The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-25

!" purely defensive: you have added to each
" OF your regiments a force of 1900 men
.' your militia willgive you disposable
" force of 100000 men; those men will be
:" drafted into regiments and exercised.
:" part OK them is now clothed; your fortress
s. ses are provisioned; and lastly. what is
IS to me a Proofthat you are preparing to be-
{" gin war. you have purchased horses. al
% though you have at this moment $4,000
q artillery horses; in the midst of peace. we
+" do not incur such enormous exPences.-
10 men whom you call out to exercise,
:" you grant pecuniary indemnifcaton
&c you have clothed part, and you have
I" furnished them with arms; nothing Of all
GO this could have been done but at very
.' great expence. and yet you all agree that
your finances are in miserable condition
/" your exchange, before so low, is nov low
6 err; and your commercial operations have
=. suf5ered--can it be supposed that YOU would
/" expose yourselves to all those inconveni-
!" erices and embarrassments, without an ob
eject.
. Do not say that you have been compel
!" led to provide for your safety. You must
acknowledge that all our relations have
been amicable; you know, that ask no.
IS thing from you, that make no claim to
any thing you have, aud also that regard
- the preservation OF your power in its ac-
T" tual condition as useful to the system of
Europe. and to the interest of France
! have encamped my troops, to keep them
Sc in vigor and exercise they cannot be en-
camped in France because it is too expen-
+" sive there, they are encamped in foreign
" countries, where the expence is less. NV
!" camps have been fixed i'm different direc-
!" tlons none of them threatened you. /
s' would not have encamped. had any hos
Is tile views towards you. In the excess of
IS my confidence and security, dismantled
50 the fortreSses OF Silesia. Most certainly.
would not have had camps, if had any
/" idea that they could alarm you-a single
+" word from you would have dissuadcd me
from forming them. / am ready to break
:" them up. if ou think that is necessary to
"your safety"
M. de Metternich having remarked, that
there had been no movements of troops in
Austria, the emperor replied -
You are Mistaken YOU have withdrawn
"your troops from quarters, where thew
were maintained at less expence you have
concentrated them upon Cracova YOU
" have placed yourselves in condition to
menace Sllesia at pleasure your army
a. sition. Yet what do you expectl Do Won
&c think to brighten me! You will not be a.
&c BILE to do it. Do you imagine circumstan-
ces are favorable for you ! If you do, you
are deceived. My politics are open and
frank, because they are loyal, and because
81 possess the love of my soldiers. I will
a. withdraw the 100000 men from Germ,-
my, and send them into Spain, vet / will
" be match for you Arm, and will arm.
and II necessary raise 100000 men more.
IS You have no continental power TO assist
"you: would almost dare to tell you, in
the name of the emperor of Russia, that
mn m, -,
He is already not well pleased at. YOUR re-
lations with the Servians he has as much
reason to suppose himself menaced BY your
preparations, as have to suppose myself
threatened; and he suspects that Won have
views upon Turkey. You NAV .unnose
that also have views ON Turkey: I de-
clare that it is unfounded and that / want
nothing from Turkey, nothing from Aus.
Anu yer your emperor does not wish for
war-l believe him conhde in the pro-
'' mise he gave me at our interview. He can
have no resentment against me- I was in
possession of his capital and of the create,
."part of his provinces; nearly all was res.
g tored to him kept Venice solely to pre-
vent any cause Tor discord, any pretext for
"war. Doyou think that conaueror of tle
g French armies, and in possession of paris
would have acted with so much modrr.'
ton! No, your emperor does not des;re
war; your ministry does not wish for i
o. the most distinguished men of your monor'
:" chy do not desire it; and vet tho move
ments that you have made have been sucl
that war will follow, in spite of YOU and me
!" You have created belief that demanded
some OF your provinces; and Your people
from national and generous impulse. hat
am lar from blaming, are indignant their
Inauguration is carried to excess, and thew
run to arms. You issued proclamat;onn
foroidding your people TIA talk of war. bm,
your proclamation was vague ; it was corr
sidered as measure of policy; and as
your measures were in opposition to vonr
proclamation, your measures have bern re.
garded, q not your proclamation. Thercs
the insult given to my consul at Trieste hv
- your new militia thence the ASA ss;n.,;o1,,
OF three of my couriers proceeding IN nj
/" malta. Should there be any more srch ~
suits, war will be inevitable for we MAJ, ~,
killed, but will not be insulted with ;oo,,'
nifty. ''''' ''"Pu-
England sustains the war withont ;,,.r
mission; 1t was thus they provoked tbe No.,
that followed the insult given 70 general
Bernadotte. Such intrigues will carr vo,,
where you do not wish to go. The En-
glish and their partizans dictate ALI ,ho.e
raise measures, they already rejoice in the
expectation OF seeing Europe again IN
names; they will gain tf1y TIER eent hv
the impulse you are creating in F.uron. l.
is them that accuse; it is owing to them
mat Frenchman cannot GO to the waters
" OF Bohemia without being insulted Wta
a" do you suffer tbiss Have Won anu go,
/" ples Off i'm FranceS ro -. 10y oN"h'-