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

that France would take them under her pro;ec-
ton ; m the fame manner as in the ether con-
federation, The had given away cities, aa6 pro-
mnlgated laws, without permitting anv other
! power to make the leait pretenlon. The king
wasreqnired to fu6er foreign iDtereft to be in
troduced into the heart of his monarchy.
| Another contrat ofcondutt inccnfed the king
the utmof. He received from the emperor
a letter fill of thofe affurances of cfcem which
certainly, when they do not accord with fsets,
ought to be confidered as nothing, but which
the dignity of fovereigns renders duty to them
| ieives, even when on the eve Of war. Yet few
| Gays afterwards, at moment when the fword
was not yet drawa-when the m inter of the
| emperor cndc.yorcd To n,i,lead thoir Of the king
! by ati"rsnces on a'urances Of the friendly in
teni'ons OF Frapce--'heF abHcife of The 10th of
september appeared, with a dia,rihc ayaina
the king and the Prutiian Rate in flyIe worthy
OF the mot diigraceful periods of the revoluti-
on, insulting tn the nation, aud what, in other
| times than ours, wonld have been coniidered
| as amounting Ia 4 declaration OF war.
lhe King can treat ilanderers that are merely
souhve, with contempt; hut when thsfe fan
oerers contribute to explain the real fate of
things, 1t would be unwle to treat them 20.
Inc lat doubt had now diiappeared troops
marched from the interior of France tow Yards
the Rhine. The intent to attack PrufIia was
Il
be tranfmitted by general Knobe!fdorff, contain
ING the conditions on which he was ready to
come TO an accommodation. Thcfe condition.
were:
l. That the French troops fhould immediate
| ly evacuate Germany.
g. That France fhould oppofe no obftacle to
the formation of the Northern Confederacy
and that this confederacy might embrace all the
larger and fmaller fates not included in the
I lSf of FL.
Rhine.
:. That negotiation Mould Immediately be
commenced for the adiuhment of all differences
! It'll! IN dfputc; preliminary article of which
| 'houd be the rcforation of the three Abheys
and :he feparation of the town of WefeI from
the French empire.
| Thefe conditions fpeak for themfelves: they
HOW how moderate the king, even at this mo-
ment, has been in his demands, and how much
the maintenance of peace, if France wiihes
peace, depends upon France herfeif.
The term peremptorily fixed by the king for
the decIiion of peace or war has eIapfed. HIS
nnajefty has not received the aniwer of the cabi
net OF s.. Cloud or rather, the preparations
made around him daily, give that aniwer. The
KING can hencetorth confde The fafety and honor
ofhis crown only toarms. He takes them I'D
with pain, bccaufe the chief object of his wiihes
was not glory purchaf:d by the tears of his
|
islut. Never has fovereign made greater IA
crihSes TO peace. He puG,ed hi; confederation
to the lat limit that honor would allow. Every
thing which was directed againft him pcrfonally
! he Palsd over in fiencc. The opinions of the
| Ignorant, and the reflections of the landerous.
he dcipifed, animated with the contant hope.
! that he would Be able to conduct hi, peopl-.
without injury, to that period which mutt fooner
or later arrive, when unjua greatness ihall find
| I no ,11 ar,L;t
refuted TO acknowledge any limits, flnall at
length o'erleap itfef.
| Inc motives which induced his maiclty to
take up arms are not to far;sfy his refentraents,
to Increate his power, or to render a nation nm
esiy which he fhall always eReem, as long as il
conhnes t!cif to its jue and natural interetts ::
but to avert from his Kingdom the fate which
was preparin for 1t; 10 preferyc to the PEG
| pie of Frederick, their independence and their
| glory; to rcfcue unfortunate Germany from
! the yoke by which 1t is oPpreGe6, and to bring
about FATE and honorable peace the day on
which he ihall effect this, will be the proudet
OF his life. The cventsofthe war which is now
beginning, are in the difpolal Of Supreme WIZ
dom. Ills majefty leaves it TO others TO indulge
m premature Civilizations and gratuitous in.
iuit' as he has for long time allowed them
| inc vulnerable iatIsfaction arifng from uniu in
vectivcs. lie leads to an honorable combat an
amy "OItHy Oh its FORMER glory. He reigns o.
yer a people of whom he may be proud and
while he is ready to flied his blood for them, he
knows wat re may expect from their energy
ahc aifection. Princes, the honor of the Ger
| man name, who can confidc in his protif,; 70
and honor, and who, fighting by bis fid-, are
not dubious of vidory, have Joined their ban
ners with his; and fovereign who adorns with
h's virtues one of the Grf thrones in the world.
10 penetrated with the juitice of hi. caure. Eve
ry where his arms are blefIed by the voice of
the people, and even where they are 6lent from
fear, their impatience is the greater. With 20
many motives to be conlcious Of her ltrength,
Pruiiia may well be permitted continually to
eonfde in her high deltiny
Headquarters, Erfurt, Oa. 2, 1906.