The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-02-27
mo. 6
P4'Is, 1879 fbr3, 1905.

c. J. fox.

DIR,
come from receiving the orders of his ma.
l'itY the Emperor and King, under the eyes Of
whom haitened 70 place the dfpatch which
yonr exceI.eucy did me the honor to write un.
der date of the 9Th of April.
1t appeared 10 his rsieity, that on admitting.
a' you have done, the principle Of equality. Won
perhtt, notwithstanding, to ak form of nego-
clall"n, which cannot accord with this I,rinci.
PIE When between two equal powers, one OF
'hein reciaims the Intervention of third, II is
evident that ihe tends TO deltroy this eouiIibri
um 10 favorable to the juit and free difcuiIion
of their interefs. 1t is manifeh that fhe'wiu
not content herielf with the advantages and the
rights OF equality. dare to believe, fir, that
IN going another time over this difcufon, will
iucceed IN periuading your excllency that I'M
uer no title nor FOR no motive ought Rulia TO
be called INTO the negotiation propoied between
France ard England.
When the war broke ont BET ween the two rs.
TONS kuiila was at peace with France. This
war mas Changed nothing in the relations which
ex'ited between her and us. She firm nroooE-d
her mediation, and afterwards, by circumGtan.
ces foreign to the war that divides us. cool.
neiS having taken place between the two cabi-
nets OF at. Petersburg and the ThuiIlrriee, the
emperor Alexandria thought proper to fufpend
ms political relations with France bur at the
lame time ne declared in the mott pofisive man
her mat II was his intention to remain Granger
TO The dhputes between us and England.
we 90 not think that the conduit which
kuiha has hnce held, has in any thing changed
ms detefn'na'Ion ihe has, it is true, contract
ca an alliance with you; but this treaty. II ia
saiy 20 judge by 70 much of it as has been made
pubic by the object it had in view, and AjH
more by the reiuIts, had no relation TO the war
which has eXiited for near two wears between
us and England.
ms treaty was part Of participation in 4
war OF different nature, more exterded ana
more general than the firh. Il was from tbia
war which i2rung the third coalition, in which
AultrIa was the principal and RuiGa the auxi-
nary power; England has not pariiciuated in
TINS war bst in project. We have never had
10 combat her forces united to thole Of her
aliIes. Ruiila did not ihrw herfelf there but
iecohdarlly no declaration addreHcd to France
came to- inform SIS that ihe was at war with
Us ana 1t was only on he field where the third
codhdtion was diitroyed that we were officially
informed that Ruilia made part oft.
When II. b. NJ. declared war againR France,
he had motive for it, which he made known
by the maniteitoes; this motive connituted the
m"tuIe Oh iht war. When, Ia months after II.
Is M allied himtef with AuHria. Rufia and
Sweden, he had other obistls in view il .ass
new war, the motives Of which muf he f,nqh,
Tor 10 The Official pieces which have been pub
hihtd by the different powers. In thefs two
wars there never was queftion of the direft
iutetehs of England. Thefs two wars then
bear norslalon with each other. England baa
not actually participated in that which il ter.
minated. Ruihl has never akca A part, neither
duett nor ndrctt, IN that which cxia4. There
Is, therefore, no reaioD Why England 1cu.d
not terminate, lingly. the war ihe made hpely
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