The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-28

some kind of Balance between the d flercn,
Powers; to have lone check upon Russia
and to be able to render each of them sub
servient at pleasure to his views. We have
seen how he has bent Russia to his designs
against Austria-and if Russia eviuced any
refractory spirit. he would spirit up and
support Austria against her-thus Austria
is kept as check upon Russia, and Ssxo-
ny is mere than a match for Prussia, while
he preserves position, with his satellites
OF bavaria and Wirtcmberg, and Baden,
and Westphalia, and the other German
Princes, that enables him to overawe ant!
intimidate them ALA great extent of tes.
,yitory and power is certainly left to Austria :;
she has Bohemia and Morayia, nearly all
the two Austrias, and Hungary Against
Russia her means are formidable but a.
gainst France merely powerless-Bona
pnrte therefore having no serious opposition
TO dread from her, is content to leave her for
THE PRESENT in possession Of an extent Of
territory much larger than it was supposed
he would surrender to her-For had lie in
sisted upon greater cessions. had he de-
manded Bohemia, had he Insisted upon ha-
wing Upper and Lower Austria. he would
have been obliged to have kept large mill
tary force, and his attention and his means
would thus have been in part directed from
the south and West of Europe, from portu
gal, Spain and ultimately from Great Bri.
tain. The first desire of his heart is to
make Great Britain feel his Vengeance
His dreams by night, his thoughts by day.
are all directed to that end He hates us
with hatred which is incapable either sf
increase or elimination; and never viii he
abandon the design Of bending us to his
will. Spain and Portugal. he thinks, will
facilitate the execution of that design, and
he hopes that by the posscssioa of those
countries-by the vast population he could
then command. by the long line of coast he
could controxl, extending in an unbrokcn
line from the Baltic to the Mediterranean,
that he could be able to pour such mass
OF force agains, us as to overwheIm us. 1t
Is with the view of prosecuting that design,
TO which the possession of Spain and Portu.
|gal are so necessary, that he has granted
better terms to the Emperor of Austria than
he would have granted, and we have little
doubt that he owes the preservation Of one
or both the Austrias to the consent he has
tgiven to recognize whatever has been OF
should be done either in Italy, Portugal, or
Spain. 1t may be said that the Emperor
could not possibly prevent the execution Of
bonaparte's projects against those coun-
tries-Very true-but it was not necessary
on account OF that impossibility to rush into
direct unqualified recognition and sanction
a recognition and sanction that are to have
no limits OF that system of usurpation and
depression which the Emperor of Aus ria
in one OF his manifcstees at the commence
msnt o: the contest, had made great charge
and ground of war. This moral cession
this cession OF character on the part of the
Emperor of Austria, we consider as much
more disgracefuI, as big with consequence
infinitely more disastrous than the terrific
rial cessicns he has made. II breaks tn,
heart OF lcvalty, it aiils the spirit of fi,leI
lty and OF patriotism; it gives the death
wound to legitimate auihority-it has NOR,
hun'bied the house of Austria than the los
of province or kingdom.