The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-18
from THE LONDON oLopE.

March II.
The good fortune of Napoleon has ceased
to astonish--but the meanness of the .' little
great" and the proatration of dignity and
honor, must not only surprise, but awaken
the regret, if not excite the disgust of man
kind. The effects, the important effects of
this marriage on the states OF Europe o2n-
not be taken in at one glanCe-the more the
subject is considered, the more awfully por-
tentous does it appear Three points how
ever, strike at once upon the sense of the
consolidation of Bonaparte's power, the pre-.
servation of Austrian independence, and the
humiliation of all other nations on the con-
tinent, it must, we think, be productive.
In these points, surely, we have matter for
deep reflection. How such state of thinEs
may bear upon the fortunes Of the British
empire, is a subject of fearful examination,
particularly when the minds eye is fixed
on the cabinet that burRed Copenhagen, di
rected two armies in Spain. sent an expe
dition to the SCheldt and that Crept into pow
er on the principle OF excluding live millions
OF loyal and most deserving subjects of the
King from the full enjoyment OF that consti-
tuition, for which they stipulated at Lime
rick, persisted in Walcheren and for the
defence CT which they fight in every quar-
ter of the globe.
1T Bonapartc were now TO address his
subjects, upon the state Of his empire, be
would thus express himself" While am
about TO crown and to consummate the great
dcstinies to which nature & fortune have cal
led me, by forcing from my vaneished enc
my his daughter, and placing her ON my re
evolutionary throne, as the first empress of
France, from whom q new dynasty is to pro.
coed, it is allowable for me to point out to
you, my beloved people, and to coneentre, in
one point, the glories of my uuequailed reign.
VINO OF the three races, or dyDastes, that
have reigned over you, from Clovis, down
to him who persisted by your hands for his
Criminal and yielding dereliction OF the roy
al prerogatives entrusted to him, who has
ever carried the French arms over so vast
a portion of Europe, as have doDeI Was
1T Chailemagne! or was it Philip Angus"
tuss or Louis the XIVtb? What were their
conquests. or their exploits, compared with
miner Who, except myself, has ever plant
ed your victorious eagles on the frontiers of
Hungary, and of Lithuania on the Niemen
and on the Save on the shores Of the Bal
tic, of the A.driatic and the Atlantic at
konlngsbe ~, at Raab and at Sevillel -Four
times havG Ibumbled Austria, whose sove
reign have compelled to renounce the title
OF Emperor of Germany; and have now
delivered him over to the keeping of my trus-
ty slaves, the kings of Saxony and of Bava..
ria whom ] first created kings-I have van
pushed, dismembered and disarmed Prus..
STA, whom can extinguish wholly at my
pleasure. Towards Russia, after defeating
her armies, have found it wise and poll
tic to adopt more subtle, temporising and
artfdl line of conduct, in order to subject its
counsels to my control but, by intinidati-
on, reign az Petersburgh, with the same
despotism as do at Berlm and at Vepna--
While have made seven kings, of whom
three are my own brothers, ana the fourth