swedh warriors whole an
cetors competed the armies of Charles XII, will ne
yer defend to fuch abjeea ba.euefs
Where then are to look for the centre. the vi;
tails of this coalition
Is it in Rulla The king of England hir,felf de-
clares therei no connection fulfilling with that pow
er. He ipeaks of rrefpondence, bu. corrcipon
dence ut entered upon is furely not ratified a,l;-
ance.
Ruia is certainly great power, but it can do no
injury 70 the French empire
VIII go further. Could the WoronfoEs &, Mar
COTS conceive the idea of telling the influence and
trength of Rufiia to the Englih cabinet, Alexander
has wer councillors, and has hrnfelf formed NOR.
prudent refolutions.
He has not forgotten how, during the laif war RI.
Ruiians were treated by their Engh allies. and how
the expeditions OF their great generals and brave fo
dlers terminated in Switzerland, and Holland unde .
plans, which it was impoilibe to carry into elfeta.
plans formed under the influence of baheful far
In hort, the coldnefs prefent fulfilling between
the cabinets of the Thuleries and ST. Peterflmre !,
not enmity. 80
They have no reciprocal fubjea of dfpute, & wha,
Paiied few months ago between the two GOVERN
ment' is fuf'icient thew that at that cor;un}nr.
England had conceived vain projects, and had fperu-
lated upon falie hopes, if e expected to convert her
correspondence into coalition.
WoronfoG might have conceived finch = bore L,,,
who does not know that Woronfo is as crafty as n.
Engl'ih that eitab,ifhed in England he had volun-
arly fettled there and enemy TO- and d;f,,,ro,,
er OF the mesfures of Paul |, he was EQUALLY 70 rs
thofe of the Great Catherine
The cabinet Of St. Petersburg knows the true ;n,e-
reits OF IT'S counry will recall to its recollection The
iniulting boldnes of Mellon, who wiihed to d;6ats
laws in the Gulpl of Finland 1t cannot denv t,a, IN
attack which was made in the Mediterranean nv the
Engiih, OH the Spanh frgates, on an urarme,l rsgi
mert, on deiencelefs women and children aro exnofed
70 danger III every fea the vees and fubies Of RI.
Car. ~
1t cannot deny that this outrage proceeded from the
'ame fprit which dictated the attack of Depr,.rL =;
her capital, which oaufed them to attack the GcuaJ
rons in the Mediterranean and Baltc-this veria,is
and furious temper predominant in the Enrliib eabi
net, leads it to depfe all the powers Of the continent
TO treat with one and regard herfef as the ony
tocal ifate the only great civilized foc;ety in Tie
world. Wv
There is however exiting, or threatening Goa
htion but what mon completely lecures the Frencl,
empire from all fear is, that If luch coalition had
been formed, the Emperor would have attacked best
en- and d'iioived it; and after the Victory he would
Till have propelled peace he would have written N
the Engh King that letter in which he calls bun,an;
ty to the aid OF reaon, and the nteret of the En-
glih people.
Let US repeat il, gentlemen, th, fngle fentr1sot.
one OF the mott honorable kind has induced his ma
Jeity to make this glorious overture To the Engfh
IL IS the fame fentnent, which in another G.uafiop.
d.ctatedto his najeny the letter which he wrote to
him before he Pafied the Saave and Drave
l. Is the fare fentiment, which dictated another let,
ter to the Englih King, few months previous TO the