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

EUROPEAN VIEWS.
On the weft and fouth-we!t Of Europe, fcarce
any Improvement ia 10 be hoped for, from the
policy Of Sonaparte. Had he introduced a
more effective government into Spain, and a
he'ter form Of a republic into Belgium had
he conioidatcd the little ftates of Italy into one
great empire, that was able to protect tfeIf a.
CAN'T he entertainments of it's nyiy5Sonrs the
wet of Europe might have proii,ted by his la
bours. In that cafe bis death could have be-
come the birtb If three. f,'org and Independent
tetes. But theic arrangements would not have
fnteel his arnbitios. twas far more pleafing
70 him, to fee around him none but petty
eatcs, subordinate To his will, and who are
hereafter 10 be parts OF his great fdsrativs en-
p;rc. In one refpsf, indeed, Boraparte may
vt become the benefieaor of the wet. Let
him reduce the Brti,h tyranny on the fea; let
him eaahiili the lay of nations upon the prin-
Ciples OF pence rather than of war, to the adj
vantage OF peutrals rather than Of belligerents,
aud he may surniin fome apology for his osyn
ufurpatious on the land.
Ii is on the South.Eaf of Europe, on the
flores of the Lsv,pt. and along the African
COATS Of the Mediterranean, that Bonaparte is
Ia difplay his beni6cence. All thefc countries
are at prefent nnder the yoke df Turks and
MehoT,etaus. Their government is perfest
defpotifn their religion appropriations mum me-
nv {; the fineft fourccs of Commerce Neglected
and the human mini buried in the mott pro-
found ignorance. So degraded indeed is their
coalition, that It IS tnpofble 70 change it for
TIE coorit. The ambition of Bonaparte may
reduce them TO Gavery but they cannot be
more humi'iated ilayes than they IRE already.
l. is roo trus, that tie policy of 3onaparte is
tbe fruit of che mof inordinate ambition 1t
is too true, that in overrunning thote countries,
he will De guided by no feeling Of humanity
towards them bu' bv the deire of extending
the commerce of France alone, or of reaping
new laurels for his own brow. Let fnch, how
ever be his mofiveJ. their corruption or diff
honor will not detrat from the ultimate value
Of his defgn Let him erect Tursey into
French brownies, with even one of his own
brothers for his Vicerov let him cover Anna
toiia and Syria with French colonies; concen-
trase Egypt and the ffa.es of Barbary into
one great and powerful empire, fubiect 70 his
laws and governed by his protects; and Bona
plrte, though a realefs & infamous co,aueror,
will deieiVe.io be hailed as the benefssfor of
the car. He viii be like one of thofe Gothic
ard Tartar CHIEFS, an Alaric or a 1'imur. who
have been p5ofanely called the fcourgcs of
God. il viii he the fword of France CHI ,nifinp
thevices Of the Tprkl government. viii be an
atpirrg & doninint conuucror. anoR uncon.
fcioufy working the filvation of tbor. very ma
ronG, whom ne WILL frive to bind no in his
c0a'ns. ls.'he GHo.Ui7r view altogether the
truii ota ronantic imagination?
8onsparte NAV corvrr- ihefe countries into
Frccch provihees; but be viii plant there the
feeds Vt rivzation He SjileRahli a,tpe nrsEs.
the fBe arts, the literature the manufactures.
the ~o'u uerci -ASi!l, Of the welt.
In 1 fcv Years, B1asparte nav die His
hotY "0ui,teTs into dun, hut the rp;rt which
h has Nef7tAad into the E,h via f,rviye him.
His Yicer vs. will then fDring info kings.
f''fre IS 10 longer the genina of P9nap,rte
r. keep together t',c df,orian. parts of his
eIQDre- The political CONNECTION net ,vrer;
Frince and her provinces being Il 7li7e.i, the
new provinces of Greece, OF 70 S3atinople,
Of Eevp', perhapq of Syis and of B,rLarv.
VIII a!ilin1e An intleoendent fovereignty Sut
me feeds Of civilization will not be finothered.
They may oHtinur to flrnrih there until they
thaN pro'ure frrits not lefs delicious than tLofe
of the Wei of Europe. .1
Lei not TIE -fusrican reader Imagine, that
t3te tDeculafions are of no concern To hi- o,un
country. Theft deiigns of Bonsparte. if t,ey
re*Hy have any exifence, are indiTolublvsin.er-
woven with orr prefant i"tereas. TJ,e mare
BopG'1rts fve5 biz eyes nto7 tbe e 4S7, tbe ki
qo;H 2efKrn t5cm to the VEST. The ,norehte at
tsn'pts TO OBTAIN colonies there, the efs will be
n'' dHp''pn 10 ttabiiih them 5srs. But his
,s/onres5 vii 'e lefe as well as his inelin4fiog.
Neitber tue Jai'ed States. nor The SDani!h CO.
ZONES WI ex tie his cupiG'ty, 70 long as Trr-
key furniibes full employment for his mint ami
bis means. IN a word, tbe in 7e9iote bu-ebaE off
the f'lorid6S fr5m Stain. mar d.5eDd man Bona
parfe' s 9eHgn5m the eaR. Butifthis conjecture he
c rreft, wi1at more interefting forcu'ations can
ensage the American reader AZ ne prefent time,
t1IS fH,h rs are furni I'D nv the following
eiiay, and thofe extracted from the Aurora