The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-10-17

rectcd agant the continental .encroachnnents of
france, of which Aufria, Sweden, and Pruf.
ha are to be the conftituent members. But
this is a wild viionary hope of the Britifh ca
binet. Auitria and Sweden NAV have fnffi.
Gent motives for engaging in new Crufade !;
,he former to prevent the eitablifhment of "the
league of the Rhine" and the latter, to defend
fomerania. But D'Oubril's pen has difTipat-
ed the rifing te,Dpef. Even PrufIia will not
dare to raife her banners againft Bonaparte, 70
long as Alexander'refufes his cooperation. So
long as there exits coalition between Rufiia
ana france, there never will exit another CO.
aiitlon againtt the latter.
The unvarniihed truth is, thar ENGLAND can
never expect peace from Bonaparte, 10 long ar
be Eves. 5 90
What an immenfe ferries of consequences
would reiuit from Bonaparte's death The chan
ges which 1t would effect in the deftinies of
france OF her !ederative ftates of Europe :;
but more Especially of England, exceed def
erPtion., Had the problem been propourded,
now would IT be poiiibe to give as much effe Ct
70 an ounce of lead as to all the metal in the
Dsl.im navy 1t would have excited momen-
1ary emotion OF ridicule and contempt. But
the de'tiny of Bonaparte completely foIves the
enigma. lis true that the ounce of lead
would never have obtained an euuipoif;. in
common philoiophical balance, but were It
properly directed, it would be more than equal
IN the political balance of Europe. Let it be
lene through Bonaparte's brain, and England
m'sss rel'nquilh all her terrors and difmantle
The greater part of hcr navy.
II is a Notifying reflection to The nr;d. oe
human genius, that the life of one man fhould
have 70 attonifhing an afcendancy over the def
| TIMES OF the world. But fuch is the fpirt of
Nonarchles. Such will for ever be the COME.
quence OF entruHng 70 much power into the
nands or hngle man, whole refourccs of mind
are COMMENSURATE to his phyficaI means.
Let Bonaparte's ambition however be with
out bounds, 1t is impoilibIe to deny 70 /ame off
MS oehgns' the merit of FRONTING to be ufefui
Du, 1t inuH be contefed that it is his infereR
and not his q,irtne which impels him in this di.
reetion lis beea1Je Emrope isalready in 10 bad
| FHfe that it is icarcely poGible to be svorRed
oy'any new revolutions. 1t is in fa6t but a
choice OF evils, and the evil which Bonapartc
may dehre to introduce, will in certain oeeaE.
0"5 become comparative advantage.
ne French were apparently reduced to this
meiahchoiy alternative, when they profrated
their necks before an imperial throne They
were compelled to make their election between
demagogues and defpots, between the Robef.
pierres & Bonapartes, between the e,,.,. .,a,,.
ing 'cruelties of many tyrants, or the uniform
oPpreihons OF one. collective volume of all
the prescriptions, mallacres and confifcations of
the revolution, would be the bef vindication of
bonaParte's encroachment, that could be COM
piled. Robeipierre and Marat were much bet.
ter friends for Bonaparte, than his inyincible
egions or his military chiefs. There wonld
nave been no fuch defpotic monfter as hmfef.
II there had never e.;n,s,i s,,,i, ,n;ri,
monitors rs themfeves. The diadem would
never have encircled his pregnant brow, hu. for
the blood which dreamed from the euiIotine.
Does he need any argument to exluS his en-
croachments in Germany? The argument is
already fupped by the till more inexeuiable
,mperfeetions of their exiting fyfem. Had
germany been harmonious confederation of
mates, iuch as exits in our own country, there
Is not generous bofom in the univerfe but
would have beat indignant, at his ufur-
P"uono' But the Germanc contribution
is no Inch thing. 1t is contemplate MATS of
polite L0leej/in5 of all the evils, without the
hghteie ioftenngs, ofoppofite extremes.
mere fcarce ever eXilted contribution, in
which iuCh teehenefs in the head, fIch incapa
CITY 10 protecf the nation againit foreign inya
derS, was united with fuch petty defpotifm o.
yer the people themfelves. 1t was nicknamed
federation of ftateS but the very ingredients
OF tnat iyttem were oppofte to our own:
ne government of the United States, acts
oirectiy upon the i1diVidnaLs tbemfelyes 80:
but the head of the Germanic Empire draws mo-
ney and troops by mere requlition from the
subordinate ftates.
IN the United States, every Rate is indepen.
dent OF foreign powers, and of courfc foreign
powers have no official influence in the affairs
OF the union But the neighbouriny fates A.
round Germany, with intereAs fometines filent.
and iometimes oPPofite to her own, were Of
ten an integral part of her government or her
nation. Thus in the electoral diet, the king of
Sweden, the king of Prufia, and the king of
England were entitled to give their votes for the
emperor OF Germany: and thus it was not
mutual to Ice George the third furnifhing his
quota OF troops as ele6tor of Hanover. at the
very moment when he was entitled on the op-
polite iide as the king of England.
In the United States, there is no duty on i'm
ports, when conveyed from one fate to ano
Their :---but in the Germanic BODY, every little
iovereign through whole artificial boundaries
you happen to pats, claims contribution ma.
on your goods. " A. barrel of Sugar (fays loci
Barlow) brought into the middle of GERMANY.
mutt have paid at leat fix or eigbt different
taxes"
Let us admit that Bonaparte has dubbed with
Rufiia to Partition the Turkfh Empire. The
project is certainly happy one for Bouapartc
thus to buy off the oppoition of his MOT for
midable enemy by the facrfce of heipIe(s al
ly thus to divide the bone between them ra
Their than quarrel for its executive poGefIion.
But do we not perceive that even this gigao-
tic project, 70 obviou1y deEgned for the ag
grandizement OF French power, may ultimate