The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-27
Gbe enquirer.
RICHMOND, a7tb MIR.
DEVELOPMENT OF BONA
parties DESIGNS.

Every day lifts ftill higher the curtain which
conceals the projects Of Bonaparte. Every new
remove difplays them in till greater magni-
hcence and terror. Let tbis man EXIT but five
years longer, and who with uare to define the
revolutions, that viii fIne from his prolific and
heated imagination? Superior to Lord Chat
ham in power if not in genius, he will ftrike
many "-blow, that will rrfcuno throughout
the univerfe !''s
Parte evidently is, to fritter down the great
empires of Europe into fecond-rate powers.
He is to divide Italy itfelf into feveral in
dependent fates. He has already annihiated
the dignity of the houfe of Auftria, by rob-
bing her of her territories, and erecting the
petty potentates of the Germanic empire
into independent and naughty principali-
ties. That large and complicated MATS of
States, Ele6torates, Dukedoms, Imperial
Towns, had long before been too lofe-
~ connected together; but Bonapartc has
fill more completely breathed into it the
fPirit of. diflolution and weakness. He has
increafed the power and importance of the
fmaller ftates, without increa6sg the vigour of
the federal head. He has made kings Of the
electors of Bavaria and Wirtemberg, and a
Vice-roy ofthe emperor of Aultria. He is e.
recting new kingdom in the North of Ger-
many, to &c commanded by his illuftrions bro
ther-in-aw, Murat. England too is to be redn-
ced to the rank of a fecond-ratc power. In one
word, Bonaparte is cutting up Europe into
finall municipalities, who can neither endanger
ms iecurty nor rival his greatness. All the
tars of the 1rtt magnitude are gradually fad
ing into thofe of the fecond or third. France
alone 9referves and augments her fplendour.
But it is not alone by dilreeting and cutting
up the great empires actually enabihed, that
bonaparte atpires to augment the reIafiq,e
ltrength and fecurity of his crown. A more
iuotie policy has marked the new Gp1e,n that
now regulates his meafures. Is it pofIibIe not
to obierve that one of his grand objects is to
'ncreate the power of France by attaching the
ne'ghbourins countries mot ftrongly to his own
in'erets One OF his plans for the accomplish
ment or THIS object was, to augment the power
of his petty allies at the expence of his more
powerful rivals, and bind them more ftronrly
to his throne by the triple tie of gratitude for
the pait, hopes of the future, & family alliance
another plan was TO hammer out the fnaH half
provincial, neutrality-suspicious. countries on his bor-
ders, into contemplate vceroyalties, and thep
hammer out iomc miferabe fprig of the Napo-
leon family into a contemplate viceroy. Let
the reader examine, for initance, the following
illt, which has been given of neqv Kings and
prfnees created, or 10 be created, by Bonabarte,
and'he wiiia one glance perceive how MANY
attributed to one ofthefe projects, and how ma
ny to the other:
Himfelf-emperor OF France &, king of Italy.
Elector of Bavaria-king of Bavaria.
EieGor of Wirtembere-.king OF Wirtembero
Elector of HeiTe-king of the Catti.
Eleetor or Baden-king of Baden.
Joieph Bonaparte-kng of Naples.
I Louis Bonaparte-king of Batavia
Lucien Bonapartc upon repentance and f,lb-
milton liking of Switzerland.
Eugene Beauharnois-kng of Italv.
Murat-duke of Cleves and Berg
Madame lie C'erc (uow princefs Borgefe)-
princefs of Piombino.
All the other Beauharnois to be provided with
prInciPa'ities and dukcdoms-the females to be
matched with German princes and to receive
portions o. The German empire as dowries.
Is it too eXtravagant to fuppofe that thefe de-
fgns of Bonapartc have not yet reached their
acme? How many more brothers and filters.
and couns, and adaptive daughters, has this
luxurious patriot yet to provide for. Judging
from the paft, we may conclude, that there are
juf as MANY, as he has kingdomJ to provide for
them. Give him crowns and principalities to
dIpofe of; and though he has not heirs of his
own perion, though the blood of his family has
run ont, he will not long want the means TO re-
pieniih 1t. IT is eafy to fupply by adobtiou
what nature has denied him It will not there
fore exceed our expectations, fhoud we fee
lone female fprig of the Napoleon blood, or
Tome adopti9,e daughter, married into the family
OF the king OF Soaiu,* and into the royal family
or Portugal. But let no man be romantic enough
to iuppoie, that it is from family affection /:
from that humble, though common failing of
humanity, an anxiety TO provide well for his
own family; that actuates the luxurious empe-
ror in the difributon of his imperial houfc
hold. No: the emperor of France, like the
immortal Brutus, has funk all thefe fatherIy
and brotherly affections, in his ouer-rniap love
for his country.
He Is abovs thefe little " dometic cha
rtiesf of life" 1t is to him a matter
OF very little confequence what becomes of his
brothers, provided he can make them his vice
roys; or what becomes of the ties of kindred,
10 that he may crafty his inordinate ambition.
No Bonaparte has given his brofher-in-law
Murat dukedon, Eugene and Joieph king.
doms. the pfnccfs Stephanie royal dowry in
the palace of Baden, not becaufe blood attach.
es him to them, but becaufc he believes that
blood attaches them to him. He wanted new
ties to connect his allies to his caufe, or vice
roys to fsperintend his provinces, and he fe-
lected them out of his own houfehold PERHAPS
too, the idea did not altogether efcape him, that
It was bet to provide as well az pofible for the
dreadful revolutions of his deRiny. Might not
the time come, when the fame caprice of fortune
who h rahed him to throne, fhould caR him