The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-24
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SIXTEENTHBULLE1'lN OF TIE GRAND
ARMY

SlXTEENTHBU OFTfIE GRAND
ARMY.
| The duke Of Brunfwick has fent bis narlI,ai
OF the palace ia the emperor; this officer was
charged with letter, in which he recommend
ed his ftases to his majeily. The emperor fsid
to him, "if ihould cauie the city of Brunfwick
| to be demc:hed, and if was not to leave one
hone upon another, what could your prince
fay Does not the lazy of retaliation permit
me to do at Bruntwick what he wifhed TO do
( IN my capital To announce the proiecf of
demoliiRins cities may be folly, but to viii,
to detToy the honor of brave army, and to
| proPoie to 1t TO leave Germany by fixed fta.rs,
Gournies d'etapes) on the Jingle luminous OF the
Ptniiian army, is what pof,rity willfcatcely
believe. The duke of Bruntwck ought never
to have fuffered himfelf TO commit fuch ar out
| rage; grown grey under arms he ought to have
respected military honor behdes, in the plains
OF Champagne, this general was not able to
acquire the right OF treating the French faud-
ards with iuch contempt f; iuch a luminous can
emily dilionor the folder who was capable of
making il; it is not on the king of PruiTia that
this diihonor will ret, it is on the chief of his
military council ; it is on the general who, in
theie difficult circumstances, he gave the care
OF his affairs to; it is in filort, the duke of Brunf.
wick that France and Pruifia will accufe as the
cauie OF the war. The frenzy of which this
old general gave the example, has inhamed
turbulent fet OF young men, and caufed the
KING to act contrary to his own opinion and his
intimate conviction"
e" Always, fir, fay to the inhabitants of the
country of Bruniwick, that they will find in the
french generous enemies that w.!ll, as re-
Sards then, to foften the rigors of war, and
that the evils occaiioned by the paiiage of troops
"a contrary 10 my will fay to the duke Of
Bruniwck, that he will be treated with all the
regard due 70 Prrtiian officer, but that can.
not acknowledge fovereien in pruiiian gener-
al.
O. it fhould happen that the houfe of Brunf.
wick looies the fovereignty of its auceNors, the
cauie mutt be looked for in the author of two
wars IN one of which he wiihed 20 fap even to
ITS foundation, the great capital and by the
other, pretended to difhonGr 100000 brave
men which might be conquered, but which will
never be found out of the road of honor and
glory. Much blood has been hied within
few days, great difaners weigh heavily on the
Pruiian monarchy how worthy Of blame is
this map, who in word could have prevented
them, ifiike Nefor, rafting his voice in the
mIdit OF the council, he had faid-
" lnconliderate youth, be filent women, fe-
turn to your work-bags and to the interior of
your families fire, believe the companion of
the mott luxurious of your predeceffors, Gnce
the emperor Napoleon does not with for war,
do not place him between war and diihonor
do not engage n dangerous ftruggle with an
army that has honored tfelf with fifteen years
OF glorious labors, and which victory has ac.
cutomed every thing to fubnnit to.''
r" In place of heding this language which
agreed 10 well with the prudence of his age and
the experience of his long career, he was the
hrlt to cry-to arms He contemned even the
ties of blood, BY armihg fon againit his father
he threatened. to plant his ftandards on the
palace OF Stutgard. and accompanied thefe teps
with imprecations againf France he has de-
ciared hmielf the author of the foolilh mani.
feto which he had difavowed for fourteen wears.
though ne did not dare to deny that he had
ianc,ioned it with his Ggnature"
1t was remarked that, during this converfa.i-
on, .he emperor, with that warmth with which
ne Is iometimes animated, reps ated often" to
overthrow and deRroy the habtations of peace
abte Citizens, is crime which can be repaired
With time ard money /; bet TO dihonor an army
by dehrins il TO fly ont of Germany before the
Pruilan eagle, is a baienefs, that he only who
could council il, could commit
Mr.. De Luche!ini is always at HEADQUARTERS /:
the emperor has refufed to fee him bot il is
obferyed, that he has frequent conferences
with the grand maTfhal Of the palace, Dnroc.
The emperor has ordered, that a prefent f,aIl
be made out OF the great quantity Of Enelih
cloth found at Leiphck, of a complete fuit for
each officer, and coat and cap for each COL
der.
The imperial quarters are at KropRadt.