The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-10

| hn Until atei the Nast,
berg, had announced to the Brth envoy, the hof-
tile meSiures which have compelled me to iufpend
| my relations with which could 10 far forget
tfelf.
The Prufan note of April a, can fufnifh no good
arguments eaablih an unjuaiaable meaire.
itbegins BY vaunng the pacific difpoltion of Pruf
fla. This difpoltiou is no further liacere than it
has for its foundation the principles OF jun neu,ral
ty. The note delivered by the cabinet of Berlin TO
the French minifer on the l4th of Oetoher, a, the
very infant that Pruia appeared feel the aaron,
which The received by the violation of the treaty Of
Anfpach, Acknowledge. saa, the conduct which fhe
had followed to that time had proved Of advantage
! France.
Her asions had much lefs p-etenfiops to the cha
raeter of impartality. After having permitted the
French troops who fezed on the electorate of Han.
over paage through the Pruiiian territory, fhe de-
ciared herelf ready to oppofe, fword in hand, tina,
which the emperor Of Rua had demanded fox his ar
+! mics
France herfeH forced the pafIage Ehe pretended
to offer executes for that heP but it in
equally offenfve.
She had feen too clearly where the refen,men, Of
Prulla would terminate, which in fatt appeared to
be fiaed when his Imperial maieGy of Rufia engaged
| in perional communication with the king.
Pruflia then demanded fublides OF Great Britain
which were pron,ifed to her. and he Ggned the con-
vention of Potfdann, toe eoadsas Of gv6eL DE zvsuld
10,
1nDto far forgotten duty, to sOyns to tie propo-
fi01 Of ssaf1s The electorate Of HanovsrJo e Prgzn
| eyovinee.
Prriia affrms, that from the events of the war
The has not had the choice of to fecure the fate
ty OF its monarchy, and Of the Rates Of the North
She wiihes to make it appear that fe las been COM
PEELED to aggrancize herfef, md to become the in
trnment, rather than the obce of the vengeance of
| my enemies.
Such an avowal does cot become a great power
All Europe knows that it dspelied oil Prufia, be-
fore the battle of Auerli,z to give repole to En-
rope, it The had taken the part which her real inter-
es and the outraged honor of her monarchy dictated
to her. She can no longer be executed, after having
niied iuch an opportunity and even fnce the even,
of the Cd of December, did he not command an ar
my OF 100000 men, who llill remember the VICE
res 1t obtained under the great Frederick which was
IN the belt diiPoition, and Imported by the whole
Ruliin army, two corps Of which were a9ualy un-
der the command of the king of Prufia!
She would, without doubt, have been fubiea to
certain rlss; but the found herfef in a ftuation
when every danger niui be encountered to fave the
honor OF the ftate.-The prince who hetates in ma
king choice, deftroys the principle wca ferves as
the bafls OF military monarchy; and Prullia ought
already to begin feel the acrifce he has made of
her Independence.
The note of April d, afFirns g that France had
conidered the electorate as its conuuel and that its
troops had been on the point of re- entering it. to
make definitive difpofal fit"
The electorate OF Hanover, integral part of
the Germanic empire, is concerned in the war
between Great Britain and France nevertheless, il
has been unjufly invaded by that power, which has
notwithstanding, frequently indicated the Object for
which fhe was difpoied to refore it.
France at length compelled to abandon the
country, and forty ,houiand of my troops and tole
OF my allies, were eaablhed there, when the count
de Haug itzhgned the treaty which difpofes of my
Rates true, tina, the Rufan corps was then at
the dipoial of his Rullian maeity; but its chief,
with the genuine fprit of an honorable man. was not
the le!s determined fight if the allies of his matter
were attacked. We flaii not fpeak of the French
garrifon which remained at Hanieln, Inefficient in
point OF number, deprived of the means Of defence,
and OH the point OF being beieged, when the pruni-
iss OF PruGia eaufed the plan TO be abandoned.
The intention OF France diipofe ds6nitiyely of
the eeso-At. .','sld have been contrary the aer-
ton The has 70 often made. Il would moreover have
been contrary to the ufsge Of war, Gnce even COLI
Gueit is not detin;tively diipoed of before peace
and particularly az moment when with NIGH; ex-
lit to manifeft pacific difpoGton.
Prniia had no right to judge if Great Britain had
the means OF oPpoiing the return of my enemies TO
the electorate. Her power furnilhes her with the
means of bringing the to an honorable end for
the interets fac defends bu, is difficult to conceive
in what light Pruiia preends that her meafures re-
moved troops that are hrangers the electorate &
enfures the repoe OF the north. Her troops in con-
ieqnence OF the barbarous conduct of her cabinet
will remain as much ttrangers to the electorate as the
French troops
Pru.a fouli not lpeak of her facrices at the mo-
ent when her only aim is to aggrandize herGelf I'M
eiS fhe feels the lois of her independence TO be fuch
aud how much Che has departed from her duty, in a.
bandoning one ofthe oiieh poneliors of her houle
and of iubjects who inplored, in vain her aiiance
Bedes, iacriices have no connection with my fytem
of policy, and confer right her to uiurp the GO
yernment of my German lubjees, whole fidelity no.
thing has hitherto haken, and which they will retain
towards my perIon, and family of princes who for
many ageshave only fought their haPpiuefs.
Il is evident that the condu2 Of the corr, of Berlin
is not the free expreiion of the will of its foveregr
but the conequence of the influence exerciied By my
enemies in the cabinet of that prince. All the courts
and all the fates, however, who can Judge of cir
cunances, and all that they the Cyfem adopt
ed by the court of Berlin, will agree that the aa
committed aganit fovereign united to his Pru7ian
majety by the ties of blood, and until now by thofe
Of frendhp, places the fafety of Europe in greater
danger than any aa of hohiity the part of pow
er with which one might be open war.
Convinced Of the Juice OF my caufe make my
appeal TO all the powers Of Europe, who are n,ereR-
ed in reting the coniolidation Of fyltem which, by
threatening the political exience Of an integral part
ct the German empire, brings into qIelon the fecu
rity OF the whole. demand, moa earneftly the
eonu,onzl aid which is due to me, as eieaor
from the empire, It's auguh head, as well as Ru1ia
and Sweden, the powers which have guaranteed It's
contribution, and till continue to nianifea the moi
honorable duoIjtion fnr ths ,rac,r,ya,, Is -, n,