The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-18

1.-The Iron Grown OF ftIy noon his own he adj
Genoa was Incorporated with FRANCE. I:ucca
WAS very near narine the fame fate. Only 4
few months before had the Emperor, on a e..
Tenn occafion--an location which impoicd very
important duties upon hiu,-declared y ro,t
his people aud before all Europe, that ne wia.ed
not to extend the limits of his territory. Re.
fdes, France was bound, By treaty with Rnf
ia, to put the King OF Sardinia in pol.i IL N
of indemnities in Italy. Infead OF cni.iluq
that obligation, ihe made herielf miarefs of G.
very object which could have been ferv;ceab,e
towards that decentralization.
| Portugal wifhed TO maintain her neutrality,
but Portugal was compelled to ptirch,rc ~
gold the de, etlul fecurity of 4 few moments.
The Porte, who had not forgotten the inva-
iion OF Syria and Egypt, was the only power
remaining in Europe which had not been fui,-
jeeed to the arbitrary proceeding. Of Francc.
But to theie aSls of violence, fyitem of a.
bufe and injury remained fill To- he added A
Journal, which proclaimed itfelf the voice of
Government, was choien as a chronicle of the
attacks inceiiantly made upon every crowned
head.
Pruf1ia could be no Granger to any of therc
general acts of opprcflion. Many of them were
nearly connected with her fubfantia intereits ;
Especially as the wiftlom of that fyltem which
confders the itates of Earope az members of
the fame family. calls upon each of them for
the defence of all and that the nnbounded az
grantlifement ofone Rate cxpoied the ref to
danger, was efficiently manifelt to experience.
Still it is mott effentially necefary to repre-
TENT in what manner the conduit of France was
calculated to operate in its immediate relation
to Pruflia.
| 1t were fupcrfluous to enumerate all the good
Offices rendered TO Napoleon by Pruffia.- P.uf-
fla was the frf Power that acknowledged him
| No proniies, no fnenaces had been able 10
fhake the kings neutrality. Every thing thai,
the duty of good neighbour could prefctibe
was mon amply afforded during a period of fix
years. Prua eiteemed valiant nation, which
alto had learned, on its part, to rcfpeH PruGia
both in war aud peace and ihe did juh;ce to
the genius of its Chief. But the remembrance
oftheie times is no longer retained by Napolc-
| on.
Prufiia had permitted the territory of Hano-
yer to be invaded. In this flle had countcnanc-
ed an act of injuGicc therefore was it her frf
view to remedyit. She offered herfelf for it In
| tead of England, under the condition that the
latter fhou!d cede it. 1t mutt, however, at leaf
be recol!etted, that thus boundary was pre-
| icribed to France, which ihe ihoud not pafs
Napoleon folcEnnly pledged himfif not to com
promite the neutrality of the Northern States !;
to exercite no violence towards any of them !;
| and, in particular, not 20 inCreafe the number
of troops in the Electorate of Hanover.
Scarcely had he agreed TO thefe POPULATIONS,
| than he broke them. Every one is acquaintcd
| with the violent manner in which Sir George
Rumbod was feized every one knows that
| the Hanfe Towns were laid under contribution
| under the appeaton of loans, not By any
! means, for their nteref, but exactly in the fame
manner as if France had been at war with them.
For the irf of thefe injuries, his Maielty con-
| tented h;mielf with accepting an inadequate IA
tisfadion. Ofthe fecond he took no cosni-
! zance, being prevented by the approximations,
and approximations on the part OF the Hanfc
! Towns. His Majefy, on his part, did not
fcruple TO make any facri6ce, as the preferva-
ton of peace was the dearef with of his heart.
| The patience and fusferauce of every other
Court, were exhauited fooner than that of his
Majetiy. War again broke out on the Cont
nent-the fiuation of the King, with refpect
10 his duty, was more difficult than ever. III
order to prevent France from augmenting her
! troops in Hanover, he had promifed to fuffer
no attack to be made on that territory. The
Rufiians and the Swedes were preparing for an
attack upon the Preach. From this period, the
whole burden of the contract between France
and Prufiia weighed upon the latter only, with
out producing to her the Leaf advantage and
| by a iingu!ar concentration of circumstances,
it feemed that Prufiia, who only wifled to re-
! main impartial anu Neutral, cOuIQ no longer
purfue her former fyftem, except to the preiu-
dice of the Allied Powers. Every advantage
which refnlted from this fituation of affairs was
on the fide of France and the King WAS daily
threatened with collifon, not lcis formidable
to him, than decfveIy favorable to the plans
of Napoleon.
Who could have thought that the very mo-
ment when the King had given to the French
government the ltrongeit proof of his detcrmi-
nation, and angular example of the faithful
| fulhment of engagements into which he had
! once entered, fhould be chofen by Napoleon
to do the King the mon feniible injury ? Who
| does not remember the violation of the terrific
ry of Anfpach, which took place on the Sd
| October in the laft year, notwithstanding the
remembrance of the provincial administration,
and of his Maeay's Mnifer
| This contef between that moderation which
pardons every thing-that integrity which re-
mains true 10 its engagements to the lat on the
one part and the abufe of power, the info
encc infpired by deccitful fortune, and the ba-
Bit of only reckoning on the other, continued
! feveral years. The King declared TO the French
| government that he conidered all his conncc-
| tions with it as diflolved. lie placed his ar
| mics on footing iutabie TO circumstances. He
was now fully convinced, that no pledge Of fe-
curity remained for the neighbours of France,
but peace cftabliihed upon hrm principles
| aud guaranteed by all the Powers in common
| Ills Maiefty offered the Allies to be the medi-
! ator in negotiations for fuch peace, and to