The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-01-09

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when that Witt might have been eflentially ne
Icetary for maturing their fcheines againf
France,it was fcarceiy to have been expected,
mat he would engage in the IT'LL more ferrous
Icehsn of csnbarl;irg in the war.
But there il Gill 4 more uneGuivocal eirciim-
fance to thew the pacific diipoIiton of Prufia.
When the French troops lately marched thro'
the Margraviate of Afpach, it was predicted
by the deiponding Journalists OF London, that
his Pri,iiian majety would overflow with indig-
nation that he would ae:iscfi mott menacing
| memorial 10 the French emperor; in fact tina.
there was no doubt that the late movements Of
the Pruflian troops were intended to execute his
| ichemes of vengeance. Unfortunate Journal
| its of London How wonderfully did they
iriftake the plac,hle temper of his maieay of
Berlin Thr Pruilian mia;trv (fay our iatee
accounts) have addrefsd to all the civil aad
! military authoritics of Fr,nconia. Z" gerry eoHj5-
|atary circular letter for the nsighb'rirg itates"
1t declares in fuhfance, Z" that his p. M. is
taking the mot ei6cacious mcafurcS TO fhelter
his faithful! fuhieas from IN. vexa.ions which
they may exuericuce, ny the unforefeen palage
of troops belonging 70 the belligerent powers,
but that tbefe meaiures an" PREPARATION for de-
fence are only to he confiitred AS furer means
to ~!fablifh bertct7 and fri3 neutrality FOR the
PraIfa1 territory; all otEey. interpretations mutt
be carefully avoided" There is no ambsuty
in this language. The PrufIian miniilry expli-
city declare, that theft preparations are made
| not 10 prcferve the liheri.s of Europe; not to
protect the neutrality of thof. Gnaler itaes
who are too weak to protect themiclyes; not
TO cooperate with the fleets of Great Britain !;
but hmply 10 efahlilh the neutrality of Anipach
| and the rcit OF Franco,iia. The Engliih mnif
try may have indeed entertained other expeGa-
tions about his Prulfiin nlsieity; perhaps they
1 bavo e., f,. r;, CT.
tidy; hut this will not be the frft occaiion,
4 that diibcnour has dirnmed the luitre Of his
crown. Every hiftorian will recolIctt, that his
najefty has lately put one fubiidy in hi, peck
ct, which he requelted the Englilli minifry to
| put down II his credit.
But Till more unequivocal fact thai all
thefe, is to be found in the tenor of the lat note
| delivered to NJ. LaEoret, an,baiiador of France,
| anil to general DIroc. 1t is there ftated, that
" II. M. will remain faithful to the principles
which have hitherto directed his political con.
dust, and will be eonftantly animatel by the
dctire of procuring to Europe the advantages of
! peace, in concurrine with all his power, by bis
meditation. to happy Cancellation of the differ
ences which have kindled the war" 1t goes
on to explain the motives of the military diipo-
lhticns, which have taken place, and of the af-
Trembling Of the feveral corps of the army " all
lthefe meaiures have no ot5er end in view than
to niDre the neufruiity ard protect the TERRITORY
Of bis maieity." Surely this is not the language
OF man, who wifhrs TO engage az a party in
the war, or TO "kind'e its flames" Does it
not, on the contrary, hreathe the ipirt of a me.
ldiafar, who wihcs to conciiiate every differ
CAGE?
But why fiould we multiply arguments to
prove 70 obvious petition? WHY attempt to
how, that there is no other oppoftion to b.
lnaparte's marching Immediately to the gates of
Vienna, than the Ruilian and Auitrian forces,
which were encamped over the Inn, or fomc
ld'tatrous reveric in the army of Maf1ena Let
us refer. however, TO the three Bulletins of the
army of E4iy, and they allure us that il has
been continually defeating the AuRrians under
the arch-duke Charles; and let us recollett the
tact written on the margin of the laten French
paper, that Madena had gained complete
victory over the Auftrian army. taken I5ooc
pr'toners, and put the arch-duke Charles tc
eight - -----
What then remained to oppofe the vitfori
Gus march of Bonaparte, but body of SO, oot
HUMANS under general Kutufow encanped a
Wels, and of 10000 Anttrians under Kienmay
er encamped at Lintz? But how incompe
tent Will this force appear, when we recolle6
the iize Of the grand army of the French, ANNA
ted too by conqnef when we coniider that th
van-enard ofthe Ruflians had already hcen drive,
PACK by helertsan, that Bernadotte had penetra
ted to the electorate of SalZbure, and that IN
Emperor had himfelf taken up his quarters 4
Rraunau on the other Gde of the iun; tina
the Rufiians we're not only inferior in number
but in zeal; that they were continually de
ferting. continually emhroiled with their al
lies. Let us recolleet thefe frivolous obfacle
to the pewer of the French, and then let u
recol'eA the fmanefs of the interval, whicI
ieparated them from the capital of Auaria.
From Vienna to Munich there are thre
roads, the two principal OF which at this iunc
ture are thofe by the route of Braunan an,
Sdzhurgh. From Vienna to Ems, the difanc
is 1o5 Englifh miles from thence to Brauna
on the Inn, the laf imperial town, Io5imes
to Munich IS: from Ems to Slzbursh IN
diftance is 100 miles; and from thence TO Ma
Mich 81" Thsfe alliances are efficient fo
our purpofe but we will give the continual
on of them, as they appear in the fame Lon
don paper. e Gen. Kienmayea has Joined III
Rufiiaos either at Braunau or Saltzbureh
at the latter place, a!Iifance might have bee
fent, if there had been time TO Gen. Maek, r
lnfpruck in the Tyrol this place is 60 mile
from Fueden, very nrong, and 80 miles fror
kemptan which lies by Ifi1eg and Waneen
from Lindau As miles from Memmingen 90
and from that pace to Ulm 80 miles. Ulr
, | by Memmingen to Lindau il 7s nilee and /