The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-21
LONDON. Oct. ID.
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IRON, his royal dizziness me crovvn trince.
OF "Toeae" 10 III. NJ. The EMPEROR Naho
Icon.
As'ong as vour imperial maiesty acted.
or caused others 10 sct, apainss me opiv ~.
recuv, deemed il proven to oppose to you
a'mEess or silence bit now, when tive
note of the duke Of p,sseno TO NJ. D'Obsoo
'ndeavors To throw between the king ara
me the same five. brand OF discard which IA
c.iitated your n,ajes'v's entrance into Spain,
al ministerial relations having been broken.
! ADDRESS myself i'm mediatelvto you, for the
purpose ct reminding you of the faithful and
onen conduct of Swedee, even in the most
difficult times.
ths copmuaicatinn which M Siy
neoi was Charged to make, By order of ycur
imperial majsay, tie king caused il to be
rep!ec, that S~cd an, Can viaced that il was
only to YOU, Sire, that she owed the loss of
FINLAND. cou'd never believe in your friend
SNIP Tor her ualess you procured Norwayto
te gwen to her TO indemnity her for the
miSch et which your policy had caused her
"With regard to all that is contained ;n
the ncie Ct the Dnke of B4ssano, respect;nT,
the invasiop # Pow erania, end tie conduct
OF the french privateers, facts sneak for
themselves and on comparing the dates. il
VIII be seen whether your majesty or the
Swedish government are correct.
An hundred Swedish ships have bssn
captured, arc more than 200 seamen INF n
'r"ns' "hen this govevernmsat saw i,ye:f
compelled to c7uSe d privateer TO be ss,ged
who, under the French flag, entered orr yc.r
~ ports, to carry Of orr ships, and to insuIt
our confidence in treates
ne duke OF Bassano SAYS, that yo.,r
majesty did not provoke the war with Rms
s,a ard vet sire. your majesty passed the
Niemen. with 400 600 men.
FROM the moment when yanr Ms;ee,v
plunged into the interior of that Enpre. ,hs,
'ssue was no longer ubtfni. The F.mper
| or Alexander and thc King, alrcadv in IN.
month OF August, fnresaw the termina,;,,n
the campaign, and its prodigjous result. all
nih'ary combinations seemed TO guarantee
mat your M2JeStv would be prisoner.
GU escaped that danger, Sire but vm,r
army. the cite OF FraEce, of Germany, ant,
OF italy, exists no mere There lie unbpri-
ed the brave men who scr,; ] France ~
Fieurus FrenCh wen who COZ uuered in Ira.
| w. VINO survived the burning cline of Egg, D.
@nd who fixed victory under ynur colonrs -
M rengo, at Auserliiz Jena & Fr;edlandi
! May your sou' be softered, Sire. a. mis-
hFart'rendirg picture bur should it b..
necessary to complete the eject, recollect
alSoihG death, Ct some more han Million
OF Frenchnen, lying on the kcla If Hononr.
victims OF the wars which Year msjesty has
undertaken.
"Yonr Majesty: invokea your rights to the
friendship OF the k,1g Permit ne to re-
mind you, Sire. IF the little value ycur ma.
Ijesty attached toi,, at times wren a rec;nro-
ccity OF sent''nsnt would have been very use.
I j to Sweden. When the King. after Nav
ing, lost Finland wrote to vtur Majesty IN
oss you to preserve for Sweden the isIes or
Aiand, you replied to him. apply 20 tie.
Emperor Alexander; he is great and gene
rops :" and to fill up the treasure of vour
| mo tfGrence, you caused it to be inserted in
the efhcrnl J1rrnal (Moniteur of the 2lst Of
2ept. lSIo) at the moment of nv depa,rnre
Tor Sweden. fiat there had been an ;nt.r,
rsgnnm III thar kingdom, during which the
f.ng'iSh were carrying en- their Commerce
With impuuity.
The King broke eff from the coalition IF
l|S1, because it was the object of thar coa-
Htonto partition France, and he wonld have
ohand In the acknowledgements Of that 6,e
monarchy /; he was led to that measure 2
monument OF n IS political wisdom, as mnch
| oy ms attach TneDt TO the French Deoule no
by wixh to heal the wounds Of the tioo
d m Ira, wise and viriuous policy. found.
ed on the principle that every nation has a
right 70 govern itself by its own laws. ;ts
nsages, and its own will is the very setne
which regulates him at the present momen,
Yonr system, Sire, would interdict 10
nav ohs the exercise Cf that right which
they haze received from natnre,-that of
trading with each other,of mutually assisting
each oihe r,of spending & living in prae,.
and yet the very existence IF Sweden De
penis upon an ex ension of commercia, ra-
la'ions. without which she would be ;nsufE
Gent for her own subsistence.
Far from perceiving In the condrc, &c
TIE Sing any change Of system. every ON
ligntensd and impartial man will find in &,
nothing Tut the continuation Of a ius, arS
st adj, policy, which was manifested q, =
period when the Sove' eighs coalesccd -
Sainst the liberty of France and which ia
now pursued with energy, at time when
the French Government Continues tn ron-
spire against the liberty of nations, and OF
soveregns. "'u Va
know the good dispositions of the Fr
peTor Alexander, and of the Cabinet If Ct,
JsmeS's towards peace--tae calamities cf
the Continent demand it, and your Maiee-
| ~ ought not to spurn it. Possessed If the
hrest Monarchy upon earth, would ,c,,
be always extending its limits and trarsGoi,
to an arm less powerful than voofs tbS
wretched inheritance Of ipterminahle w.
Will not your Majesty apply yonrselfto The
heaHng ct the wounds inflicted by a reycln-
ton, OF which there is nothing left 10 France
put tue recollt cticns Of its n,ilitsr5 CHI
and real calamities within it's interior (; -
the lessons Of history repel The idea of an
universal monarchy; and the sentiment If