The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-18

Cafel invited the cleStor 70 throw bimrc,f into
the arms Of his matter. Prufiia, it was allsde.
ed, did nothing for her ailics 1t is true, Ma.
ipoleon knows how to manage his better and
levery one fees that Spain and Holland, and the
king of Wirtemburg and Bavaria, have to thank
their alliance with him for peace, independence,
and honor !-PruGia did nothing for her allies
Napoleon, on the contrary, would reward the
acceflion Of the eleetor by an enlargement of his
territory.
And this treachery was exercifcd toward. an
ally and at the very moment when the king
was advifed to form his alliance, az which HeTc
was .to be the firlt bu,war,z, enteavors were
made TO detact from him power whom fami-
ly connections, alliances, and relations of every
k'nd united in the clolea manner to his majeity' IS
pcrfon.
But even .thefe hollile feps were not rufiicient.
Does any one with to know what was the lure
by which it was hoped to gain the eleGor of
Hehe, and what wasthe augmentation of terrific
ry with the expectation of which he was Rat
tered 1t was the prince OF Orange, the bro
ther-in-law of the kng-that prince who had
been twice deceived in the mott fhameful man.
n"r-who was now to be robbed the third timcl
& It'll pohciied the territory of Fuda this
was promlied TO the elector, and it would have
been given, and the eleetor confented to accept
1t, had not Prufiia taken up arms.
Mis- maletty faw the fyRem of ui1rpstion adj
vance every day he faw circle, continually
becoming narrower, drawn round him, aud e.
ven the right of moving within it beginning TO
be d'iputed with him for fweeping refolut-
on forbade pafage to any foreign troops, arm
ca or nos armed, throughthe 6ates of the con-
federation. This was to cut off, contrary to
the rights of nations, the connection between
the detached Hefian provinces /; this was TO
prepare pretexts on which to act; this was the
hrh threat of puniihment aimed at magnan-
nous prince, who had preferred a defender to
i mater.
But even after this, his maieity cannot reHca
on 1t without admiration the king con dered
whether combination might not lie found
Which mould reader this fatc of things compati-
Ole with the maintenance of peace.
ihe emperor Napoleon appeared to be foil
citous 20 remove this doubt. Two negoeiati-
ons were then carrying on at Paris, one with
Nuiha, the other with the Englilh miniftry. In
ootn tneie negotiations, the intentions of France
agalntt Pruiiia were evidently manifefed.
by the treaty which the Emperor of RulIia has
retu'ed to ratify, France offered, in conjunction
with Ruflia, TO prevent PrufIia from depriying
the king of Sweden of his German territories.
Yet for many months, the cabinet of ST. Cloud
had continually preiled the king to feize thofe
ttates, with the thresfold view-Grf, to revenge
hlmtelt on the king of Sweden fecondy, 10
embroil Pruliia with all other powers and
thirdly, to purchafc her fileNce with rsfDea to
the fubveron of fouthern PruiIis. But the
KING had long been aware that fnch were the
views of France and his unfortunate difputc
with Sweden was painful to him. He had,
therefore, been careful to provide asainft eve
~ iutPicion of felf-intereit-d motives, and he
confined his explanations to the Emperor Alex.
amer. The fcene now again changed & Ma.
Polcon, who had 70 long been the enemy of the
KING OF Sweden, was fuddeuly transformed into
his protector.
1t is not fuperluous to remark, that, this in
iid'ous treaty Of the French emperor, in order
to iatistv the honorable iniereft which the court
! OF st. Peterfbursh took in the maintenance OF
the rights of the king Of Naples, be promifed
fthee, latter an Naturalization engaging TO pre-
carrie Hands. He will ACT in the fame manner
with refPed to the augmentation of territory
, ne pretends to bcftow on his allies.
| ihefc were all preludes to the fteps he took
Sgalntt Prui'la Z; we now approach the momen,
which detcrmincd his Maicfv.
! Prrfiia had hitherto derived nothing from he,
treaties with France but humiliation and Iols
one hTs'e advantage remained. The fate oil
hanover was IN her power; and il NUT remain
unieis The laG pledge OF the frcurity of the
! North were annihiIated. Napoleon had fo,emn.
/ w '''o hftC VI tlhURs1 yer ne reEO-
ciated with England on the BATS OF the refora-
ton of the Electorate. The king is in poflcm.
| on of the proofs.
| War was now, in fa6t, Northumberland
! by every meaflIre taken by France. Every
month produced new notification OF the re-
turn OF his army (; but, on one frivolous pretcxt
or another, it was ft continued in Germany .
and for what purpofts ?-Cracious Heaven
to eradicate the laf trace of fovereignty among
the Germans-to treat kings as governors an.
pointed by himfelf-to drag before military
tribunals ctiZenG only refponfiblc to their own
| governments: 10 declare others outlaws wbo
! lived Pc2cesbly in foreign tates, under foreign
tovereigns, and even in the capital of German
Emperor, bccauie they had pubiifled writings
| IN which the Ffench government or at leaf lis
| delpotItm, was attacked; and this at the tiue
wren the fame government daily permitted hi.
red IIbei.ers to attack, under its protection the
honour OF all crowned heads, and the mot "a.
cred feelings of nations.
| Inc French troops were in no manner dirni-
f1iihed, but continually reinforced and augrn-n
cd, and continually advanced nearer to the from
tiers o. Pruiiia or her allies, till they at length
took petition which coHld only menace PrniIia
and were even affembled in force in Weftphalis.
which certainly was not the road to the mouth.
! OF the Catarro.
| 1t was no longer doubtful that Napoleon
had determined TO oyerwhelm Pruffia with war.
or to render her for ever incapable of war, (ince
nc wa: leading her from humiliation to humilia-
ton, till fhc ftIOuld be reduced IN G,cb d, O..