The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-21
mo. 21.

chy, can, If really some privations have been
experienced, only relate to administrative.
measures. which the undersigned does not
hesitate to declare to be general and to an
ply to all the Countries bordering ON the pro-
vince, where such measures may have been
put into execution. He knows too we'll the
| tenor OF the instructions given to all the
cmefs OF the provinces, to admit for a mo-
ment the possibility of partial prohibitions
/ or obstacles. being exercised against no o.
ther Country but that occupied by the French
troops. The government of Gallicia. be-
Sues mas been for too long a time tested, to
De suspected IN momenr ofpeace, of par
TALLY, that never could be imputed to IL.
even when the flames of war ragged on the
greater part of our frontiers, and since the
proofs OF this fact have been pronounced bv
. the Emperor Napoleon himself.
e. The court of Vienr. is far from FORGET
ting the Measures taken by France. in the
Dutchy OF Warsaw, for establishing tranoui-
lily and harmony with its neighbors: and h
were desirable; without doubt. that the same
views and sentiments were those, exclusive.
! ly, which influenced all the authorities and
people OF thatnew state. But, without at
tributing more to those last than thew de-
serve, his imperial, royal and apostolic ma.
JeSty VIII not cease to instruct the admins
tratlons OF his provinces, to behave tow ards
all his neighbors with the most exact inn.
partially: and there is no person employed
who ought not, on his side, to take care
to enter completely into the views of his
court, in interpreting its orders in q sense
by French troops
he undersigned, being equally eager to
cal! the attention. of his court to this subject.
embraces the occasion to tender the assu-
RANGES, Stc.'
No. S. -Shecial letter from Count de I1ei-
ferHtch 10 Count de Chamhagny.
=. "PARIs, July %, 1903.
Your excellency has done perfect ms
tice to my intentions and principles: of this
your last special letter has afforded me a
fiattering proof, and how can Ibetter REPAY
your confidence than by completely CRAFTY.
ing the wishes you have expressed
You require explanations relative, to the
warlike preparations that are announced.
not only In the newspapers, but in the cor.
respondence from all the courts of Germa-
ny respecting the noise OF war originating
In Vienna and resembling throughout che
provinces; in short. respecting the measures
which Have been for some time past. devel-
oped IN the interior of the Austrian monar-
chy. There is not one of those points. ON
which am not well informed, or OH which
Would not willingly express myself: / will
not, however, separate them Our measures
OF, interior administration have no connecti-
on with the rumers of war which circulate
in Germany and France
The Austrian monarchy finds itself IN a
position entirely different from that. in which
those administrative principles are estab-
lished, according to which it is partly 90
verned. The social institutions have been
changed, within the last twenty years, in the
greater part OF Europe. All the states ON
tins slde OF the fsonzo, the Inn andof Bohe-
mia, have become eminently military :: all
OF them have adopted the principles of
CONSUMPTION which embraces the whole of
the population. The French system of con-
scriPtlon. that institution by which the
FRENCH empire has been furnished with so
many resources, and which the genius q
the Emperor has developed and applied, is
not only put into execution in two thirds of
the continent, but forms one of the princi
pal foundations OF the social compact in the
l.constitutions of several new states partition
larry the kingdom, of Westphalia. II is also
introducing into the Dutchy of Warsaw.
Bavaria has established a constitution and
the CONSUMPTION is there extended, Contrary
to the ideas which to this day govern the old
states OF Germany, to the whole people.
Fan Italy recruits its armies by conscripti-
ION.
Austria is one of the first OF the states
winch has determined to complete its ar
mics by CONSUMPTION: other countries, such
as hungary, &c. were, and yet are, exempt,
from 1T but 1t was not, nor is it, extended
at this time to even the privileged classes
OF the German provinces. Those exempti-
ons Go not form the only point in which con-
sists the great inferiority of our institution.
compared with that of France ours is at.
tended with imperfections, that there is no
remedy for. since above an eighth part of our
army returns every year to their homes, as
the terms for which they serve expire. Our
army was filled in great part by men who
joined 1t from the old German states of the.
empire; that source is cut off. and the evil
is felt more sensibiy in proportion AS the
new institutions are adopted in the rest of
Europe. o.. ...,
The perfect state of quiet, the TRANQUIL
and satisfactory relations existing between
Austria and all the powers of the continent.
pointed out to. her the moment when, after
fifteen years OF war and agitation she might
at last put into execution, the plans conceiv-
ed and immediately. adopted after. the peace
| OF Presburg. She began by a reform the
most essential for her internal welfare, and
the most urgent, because she did not antici-
pate any results until, after lapse of seve-
raj years, she could operate upon the great
mass of her subjects. She wished to be abI&
70 replace the troops leaving her armies. by
soldiers better prepared for service and more
accustomed to the use of arms ahd the words
of command, SO Incomprehensible to the