The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-09
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sloM essDkrr's WEEKLY POLITICAL RE.
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and Austria that is to say, that the latter has
in due form submitted to the determination ofthe
former, which former, be it observed, the king
has, upon very recent occasion, declared to be
bur inVeserafe enemy. Well, then, here is our
most powerful friend and ally, bent down, at
last, beneath this our enemy. But, it is towards
the event, now naturally to be expected, that
we are to look for the subduing Of Austria is, in
proeeedinga against England. Napoleon may
now be regarded as having the whole of the CON.
tinent of Europe at his absolute command
Spain and Portugal only excepted; and wers,
not those countries assisted with the statesmar
like advice and the military skill and prowe,s
OF the Wsliesleys, to complete their subjugation
'woald certainly not cost him many months a.
nay there arc those who appear to believe, That
both the noble marquis and his brother tfy ba-
ron will find it their duty to come home, ia or
DER to give their personal aid to their sovereign
and his government, and that this move will
take place before Napoleon will be able to get
back to Spain If this should DO the ease If
Spain and Portugal Should be thus deprived of
the talents Of the heroes of Calcutta and Talave-
"a, their doom is sealed at once In short, when
we see the Wellesleys come away, I'VE may be
sure, that in their opinion at least, The house IL
ABOUT TO- fall. But, whether they CO me away or
remain, the short of the matter is. that with the
exception, perhaps, of the pensOnesl poet Fitzre-
raid, the Editor of the fast sinking Morning Post,
and few such ones, there 10 NO body who does
Hol eApoCt 10 see Joseph pOuap1rtc as much mas.
ter ut Spain and Portugal. by the end of this
year, a. his brother Louis 10 master of Holland
or, ~ George the third 10 master Of England
This being the general opinion, question, which
every man ought to put to himself is, shaX ue
then be able to defend ourselves aSaihst this con-
Qseror He will have under his absolute com
mand, every, sea port in the world capable of be-
ing greatly rnischievous to this country; and, at
the same time, he will have all the means for
building . hundred ships of the line in a year
AT the end Of one year from next Christmas, he
will, in all probability, have tue hundred .hips
81 the line fit to put to 1t 10 not more diff
calt for him to have 4 force like this, than for
him to march an army to Vienna and that man
must be fool indeed, who supposes, that the
conqueror of Europe will want inclination tel
create such a force. Indeed, there is, should
suppose, even in these times of madness, no one
30 mad, SO very mad, as to suppose, that tho
emperor Napoleon, when having finished the
conquest of the continent, will say to himself
come, that is enough; and, will not only
leave England uninterrupted, but will amicably
!" shake hands with her, and leave her i'm quiet
" possession OF those means, which she has SO fire.
"quently employed for the stirring up Of other
:" nations against me, and for the putting down
" me and all my family" No; even the Dix
ons aid their pastry cook co-operator nay,
hardly believe, that poet Fitzgerald is so exc
Grady stupid as to suppose this. No that man
must be staring mad, who does not see, that the
serious warfare between England and France 10
only now beginning that it is now the begin
ming of dangers that all former and present dan
gers are trifing compared to those which are
now about to menace us of this truth every
man OF sense must be convinced, ard yet this is
the time when we are to Eold national jubilee
when, even on this very day, on which I am
writing this article, all the means of intoxicati.
on have been aplslied to the thoughtles, part of
the people and, as if we were in love with war
like failure and disgrace, we wer with can
n NV ,phie he 81,
opposite coast, is firing in token of the complex
ion ola peace won by his skill and valor, while
we have before our eyes the miserable adven-
lures upon the Scheldt and the Tagus. We ap-
pear to have lost all shame to be SO far from
that saeepish people, that we were formerly
thought, that we may now with much more pro-
Priety become famous for our senseless impu-
dence. The poet when he drew the character
OF Bobadll, made him hang down his head after
having taken drubbng for, he did not sup
pose that 1T was in human nature for a boaster to
continue on his boastings and that, too, with an
increase of brass, after having become notori-
ousiy a beaten thing. Look at the Scheldt ;look
at the banks OF the Tagus look at the the droves
OF English prisoners of war, who are at this We.
~ moment. travcrsiRg France on their way to
prison do not say, look back, but look at
what is, on this very day, and then tell me, if
you b.lieve, that any nation upon the face Of the
earth over thought ola jubilee under such cir.
cumstanees. is, however, fitting that it should
De known, that the nation, properly so called
that is, that the sense of the nation disapproves
of this measure. 1t appears from letter, pub
lished by the Mayor Of Glasgow, that under
hand means to feel the pulses Of corporate bodies,
rs to the keeping of jubilee, were rcsorted to SO
early as about the middle of August The Jews
and contractors Of the city were the FIRST OPENLY
to propose the thing, and as the public will bear
IN mind, the proposition openly opposed
by every sound and sensible man in the common
council. Grand dinners and Hastings amongst
the rich contractors and jobbers were, at first
the intention; but, fear soon suggested, amongst
these gentry, the bypocritical pretence of de-
sire to relieve the poor just if they could not If
they had been as disposed, have relieved the poor
on any other day, as well as on the 2Sth of Octo-
Der, 1909.
Thus the thing originated, and that the main
object of the Jews and contractors was to amuse
the people, to keep them, long as possible,
from seeing their real situation, there can be ne
doubt is man Of the name Of Drum
,nond, who is, it appears, the commandment Of a
corps OF Volunteers in Westminster, called the
Prince OF Wales loyal volunteers, who has pub
Gshed a letter or order TO his corps, in which he
clearly iInputes diskoydfty to every one of the
corps, who Intentionally is sbsent from parade
on that day. This man, who is, it is said, the
HogS banker, has said no more than others and
the fact is, that either in direct Indirect terms
the Jews, jobbers, contractors, nabobs, pension
ers and sinecure pIacemen, who have put them
selves forward upon this occasion, have charged
with disioyalty all those who disapproved of the
measure, which charge fit were not false, would
be dreadf,illy ominous to the royal family for