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

fla is different, he Jays, 'becaufe 1 have loR ANT
pach and Bayreuth, therefore feel my(rlf un-
der the n~ecefity of feizing the dominions Of
fome third power, not only of a third power,
but of one that, from all times, and by every
circumstance, l was bound to refpe,a.' This is
the fort OF n~ecefity claimed by the Pruliian
Court, and it is this. which makes the cafe of
Prufia much worfe than that of any other natl
on in Europe. AS for Spain Il do not with to
revive the differences of opinion with refpea
to the Spaniih wary but Spain, | fay, would
comply no farther with the wiihes of our enc
mics, than by giving a FUN of money.-Holland
and other powers have been from terror, oblig-
ed to make ceilions of territory 20 France, but
no other power has been compelled bv terror,
to COMM robberies or fpoliations on its neigh
bours. n cry of6eari bcar u 1t is in this
that the cafe of Prufiia ftands difinguihed from
that of all other nations. We cannot help look
ing with fome degree of pity and contempt, on
a power that can al!edge that it is reduced to
tuch a ~neceiiity that would be, in i.felf, a conf
1erahle humiliation or degradation to Prunia, to
be obliged TO give up thofe provinces to which
1t was 10 much attached, and which had been
called "the Cradle of the Houfe of Brandon.
hurgh." The degradation of this cefion was
TN much increafed by the conduit of the peo-
pie ct Antpach, who entreated their SOVEREIGN
not to abandon them. Inltead of lefleninp the
ienominy OF the ~cefion, it was A great increafe
OF difhonour, to fell a brave and LOYAL peopIe
for what was called an equivalent; it was an
union of every thing that was contemptib!e in
ierviiity, with every thing that was odious in ra-
pacity. Hear! bear y On the e6th of January,
an official letter was written from Baron Har-
denherg to Mr.. Jackion, expressly Rating it to
be the intention of his Prufian Maiefy to take
pofefiion of Hanover only until the concluGon
of peace between England and France. To this
letter his majeity was pleafed to anfwer, that he
placed the utmot reliance on the friendn,ip and
good faith of the King of Pruiiia, but that he
wiihed for a more explicit declaration of the
views which he entertained with REFLECT to Han
over.
A more explicit declaration has indeed been
made! 1t is the laa treaty made by Prufia with
France, in which Prufia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II The admitted that it was a French object. and
not Pruiiian one, to take permanent poffefion
OF Hanover Sir, the houte will eafily fee thro'
all the pretences for arrangements faid to he
convenient and n~ecefary for the ports of the
North, and which produced a declaration from
Prufiia, followed by butting up thofe ports.
Prufia subsequently minated, that Britih ma
nufaetnre might pats through a part of the PruC.
iran Dominions. Soon afterwards this channel
or communication WAS cut of, aad then came
the monitrous meaiure which Prufia rcfolyed
upon OF taking Hanover as a prefent from
France, of which country it was afTerted that
by right of couquef France had the difpoEaJ. Js
there an %inftance on record of a conquered pro-
vince having been aligned over as a boon be-
tore the termination of the war in which the
conqiet was made And till more confident
~ may lay 1T, is there an ~inftance on record of
iuch a tranfaction having taken place when the
Prince of the territory aligned was in amity
Win the Prince RI xVhnDn fha nnxnan,. -
made! Sir, to what extremity are we driven
by this conduct of the court of Berlin If
would be idle IN me TO attempt TO conceal. that
the hoitiilty OF Pruiia is a great augmentation
OF our calamities. Any increafe in the num-
berot our enemies NUT be an addition to our
calamities, & this inftance is a peculiarly fevcre
addition. 1t is an aggravation, Sir, of thofe
caiamItes, that what we can directly do to
NOV our Jul recruitment of the perGdious con-
duct OF Pru'lia mutt in fome degree affect the
mterett OF neutral nations, mutt in fome degree
affect the intereit of nations in amity with us,
mutt IN Tome degree affect our own interefs.
But, Sir, there are points when it becomes the
duty OF a country to f~acrifce inferior interefs
to the manifestation ofPrinciple. (Hear ibear.J
IhIs is one of thofe points. If we allow the
conduct OF Pruiia to pats unnoticed, we mutt
calculate on the complete degradation of the
Character OF the country. I am far from with
ing to intimate any of the futpicions of the no.
nor OF other continental courts ; but, fir, how
would the queftionbetween them & us then fand
compared with the way i'll which it flands at pre-
TENT Now, when tlrofe Courts are compelled to
coucede their poGenions, one aft er the other, TO
the increating power of France, however we
may lament their ~ftuation we can feel againft
them no ditpleature. We mutt fay TO them,
" Save yourfelves as well as YOU can !" But if
we permitted the conduit of PrufTia to pats I'M
regarded, sit not probable that thefe Courts
would no longer be content to make ceiions of
their own territory to France, but would fall
upon yours ? (Hear ! bearU IF 70, Sir, then
ihouid we he expofed to the greatet of all evils
(Which God avert y a war, with the exception
OF one great power, with all Esropc. On the
other hand, Sir, if the p%relent cafe can be kept
diitinct and unimitated-if an example can be
made of Prufid, which in a great degree will
depend on the e~xertions of other countries-but
if a ignal example can be made of Prufia, it
may perhaps domore towards retorine a balance
of power, and a iuf fyfem of general policy in
Europe than any alliances that have beenformed,
or that may be projected againt France. Itrut,
and am convinced, that the houfe will fee the
proprietY of acting upon this principle, Damclv,
to thew a ipirit of forbearance, where, on the
oppohte fide is ihewn, a fpirit of iuRice and
honor, but no longer to forbear when iuRice
and honor are no longer remembered. Let the
Court of Berlin take the ~confequence. (Heay e!
Hear y Sir, it is pofible that the king ofPrufia
may be 70 deluded as to Imagine that he has
gained a great deal by obtaining poGeGion of
Hanover. French reafoning, may, perhaps,