The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-27

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f;tntiou and their liberties, AMI MANY of them
,elieve that theyssre the happief people in ex
ntencc. Let thisbe as Il may, there is no rea
ION 10 quarrel with them for the indulgence o
an opinion which Injuries nobudv. Bat there j,
much reaton tn complain and condemn them
hecarfe they have long contributed and We,
continue to iavolve the world in war;
lake the people Of England in mafs and en-.
Iquire, what are the benefits which they expect
hya fuccefsful Termination of the war {. Du
they expect to conquer Frame and divide the
wealth. OF that county, as the followers OF Will
nam the conqueror formerly divided England
No; do they expect by fomenting diiturbances
upon the continent, or predatory naval war.
To divert Napoleon from his purpofes? Ne 4:
can they fave Alexander of Ruff or Outlaws
OF SweIen, if France and PrufIia chuf;. to drive
them from their capitals? No; can they fave
| Turkey from fuch future deitiny as NAV he
decreedto it by Napoleon, either with or with
out the. cooperation of Anftria In all thefe
things the Englilh are equally inpotent and i'm
polite; they compel Bon ,parte 20 draw the
i"ord they compel him TO organize armies,
and common prudence, dictates the neceiiity
of giving them honorable and gaiufuI employ
nent. They cannot invade Enrl,nd. They
can get nothing by war with Ruff. and the
nbicile ftate of Turkey al.nolt invites an nva-
| lion.
| Nor is this all. Turkey is the high road TO
India. The defendants of the ancient Greeks
are every where difperfed over that empire.
fhcy are not only dif1atisfied with the intole-
ra''e tyranny which now prevails, bnt they
pant for an opportunity to emsncipate them
'eives from the .pretent government. Although
every means is taken to involve them in dark
| NETS and ignorance, they cannot f4i! to know
that their ancehors were free and happy,
or to have heard, that the people of Europe
wherever Bananarte has appeared, whether as
| friend or foe, have been bestered in their
conditions.
IT has been long conGdered that the RufTian
government medtatcd the conquet OF -url, ".
There ftemed TO be nothing to oppofe them.
The Ruiian military grew trouger and ftronger.
The Turkh armies became more and move
feeble. The turrender of Catarro, Itria and
Daimatia to Napoleon by the Emperor of Auf-
tria. opened new train of reflections. The
Emperor of Ruiia faw at once that he vould
be anticipated in sns upon Turkey. And
the Auftrian general Brady has been ininced to
turre nter thar important poft to Ruiz IN ar
my. ias pot of Catarro in any other wav
except n difappoint ,Benaparte, was of no con-
iequence TO Rni!t; .hev could enter into
the Turki'h dominiohs at many other more
convenient points. While Bonaparte had no
other, by any means 10 convenient to himfelf.
therefore
reafonabe to expect, that he will not be caiily
diverted from The acquiftion of a poit which is
akey to that imbece empire, which like ripe
fruit, now feems ready TO fall into the hands of
| the perlon who NAV firlt touch it,
IT'S an IDLE thing for any man in this country
to lay, that he can foreiee what are the deligns
ct aoy OF the great potentates of Europe, and
it would be equally ridiculous to urge with
itrenuousnets, arguments in favor of any Impair
tant propoition which depends upon great
variety OF contingencies, all of which are in the
womb OF time. What, therefore, has been
laid relating to the de;igns of the emperors of
France and RufIia, are the refuIts of philnfo.
phica INQUIRIES derived from pre-exiftng cauI-
es, and the hottie attitude which theie power
ful men tupPort towards each other 1t is An
attitude, which, mef likely, would not sbe
Imported, 1t Turkey, like themfelves, was pow
| ertuI, and able not only to defend her own do
mlnions, but to oppofe her adver(aries This
~ not the cafe, and Turkey appears to be
prize for which the different competitors are
ahout to engage in war. To thoie who do not
reaect maturely upon thefe things it will fem
that Catarro, and the perGdiousnefs of Gene
! raj Brady viii he the caufes of war. But this
will he a mftite, the Turkiih empire will be
the prize, aud for 70 great prize we may ex
pet, every eXertion will BE- made by the con.
tending PARTIES.
R:iides theft considerations, Bonaparte ia in.
Huenced by other obircts. The Britifl1 empire in
India is not only exteniive and rich but il is vuI-
nerabe. The cabinet of London have ffewn that
they prefer perpetual war. The great ruperioritv
OF the Brltih feet forbids the D-njct of an inv,
hon. And the time which NUT eianCa
before the marine of France can be able to conc
with that OF England, is too long to fuit the "a
p'i and enierprifng ideas of Napoleon. He
, has therefore CAT MS eye upon Turkey. NOT on
W AS the road, but as the in1rament, by which
the Br,iiih empire in India may be overthrown.
Already we have feen what is the temper and
chara Ter of the Greeks. Having been horne
down for many centuries by the iron hand of
the mott unfeeling tyranny, thefe people.
when their cia MS hall be broken, will pant for
an opportunity, not only to prove their gratitude
to their delverers, but to- thew that they defsrve
the new condition to which they NAV he e..
leVated.
Prom thefe caufes it feems, that if eyer !,
French nrny of fuficient force, G,alI invade
Turkey, for the purpofes OF a revolution, the in.
habtants will every where anck to their oand
ards, and become NOT ufeful and active psrt.
Fans IN the revolutionary projects, 70 that the D-
van will be obliged either TO fly or fiIrrender. II il
alto admitted, that Ruflia at this time would
md 1t eafy to conquer the Ottomans; but as
the Ruiiians would not hold out Inducements
equal TO thole which will b. congenial 10 the
policy OF Bonaparte, it is not expected that
more would he doue by Ruhian invaIi,u than
could be achieved by the floerior;tv ne ,rr,o