The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-14

1t is more than year and an half in ar |
rear.
+" If in such state of things your males.
ty maintain the recent dispositions, by as.
signing 10 Holland provisional government,
you will only be prolong,ng her painful, ago
ny. Ii the government OF prince in the
vgor OF life, has left the country in SO dis.
treSsed a situation. what can be expected
from long minority' II cannot. therefore.
be saved but by new order of ,hings.--
The period of the power and prosperity of
Holland was, when IL formed part of the
greatest monarchy then in Europe. He,
incorporation with the great empre is The
only stable condition in which Holland can
henceforth repose from her suflerings and
long vicissitudes, and recover her ancient
| prosperity. r
thus, ought your majesty to decide in
favor OF such an union, for the interest, nay
more, tor the salvation of Holland She
ought to be associated in our blessings, as
she has been associated in our calamities.
But another interest still more imperiousiy
Indicates to your majesty the conduct which
you ought 10 adopt.
| Holland is in fact shoot from the
French territory; it constitutes portion
OF soil necessary 70 complete the form of
the empire. To become full master of the
khine, your majesty should advance to the
Zuyder Sea. BY this means all the rivers
which have their source in France, or which
wash the frontiers. viii belong to you as
tar as the sea.-fo leave the mouths of
your rivers IN the possession of strangers,
would, in fact, sire, confne your power to
Unlimited monarchy. instead of erecting an
imperial throne. To leave in the power
OF foreigners the mouths Of the Rhine, the
Meuze and the Scheldt would be tanta
mount to submitting your laws to them
n,,f, ~f,,
commerce dependent on the powers who
should be i'll possession Of those mouths; il
would admit foreign Influence in that which
is most important to the Happiness of your
subjects.
"1he annexation of Holland is still necessa.
ny to complete the system of the empire, par
tlcularly since the British orders in council
OF November, 1907. Twice since that peri.
od your majesty has been obliged to close
your Custom houses to the trade of Holland,
In consequence of which Holland was isola
tedfrorl the empire aud the Contlnent.--
Alter the peace of Vienna it was i'm YOUR
maJesty,s contemplation to annex this king
dom. You were induced to abandon this /
dea from considerations which no longer ex-
ist YOU agreed with reluctance TO the Trea-
~ OF the l4'h March. which aggravated the
calamities of Holland. without meeting any
one view of your majesty. The obstacle
which prevented 1t has now disappeared of
itself. Your majesty owes it to YOUR cmpire
otake advantage CT a circumstance which
SO naturally leads % the union. There can
be none more favorable for the execution of
your projects
Your majesty has established at Ant
werp apowcrful arsenal. The astonished
Scheidt swells with pride to behold twenty
vessels OF first rate bearing your majesty's
flag. and protecting its shores, which were
formerly scarcely visited by some trading
vessels.-butth the great designs of your ma
Jesty In this respect, cannot be fully accom-
Pushed, except by the union of Holland.
1t is necessary to complete so astonishing
creation. Under your majesty's energetic
government the ensuing year will not termi-
| nate, before by Calling into action the mari
time resources of Holland, feet OF 30 sail
OF the line, and a great number of troops
shall be assembled in the Scheldt and Tex
ell, to dispute with the British government
the sovereignty OF the sea, and repel its un
lust claims.
$ So that it is not the interest of France
alone that calls for this union it is that of
continental Europe, who applies to France
to repair the losses of her marine, and com
bat, on her own element, the enemy of the
prosperity OF Europe; whose industry i. has
not been able to stifle, but whose commnni 1
cations it obstructs by its insolent claims. |
and the vast number OF its ships of war
Finally, the union of Holland augments the
Empire, in rendering more close the from
tiers she defends, and in adding TO the secu-
rity of its arsenals and docks 1t enriches il !
by an industrious, thrifty, and laborious peo- |
pie, who will add to the stock of public |
wealth, in increasing their private fortunes.
There are people more estimable, or bet |
ter adapted 10 derive benefit from the advan |
tages which the liberal policy Of your Gov
eminent affords to industry. could |
not have made more valuable acqgisiti.
on.
1.-The annexation of Holland to France is |
the necessary consequence of the union of |
Belgium, 1t completes your Majesty's EN-
pre-, well as the execution of your system
of war, politics, ana trade. 1t is the first,
bu. necessary step towards the restoration of
your navy in fact, it is The heaviest blow
which your Majesty could ntl'ct upon Eng.
land.
AS to the young Prince, who is so dear
to your Majesty, he has already felt the eff
fects of your good will. You have bestowed
on him the grand Duchy OF Berg. He has
therefore no occasion for any new establish
ment
I. ." have the honor to propose to your
Majesty the fsroject of the following De-
cree.
81 am, &c.
"CHAMPAGNY, Duke Of Czdore."
(Ihts Decree in our msrt.)