The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-02-24
H B. MARET.
Report eftbe yiniRer Of exterior relations to bis
MARTY tie emperor and king.

majeRY tie emperor and king.
SIRE,
A fourth coalition is formed. In lef. than montl
it has been crufhed; in efs than a month Pruia ha.
isen her army, her arong places her capital, and he,
provinces fall into the power OF your majshy AM
now Re axis for peace In the preceding coalitions
each enemy of France, from the moment con.
quered, alto demanded and obtained peace. We no.
ped that thele individual and fucceive pacifcaton.
would condu9 to G neral peace-honorable & GER.
tain. Thrice has this hope been ppointed-thric,
has experience proved that following the fame lyl
tenn OF moderation and generolity, France would b.,
eonaantly deceived. Each coalition deliroyed, pro.
dured new coalition, and France has been menace q
with eternal
The French empire has arrived at degree of pow
er and greatness beyond even the ambition Of your
majely. Attacked on all fides by iary unexampled
and :poled to the alternative of periihing con.
querng. France has fought only for its ialvation
aud victorious victory has only ferved to make her
moderation onfPieuous. She has deitroyed
thoe only who wiihed to deitroy her. She had made
mmenie conqueiis, of which (he retained but imali
part and would have been fatsfied with ill lefs il
the blind paions which ragged round her had not fore
ed her to increaie in order to preierve her power
Now that fhe is attacked the fourth time with the
fame prit Of hatred and the fame views of deruci-
on, your majeily has other object than recover
that which is indifpenGble the PROPERTY Of your
people. But it 10 objec which only be OBJ
tanned by protng of all the greatness Of your advan.
tages, and by referviug your conquefls as objets
compensation in the arrangements OF general peace
Two powers, the enemies of the repofe of Europe
have united to perpetuate difcord aud war. The OBJ
eas Of their ambition are different, but fmilar ha
tired animates them again France, beeauie they know
that France will always be oppoed to the accom-
Plifhment of their pernicious de6gns. Continual r
occupied with ieeking raife enemies againit her
they employ for this effect all kind of artifiees in
trigues, nenaces, carenes, corruption and calumny
and while they afpire to invade, to oPprefs and t.
fublea every one, It's France whom they accuie oil
fueh intentions.
England pretends to the executive navigation of the
ocean-fhe arrogstes to herlelf the monopoly of al
commerce and all indullry, and wherever the irre6f
tible force Of events has obliged France nerpofe
the affairs Of her weaker ueghbors, and interfere
for their rePofe, England has given the gnal for &C.
cuiation sHd complaints At frft ihe founded the a.
larm. and beeaule Gome cities fone countries which
had been fubject for ages the influence of France
and ltIl fubmitted, he Represented France as mena
cling the independence OF the larger Rates. Was il
on thele FINAL oates, which had for ages been fub
milve to her influence, and had been drawn into hef
fphere Of action was it not on the contrary on lar
ger oates, all times eOnfidered principals in Europe
that England sxerciied her violence, when the pow
ers Of the North, which were united 20 defend the e.
ternal principles Of neutrality, forced to fub
fcrbe to her monftrous pretenGons and TO lacrifc,
with their interqis the deare interels Of France
Then was the independence of nations noe only me
naeed, il attacked, violated, and far as il de-
pended on England, snnihilated. OF what ufe wa
1t that England had been obliged TO acknowledge b,
the convention OF Petersburg, few OF thoIe prnei
pies, which neither her leduSaious nor her menace
had eauied to be abandoned Immediately afterward
me openly trod ttsn under foot. elxded them. h,