The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-09
CHE eHaqg!rer.
RICHgOND. 9fb JANUdRY.
THEATRE OF EUROPE.

When the prefcnt confederaty of Europe
was formed, it was not difficult to forefec
that tle events TO which it would give birth
would Ne ONO limited or local nature Goa
lition patched up OF the .aitertd fevers;gnty
OF Auftra, ard the remote, femi-barbarous
cabinet of Petersburg, with f'arcc 6nglc
preiIing point ofcomsnon interef, could fcarce-
ly, any one might perceive, withaanci the con-
centrated energies OF man, WHO had rifen
from an humble ifland of the Mediterranean
To command the largef empire of Europe, who
had pa!ted through fucceiiive degrees of cxer-
ton and experience, and whole alrnoh I'M
interrupted fnccefs had entitled hin to the ap-
pelisrion of the child of fortune. 1t was eafy
To perceive. that fighting under fiich favour-
able au!picee, the genius of Bonaparte ever
afvs. rich in refoUrces and indefatigab,e in
is defgns, would poiiefs too Crea. an afcen-
drncy over the difractetl, ard panic-rruck
means OF The hou.c Of AuHriz tina. ii b.
fone hpd couprIe-:nain, for which the Eos
prror % France has always been diiinguiihed
above all other generals, he could beat the
AUtrions, before the PuiIians could arrive on
the banks of tie Dannhe, they in their
turn would offer feeble rriifance 10 an army.
crowded with tronDs ard liu.ied with con-
qusit; and that tlere was only one hyIwark
between the French torrent and the dnwnf,l
Of the hDufe of Auftria. That bulr,ark was
i was that the London Editors have never
cesf5d to exclan iince the formation of the
ncw coalition, that if there ever was a man,
who held in his hands the balance of the now
e's OF Europe, that man was the King of Priif-
ia: That If ever there was monarch who
had IT IN his power to reGft the gigantic power
oFBooaputc; who COULD oaft of prefcrvire the
independence of England, and faving the IL
berries of Europe iffelf, this was the man.
81, -
(exc,aim t'efc Journalifs) give him Holland,
give him Hanover; place the map of Pa. ope
before hin, and lie: him pick out any lndempi-
ties he may demand for protecting the liberties
CT the world" Without The aid of PrufIia, II
was therefore confrl1ed, that RufIia and Auf.
tria and Great Britain could not contend mi
til aglin!t France and that Auitra
Great-Brltain and even Europe itfelf would
fall the victims of French ambition. IF Prui.
fla woniI ioin the coalition with her $50 900
tronps f1he would fsnd one detachment in
~ Hanover and Holland, another on the bor-
dcrs Of the Rhine, and third into Bohemia
to unite with one of the Rufian dvifons :;
the capital of Aufria might haze bern iaved
from the difgrace Of feeling the French ban
neis flying over her walls. But even this idea
is Il mere fIeculaiive conception. 1t is the
fate of fIch mind as Bonaparte's to defeat
the ordinary calculations of experience, and
make that which would appear The moh ma
tura! in other men, the mott improbable to
our conception. But if even with the all of
prufiia. it is a doubtful problem how far Aur-
tia could rsfia the armies of the French, is
it any longer fubie6t Of wonder that if this
ro-opcration were refuftd, her armies fhoud
have been defeated, her territories ovcr-run,
and that the Preach flag now waves over the
walls Of Vienna
Rsaforine, however, from the cold and cir
cuTGfpett policy Of the Pruliian cabinet. nothing
appeared more improbable than that it would
heartily co-operats in any war ag4inf France,
wii-re fhe was likely to reap fuccer,. Such ca
l,iuets az that Of Pruiiis. will fcarcely afpre to
the merit OF engaging in any conten, however
hnrou,aolc Il nay be. If peril turks within 1t
of fuc5onring the dinrelItd, or guardiHg the
Hi,er:iee Of Europe. we fufpcH Indeed that
fuc+ virtues are very rare a, this time o. tia,
c,n.inent & that W. der this view of.he fuiett il
ray irdced he f,id with truth, "that the age of
ChivaIrv i nail and the glory Of Europr is ex
tingui he'd" Virtues ofthis caf certainly fnrin
~ ornamen, in the ! perial crown of Prufiii.
This mOnarchfo farfroln 1eppinr forth 90 relieve
the opDfeIed, 10 join ~ the OUTFIT of the
repconire, wouldhs more willing topurchafe adj
Vantsgeous conceffions from France, by hold
inr out the appearance of Joining her eHemy, OF
of waiting iil victory has offered him an ally
WORTHY Of his frieHdlhp. This his always ap-
peare1 20 us as the real policy of the Pruiiln
cabinet and what was theory ycfsrday, is facl
to-day. So FIR as the conduit Of PrufIia is con-
fiiered, W. find fron the lateft accounts, that
fire has hitherto proferved the neutrality that we
have predi9ed. What have been the aCtnal
fprings Of this policy, and whether ihe is re-
scive any recompence from France for the neu-
traty me his ojferved, We matt leave it to
time alone 10 determine.
By the lat arrival al New-Ynrk, with Bour-
desux papcre 70 the 10th OF Nov. we are told
under the VurtZburch head Oa. 80, that "the
Emperor Of Rufla not bsisP all. TO sagage f5l
hing If p,aTa 10 rSb0ir TO Poland, is gone to Zee
him at Berlin, where be arrived on the ssh
inh" Surely tits want Of complsifance IN the
Prufiian monarch, was vcrv inaufpcious ind Cd
to tue projects Of the Ruilidn emperor. II be