The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-08
PARIS, aep.ember 10.

fFRI3, Seplember TO-
HIS imperial III :icsty, the EinpcrO, rof Rus
s;a, has prese ted the Emperor Napoleon
with bust, OF Hhich several COP rs have
Cecn bespoke AZ the maufactory in SAvres.
Yesterday, az SAe meeting of the Iegisla-
ave BODY, the subject of the Budget was re
suned NJ. Arnauii wepl through ( he vari-
9us TINS o. the pubic revenue and .zpendi
tnre, and concluded with the foIlowil .g obSer
vations:
advantages so signal are marked BY the
hnSer OF genius; for Il cannot escape any
,ne, mat they have been followed ) and OBJ
tanned BY his II acsty, the emperor ard king
IN the midst Of innnmerabe trump is; after
the coraTo -ions, which shook Fran c to he..
Verv ioundeti'ns, and in spite of the clamors
OF writers IN the paw of our enemy, who pub
i!S'@.d rom infaliibie deductions, per plfcally
infused through every cabinet, that Frame.
would never have either inposts or france.
either credit or even territory.-OI attroci-
Gus biaspheTnv, thou hast recoiled u7,cyn the
imprudcnt cabinet where thou originated.
"Who has forgotten the false prophecy of
an orator, celebrated for his vehemence-of
Burke Il cast my eyes over the map of Eu
rope, and behold not one single power that
can give you the smallest nneasiness,' said
| that orator to the parliament of England. Il
perceive continued he, one great blank,
one chasm--'tis the space formerly occupied
by France
"Let Burke raise his malignant head from
the tomb; let him cast his eye not over the
map OF one single country, but the whole
horizon of the globe; and lie will see what
bitter fruits this ambitions and sanguinarv
policy had procured his country He viii
hear, from the remotest limits Of Asia, to the
least Inhabited coasts of America, and even
| the icy regions OF the Pole one universal crv
| OF indignation and hostility against the anti
| quated pretensionS Of the cabinet of London.
to the dominion or all the seas. He will be
hold the two great Emperors of the North
and OF the South, offering to restless Albion
the olive of peace, as the price of the enfran-;
chlsement OF the navigators of all nations.
"Let Burke rise from his tomb-let him
examine the state of the finances of his coun-
try, the oscillations of opinion, the agitation
OF the public mind, the two billions of annual
eXpences the fifteen billions of national debt.
the $50 millions IF poor's rates, and the inter
nal situation of Ireland let him then con-
template France, her prodigious and beace-
ful population, her vast agricultural and com
mercial resources, with constant public re-.
venue OF 700 millions, and a perpetual debt
! of only Is millions.
"Let Burke rise from his tomb-let him
tell those men who influence the councils OF
his nation, that the doctrine of wars of exter-
mination which he protested, has acculnulat-
cd all the CalanltleS ready to burst over Eng
land that her maritime and political system,
established two centuries ago, when all Eu-
rope was lulled into lethargy, with respect
TO its true interests, must now be modified
that every nation now knows the nature of its
rights, and the efficacy of its means, in peace
as well as in war.
"Let Burke expiate, if it be possible, bv
this great truth, seasonably told, the incalcu-
liable evils which he has brought upon man
kind, by becoming subservicnt to the des-
tructive policy of the ministers of his time
and let his tomb close upon him again for e.
veri
AS for you, gentlemen, strong in your
confidence in Napoleon the great YOU will
strive to second his views of improvements
for orr financial system.
81 think / have demonstrated that the
projected law submitted to You, presents, in
every point, dispositions Of general advantage
and utility.
:" have the honor to propose to the Legis-
i tive BODY, the adoption of the project of
the law or the Budget Of 1917"
The French Constitution PIGEON hole" a.
gain ofeHed
According TO accounts from the Banks of
the Rhine, the meditated changes ia the
French Conetitut cp viii be7 more considcrt-
bic than rumour at first represented thein.
The following particulars have b med