The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-27

Hide into the ,fecond aud more intimate means
OF union. Is il too much for the ambition & in
ftrisue of Bonaparteto convert thissnto the Chry-
falls of the other? He raied the Electorate of Ba-
varia into Kingdom; is there any more difficult
| YIN linking fuch complainant and defpicable
ally into one of the .federatipe ftates of the
| empire?
What is there in fatt to prevent the whole
OF his independent and courtly allies from un-
dergoing the came chemical procefs Nay, the
'dea may be even extended further. Let Bona
parte hrft acquire the cefion of particular ter
ritory from the efabliihed powers of Europe,
ih6Ject to the condition of not " uniting il to his
imperial crown" let him then eree il into
dukedom or a Kingdom, under the government
or one OF his own family then let him annex
| 1t to his own empire under the fpecious and
equIvoca title of federafive Rate ofbiJ empire,
and his favourite theory of federation of Gates
Will be REALIZED. There will then be no end to
his acquiGtions. Prufiia will be compelled to
relinqni:h fome ofher territory for an indemni-
ty IN Poland. In return for furrendering fomc
of her provinces on the Eaft Auffria will receive
eommiFon to fitch her recompenee in Turkey
| We may have politely extended this idea of
a confederation of fateS, farther than the French
government has actually auozved. The idea is
certainly afavourte one with them. Witnefs
its frequent repetition in the debates and adj
lN'NuSS vi tHS government. WItnctS the great
itreis which is laid upon it in the following
fentence of the Expofe, where the principle is
expressly avowed that the federative arrange
ments ALREADY e,9a6ij6ed are to form the ina
qua non OF the treaty of peace. GO The Elnpe-
ror alto offers peace to England. He does not
mean to force that power to recede from the
prodigious changes made in India, as little as
Autria aud Rulfia from the partition of Po
land; but ne has right to retge to rseede
from the alliances and unions, which form the
new federative fyftems of the French empire.n
But though this is a favourite theory with the
government, it has not yet been explicitly and
formally developed. Witnefs the palfacc from
the Expofejutt quoted. We had confined the
| term to the Unions only, which had been eftab-
| lined In other words, we had in ourview
no more than the kingdoms of Naples and Mi
| Ian, and politely of Holland and Switzerland.
But the language of the Expofe evidently ex-
tendst to the alliances as well AS the unions
to the Kingdoms of Bavaria and Wirtemberg,
AS well as of Italy.
| II remains therefore to be deyolobeA. what
the particular ftruture of that confederation is.
which Bona2arte wfhes to eftabliih Mott of the
political fyftems of this tort have embraced fome
federal head, fome experimenting power, which
regulated IN certain points the conduct of each
member of the confederacy. The Amphycfi
omc league po!felied its Council: the German.
&c empire had its Diet and its Emperor the
United Netherlands had their States General
and their Stakeholder in this country we have
a federal government endowed with ez,ery fort
OF power, executive, legislative and judicial.
But II is certain there are other confederacies
of different conftruaion. " The Swifs Can
tons, for inltance, had fcarcely the appearance
or federal contribution; tbsir ads ounion 6eiup
mite more than treaties ofaNiauce, which exter-
nal danger generally kept them from violating"
but It rs completely uncertain which of t..efe
iyitems Bonaparte will adopt.
Will he eitablifh fome general Diet. to be
attended by the representatives of his aAiet
and his united provinces of Bavaria, as well
as Naples in which the decided majority OF
the members from France, like the EupEb
representatives in the houie of Commons,
ihall reduce the other co-hates to fervile
| fubmiffion to his power?
| Will he afume controul over the execution.
department alone Will he, for inftance,
exerciie the privilege of depoing the old
| Viceroys, who are not fuaiciently obfeuuious
| TO his will, and nominating thofe as are more
to? Or will he for infance, permit any Vice
roy TO hold the rens of government, be-
cauie he himief yields the patronage and
treafures OF the fate, appoints to all re prin
| cipal Offices, and commands the arrny and
the navy?
| WIZ Bonaparte truting tn the fuDerior weight
OF France alone for their compleat acouief-
cence in all his wiihes, decline all formal fu
| perlntendance over their meaiiires, and conf
| der his co-ftates as equal and independent
| parts of the fame political LyRem /?
| 1t is in the power Of Bonaparte to undertake
either of thefc projets. On this fubiea, he has
carefully avoided entering into development
OF his deligns: he has obvioufly not tied himfelf
down to one more than to the other by any for
NAL projections. But the reafons of this policy
are not to be mifaken. He was anxious to leave
the fubeet completely open to the influence of
fnture events. He wfhed not to commit the
| honor OF his crown or endanger the fuccefs
of his plans, by any precipitate avowa
1t his fuccefs G1ould warrant an exorbi-
tant affumption of power, it was time enough
to reduce Holland, Italy and even Wirtemberg
and Bavaria into the humble provinces of his
empire. But if the lituation of Europe did not
favour his ambition, it was enough to come
up to his equivocal pirate of tederafiye Rates
ofbi5 empire, fhoud he conlider them like the
Swlfs Cantons as fmply connected by alliance
to his Kingdom, but not fubjeeted to his con-
trout. 1t is in fa6t like thofe ambiguous refponfes
| of the ancient oracIes, which are to be taken in
either ienfe and accommodated to any event
that may happen. But when fiich man as
Bonaparte utters DEGREES in tie dark, it is time
for Europe to trembe
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