The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-09
EXTRACT.

=" send you the Journal of Commerce, which
contains a letter of NJ. Champagny, Of date the
22d August, in which you will see the principles
of this government declared; and in my opinion
they never will depart from those principles for
their business and correctness, so far rs they as
sert the moral law of nations, and that law too
which is most favorable to weak states and con
genial with freedom, no rational good man
can except to them am firmly persuaded
as ef my own being, that the French government
never will recede from this system in that part
which specially arises out of the blockading and
prescribing policy, better understood by her rule
OF 1855, and her orders of council of November,
1907 nor can any man pretend to expect peace
between the neighborng island and this CONT
nent, until Great Brtrin abandons them do not
feed yourself up with any expectation of the least
alteration here: tho to the u S. particularly,
there is no want ofgood will.
What niay be the circumstances arising out
ofthe confusion in the cabinet on the other side
OF the channel, / cannot positively assume.
Though IT were to conjecture, l should con-
Jude, that no state of things arise there favor.
able to our rights. What is to be done in such a
case you may differ from me, but my opinion is,
that as we have no right 10 Judge between those
two rivals, but where their aggressions fleet us,
and wherever it does affect US, it is doing us in
justice say we have no resource but to break
with them both, and by an open and manly de.
claration to maintain our rights against all ag.
gressors all other resorts are mere palliatives
this alone would reach the bottom of the disease,
because this alone will vindicate our honor and
our interests abroad, while at home it cuts up by
the roots those infamous attachments to foreign
politics and power, which have raised their heads
amongst us-Were such a course pursued with
tne sincerity and yigor that it demands, have
no doubt that we could commence an immediate
arrangement, and on our own terms, with both
OF the aSsressors; at any rate with one of them ;
niIlH hn nnct f.
the other, whether she would prosecute the quar-
rel at the risk OF throwing the whole weight Of
our force and our commerce into the scale of her
enemy II the English cabinet be not AS mad as
a March hare or their own king, they would de-
eide this question in the negative, in which case
our rights would be placed hors PtxSuit. lion
the other hand England should be willing tor the
sake of the carrying trade, to take the rs! of a
new enemy, rather than abandon her piralicai
maxims and depTedations, let her in Gods name
have her own way, and be hers the punishment
that awaits course both foolish aud wicked.
This is the amount of my creed on this subject.
The great battle that you were expecting at
the date ofyour last by Mr.. X has been fought ;
the truth is that it but hslf fought, when the
disasters OF the three first days produced quar-
rel between the archduke Charles and his army !:
which produced An srmistice, and thereby per-
haps ten or twelve thousand lives were saved,
and pursuit of ten or twelve days more, was
rendered unnecessary to- the French, however,
It has been most complete victory, while the ar
mistice is the most humiliating to Austria, and
the most useful to France, and must necessarily
lead to peace of the same character.
Russia does not appear 10 have mingled in
the business, either in the field or cabinet, and
tho she may gain an acquisition 90 the south
eastward, it is probable she will see without e.
motion anew Kingdom arise cut of the embers
of ancient Poland.
p. S. Since writing the above, the official
advice ofthe peace aua the treaty have arrived
here Austria has negotiated, and preserved the
tide ofcmperor and it is very confidently assert
ed here, that the three emperors have concluded
treaty of partition of the Turkish empire, the
tall OF which may be said to NC at hand, if this
treaty has been concluded, and the acquisitions
OF France in Iliyria, render il more probable
such an event would be serious affair to Eng
isnd TOR besides forcing her from tbs Archipel-
ago and the coast Of Bsrbary, it opens the road
to the East. 1t is said confidently, that orders
have been given to drive the Briti5h from Wal
cheren, the minister Of the marine set off on the
32d OF October for Antwerp, and we learn 10
day, That he is TO take command Of the naval part
OF the operations himself II they do not cut and
run, they they will have a worse business than
that OF Corrtinna. Sumo attempt TO cut off the
retreat OF the British land force from Portugal is
reported to be in contemplation how, or where
or by what means, is not easy to guess, and il
IS not ususl to enquire but one may suppose that
IT the French had sufficient feet, they might
blockade Lisbon while the land armies should
approach on their rear. One of the ablest Of
the French generals (Ney,) is arrived here, but
III very bad state Of health. The emperor's Pc
rios ct setting eut fer 81 ,, Is not certain, pes.