The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-20
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actually made for collecting hottie force upon IN.
frontiers oil his Dani,h naietys continental doniucis
ms majsisy would vet willingly have iorburre 10 az
upon this intelligence, until the cor,psst and pra&,:cai
'htcIoure OF tine plan had been made nianf.l al
/ the world.
His nialeay did forbear, as long there ccsld be
doubt OF the urgency O. dalgcr or ho;= OF w e.
ieetual coontera2on it, in the means CT in tie it-
PORTIONS of Denmark.
| But his maieity ccu!d not hut rccolie9 thar vhep,
at the Glaze Q. the ormer war; ,,c cour, of Denmark
engage6i IN hoGile eonfedsrsLy a.att Great Brtaln
the APOLOGY offered by ;hAt fer 10 unjnni.iab;e
an abardcnren, of neucrality which his Iuaiqty had
never ocsied 70 reipc9, founded on its avow ed
inability 20 rein the operation OF exeerna influence,
ana the threats of formidable eighhcring power
His uajeity could but compare the degree Of ia
fne'ct, which the ting GeternliEsd the dscion os
ie court oil Dern,l = in vioatior cf poGrvc engage
ments, icesnnly contacted sc. o.. months before With
the eiicreaied operation which France had nov tEs
means OF giving To the fame pire.ie Of nti,idh.on.
with Kingdoms prorae q. er feet, and with Ia. po-
pulat;on OF nations under her banners.
No. mas the danger lefs an,incrt than certain
Already the army delred fer the invaon oil fIolRsin
was attending the vio.5sch territory of neutral
Hamburger. And, Iiotein once octnp;ed, the aani
OF Zealand was at the a,ercy of France, aud the ia-
Wy Of Dennsrk ter diipofai. 'fo
II is true, Erii force might have fo:..,d i,s way
nro the Baltic, and checked for TIME the movements
o! the banh Marine. But the feioo approaching
when this precautou would no longer have avaicd
and when has laelty's feet nlutt retired ropI
that Tea, and permitted Fauoc undttur bed ec,i-
rty,to accumulate the mears os offence a,,ainA his
najeay's dominion.
Tst, under thefe ercumGa,ees, III. calling up
on Denmark for the f1tsfasticn and iecurity which
his naiefy compelled TO require, and in demau-
ding rhe only pledge by which chat fecuritY could be
rendered efefua!, the ,olcon of that Hset
which was the chief inducement France for forcing
Denmark into ho9ilities with Great Britain BIS ma
ely accompanied this demand With the offer of every
Condition which could tend reconcile i- &c the in
ts.eits aud the feelings Of the court OF Denmark
IL w3s for Denmark herfef nate the terms aud
hipustions which ihe might require.
1t Denmark was appreheniv ma, the fnrrerder Of
her ilest would he reentsd by fraEcc as an act Of
eonni'anes; hismajeny had prepared force cfluch
formidable niagnulds NUT have made conceilion
luaihabie even in the eitimstionof France, by
derinC TeiAancs altogether u3ayailng.
II Denmark realty prepared to reGG the de-
man Is Of France aud maintain hex independence; h;S
ma.ity proffered his corporation for her defence
naval, military and pecunary aid the guarantee Of
nsr European territories, and the fsc,:ty ani e1ienG
on Of her colonial pofletlous,
That the lword has been drawn in the execution of
lervce ndiipenGble TO the fety Of his MAJ cry. do
m!nons, Is mater Offncere aud paufL! regret to his
nlsleity. fhat tie ate and circumstances Of the
world are inch IS 10 have required ans utilized the
rlsatdres 81 le pr iervatioi which ls Iaiely has
found hinelf under the neceity of referring truth
which his majsny deeply deploces, bat for which he
is in no Gegree reipuniibie.
His 'najety has long carried on MOI unequal cor-
t'f OF icrupuou forbearance againa uarelenrng vim
lence and oppreiion. But that f0rheaTarce has i,s
bound, When tine deign openly avowed, aud
already bar 700 far advanced towards its accomplish
meut Of iu6jecling the powers of Europe to one IL
nivera! nlur9a,iou and of bning them by terror
or by force IN conEederacy aganit the mar;tin4
rights and political exleuce of this Kingdom, it he
necGary for his majeay anticipate the fuccefs
OF Iyftem more fatal his neretts than thoie OF
the powers who were defined TO be the infrunlents
Of IFS execution.
IL was time that the eGe1 Of that dread which
Fraoce has infpirsd into the nations Of the world
houd he counteraGed by exerti0n of the power OF
Great Britain, called for by the ezgency OF the crs
aud proportioned TO the magnitude of the danger.
Notwithstanding the declaration Of war on the part
of the Danih Government, it ifI remains for Den
mark to determine, whether war halI continue be-
tween the two nations His u,ajeGy ailI proGers an
anIicable arrangement. He is anxious fhea,he the
fword, which he has been moh reluctantly compelled
TO draw. And he is ready 70 deInonflrate 70 Dem
mark 4 the world, that having a1ed foley upon the
!enie Of what due the ecurtY Of his donnious
ne is defrous from any other motive or for any
object of advantage aggrandizsmrnt, to carry
meafures Of nobility beyond the limits OF the necriity
which has produced them.
weHmnGer, Sept. 25, 1907.