The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-09

'od oaWrop, or wnicn ne rs n this time report
ed to be the |ole sEenEbLe prssriesor.
The firt is fuch fchemc as none but traitor
and a man nearly infatuated BY the mon defpe-
rate ambition, could have dared even to have
formed. How contemplate The means, when
compared with the difficulties to be overcome
How powerlefs all the intrigue, all the military
| genius of Col. Burr, and all the pecuniary
means which he could poaibly collect, when
brought to bear upon the virtue and the n
ihakcn attachment of whole people to the
Union and to the administration Col Burr
IS therefore fuppofed to have early difcovered
the impra etcability of this hrf Object and to
have abandoned it as hopelefs project. Row
1ar he dhave attemptedits accompliihmeDt,
mad he maftered the mines of Mexico, and re-
turned into Lonifana with his rcinforcemcnts
and his riches, we have not Jingle fact, ont
OF which to weave even the ilighteft conjecture.
The fecond fcheme was ut as well fuitcd TO
the daring Imagination of Col. Burr, and much
better calculated to captivafe men, who had
the money to fpare and the fpirt to trut it in
iuch fedu6tive enterprise. Col. Burr
therefore 4 more fortunate negociator in this,
than he had been in the preceding project.
He had fufiicrnt addrefs to obtain comfortable
pecuniary refourccs, which he is fad to have
expended upon the Preparations of his plan;
he has purchaicd provifons and military flores,
enliited recruits, and direeled gun-boats to
administration has cruhcd him in the very mo-
nsent of preparation, and defeated all his dam
gerous enterprises. But for that vigilance,
Col. Burr might within a few weeks have been
attending the Red river on his way to Mexico
as this is the feafon of the year, when from the
ri!ing ofthe water over its ihailows, that river
becomes navigable to boats of fome burthen.
The road to Mexico and to Baftrop's fettle-
ment is the fame. 1t is not imponible, there
fore, that Col. Barr, when called upon for an
explanation of his conduct, may attempt to
dtsuiic the frlt fchcmc under cover of the Ia 4.
The following paragraph embraces the Iateh
intelligence that we have received from the
continent of Europe. Should the interview
which is mentioned, take place on the 9Th of
October between the Emperor of France. and
the kings Of Prufiia and Holland, it is extremely
probable, that evG- may yield 10 negotiatisn.
The following may be iome of the conditions
on which peace will be reftored to Prufiia and
the eoncc5f;sa5 which France may be determined
TO exact (:
May not the petty principaties of the North
of Germany diiappear
Will not the ftates bordering on the North
banks of the Rhine be merged in confedera-
tion of the North, limilar to the league of the
South, under the proficiency of Prince Murat
An arrangement which will efablifh an inter-
mediate barrier between France and Pruilia, as
check upon the power of the latter, in the
fame manner as the Rheniih confederation
checks that of Autria.
! Will not Holland be extended to the Wefer
or the Elbe
And Jerome Bonaparte the betrothed huff
band of the princefs of Wrtemberg, be ereGled
the erGtor of Hanover?
As an equivalent for thefe couceflions TO
France, will not PruiIia receive al indemnity
in HcAe, in Saxony, perhaps in Ruliian Po-
| land?
Thus will the power of France be extended
into the North of Germany and PruHia be
thrown farther back into the EAT of Europe,
and into roMfn with Rufiia, the mott formida-
BILE riUal of France.
BOSTON, November 20.
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