The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-10
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Does not the fcp which his excellcr,v ro-t
Lauderda!e, the new plenipotcutiary of his Ri.
| tannic maJeity has taken, appear 10 aunopn..,
that multitude of notes will not ever Gl6;cc
to enable the two governments TO come 70
right understanding with each other. and is nor
the mix evidently incurred by Adopting finch
| tep, the abule of which has been 20 mar;fr n j.;
9nr days, of coming till lefs to 2 right under.
| itamdiDg than has been hitherto Scne If -,
the contrary, it is intended only TO MAKE f,,n'
papers for the purpofe of afterwards lsving
them before the parliament of Creat-Drits;r'
| ms ma]eiy The emperor and king has not .h-
lame want. Ii is peace he wiilles for. th;,
peace equally honorable for France. Get,
8ritain ard her allies, which the aiIidcous and
mutual labour of the reflective pleuipo,enti.
arcs had rendered acceptable to both govern.
| ments.
Nevertheless, in order to rake His love oe
lJuftce, and the 6ncsriy of bis pacific f,nimen,s
appear before all, and in order truly to know
thoie TO whom mutt be attributed ali hiadr,p.
ces towards the proGrefs Of the neeccis,io,-
ms MAJ ny the emperor and king has ,cen era.
c'ouily pleated TO permit the underG med 70
diicuis IN this place the vain queition concern
ing the balls of this negotiation already in 2
minated
In the letter written to his exceliencv Mr.
Fox, or the 1T of ADril, by his excellence ,bs
mIn'tter for foreign af'lirs, went further. He
propoicd, in the name of his majehv the euone-
ror and king, 10 citab!ifll for BATS two fund.-
mental principles, the frf drawn from Mr.
Fcx's letter of the ,6,h March, viz. " Tbat tb..
two fates ihoud have for object an honor.
able peace fer themielves and their reflective
a'"'s' AZ me Jams tire that this peace G,ouid
be OF nature TO ecure much as in their pow.
er, the future repofe of Europe" The r,cond
principle WAS an acknowledgement in favor os
both powers OF every right of intervention and
guarantee both for continental and maritime af.
fairs" az
Such are the bates adopted by the Britif, %.
vernment and agreed on with it, 1t never
could enter into the head of his maiefy the EN-.
peror and king, to take the ui pgIfdetis for ba-
| IFS of the negotiation. Had fnch hem his in
Ieniion, he would have kept Moravia, part Of
Hungary, Syria, Carniola, Croatia, all Aulrja
with its capital. Triefe and Fume and the
nelghboring lea coat would be now in his now.
er, as well as Genoa and Venice. Hanover.
| Otnaburg and all the mouths of the great rivers
IN the north Of Germany would he flhipeated
! to his empire, and then certainly his maiefy
the emperor and king might without dificultv
have left the Cape, Surinam, Tobago. S.. Lu-
cia, Pondicherry, sc. in the power of his Ri.
tannic majefy.
! With regard to Sicily, under this rupDoGtio,
even, his maeity the emperor aud king would
not have lett 1t to his enemies--but his maiehv
would only have thought that the conuuet Of
this Hand oughtto have preceded the ooenine
OF the negotiations, and when PruiIia and Ruf.
ia have either guaranteed or acknowledged
the changes which fave taken place in the kipp.
ioom or the ! we Sicilies /; is it to be prefumed
that England could have hindered tba conoucft
of Sicily, which is only feparated from the con.
tinent ly channel lefs than two tboufand ia
thoms acrofs
And even IN irPpoGnE that the Cape and Su-
rInam and Of her Dutch po1ehions, could he
d'hnltively detached from the Kingdom of Hol
land, is 1t rot certain that its incorporation
with the french empire would have heer the
necenary coniIqnencc of the refuial of Esq
land to reIore IL colonies What means could
there be in fdGt for maint aiming nation which
had only debts, and which the total want of all
commerce would deprive of every means of
paying them Whatever then may he aledged
by their exceliencies the Observation-Disclosures of bs
Britannia majehy, il is impolIIbie but that thew
mutt be convinced that il is extrmely different
Tor Great Britain to Gee the Texel and the
mouths Of the Rhine and the Meufe under
french cultom- houtes, or to fee them under
Dntch ones. Thus then, without the reRora-
ton OF her colonies, Holland would be forced m
become a province of the French empire for
on accepting the crown of Holland, prince Lou
IS formerly declared his intention of rcnouncipg
It, ur!ets the Dutch colonies were reRored ar
the general peace.
Let Hanover become beides province of
France let Triefte, Fiume and the territories
appertainlng thereto, become in like manner
provinces ofthe kingdom of Italy, and let G
Britain keep in compenfation the Cape, Surf
nam, Malta, Pondichcrry. &c. France will con-
ieDt to it, and the mi beiTaeti5 viii be appli-
ed throughout its extent Tor the prelent and fu-
ture.
Let the new miniter plenpo.entiarv of his
Britannia majeRy find in the hinorv of he world
negotiation terminated cOnfornablv 10 the mi
iP9Df6cti5, between two great people? let him
examine whether the mi bolfleli5 does not re-
; ther belong 10 an armifice ,han to peace IL
is impoiIhlc not to Gay, but that by propofnp
the mi fgDGaefiJ to France, more e1pecia'iy UNI
der preient circumstances, very Rrapge idea
J NUT have been formed Of the character of the
emperor Napoleon, and he nuR have been
5 thought reduced to GrguIar fate OF debate.
, ment and di0refs.
: But in demanding the MI b9Ifdetif, his excel
lency lord Ldudcrdale the plrmpotentiary OF
: his Britannia majefty, without regard to the
principle he advances, wilics ncy-ftheIef, ia
change completely the de9iny of continental
] ftate, which furnlhed twenl y-fve thournd
, mes TO England, together with part of IN,
b means which fhe furnifhed in the fcven wear,
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