The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-12

and Madrid ofthe latter BY occuwing Ma
lcrid. Murat has no. only got possession Of
The treasnrs. aud the arsenal arsenal! :llfe councils o;
IStateand some ofthc most active men whicl,
Regulated the whole Kingdom, but being Dla-
ced IN ting very heart OF the country. he can
material!y intercept the communications be
tween the different juntas, and the active CO.
operation oF their military RESOURCES
! THIS viii be one Of the first objects of Po-
naparte. And no effort will certainly be spa
red to cut off these detached parties from all
the benefits of consultation and Union
| Bonaparte has one advantage. which few
cthec commanders ever possessed. Having
/ fought IN so many Countries % sucit varie ga
ted descriptions, he is now able 10 traverse
every sort OF ground, and TO surmount every
sort OF difficulty with the greatest easc-
He has the benefits cf experience and appa-
ratus to master every species OF soil He
has officers and soldiers. who dread no sort
OF resistance, because they have conquered
all dc has traversed the champaign plains
toi Holland and Prussia-Ard he has soldiers
IN his camp, who have trod the Peaks of the
Alps in Italy, Tyrol and Switzerland. These
are not the men, who are to he elaHnted by
the ruggedness of the roads ofSpain, or the
| elevated heights Of the Sierras lie Astur.as
or the dangerous defics of the Sierra More
ana itself. They may retarcl his career for
time, and they may shield his assailants
irom ms powera little longer: bnt his force
VIII ultimately overtake them, unless their
fears or his own hnesse shall dive them from
their COUNTRY or lure them to his feet.
hese defiles and mountains may be pro
dnctive OF one good effect to their unfortunate
inhabitants. They NAV enable them to hold
out some time longer, until they can either
make better terms with their conoueror, CT
prepare tor their emigration to South Anne
however. he &c
SPAN have not as many inducements to leave
their country, as their own Monarch, or the
Prince OF Portugal The latter were presen-
ted with other crowns in the new world ;
but how many of the former have titles or
estates in the new hemisphere, to replace
those which they would abandon in the old |?
| l-ook at another resource, which Bona
parte has secured.
There exist no longer any Pvrenees to the
French Emperor. This natural barrier of
the Spanish empire. and the artificial f1rti-
hcations whieh are erected on these noun
Itains. have already been annihilated bv his
provident sagacty. Bonapartc is said to
command the great hasSes Of she Pyrehees J:
the pass OF Bidassoa, with the ferry of that
river, which constitutes part of the from
liter OF the two Kingdoms, on the one side of
which - Spanish cii5tuuI-uouse and on the
other FrcIch-the pass, which energies
IDa-and that, which emerEes in the vicinity
Of barcelona. His troops already Occupy
both these cities. The first pass conducts him
to the lively and Industrious inhabitants OF
the mountainous province OF Biscay, the
roads of which, considering the great diff
culties they pad to encounter. are said to be a
mongst the finest in Europe The secondp pass,
ieads to Navarre-and the third, to the uro-
vince Of Catalonia.
Possessed II these passes, and of some of
the frontier cities, which are built at the ieet
oithe Pyrences, what difficulty can Bonaparte
Iexperience in sending rein forcements toMa-
drid q the plans OF CASTLE? He is now repie-
sented as busily intent on the accomplish
ment of this object. For even the English
prints admit that she is poaring more tru,ps
into Spain from Italy, from tie Netherlands
and from France"
L ne fate of Poland cannot be forgotten On
this occasion. Somewhat similari in her stu
alton to the present condition Of Spain sore
what similar IN the steps of her revolution
may her catastrophe little resemble that of
Spain Poland too, was governed by weak
ana Puslllanmous monarch : she too, had her
associations or juntas of the people but SIC
had an advantage, which Spain does not nos
seSs she had Koskiusko to conduct her
larmies. All her exertions however were I'M
lavailing She fell (; and TO this day and to all
Ieterhlty, the partition OF Poland will stand
an indellble blot on the national escutcheoas
OF Russia, Prussia, and Austria IF he has
the same views, Bonaparte will challenge
the same infamy from an impartial posteri-
ty.
In one respect, indeed, Poland is said to
have had the means of eXtrication TOM all
her difficulties, which er.aniy are not in the
power OF Spain. Poland, however, lost SIGHT
OF this advantage. In chis emcrsencv. ="
says Beisham, " no chance Of ultimate sue
cess could possibly remain but in the adop-
ton OF the daring and decisive measure of
summoning national convention, and of es-
tablishng new constitution founded upon
the broadcast BASIS of democracy,-a constr
tuition in the preservation of which every III
dividual would feel h .mself deeply and per-
manently interested--a constitution which.
as in France, would excite the genuine spirit
| OF republican enthusiasm, which would con-
vert Poland, like France into an armed ma
ton, and muse into every breast the Heroic.
the deterfs''fod resolution to csf sIr.r or die.
But 70 g grand aid glorious effort, ike this
the genius and talents Of Koseiusko did not
| appear equal: OH the contrary, proclanA
| ton was published, stating, Fiat as rBe
Polish insurrection took place upon princt
pies essentially different from those prevail
ing iii France, 1t should be differently con-
Quoted; and that the king whose tinidtv
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