The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-23

the period or thcfe celebrated treaties" France
nad not yet received, either in Der ,governmen
or az Ter reiatisns svitb other Gates, either thai
fa6ifty or dignity which fhc has afIumed a.
mong nations but now the BATS of the poll
tical organization of Europe are laid in fucb 4
manner as to afford reafon to believe that its
tranquility cannot be di2urbed beyeajfer."
One of thefe conditions is doabtefx, that the
emperor of Ruiiia is to acknowledge Bona.
| parte, Emperor of France.
Inc other articles are mere matters of fpecu
lation. May we not venture, however, to
predict that it is in fprt, but treaty of parti,i
on and punder; the contracting parties to be
France, Rufiia and Auy9ria and the Turkiih
empire, to be the booty for distribution
There is a rumour, that the Germanc en-
pre- is about to be divided the we(tern parts
70 be feperated from the emperor, and erected
into new confederation, whole capital is TO be
at Frankfort.
| The emperor is not uudertood to have pro-
telted againit this feparation of his empire
What way 10 likely therefore to overcome his
icruples, as to grant him an indemnity in Tur-
key to extend his boundaries on the eait as
much as they are circumfcribed on the wet /?
| such an arrangement would doubly in
create the .fabhfty and dignity" of France.
BY erecting new empire, uuder her fpe-
cial controul, on the borders of the Rhine
The would throw up new barrier agsnR the
power, the formidable coalitions, and the I'M
expected Inroads of Auftria. BY driving Aultria
INTO Turkey, Gie would throw up fecond barri
! er between the irruptiors ofthe Rutlian hordes
& the welt OF Europe. Poland was that barrier.
| before be was blotted from the map OF Europe
1mrkey Is too weak to confitute that barrier
What expedient then 70 obvious, as to extend
the Apitrian jurfdielion into Turkey and thus
| to plant on the very borders OF Rutlia an anita
III IL pys lx,,< r,En l.
| iy growing rspacty?
Other partitions may be embraced bv the
treaty with Rufiia Egypt, and the Morea to
pc transferred to France, the Turkifh provin-
ces to the north of the Danube, and on the
borders of the Cafpian, to RuiIia.
The observation-disclosures England and France,
| had not vet drawn to clofe. Lord Lauderiale.
had ief, Deal on the Sd. of Augutt on his way to
Paris, and the Eneiiih cabinet was determined
on deeikve neafures.
| What was to be the new contribution of Ger.
many, was not yet decided. 1t was the pre-
valling opinion that the empire was to be d.
49,. =: =: ~ %. t.ons. Tue wctern was 10 he
| federation OF oates formed between the Arch
chancellor, Bavaria, Wirtemberg, Baden, H-Te
Caifel and Darmltadt. It's iubordinatiou 70
France, was efficiently obvious from its reeu-
| latlons. 1t was to be placed under the i.rn,e-
date protection of Bonaparte, and his uncle
Cardinal Fetch was to preiide over the alIem-
biies of the federatiye tates to be alIemhled in
Frankfort.
What theie arrangements are, NAV be ex.
peeted to be announced at the grand fete of
Paris, which is to take place at the latter end
, OF Sept. 75at will be rather feafon of bu
ilneis than OF peature. Under the pretext OF
celebrating the military feats of France, it will
exhibit the Hsw political arrangements of Eu-
rope.-2biS will be the moment for di[bLayiug
the dehsns of Bonaparte in all their grandeur.
| DrRrMi7ioH Of the L'Inbeteus.-Is there a
people IN the unyerfe who feem Iefs acouaint
ed with the laws of nations, or efs difoo{rd RI
Practitc them, than the commanders of Bri.iih
ihips of war? Reckoning therefore from their
utuai and infolent Irregularities, we fhouId not
'iettate Jingle moment in the opinion, that
the cafe of the LImpeteux, is but an addition
| al initance OF acute aud encroachmenr. The
men who could lay in wait for vciTels within
our own waters; the men who could murder
one OF our countrymen under the very pro-
tection of "nr limit: .a! .,. t III, ;,h from
the act OF burning an enemy's ye1el within our
, tacred jurifdietion.
The Norfolk Herald, which details the tate
ment OF the French officers tiemfclves, con-
firms this conclu6on. 1t places the French
frgatc 6 qvifbm mile Of the land" Now.
Whatever ambiguity there may be refpeGiine
| the terms /50reJ or coats, there can be none as
to the quord here employed. The word Iaud
can neither by logical refinement or by com
mon ule, be converted into ihoal of Cand. It
can mean nothing more or lefs than the cooa of
an JQana or ofthe main Land
Admitting this fuppofition therefore, it would
require even the plant genius of Cir w. Scott
toJultity this nfolent eucroachment of mis- cosn-
| try'neu. Ii the Melampus did fire upon the
| crew OF the Llmpeteux and afterwards burn
her, within one or within three miles of the
land, there is not principle held facred A..
mong civilized nations, which can execute their
irreeuarity. The jurifdittion Of every nation
extends beyond its immediate coat. Some
writers have extended it as far as 80 leagues !:
the coIdeft advocates of neutrality have f;xs5
It within the diftance of cannon ihot, or with
IN marine league. Vattei for infance, dec Iares
4 IN book l. cha. 8.
| nation may appropriate things, where
the tree and common ufe OF them womb he rre-
judicial or dangerous. This is fecoud reafon
for which powers extend their dominion over
the lea along their coat, as far as they are able
| to protect Their right. 1t concerns their f,fetv
and the welfare of the ftate, that the vyboie
| world be not permitted to cone fo near tn.;r
| poheiion, Especially with men of war. az n
hinder the approach of trading nations. and
dilturh navigation. During the war of Snaio
with the United Provinces, james /. KIM OF
England cauled to be drawn along his coat the