The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-18


you opposed their Efforts, When the unfur-
tuliate King Charles, oppressed by the pro
FOUND grief which succeeded the attempt oil
which ne was the victim, resigned his rights
Your majesty accepted the surrender, that
you might re-stablish the work of Lewis
XIV. and renew the lcaguetwhich had pre-
served peace between the two nations for a
century, The fanaticism. of the monks; and
the intrigues Of English. excited some of
tie spanish provinces to insurrection.; Then
was seen more clearly that Of which we had
but glimpse before, the battle of jena
The flames of discord and war bla zing at midi
day, terminated, the hopes of Austria; it
thought the moment favorable for breaking
the treaty at'Presburgh. and it armed : A
system, was commenced. which was termed
defensive, but which, nevertheless. created
numerous battalions of militia, with which
Austria threatened to. invade Germany the
whole population was. called to arms, the
Austrian princes 'traversed the provinces,
spreading: proc lamations as if the monarchy
was threatened with invasion. .h:
;. When your majesty was Informed of
Mese movements, you instructed me to make
such representations, dictated by spirit of
peace: as the, Austrian minister could not
misunderstand. Arrived from Bayonne, at
Paris, your majesty explained yourself to that
led Throughout Europe, and which could not
leave a doubt OF the pacific sentiments, which
you Expressed with frankncss and loyalty, as
Wen as with grandeur and energy. Your
majesty warned NJ. de Metternch, that the
ornaments, commenced without a motive, &
inconsiderately continued, would produce a
war, contrary to the wishes of your majesty,
Contrary to those of his Austrian Majesty,
ana were contriving tothe desire of his min
listers, IT they had returned to his pacific SEN
timents-so much does an impulse given to
people affect those also who produce it, and
VINO cannot stop the movements whenever
commenced.
perhaps, sire, it would have been wise
policy to have compelled Austria to disarm,
when the whole of your victorious troops en-
yironed her frontiers; and your majesty
would, without doubt, have done so, if, full of
confidence in the alliance of Russia, you had
NOT taken the opinion of that power, which
hoped that Austria would respect views the
most Wise, and wishes the most pacific
Besides, the ambassador of Austria promised.
at that time, the ornaments should be dis
continued the emperor of Austria wrote to
ms majesty attesting his pacific intentions );
and the baron Vincent the bearer of that let
ter, renewed the assurance. Your Majesty
oeleved them sincere; you gave the empe-
Tor OF Austria the most solemn assurances of
your pacific intentions, i'm the letter written
to him at the moment of your departure from
Erfurth. And at the instant that YOU gave.
with SO much frankness, assurances so well
calculated to remove the approximations of
austria, II tear was the motive for IT'S arming,
you invited the princes of the Rhenish con
federation to break up the camps they had
formed: you evacuated the fortresses i'm ST.
iesia, and withdrew from Germany two hun
dred thousand of your troops
But in vain did your majesty evince this
confidence your just expectations have not
been realized: military measures have been
expedited IN Austria with the greatest acti-
witty & notwithstanding the rigor of the sea-
son, the militia have been trained. The port
OF Trieste has been opened to the English:*
vessels OF war have arrived there to convoy
merchantmen bound to Malta & from Malta
to convey othe Levant, English merchandize.
Inc Spanish insurgents have been received
and entertained at Trieste: the Austrian
charge des affaires in Spain, was found to be
an agent OF the Junto,. and the medium of a
secret correspondence. The Austrian pro
vinces have swarmed with libellers and libes
against France: the gazettes of the country
have circulated the grossest fables respecting
the affairs ofSpain their authors have pub
llshed a relation of the entire defeat of the
French at Roncevalles, regretting 10 doubt
that the reign of your majesty exhibited the
counterpart ofCharlemagne, without his ia
bulous disasters. To measures so menacine
AM almost hostile are added all those signs
OF maleyolence, calculated to explain the OBJ
Ject OF the ornaments, and the spirit of that
system, which Austria adopted.
Such was the information which your
majesty received in Spain. You were victo-
rious: the numerous Spanish armies were
scattered like the dust; the English army
was in full retreat, before your majesty had
toplace it in danger. One of these
accidents that war produces made you &C
quainted with the correspondence between
the Spanish Juntos, and the Austrian govern
ment, in which the former were promised
lOO,OO0 men, a promise not made to be per-
formed, but In order by exciting such hopes,
to sustain the Courage of the insurgents.-I
short. as IT Providence, which has SO otter
watched over you and France, and conducted
you through so many perils, TO such prodi-
gious success, was disposed to develope the
Dad faith and perhdy of those who had not
yet dared to avow themselves your enemies,
the Declaration of the King of England, of the
10th December, fell into your hands, and
your majesty found therein those remarkable
sentiments:
1T there is, at this time, among the ma
" lions of Europe, any one which maintains
" doubtful and precarious independence of
" france, and yet hesitates, between the
" ruin that certainly merits prolonged in
4" activity, and the uncertain dangers that
f" would attend an effort to escape that ruin
" the deceitful prospect of peace, between
" Great Britain & France, will not fail to be