The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-11


ted at first on the resolutions ne shouli take
Hot he thought thar the King sc Prussia e'i
hshtened 6y experience, was at last correct
ed OF the versatile polcy at your Cabinet
The emperor felt gratitude fnr the cntlea
vprs he had used =. ST. Petersburg to ere.
ven, rnptore. Besides It was repugnan;
70 his Justice a 4 ~ h,s heart to declare wa,
srctn considerations OF political convenience,
ne WELDED to mis- personal sentiments to
wards Your sovereign, and consented 10 be-
come his ally.
rabie tn us, yoar court appea, ed faithful ; bu,
hardly had &c premature seventies II tue
winter BROUGHT bSck QUE armies or ihe Me
men, when the detection OF the e nera. D.
YorSh excite jeaiousirs too vel grounded,
The equivocal coadnct of your court On 81
nomcptonS an occasion, the departure 81
the king for Bresiau. the treason of gene ra
Sn,ow, who opened The passes of the lover
Oder to the enemy. tae ordinances publish
ed 10 incite turbulent and factious youth
10 arms, she re.u:Iion at Breslau of those
men sgnaiized as the leaders Of the distur
Dances and as the principal inst.g itors of The
var or 1905, the daily communications es
,ahiished between your Court and the head
quarters OF the enemy. would nnt permit US
Cor a long time to doubt the resolutions oi
~.
your note OF the 9th March 1t therefore
produced Il, sur prise. Prussia wishes. il
states. 70 recover the inh ertances Of her an
sessors. But we might ask her whether.
1heI she speaks OF the losses that her falsv
ool.cy has Caused her to sustain, she has moi
ttso posscss ons to place in the scale; vine
her she does u = awe some IF chose d sses
s;nns To her faithless policy lt is thus that
sh. j. indebted for Sllesia 70 the. abaptlo ,mept
II "A French armv in rilc walls of Prague. x
all her acquisitions IN Germany To the viola
ion OF the laws and interests of the Ger
manic bod.
Prussia talks of her desire Of arriving at
peace estas ished npon i 8 lid basi,. How
can one~reiY o. solid peace with a power
which thinks Itself justified 10 bro ak It's
engagements according CO the csprices OF
fortune
y. IA pr rers On open enemy, to friend
eve ready u i'rsake him. / will not ex
tend these nbsery: ton, anv fn ther. Twill
conf mysrif TO eHq ire. Whit would an en- i.
Ugh ened sta'esm, and friend of hi. coun
nv have done, who coming and placing
iimseitia Imagination AZ the IL sm e the At
airs OF Prussia snce the day in which the
French rev.'iotion broke out. would nave
Vl9hrd to Conduct agree ably 20 the princ,.
p.s> o. a sound and moral p licy. W ould
ne have enga yed Prussia IN iTSS IL, a war
" wacl he nigh have left the Chances 10
'tates more powerful than her,sifs If he
lad l'Ye 1t. wond he have advised to Law
Town the arms before The revolution had en-
ded IL lie had however been led TO &C
in1w ~gr the repub &c, " uld he not have
persisted n this n stem Would he not hay,.
'"u;ht tn reap tn: advantages of j., t prufit
D the Sentlmeu;s sith which a prince, dis
= ,i,.,
20 ns..ired Franc He would nave es.
40 he'd the niuence o. Pu STA, 4. the
lorth, by alliances the IN ,larchv OF Ere
1erick would have EN- scr ngthrned and
wou, have founded n r Internal
l2PpIress and her eternal respect ability
ip"t Close IN % WITH France. r. would
IoE n - suf red himsclf To 5e dazzled in
ifS9 ~ tra1s ent successes { orr enc
mes. IL would have repealed in 1905.
.hr0I "a D icy ,nd eniSv. the all ance int,
Which, E ;; ani Russit aud ,,tri, had
rn cred e. c. PEI PUSH. If, how
lriw b. 'iniore cen c rcurns agce he
,h ui1 have tx uatl ip3n toe tomb ar
ff de ck II would n + nav. violated II az
te the BATH of AIste !itG n Vopld h,y.
pursued The ony h0n1rabie path from .
Ia Nc. ue' erm nfti'n b., re "aining faithfu!
to & Ii il tire red b. for uac.
J. 1872 i; h 10 ugh he could FORGET tina,
vt L lo't, Russia hid d ne in favor Of Prus
sil all that tn: circumstances bermitted
u I'd h signed alliance with France. ne
wouil have bser faithful t. it. He would
nave iounl. III exp Cted events, an occs
son to cause Prussia to- set n0bie mart
20 Withstand ng he weakness, and TO maui
test unsu piciDss sent unents, of which he
Inight, Ia time, 1ave inv ked an honorable
recollection. This loyal resolution would
nave con iliated Prussia evea the esteem
OF her enemies She would have served no,
their n { ed, but their true interests for
general D'Yorck you'll not have BETRAYED
and the Russians would not have passed the
Niemen; genera Bulow would not have be
traytd q, am the Russians would not have
passed re Oder, and 7O0uLd nor hqye ey-
hoted khemselvcs TO tn ca,dstrohhe hat
hem. IN short, France, feeling
the necessity Of an iuterneliary power be
tive hrrse { and Russia would have found
II IN faithful Prus ia. and would have con
sented to aggrandize. for the interest of her
syst M, f'r the peace and repose of the
world. which is the only object Of it, a DOW
er, the sincerity OF which would have been
put to the test.
What does now. NJ. lie Baron, remain to
Prussia Sin has done nothing for Europe :
sue has done nothing for her former aily /:
she VIII do no hmg for peace. A power
whose treaties are Only conditional. cannot
be- n,6in intermediary power: II sparan T.
fees nothing; u IS only subject of discus.
SION Vt - no barrier. The hand of Prov
u nee . inp, med on the events of the last
winter she h = prOjuce1 than en- 1900 81. L.