The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-26


qualiy succeededTin the principal object OF
ms exe'tions; because at that time Porto
gal and Cadz will not be the principal Oh.
Jects OF his eXertions, but the defence of Gil.
braltar.
(6) The designs of the enemy, you say,
have been frustrated in Portugal. Should il
have so happened that they have made a
landing at Edinburgh that after having
taken possession of Scotland, Nor.humber
land &c. it had drivea your armies before
1T for IS days at the port of the ba, onet-
that prudently retreating with the torch in
one hand. and the steel in the o,her, you
had devastated your plains, destroyed your
cattle, your farms, your parks, your country
seats; shat after having arrived &c at he
height of London, resting one wing on he
sea and the other on the Thames, posted on
desert and inaccessible mountains fortified
with $500 pieces of heavy artillery, thirty
SIX. twenty-four and eighteen Founders,
drawn from your ships and arsenals; md
having your TANKS SO covered that i, was
impossible to turn you and cut you off from
the sea, would you then boast that YOU had
defended England ? But the inhabitants OF
Essex, Middlesex. &c. would tell you, that
to burn and destroy a country is not defen-
ding it; that London is not the frontier 10 an
army which comes from Scotland; that 10
take position 80 leagues from the from
tier, leaving the enemy master of three
tourths OF the Country. is neither mea-
sure ct defence nor proot of strength -
This Is the way, however, in which You
defended Portugal You have abandoned
Almeida, Ciudad Rodrigo. Oivenza, and
Campo Major. and suffered $4,000 If your
aines To be taken; YOU have surrendered
the country between the Mimic, the Douro
and Mondragone--between Beira and the
Iagus; you have burned and laid waste -
and still you have the impudence to saw
that the defence of Portugal. the principal
object of his Majrsty's exertions, has been
accomplished. aud that the designs of the
enemy have been frustrated May Wei
hngton one day defend England in the same
ma nVr
~ Hitherto. This word is worthy Of
observations Thus YOU boast of having a
bandoned three-fourths of Portugal, and Of
having laid waste the country of which YOU
callyourselves the protectors, and which YOU
consider your own proper y; and sill you
are not sure 81 being able to maintain pos
session OF it. You say hitherto !; this is
confession extorted from the 'EngIsh Go
vernmeht by facts--As to us, we will tell
YOU plainly, that We wish this hitherto may
be very remote; and chat if he day upon
which vour army embarks is to be holiday,
it will only be for the English people h 1t
the advantages of the actual contest will be
the greater t"r us, the larger your st Ike is.
1t mus be large to be decisive; IL ,,,u.t b.
Protracted to produce All the results we
expect. An army of 1000 English en-.
camped upon the heigh.s of Lisbon, obi
ged to procure from London even the very
straw ,hev want, England Obliged TO keen
at the mouth of the Tagus 900 transports.
ana 10000 sailors; having TO subsist not on
~ $4,000 soldiers or sailors, but 400. 600
men. women and children besides. who have
taken refuge at Lisbon, and concentrated
themselves in one point beirg. moreover
obliged to support all this expence, wi,h a
course OF exchange which has fallen So per
cent. gives to France already all the advan.
tage she could desire from the present con
test. 1t is part of The Continental system
winch dIn'lnishes on one side Your revenues
oy reducing your commerce, and On the o.
ther increases your expence by compelling
you to maintain armies in Sicily and az Lis.
bon. 1t l., in vulgar language. t. burn a
candle at both ends. In the mean time.
the French army, only costs us its pay,
which we should be Obliged to supply where
yer ii was
IN short, IT Massena, having received his
relnforcements and heavy artillery, SHOULD
De inclined to advance upon. after having 81
fenced your batteries; or if you yourselves,
rendered impatient by this ruinnus CON.
test, march against him, what will be the
Consequence! II you are victorious YOU will
derive no advantage from it, for YOU will,
fiave scarcely made two marches. before
you are met BY new armies. If you are
conquered, you are lost. The loss of $4,000
men 10 England is as great as that Of 500 900
10 france. The two Countries are in the
proportion OF one to three to each other with
respect to population the same proportion
prevails with respect 20 the extent Of the
c luntres where you are obliged to have
troops. which on the whole produces a p,o
portion 81 one to nine
We are ignorant of the intentions of the
Cabinet OF the Thulleries but we wish
with all our heart that the Prince of Es-
ling may maneuvre instead Of attacking
you, and by so doing keep you some ysars
where you are. The consequence would
be, you would add 400 millions more to yonr
debt, and we should be certain OF the fnore
submission of the Peninsula. When
the question is about great extent of CONT
neDt, what are few years All the nett
ohs VINO have been subjugated have defen-
ded themselves tor several years you a.
lone have exhibited the solitary instance in
history, OF a nation Conquered in one battle
and so Su'Jugated by the Normans, yonr
conquerorS, that your laws, your Customs.
every hing was torn from you by single
victory.
SPEECH-(8)--" md farticuIariy bD the
brilliant harf hichthey bore in he rcIulse
ofhe enemy az Busaco"
Note IN the Moaifeur.--The affair AT Bu-
Saco. Whatever wac the nature ~ ,,,k..