The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-01

do ; for fhr was AT war with our fnvereign and
with all his fubje6s and fates, wherever they
might be.
But, Hanover be;pg 4 fovefeiguty d;finH
from England, England was not bound. and is
not bound, IN obtain rcRitution, or To do any
thing for the fafety or de,iveraace of Hanover.
The Srerrisn may, out of his foreign means,
do what he pleafes in this way but with his
other dominions we have nothing to do. This
is the very cafe provided for in the ACT of fettie-
incnt.
1t was forefeen, aud indeed it was eafy 70
~foreiee, that France would, when at war with
our fovereign and his dominions, make war up
on his other dominions as well as thefe ; and
therefore, fuch a law was paffed, as was thought
efficient to guard this country againft the ex.
pence and blood attending the defence of thoie
other dominions. 1t may Re faid. that it is
bard that the king and his family fhould lofe
thote deminiops forever, merely becaUfe Eng.
land is At war with France. There is this king
dom in return for that lofa. But ut any rate,
the probability of fuch lois from fuch %caufcs,
was ~foreieen and it was in the power of the
Kings ancefors to refufe to accept of the
crown OF England upon the conditions contain
ed IN the Act of Settlement. SO much for the
TEbt OF ralling upon us 20 make or continue
war for the rehitution of Hanover. Now, for
the pofy of it, leaving the feelings of the peo-
pie OF England out OF q%ueftion. And here I
fhai' infert, from the COURIER newspaper of
the aoth nit. fome obfervations which were
mentioned in my lat fheet, and which, in a
manner better than I could perhaps, fully ex-
Prets my fentiments upon the fubjea. They
are worthy Of the ~greatct attention ; and ]
hope The reader will, as ! do, beftow upon them
not the leis applauie, becauie they are taken
from a publication which has been too much
the nave of thofe, who have been chiefly intru-
mental in producing the prefent fate of things.
The recovery of Hanover was Unified on with
fuch a pre-eminert deire in the late negociati-
on, that mu1h enquiry is naturally On foot ref
petfing It's value TO the Bci,ih Empire, or to
t"- III ZEN of Europe. That it is of any value
10. Britain cannot be ihewn /: on the contrary,
Its connection with this country, has been mon
injurious 20 cur mterefts on the continent.
Treaties have been made at different times with
powers, which could have had lefs the welfare
of England in view than the protection OF Han
over, and which have led or threatened TO lead
England into wars. But to 60 no further back
than the preGtnt war. AT its commencement,
France could touch our ~intereits no where but
in Hanover. She over ran il, thereby infulting
.Auttria and Prufiia. bound by treaty to afford
1t protection. Thofe powers tamely fuomitted
To the intuit, and France, emboldered by their
pnhlianimity, proceeded TO make other acquisi-
tons, fuch a. Genoa, &c. The war on the
continent followed. If Hanover had but 4 fmall
fhare in occaionihg that war, fhe was a chief
raufe OF it's di!afrous ccnfequences. Pruiia
law the dangerous ambition OF FRANCE and
would have iicc cured Au!trla, had he nov been
brioed to neutrality by the promite OF Hanover.
The hopes of obtaining Hanover bound Pruiha
up from the common caufe, left Auflria to the
mercy of France, and Europe. France gave
Prufia the price OF her neutrality, by ceding
Hanover, and PTuf;a joined France in the war
aeaiaa Britain. C. 3. negotiated for peace
with France, ard in6ted as a FIRE Qna non that
Hanover ihcuid be reftorsd. France took Han
over from Prunia that ihe might give II 10 G.
B. and thereby provoked Prutia into a war
which has annihilated her as a great power.
Thus within 4 Year we have Teen Hanover ncu
tralize Prufia, enabling our ~greatett enemy 10
fnhjugate our greatef ally. We have ince
fren II change a powerful friend into an enemy ;
and iaitly we have feen 1t lead not only TO the
deftruetion of that powerful friend, bu. OF the
&hols of our connections, military and COM
mercia!, il the north of Germany. And what
more n.ifchief ihall Hanover do to Britain! is
the king of Britain to become A vaiidl OF France,
like the kings of WIrtemberg, Bavaria, sc !
Is he, like them, to hold territories during the
pIeafure of the Coz iican uiurper In what
other WAY but as A vaGal of France can the
King of England hold Hanover, under the pre-
ient circumltances Of Europe? VIII he in tu-
ture be able to make war apon France with the
fame independence and iplrlt he formerly did,
knowing that Hanover will infantly be FIXED
aud pillaged , Mr.. Burke iAid. The fpheie
of my duties is my country" A patriotic king
can have no other county ut the one he 60
verns.-ShaI we have a vaiIal of France tor a
king VS., If you pleaie, fays Tal!eyrand, who
never once refuied Hanover in the nesociation,
well knowing tie il iluence which, through 1t,
The French would be likely to obtain over this
empire.
Oar own king is too patriotic to endanger
the interets OF England for the recovery oi Han
over, and no doubt would have rrlinquiihed all
claims to it, had he had wife and fpirlted advi-
fers to point out the consequences. Mark the
importance into which Hanover is magDiHed in
the courfe Of the negotiation J 1t is a yiue qua
nan f%orfootb, and apparently the only one. Il
is ipoken OF as If it were PJr,imouth and the
lie cf Wight ; asif were fomethIns. The podtf-
hon of which b. the enemy annihIla;ed the in
dependence Of England. And, for GCf's fake,
let us know Of what ufe Hanover is TO this coun-
try BIT idcs furniihIrg fome foreign recruits who
can be had eifewhere With all his courtIy
and fervie lpirit, on this location, to the royal
family, could MIR. Fox have made it mere ?
Can his wbig and tory frit Dds in the cabiDtt
make il more? In the approaching difCufions
OH the negotiation, is there a member in ParIia-
ment who will peak out fturdy truths on this
fuhirct ?-Tbey can abufe one arother-O One
party may lrfr their places aud another get
them but the royal family cannot be changed.