The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-27

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| Europe.
! The battles which decided the fate of the
king of Prufiia and mis- government, began on
! the 9th of OStober and ended on the nth Of
that month In: the final event, that of the
total Overthrow oethe Pruiiian ARMY of 10000
'nvn ON the lsth, WAS not known in England
!tilf The goth or 9Th Of Caober.-The frft pub
, he notice of is in a london paper of the e7th
Oct The article in the London paper of the
27th, which announces this event, begins as
follows: LONDON, October 81. II is qvifb
| 4'err great concern t6al qve Obliged TO cheek
tie Piessng tsbe70iionJ t5af evere entertained
YESTERDAY cftbe JseeeiS Of the Prrgfan ar
" mr."
The manFcao and declaration of the Eng
liih government on the failure of the negociati-
on for peace with France, and which throws all
the blame Of that failure on the French govern
ment, was publi.hcd in the London Gazette
(the official paper of the Eneliih government)
on the el,t or Oaober, five or fix days before
that government knew of the overthrow of the
Pruiiiaus. Query. Would the Eng0h govern
ment have puhlilfed that manifefto had it heen
kept back till after the overthrow of the Prufii-
ans was known? think not, unefs IL be true
whiehfanatics have formerly faid,; that " tbeie
sybom God intends to dsRroy be frR renders mad"
| 1t is laying often verified by experience,
that {" one fiery JSood until another is toid"-
In little time we tha have the manifefto of
the French government, and then by compar-
ing the two with each other and with .jlcb cir
ennJgaueeJ as are knozvn, which is the only true
way OF interpreting manifefoes, we !hali DC
abiet, 20 form fouie judgement OF the whole.
| But as far as circumstances are already known,
! Bonapartc has done exactly what would have
done myfelf, with refpe9 mean to the prefent
war, had l been in his place, which, thank
God, am not. Why are coalitions Continu-
ally formed and forming aganf him, againft
the FRENCH nation, and the French government?
| Or, why does the government OF England OPP
| prefS and empoveriih the people it governs, by
loading them with the burdenfomc expence of
paying thofc coalitions /? 1t is they who pay,
and pity them finoe rely.
The oppofers of Bonaparte fay, " be IS n IL
Ji~per." The cafe is, that all the kings in Eu-
| rope are uturpers, aud as to an hereditary GO
vernmentit is iucceihon of Jumpers The
prelent hereditary government OF England is de-
| rived from the ufurper William of Normandy,
who conquered England aud ufurped the go
vernment. IF there il any man at all that is lefs.
| a ufurper than the ret, it is Bona partc, for he
was elected by the Freuch nation TO the rank
aud title he now bods.-The others affirmed it
by TIE fword, or fuccceded in coneQuence or
the firlt uiUvpation.
AS to the coalitions againG France, i; is i'm
poiIible in the nature OF things they fuCceed,
while the French government conducts itfelf
with the energy and activity it now does. The
Engfh government may amufe itief with form
ing coalitions, as long and as often as il pieaies,
but they will come to the fame fatal end For
in the hrt place, there is no Jingle power on the
contiuent of Europe that is able to ltand againf
France until q coalition army, coming in de.
taCbUents from different and ditant parts OF
Europe can be collie, and formed. And in
the fecond place, thofe difsant detaChments Of
an intended coalition army cannot be put in
march for the purpcft of ATTENDING fome where
IN Germany without It's being known to the
| French government. The cafe there fore will al
ways be that foon as the French government
knows that thoft diitant parts are in motion,
the French army with Bonaparte at its head,
will march and attack the hrft part of the coali-
ton army he can come up with and overthrow
It. Lat year that part was Aufria. This year
It is Pruiiia. The Englifh government may 1ote
coalition armies in the cabinet, but Bonaparte
can always prevent them in the held. This is
matter 70 very obvious 10 any man who knows
the icenc Of Europe, and can calculate the pro-
babiity ct events, thar cabinet mutt be funk IN
ignorance and !tupidi;y not 10 fee II, and thus
1t IS that the lives OF unoffendng ncn are tport-
cd away.
Asio the late negotiations for peace between,
England and France, view it as trick Of 4var
on both lides, and the CONTEXT was which could
outwit the other. The Britiih manifeito iays-
& Tbe nsgoeiafion, originated in an o7er made BY
&" the French government Of treating for pace on
" .be hats If a69uai ee1ion." Wei be it
10; ii makes the matter neither better nor worfe;
for the fact is. though the Britii mai.Heito fays
nothing about it, that the Britn cabinet had
planned and was forming this coalition army ct
Pruflians, Rniiiaus, and Swedes, feveral months
before that Offer was made, and the French go
vernment had the knowledge oft, for it is i'm
pofible to keep fuch things dead iecre;. The
French government, therefore, having at
leaf, what may be. called Enlpirioni knowledge of
this coalition intrigue, made the offer, to find
out the whole of that intrigue, that it might be
prepared againR it. And on the other hand,
the Britiih cabinet clofed with the offer and
went into the negotiation TO give time to the
Rufians and Swedes to march and join the Pruf-
fans while the comedy of negotiation was 60
ing on.
But the CorIican ufurper, as they all him, has
been too quick for them. He has outwItted .be
coalition ufurpers. The f1IIee king of Pruha
has TO deplore his fate, and the Britlh cabinet to
dread the Contingencies
In fpeaking of thefr circumstances it ought al
ways tc be remembered that the Britifh govern
ment began this war. II had concluded trea-
ty of peace with France called the treaty Of
Amieus, and Goon after declared war again 60
avoid fulfilling the conditions Of that treaty. 1t
will not he able TO conclude another treaty 20
good as the treaty il has broken and mott pro-
baby no treaty at III. That government muit