The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-18

gle IN which She was now engaged, was not
forced upon her by France, she seemed to
have chosen an improper time for it. 1t APP
peared that it had been entered into without
any concert or advice of this Government
that every thing had been i'm the language
! OF GOODNESS; that they ind even t,issuaded her
! from the contest. The events themselves
which had occurred, showed that the Aus
trian government had gone to war not with
any correct calculation either of their own
or OF their enemies strength. The French
Emperor was already, as he had been in the
year 1905, in possession of the Austrian ca
pital. We had, indeed, heard of resistance,
but was It from the people ofViennai No
1T was by the Archduke Macmillan, with a
body of troops. by whom even some of the
| inhabitants of the city were testroyed.-yVe
had tormerly seen, in Oporto, the troops of
the enemy received with the same congra-
tulations as it was said lately to have opened
Its gates to our army. Seeing what he had
seen, he had no hopes of the contest and
whether Austria was forced into the measure
or not, 1T was ill advised, and, to his concep-
ton, must end in her ruin. He was not of a
mgsardly spirit, but still he must protest a.
salnst any subsidy being granted to her
from this country. His motives for so doing
had been mis-stated He had even been Ii.
oelled by paper under the controul of Mi
nlsters, as being friendly to France. (CaXs
Of Order. He maintained he was not cut
OF order. III any gentleman asserted the con-
trary, let his words be taken down He main
tanned that the paper which libelled him
was known to be under the controu! of the
reasury. He hoped and sincerely wished
that things might turn out better than he
imagined; but with his eyes open, and see
ing tne progress OF events, it was impossible
tor MN not to calculate on the subiugation of
Austria to the will of the congueror, and the
consequent reduc; ion of the Peninsula. What
would then remain for US but to carry OH the
struggle In situation SO much the worse,
Were we not called ON, therefore, to husband
our own resources! We had come under no
pledge to Austria; and not being in condi-
ton to afford her any effectual aid unle SIS she
had great resources within hersclf-not ha-
wing 1t an our power to- afford her such sue
cour as would enable her to retrieve her af-
fairs-he felt himself bound to make stand,
and to protest against the granting of any
subsidies after the large grants and loans
winch had formerly been made to her,
Whatever motives might be attributed to
MN, lie was conscious that his principles
ana feelings were as truly national as that
OF any person in that House, and vet he
Could not consent to the vote of single shil-
ling to the Emperor of Austria He said
that IN the year 1905, Russia and England
seduced Austria to break her faith with
france. 1t appeared from State PAPER
laid ON the table of that House. that there
was concert by the three to deceive France:
that they expected they would have been
aoie 10 succeed up to certain time, but that
1t had been discovered somewhat earlier
dy the treachery, as was said of the Austri.
an Generals. the effect of that breach was
to put France in possession of Vienna The
treaty OF list followed, and from that pc
ROD the Emperor of Russia had been Joined
TO france III the closest terms. What had
we now 60 expect from the present contest?
After the rapidity of the movement of the last
month, could we expect that the assistance
which we would be able to dole out, could
DO any good or could even protract the con-
rest! Another thing to which he must object
was, the tact OF Austria having taken upon
hersef to draw bills on this country. and that
we should agree to pay them. This was a
thing utterly unprecedented, and although
he might be willing to vote as much money
as would cover the amount, he would never
agree TO the form OF the advance. AS to the
merits OF the contest, he should suppose for
arguments sake, that the good faith was all
against France. This, however, WAS remar.
kabie, that France. throughout the whole of
the contest, was the attacked, not the attack
er. In the revolutionary war, France was
attacSed.-lt enabled her to extend her ter
fltories and was continued with the object
Oh driving her again within her old limits
he did not say France was in the right. He
had never said So Yet he was not persuaded
that Austria was not to blame Her terri.
tory, even her capital had been restored to
her and he could not find himself prepared
osay that she was correct in forgetting these,
snpposIng them to be only nominal obliga-
tons. That France might have it in view,
at some convenient season, to swallow ND Aus
trla, 1T was not in his power to deny, as am
bit'on was a growing quality. He could not
think, however, that the present was exact
ly the time he would choose 1t might have
been moment convenient for Austria. but
/ Could hardly have been so selected nv Bona
parte. III there was any one thing which pro-
yea more than another the blindness of hu-
man nature, it was to be seen in the appoint
ment OF the ambassador sent by this govern
inent to Spain. If there was a person who
had ever acted the same part in another
quarter OF the globe, which Bonaparte was
now acting in Spain, it was the Noble Mar
gus who was now sent to Spain to espouse
the cause of justice. He knew it would be
said, that what the noble MARQUIS had done
proceeded from an ardent zeal for the pub
lie service: while i}ouaparte, ON the other
nand, aC' at tue nstigaton of tho devil.
tie, now :, was oGe of those who thought
that thcy ere OF the same nature, and that
tne selection was one OF Gle most unhappy
which could have been MADE. If tile Sna-
nidrds knew any thing of the history OF that
part OF the world TO which he alluded. they
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