Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1805-12-12

depend upon the good difpolirion of thar power,
conh6eriag the manner IN which he behaved to-
wards il after two wars. the entire advantage of
which was on the dde of Frsoce. and ia which
the greatea part Of the Aufsian poGelion, had
beea conquered by his srm,.
" Entirely occupied, with the war which
Englsnd has raiied. he hoped Gncs he had given
AnHria no cauie OF complaint, iha: Auffria
would preferve the arieea and mott impartial
neutrality /; but the movements OF troops, aud
other hottie dhpoGiions, which have ,akea
place in che Hereditary States, and at which
Euiope is either unesiy or sfonilhed, compel
his MsJeity The Emperor to demand not only
categorical explanation bot moA fpeedy one.
The repeated accounts which The En-
peror receives from all quarters. compel him TO
poHpone hi' projeets agsina Eng land ; and thus
Auitfia has done 40 much ~ IL ihe had commen.
ced hoit itilitie,-ior fhe has made the mott pow
eIfSl divstion in favour OF England.
Auitria sGsmbIcs an army in Tyrol,
Whit France has evacuated all Switzerland.
His ExcelIency Count Cobentzel knows very
well, thar Auftris has nearly II oco mSn in Ita-
ly, whih France has not 10000 there. * ooo
OF whom are on the Gulph OF Iorento aud this
is the very caufe that hes principally determined
him 10 iuiPend his projteis-Auftria RATES. camp
fortitcstions every where, a, il . war we're al
ready declared, or very near at hand. All the
AuHrian troops are in morton all have Quilted
their garriions in which they were anar,ered
all arc marching in direction which announces
war ard how, indeed, could his Maieay the
Emperor OF Germany and Aoaris a1cmble 70
many regiments with pacific iaseniions, in
country 10 barren and poor as the Tysoi where
ne can only nisiptaiu them 90 the de,riment of
hi, finances Why hculd he eftsb,,h maya
zine, Why fhoud he order III, baking OF BIZ
cult Why lhouId he take up 70 many draught
horiss II 10 a principle in The pubic Law of
Europe, that The aGembIing of troops, eaabiifh-
ing OF magazines, baking OF b.Icut, taking up
OF drsught horles, are confdersd by al Powers
as declaration Of war, Especially il foch pre-
psrstons sfe made on frontier, which is left
unprovided by Power employed e.ewherc. q,
an cppoits and very difisnt frontier. His Ma
jeay. deiiTous OF reconci!iug rfoie dipoitions
with The pacific exPreiiions Of bis Majeay The
Emperor o Germany, in which he has always
placed tie ftrongeh confidence, can only recon.
cile Them on the foppoh,ion, that this Monarch
knows nothing OF the wrong thar has been done
TO France & that the diverlun occa6oned by
hi, armament is tantamount TO actual hoi.ilitie,.
hi, majeffy is Gill dehrous of per.uaainz himfelf,
that thar Monarch really knows nothine OF il;
but The natural coniequence, Of a 6nilsT error
are equally detrimental 10 France as poGtive :
hottie Intentions, and for rha very rcaion his
MsjeRy', intersas requirers to be beforehand
with them.
"It is no longer pio,eGa,ions which can
istisFy his Msjeny. His Msjefy cannot ad-
nit any intermediate fate bstwix, that of war
OF OF peace. If AaSria wants peace, every
thing IN AuRIia muff be rAoted to the peace
cftabliihment. Should Auttr;s declare var, his
MajeAy will have no other alternative than to
th'ow back upon the aggIeaor all the evils
which he would bring, not only upon the pre-
ient generation. but alio This Msjefy dsres to
utter it with pride) upon MS own fate, aud his
own family for his Majefy viii! Aatter himfeIe
TO obtain IN new war, 6milsr yietorie, as in
the preceding ; aud TO fecure himfeif sesinit
thoie diser6ons which are, as il were, the fra
fteP OF coalition in favor of England.
:" The UnderGgned has, therefore, rcceiv-
ed orders, on the iuppofition moR agreeable to
his MajeRy. namely, on The fuppoflion that
AuRria j, dc6rous.o of peace, TO ds:nsnd."
81. That the twenty one regiments.
which have been ient to the German and Italian
Tyrol. fhali be Withdrawn, and ttAt ,hoi.,
troops only fhall remain in. beth the iaid pro.
vinces, which were there fix months ago.
81. That tn. camp fortifca,ions be aif-
continued, The Emperor does not require ihas
Auaria ihal not erect real foTt6ca,ions. ghe
right of erecting them belongs to all States, and
pIccaution oftsa makes il The duty ofa Prince
Blu, as Venice is certainly no fortrcf,, the works
carrying On there at Prefent arc nothing ellie
than camp-works.
"3. That the troops in Siria, 10 Carin-
this, in Friuii, and in the Venetian territory,
be reduced to the Numbers At which they food
fix month, ago.
" Laaly, that Auaria declare to England
her firm ard unihaken determination to prelerye
an exaa aud fcrupulous neutrality, without
taking part in the prslent difpu,e becaufe it
10 the duty of Aufffia, if fhe will preferve iyf-
ten of neutrality, to do nothing. either mediase-
/ ", or Immediately, 10 favor Of England.
' The UnderGeusd has alfo received CT
ders to declare to his Exeelleucy Count Cobent-
eel, or rather to repeat the declaration 70 oft.a
made to him, thar the dearef win Of his MsjeE.
iy tae Emperor Of the French 10 the continuance
of the pcacc with rha German Emperor thar