The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-28
nc. 14.--Hehors Of NJ. Count dc Chamkag
my, 10 his majesty fhe cmteror.
paris, March 2, 1909.

nc. 14--Hehorf Of ~ Count dc Chamkag
ny, TO his majesty fhe cmteror.
"PARIs, March 2, 1909.
{" SIRE,
81 have the honor to submit to your
majesty, minute OF a conversation, which
III had to day, with the ambassador of the
court of Vienna.
Il beg your majesty to accept the assur-
ance of the respect, with which ] am, &c.
I (The Ambassador of Austria called on the
minister to, day, March 9, and at three 'clock
entered his cabinet where the following Con.
versation took flaCe.)
~ ambassador. Count, am come to an
nounce to you the arrival of the count dc
Mier he has been nine days on his journey
from Vienna to Paris. He found the road
covered with snow and with troops. am
authorised to Inform you, that the next cou
rier will bring me the answer OF my court,
to the different notes you have addressed to
me. respecting the Italian officer i.isulted ut
Trieste; and the violence committed upon
an inhabitant of Udina.. His majesty, the
emperor, my master, ordered enquiries to
be made on those points, the result of which
had not yet been known at Vienna.
Minister. hope, Mr.. Ambassador,
that your court will also ANNOUNCE the stop
page of those measures, against which re-
greet to have been obliged to complain toyou
SO often.
ambassador. have also received CIR
ders from my court, to inform your excel
l]ency that, as had foreseen, the return of
his majesty, the emperor Napoleon, to Pa
ris, the orders given to the princes of the
| confederation Of the Rhine, and lastly. seve-
| raj articles inserted in the French and Ger.
| nan newspapers, have given to my court
just uneasiness, and that it considered itself
bound to organize for war those troops. which
| until now, had remained or the peace esta-
| blishment. But the emperor, my master,
always animated by the same sentiments,
takes this measure, only because he is COM
PEELED to take it, and still entertains pacific
| dispositions towards France.
% Minister. Then, you mean to make
! war upon us, Mr.. Ambassadors
| Ambassador. five wished to make war,
we would not have waited a moment before
the month of January, our troops would have
been upon the Rhine.
Minister. That would not have been
SO easy. Mr.. de Metternich the means we
now have to oppose you, existed i'll Janua-
| ry.
| ambassador. But the emperor was in
Spain.
| Minister. Yes, but in 1906 you were at
! Ulm, when he was at Boulogne, and he did
not arrive too late-is not this true! If you
march your troops, evil be because the En-
Slish faction has the lead at Vienna they
pretend to be alarmed in orderto seduce and
ensnare your emperor. Those who govern
every thing, who direct your affairs, do not
appear or shew themselves, if they did, mat
ters would be differently situated. How does
1t happen that you are more alarmed now,
than you were III the month of August last ?
The emperor was not then in Spain he then
covered all Germany with his troops; he
occupied i'll your rear, Silesia and the dutchy
OF Warsaw the troops of the Rhenish con-
federation were encamped; and, yet, you
remained tranquil. You wished to wait for
events; you actually feigned uneasiness -
you seemed to be alarmed at the emperor's
return, as if he were always to remain in
Spain you complain of the advice given to
the princes of the Rhenish confederation, as
IT that advice rendered necessary by the con
tlDuaron OF your ornaments, had any other
object than to hold themselves in readiness :;
anc you now announce that you are about to
march your troops. Not man belonging to
France or its allies has stirred. If you have
not made war upon the emperor, you have
removed the security of peace; you have
FASTENED his return; you have prevented him
from pursuing the English in person, snd
cutting off their retreat by sea; you have
retarded the expeditions intended against
( England; the troops that were on their
march for Toulon and Boulogne, were or
dered to halt az Ly ons and Metz, in conse-
! quence OF your threats you have served
| England. Shall say any thing further to
you OF the ferment agitating the Austrian
states! Of the spirit excited against France /.
OF the insults given at Trieste to French
and Italian officers, Of the assassination of
oar .couriers, so long unpunshed9 Of the
publications i'll the Presburgh Gazette! Of
the ialsehoods circulated respecting Spain?
| Or the reception given at Trieste to the of
| hcers of the Spanish frigate. dispatched by
the insurgents? OF NJ Cevallos's libel, so
| extensively circulated at Vienna?
.dm6aSSador. That pamphlet. sir, was
sent to me from Munich.
Minister. Could it rot have come from
Vienna 1! Besides, the book was sold at vi
eiina, sold by permission of the police
saw the public advertisement stating it among
the number OF the books permitted to be sold.
proceed "...above all, your agents have
Shewa themselves to be enemies of France.
will shew you extracts from a cosrespon-
dence, that will exhibit the conduct of your.
internuncio at Constantinople, and of your
consul in Bosnia.
.I1lbasSatior. But have we not on our
part, complained of NJ de la Tour. Maubourg,
who, l may say, declared war between France
ton between the ministers Of the French and
their allies, aid the Austriansl
Z" Minister. What should NJ. dc la Mau-
bourg have done? Promoted the triumph of
the English Truly, that would have been