The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-11
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
FRENCH AND RUSSIAN ARMIES.

Every mail is expected with Comfortable anxiety
oeeaute the petitions of thefe armies leem TO indicate
an approaching aid unavo idable battle IL would be
indeed battle biz qoifb tie fae Of tie zvoylI Thefe
armies, including their dependencies and referves,
Contain II any thing, but very little leis than mil
non "f men. Neither ancient modern hifiory
has given any account offuch mighty military hons
even the far famed collection Of Xerxes though more
numerous than both, coniilted of men, women and
children; OF asrlcuitsri!is, artzans and folders
Aerxes, intended once overcome al Greece by
MS troops, and then, fst!e it it'll the followers ia
thar his holt, 10 military fenfe, could not be cali,
an army. 1t was oppolcd and repuiied By handful
O. men, and finally defeated by its own incolgru
ty and eoniequent coniuhon. Far different is the
the Rate OF the French and PuiIian armies. They
conhit altogether of folders yes, of the beil dit
c'phned and beG organized folders There is nor a
nse corps OF either Of theIe armies which is inferior
III Xii or bravery, to the far famed three hundred
whole exploits nave immortal'zed the hrcghts OF
ThermopyG.
In iueh fate of things. who can anticipate the
dreadful confiet, without emotions of the mot an.
xious iolicitude! Who reconcile il to his FEELINGS
as fellow being, that 10 many men, all deItrvng our
regards lhai be let looie and urged OIL by enle Of
military glory and national duty to engage ia mutual
aeitrnetion or what they can and will do, We can
Jndge by what has been done at I5yIau.
ihsie considerations tempt enquire and with
dearuesion can be averted that humanity may be
allowed to dry up her tears Is there no limit to the
ambition or projects of the mighty n,onarehs, in
whole hands, providence has eonf,ded 70 much p
doth Alexander contemplate to drive Napoleon from
the throne vi France, and that country with
deio'ation and bowling Not iatsfed with the ex
tremes of the globe from North to South /; from
LaPand TO kamrhatea; with fifty different nations
Peakng almoa aS many languages, doth lie aim at
me entire circumference, from the frozen to the In
dian and Pacific oceans; doth he gralp at the uni
veIie This Prince ought to put reafonabe limit,
TO his deierves, as well to hs empire and teach
his eouneis Millions Of ubjeets, other arts than thoe
Of war.
Napoleon, too, is sccufed Of defgns no le(s ambi.
tous, Of ProjeSls lels exieuiive and every one
who bellows fnge thought upon either, or upon
the portendng iue, will pore lueeels or impricate
detruetion according to the fears confidence which
relate 20 either ;-6 there few who invoke
that theie armies may be employed in mutual de-
truaion. This iusely IS an error, If even there was
one Let it be enquired, would the defrueiion OF
thete armies, eounttTa either the motives of IT. cir
ioverigns, or the principles, upon which they were
formed I! Would they not be iLeeeeded by other and
and other armies as long the EmIerors could con.
trout the nmmenie ond popuous regions from which
they collected. Let then can our eyes to (ome
other eenflderations: let US drop tile curtain Of
death and eIoie the feene of carnage. The drama
nluh have final eata0rophe even death himie
will be lated with human butehery. Thefe armies
which mutually dread and mutually reipeet each O.
Their may, and perhaps will, be commanded to featI
their words the EmPerors NsPoieon aud Alexan