The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-06-10
LEGISLATIVE BODY, April ls.
pREsIDENcE OF NJ. FoNrANEs.

Continuation Of TIE Sitting oftbe l4tb.
IN. Crete', Councillor of State, in prefen,ing
e project of finances, has explained the motive
them with much perfpicuity. The Orators
elections upon each part of this immenfe work
ave heen heard with the livelieft intereR. Our
im'ts will not permit usto give them literally,
-nt we lhall offer that part to our readers which
B as the moi intimate connection with the poll
ical htua,ion of Europe, and particularly that
France and England.
"a trihing increafe of the public debt, ba-
ehced by a redemption executed or prepared
eiource' derived from the remains Of TIE nation
" domains ; foreign /neeoarJ, The fruits Of vido-
y, and zvye policy, thefe, added to the ordinary
public contributions, M. Cretet obferved, might
'erpetuate to the lateft term of glory a vaf EN-.
'ire, but lately almoh overwhelmed under the
wreck of a terrible revolution.
T" 1t has been iaid, and unfappily it is but too
rue that Europe yEen1s as D6e COLD no longer
-eekon 'bon tbe benefits of Peace which have been
}>rom'ied her by unfaithful Treaties fhe does
lot even enjoy the benefit Of a truce, which is
n~scefary interval previous to the recon.
oencement of honilities. If we examine how
rs that, in the midi of civilization, the people
III teel all the effects of barbarifm, we NUT be
convinced that fone extraordinary caufe mutt
Pave occurred to throw Europe into a fate the
noit oppohte to the repofe and intereA of the
1 i!rrourding nations.
" The abrogstion of the Right of Nations
! vas prepared, at the commencement of the Iaf
! 'ge, by the contempt of an ambitious nation,
"h'ch WAS difpohng itfelf for the attainment of
inlverial dominion and it was crulhed beyond
einedy, when one of the Minifters of the Ma
4 on, lifting up the voice of audacity, dared to
proclaim, 6 that a Jingle cannon-ihot mould
] lpt he bred in Europe without the permihion of
rs Government
u " Europe remained mute, and indifferent TO
4 his iniu'tiDs decl,ration. She feemed as if fhe
/ vithed to conceal the fae, that this fgnal of do
ainion wasthe lofs of her independence : and
hat as this nation had afumed the command,
! Incidence was ab!olutely neutrality-suspicious.
lumber, wbichhas Gnce produced fuch melan-
f:holy confequence!
The a%fertion made by the Miniher Chat
IAN, battered the pride and ambition of his ma
| ion., A.
"EngGna. favoured b. mu5rard.of rzentt,
3AJled1ts doflgas q0itb rapidly. London at tbii5
lay zooui probably baDe been tie METROPOLIS Of
be miVerE if Heausn bad not gi1eh birth TO an
! extraordinary man ; FHeauen had not CHARGED
4 Nn 7ofb TIE re eRabEbmeut oftbe kaav of nafi-
s2nt, IA endoz9igg bin zvitb prudence, and ezeyr
t1eeeFary means far aeeonipAN5iHg his drRIny zviib
itpe1G.
" His genius has laid thofe norms iucefantIv
excited by our implacabie enemy-his power
Fol hand has paraiiZed her efTorts-but at the
3ame time he contributed a vaH fyfem, the only
me which could remedy the evils of Europe.
" The fruggle which fubfifted between
France and England appeared frf as though il
ouid not be terminated but by reaTon or nv
orce. The effects of reafon will always yanif
/ q proportion as our engines pretend to the do
ninIon of the univerfe through that of the feas
f,nd as long as its Council rebound with thofe
tavsge cries for a war of determination, the
means OF force muh he prepared aeainf this ma
ton; but nature oppoies ohRacles to their ex.
%,cution, the duration of which we are unable TO
Idtertain.
Nezv combinations are Ubo1 TIE poiu! offs-
ing tbrfatars and eoNJoHdating Our bopeJ, Eoney
|or later, far tie return Of a AaRiag peaee. He
gias formed a power in the centre of Europe fuf-
lhciently tropg to break the force Of every al
Pack 1t has received, as well as thofe that NAV
iyet be prepared againt it.
+" England, abuliHg its ~ituation and its i'm.
(mente maritime forces, has iifelf indicated the
points from whence fine may be rcfaed with
F%ucceis. To the efforts that fhe makes by fea,
may be necefary to oppofe greater efforts up
IN land and fnce Ae bretend5 to JoLate and cut
y of5sr nations, By hapi1g the ocean Mnder an e.
tif, j4R repriEab call ubon rs TO i6late her, and
81 Bmtb7 om offbe Continent TO The Pre0te4 ex-
tent ibaf may bep4H6e.
" Thus till England nhall confole the weep.
Fg of nations, and renouncing an
uiyerlal monopoly, fhall retore them their ma
ural rights, and no longer pretend to difpute
nth them, except in refpett Of the advantages
fits foil, and the perfection of its arts, her vef-
is, loaded with upproduaive riches, hall lhew
1emielyes in vain upon thoGs e~xtenfve coats
which Haii repulfe them. ERgI1nd zvW al IAN
Re tired Of fb;J rieorop Aivorce ; ii BaH reRore
70 Europe tie empire @rsaIoh, and qOitb il q PR
1aDe,t pace.
"Such are the obRacles that oppofe a peace 70
lefirable we ought to render o%urfelves worthy
fiji, by putting o~ur(elves in a ftuaiion to obtain
II by corqnsf."
lfHg Cnfsts.--A new and very excellent d.
per, under the above title, has recently been
enablifhed in London, and of which, by the
politeuefs Of gentleman who came pa1cn-
ger in the hip Fanny, we have received fe-
yeral Of the iatc0 numbers. They contain
many iDterefing article les relative TO the &C.
Currences ofthe pa1iag time, which, when
our limits will permit, we fhall lay before
the reader. On the fubjeG of the Kings boE
EH01g in German, whicbhave been lately fci-
2ed by the houie Of Brandenburg, the
Editor of the CRISIS communicates the fol-
lowing Intereling obGervatioos =
". 4. DAILY HdV.
There are few fubjetts lefs under1ood than
he Importance Of Hanover to England. II muA
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