The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-18
THE SEHEN WEEKS VAR ~!

After long and anxious interval, we have
at length received fome satisfactory information
about the fate of Europe. The Allies feem to
he completely foiled in all their fchemes, and
bonaparte is every where victorious. Il is pro-
habie that the French Bulletins may attempt to
deceive us about the details of the victories, but
when they Fate an event 70 little capable Of
exaggeration as the eftablifhment of an drn;E
tiee, it is impofiible to refufe them our conf.
dence. The terms of that Armitice are fuf.
hcient to demonfrate the defperate condition
of the allies and the unparalleled fuccefIes of the
French.
What will be the conditions of the pee.a
It is impofible for US to conjecture with any
kind Of certainty. 1t is probable, however.
That the electors of Baden and Wirtembere
will be infalled into mot of the Auftrias
ftates in Suabia;
That the electorate of Bavaria after being in.
vefted with all the Auftrian po1eflions in that
circle and with the electorate of Ssltzburg
which was torn from it by the Taft fyaem OF
Indemnites, will he erected into a Kingdom:
That the Italian eftates of Auftria will he
annexed to the kingdom of ItaIv;
That HnRrian Poland at leaft may be reftor.
ed TO its Independence
That Tyrol will be added to theSwfs Csntons:
And that the Emperor of Auftria himfeIf will
re-,nftated on his throne, but with fuch ref
trict'ons on his power as may leave Bonaparse
to the full ufe of all his refources in his long
meditated invaion of England. 1t is even pro,
basie that he may Unfit upon holding Auftria
IN his hands until the conclufon of his war with
G, Britain.
England will, no doubt, ufe every effort IN
become party to the treaty of peace. In fucb
an event, her facrifices and concei1ions NAV be
expected to be very comfortable We NAV es
pect that The will acknowledge Napoleon as the
Emperor OF the French that fhe will deliver
up Malta, at leaf, into the hands of it's knight.
and if Bonaparte infifts upon the acoui6tion'
that The will not refufe to acknowledge him
as the matter of Holland, of Italy & perhaps OF
Switzerland.
What refuge even will England be able to Dur.
chaie by a Temporary peace Her implacable
enemy the Emperor of France will be in the
| mean time collecting together the direet or in.
direct nfruments of her deftrnStion he
will be giving bounty to French ma.
nutactures, that may rival and fupercede the
Engilth opening new ports to the trade and
holding forth new encouragemcnts to the fbip-
builders of France he will be either boarding
| up the materials of navy, or Actually equip.
ping one, whilft the Englifh will be under the
neceihty of reducing their own. In fa6f, peace
will be to the Englilh but syarying of their fears
They will Till 6gh in vain FOR that TRANQUILITY
which they are never defined to find but in
the reduction of the power of France or in the
death of their interchangeable enemy.
i Should England, however, fill refufe to fub.
icrIbe to the treaty of peace, upon the terms
dictated sy Bonaparte, her fituation will he de-
plorable indeed. The armies of the French
VIII be once more concentrated about Bou-
iogne her ihores will be once more menaced
by invahon fhe has no longer the fame means
Of ahltance, which buoyed up the hopes O,
her minifters and her folders. We ali recol.
leet the immenfe ftrefs, which they formerly
laid upon the refources Of Prufiia, RufIia and
Auftria: how anxiouf1y their journals once
looked to them for affiJtance, and how triumph
antly they boaeed of this aliftance, when IN,
was at length fortunate enough to obtain il
But what now has become of her allies or he,
hopes! The late unparalleled victories of tn,
French have difipated them into thin air. TIL,
Ruiiians are driven back to their own terrific
ries Auttria, another of her allies is now in th
very hands of her enemy Pruffia is more tina,
ever imprelIed with awe for the French, an,
more trongly welded to her fyftem of neutral
Iity.
In this manner, whit her own hopes anc
refources are diminifhed, the refources of he
enemy may be more compleatly concentrate
aganft her. She can no longer bobe for fin
IbN N'D uPOh tuC bOndpaTtc hd
no longer Jingle enemy to dread. Ere the lat
coalition was formed, her 6tuation was de
: plorable enough but the Allies that fhe ha
bribed and the fubGdies fhe has waited, ON II
continent, has reduced her to fituation, in
fnitely more deperafe.
Sea-faring men have agreed that the Flotill
of Boulogne has no chance of reaching the Ems
litf fhore in the night or with favorable byecsl
They think however, that fuch an enterprii
would not be difficult of execution during
, FOG or calm. Should the nysfion of Enelsn
h however, be not only attempted bot accompfl
I ed, we know not what to think of the cataRro
phe, which may enfue, but we hope we kno,
what would be our own feeling. and the fee
= ings of the whole civilized world, in cafe
was likely to prove fuccefsfu. Rather tina
e there ihouId really exift a king Of Great Bri
ain, ireland and France - rather than the Bril-
ifh navy ihould be Incorporated with II
!. French rather than the new continent fhoul
h be meoaced in It's turn by the power of this +
). cond Alexander we hope that
: -" Some arm more lucky than the rea
: May reach his heart, and free the world from bo