The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-08-04

tie overthrew thofe phaanxes 70 often victorious,
which, in the fevcn years war, had furmouuted
the efforts Of Auitria, Ruaia, and France leagu-
ed againh them. Is it this then that was pro-
miied by thofe approved talents, that long ex-
Perience of the oldeft generals of Europe, thofc
annual camps, wherein all military theories
were developed, thofe famous reviews, thofe
fkilful man9uvres, which from one end of Eu-
rope to the other the mott able commanders
came to fudy uponthe banks of the Spree? That
new art OF war, all the fecrets of which peo-
pie went to dive into with the great noife at
Petsdam, has juo yielded to the combinations
of an art ftill WAITER and bolder. Let US enjoy
10 great triumph, but let us honor, after ha-
wing conquered them, thefe remains of Pruliia
greatness, upon which 70 many heroic remem-
ORANGES are fill itamped, and over which the
ihade of Frederick feems to groan.
When formerly in tina. city the mifrefs of
the world, an luxurious Romans came to fur-
pend upon the walls of the capitol the fpoils of
the kingdom of Macedon, he could not help
feeling deep emotion, upon thinking of the
exploits of Alexander, and contemplating the
caamities fpread over his houfe. The hero of
France was not iefs affected when he entered
thofe forrowful and deferted palaces, formerly
occupied with 70 much luttre by the hero of
Pruilia. He was feen to feize with religious
enthu6sfm this fword of which he makes fuch
noble prefent to his veterans but he forbade
that the arms and Pruilian eagles, that al, this
MATS of trophies conquered from the delcen-
dants of great king, fhould crofs the place
where his a,hes ref, for fear of afl6ting his
names and infultirg his tomb.t
Z" l think. therefore, that ] enter into the
thoughts OF the conqueror, in rendering no.
mage to the conquered before thefe very CO.
Tors which they were unable to defend, but
which they dyed witk glorious blood If from
the elevated regions which they inherit, the
great men whom the earth has loft, fiIl in
feref themfelves in human affairs, Frederick
was able TO recognize, even in their lah breath,
the old companions formed at his fchool, and
and who died worthily upon the ruins of his
monarchy. He did not fee fall without glory
thote young princes of his houfe who bit the
duff in the field of Jena, or who, after illultri-
Gus feats, iigned POPULATIONS and received no.
norable letters. o how juft it is to pity unfor-
tunate valor o how fweet tits to be able to
eReem enemies whom one has defeated Yes,
and 1T is pleafure to me TO fay it in the midi
of all hefe judges of true glory with whom 1
am iurrounded ; yes, ths Pruflian Monarch
himfelf, at this day without capital and al
mott without an army, fupported, however,
his dignity in the battle which was 70 fatal to
him, and was wanting neither in the duties of
chief, nor in thofe of folder.
" But thefe laf fparks of the genius of Ere.
derrick had not fuficient ftrength and activity to
reanimate monarchy where artificial power
was, perbaPs, dehitute of thofe prefervative
principles which maintain focietes. cannot
conceal, but fome FACES have made feveral re-.
proaches to Frederick. If they admire in him
the indefatgabIe Administrator and the great
commander, they have not the fame elteem for
the lame opinions ofthe pH'lofopher-kng. They
would have wilhed him to have been better ac-
quanted with the rights of nations and the dig
nj Of To he IF lie nh iOfp b.r
Saws Sonci, they oPpofe with advantage that
book wherein Marcus Aurelius, who was alto
warrior and phi!ofopher, returns thanks to
heaven, upon ietting out, for giving him pous
mother and good matters who infpired him with
the fear and love of the divinity. Inltead of
that difdainful and fatal phlofophy which gives
up TO ndicule the mott respected traditions,
the FACES fpeak OF love to fee reign that grave
aud benihcent philoiophy which fupports itfelf
by the doctrine of the FACES, which engenders
fine fentiments, which gives value to fine &C.
tions and which conflituted more than once,
upon attending the throne, the delight and no.
nor of mankind. They think in one word, that
king cannot with impunity profefs contempt
for thofe tautary maXims which guarantee the
authority of kings.
"I floP, it would i'll become me at this mo-
ment TO accufe with too much bitterness the
memory of great monarch whole poferity
mas JUN undergone 10 many mlStOrtunt5. his
imsge is already but too much grifved at the
fpectacle of our glory, and at theie triumPhal
pomps which we form with the wreck OF his
diadem. But if one ought not to Chow ones
felf too fcvefe towards him, ore fh0ud be uit
towards another great man who furpalies him,
and when Frederick had the imprudence to pro-
claim ia his court thofe reProachful do6t rines
which ioon or late deitroy the foCial order,
ought to forget that Napoleon rallied again to
honor thoie noble doctrines which repair all the
evils Of ahefm and anarchy?
"Fbus in this part of his hiftory, as in all the
Others, our monarch has no more rivalsi; and
not to fray from the art of war of which this
augut ceremony recalls ali The prodigies, how
much all that was great difappsars before the
extraordinary enterprises wnelIts Of
Armies fought, Governments negotiated for
merly during years FOR the capture Of few
towns, and now few days decide the fate CT
Kingdoms. What military name, what poIili-
cal talent, what glory ancient or modern is no,
benceforward lowered before him who from
the feas of Naples to the borders Of the ViRu-
Ia, keeps in repofe 70 maay fubdued nations
who, encamped in a Sarmatan village, receive
there, as at his court, the Ambalfadors of Ina.
han and Conltantinople, aftonilhcd at finding
themGelves together who unite in the fame
irteref the fettares of Omar and Of Ali +; who
joins in common tie both the S9aDard and
TIE DutchmaD, the BavaraD and he Saxous " no,
for ttll wafer defgn; makes thesmovements OF
Ala concur with thofe of Europe, and who
fhows fecond time as under the Roman Rn.
pre. the warike genius srming itlelf with III
the trsngth of civilization, advancing asainit
Barbarans ard forcing them to withdraw to-
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