The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-11-23

dividual states must be restrained from act.
ing separately, in order TO prepare-for The
| Tensqval at suar--for that is the fair & open
purpose avowed all the coalitions previously
formed had been baffied and destroyed--a
peace was necessary to provide for another
| coalition nose potent and mighty and better
combined to chsek a power which, after
having been held forth fer partition, her ca:
pital for conflagratiop, and her people for
massacre, had become irresistible: peace
was deemed necessary by the pious mo.
march of Austria, to procure aperiod of re-
Taxation for the neishbeurins states, to en-
able the emperor OF austria to restore his
finances and his army = and to prepare che
way tor more fortunate results Such a
peace AS to be obtained oaly BY extraordi-
nary efforts, Scby most pleas, tender &may
unanimous prince i-hc made the effinrt &
although ne had in the first part Of his de.
claration declared to all Europe that the
honor of the nation and les ancieat renown in
arms were untarnished and oye-balanced
every adverse occurrence It 1eems that
some new efforts were here necessary 10 be
made for the fyeservatiou ~ the enlhire. j
cannot bat remai X, in this place. or, the
slang which is coupled with this awkward
contradiction. The preservation of the en-
pre- is united with another object Of this
great Effort, that is--the most s0cred inter
ests of mankind Of what they are com
posed, or what the Austrian ideas of the sa
cfed Interests IF mankind are, venture to
say that no two men will agree unless they
conclude that they mean no right or interest
OF mankind; but such rs are subservient to
the uses of the monarchy. This profe ssiun
OF respect Tor the rights of mankind in the
twenty third year of war undertaken in
the open avowa of design to destroy The
'Igafs Of men, is perhaps an example Of
that justice and policy which aave been the
object OF his imperial majesty's life and
reign.
His majesty, however, undertook TO make
this great effort which was TO secure against
innumerabl. evils, and 20 be pledge of
the future order OF things in short, he
gave his daughter in maruiage, his daughter
dearest to his heart,.'o accomplish tbcse-
purposes which he here avows ali com
mon scrpp'es were overcome, says this
prince regar;.ful OF Justice. and whose life
aud reign have been devoted 10 peace he
gave his daughter to the ruler of France.
whom ne avows it to be his purpose to des.
troy he gave his daughter. dearest to his
heart, as pledge of the future order of
things and formed an alliance which was
to impose belief OF security and
peace, but really to seduce the ruler. TO
whom he had sacrificed the object dcarest
to his heart, into belief that he was capa
DE OF maintaining good faith, by such
pledge, and by maintaining treaties saorn
to be sacred in the name Of the holy anG nm
diptded 5flnhy when in reality his = VOW
ed object was to re. animate the nations
which mad already been bafRed in 20 many
unprovoked Conflicts. to a reuewa, If war. g
the destruction OF the ruler 10 whom he had
thus pros,ituted the daughter who was near
est 20 has heart. Wien the Cnssack Pla
tofi, IN the last years war in Russia, offered
ms Laughter as prize to any assassin who
would assaii the life Of Bonapartc q sen
timcrt Of horror pcrvaded the breasts of at
least all the virtuous English women and
goaded aud injured as was at the tire. af-
ter suffering a long Improvement, and paw
ing thousand pounds INFO his najesty's
treasury, for only iamenting that 10y coun-
trymen were logged, and hsrged by fd
reigne 8 too, the delight felt at this sense
OF indignity 20 the sex expressed by nv
country womet,, and throughout all Eng
land, compensated me for shy slfiering
But how am ] 20 estimate the feelings of
the Austrian wornen- and of Austrian men,
after suth IN avowal as this Of the emperor
ot Austria IL Bonaparte be such monster
IN hHmar shape, as to render il allowable
fer PatoF the Cosssck to offer his daughter
up for prostitution go any one who would
asssssinate h'm though cannot spt CON
passionate the Cossack young LADY, cannot
without falsehood giVs my applause TO the
| emperor Of Austria, fcr bestowirg the Oh.
Iject dearest to his heart on the very ,oan
who was held forth for assassination sra. r
the b%nners of his irnperisl ally, AieZsi.
der, On the compaTl3bn, / must say, that
t pen Highway robbery is less igrornnlious
tn6n picking pockets--if bold-faced vii
lain yslo presents pistol and tells YOU he
means to shoot you, be at least more mag
nan nous than the wretch who carries q sti-
letto in b sleeve g stabs yon to the heart,
white he l,ughs in vour face---iS dealing a.
bove board be more honest than hypocrisy *
| lying-it the avowal and execution of bad
purpose De less execrable than the rrofes-
sion Of good and performance of foul
purpose then the Cossaek Patofr IS ~ OBJ
yect Of less adherence than the emperor oil
Austria is made by his own declaration.
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