The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-01
pRUssIAN MANIFESTO.


PARIS, 27th March. 1913
Monsieur lie Doc--i have just received the or
DER of The king, my sovereign, 70 comEiuh'cate Tie
following To- aour e&eeie.cY.
Ire pro.'vs.,sp.s ~oict ] have heretofore had
The bonor 10 'Dbr.i; 20 ,o1r EAeei.vncy, were at
nature to- merit am aLs~fr equal', lloppt and de-
esite The PROCESS q. the huse,ah sr,,e, into the
heart OF tae a,unsrehy, & the retreat the French
arniss, render i; il ossele ur Prussia ctA,tiuue
in her rr.sen, .a,e VI uneert -inty. On Tie one
hsnd, the emperor oi Russia, sonneelCd with the
hmg 10y the tres a.! personal rendshil, offers pIu
STA, at tbs critical joncture, the. support us his
power and the advantages OF his trie nd shi,, !:
On the other, his nsjea,y the Emperor. OF The
French pe-sists IN ,epeihag an ally, Who has
sacrificed himself Tor his cause aud even uissiainr
all explanations to the motives of hs 81 euce
france had long lime since violated in all the,s
aouts the treaucS which united her 10 Fruss;a.---
h's aiohs Was ehoush To d'sehargv Prussia from
her engacem.nts. Not content with having dictated
toher ht i'ls't r.aee as hard sras kya,.il,-
ht1n7, not even hss she suffered her 10 enjoy the
ieeb'e advantages which that treaty seemed 10 pro
mise her -. :
She ha, made of odious pretests to shake to
their foundatt.s the fortune of til. state and OF in
di'Hiusis. Ever since thxt epoch, Prussia has
been treated AS conquered country, and i,2s been
made 10 eqw tnder a yoke of ron. The French
armies remained there contrary the terms OF the
treaty, aud lived 4 discretion during IS months ::
'Torbiisns sud arbitrary ecntib..ins were impe.
eed on her her commerce WAS ,umed w bang
iareed to alop; the continental s\slein ; French
4 =
Oder, and the csuItry Was Obliged u provide tor
the eSpences ci their appointments: in sne, by the
tUee'y pi B"5onne, the property Of widows and or
phans MAS disposed al, sui in manifest eonsra,lie
ton 90 the stipuIstions Of the treaty ot peace.
Every thing d.ciSI I'd that no sort OF terms would
ne Kept With IN unhappy and oppressed sac In
us sate 'tl-sgs, the heneft of the peace kecame
'uusory he King groaned with the enorn Gus
weight sSidch bnsslened his subjects. He fatt.red
himself that he eOuidcsn9u.r by can.!escension and
'aer,hees an luminosity, the effect, Of which he knew
while he W.: ignorant OF its Gauge. fie Abandoned
himself to the hope of spsring his people sill great.
eT mistortunes, by fulfilling puIously his engage.
inents With France, and carefully avoiding whatever
might give her offence. by extraordinary and un.
hear' OF efforts, Prussia was able to discharge two
thirds OF the contribution she preparing to nav
TIE remainder. when the difficulties arose between
russia ana France, aud the immense preparations
o The two powers left no rom 10 doubt that " ar
was about TO burst forth in the North The king
faithful In his principle a. saving II every hazard
The national existence, Judging of the future by the
past perceived tia, hi had every thing to fear
from France. lie made a sacrifice of his al. etons
aud eonclu led treaty of alliance with her AT the
epoch OF the conclusion vt the treaty, before the
news OF Il could reach Berlin, the French troops
advanced iD'o Pomerania and the March Electoral
he k'ng saw with pain that account was made
| OF his frank and loyal intentions Force WIS EN-.
poyed to obtain What it appeared impossible 20 OBJ
tam by negotiation The agents OF Prussia terrified
by the menacng attitude OF France, had SIGNED at
raris separate conventions, containing conditions ex
fre:nc oEeros, relative to tiss p.oTi.ianr or che
grand army. The French government aware of
the smSllness Of ourresources, fUressw refusal, *
prepared itself 10 wrest by forcibc means the con-
sellt OF the king. 1t was deceived. His majesty
rahed those conventions, although he saw the din.
Guilty oil thrilling them he relied on The devoted
nes7 Of the Prussians and hoped that by setting
bounds TO our s,erinces, he might preserve his PEG.
pie from arbitrary requstions and their fatal conse-
qnrneee Experience has not justified this hope
Whiie Prussia exhausted all her to pour into
the magazines the stipulated supplies the French
lac cha t,diy Jt,oIo
demanded az once the accomplishment of the trea-
ty. and the daily maintenance of the troops. The
property OF the inhabitants seized by main
force, and without any account. anil PrlIssia Lost by
these of violence more than 70 600 lion se and
s0.c00 carriages.
Mean while, notwithstanding al these ernbarrass-
ments the king, faithful to his system, fifed with
religious fidelity all the engagements he had entered
into. The supplies came in successfully the siipu
iated contingent was in great progress in short
nothing was omitted to demonstrate the loya " of
our conduct But France answered Ills devoted.
ness only by interpretations, and believed tina, she
might dispense with performing On her vide those
stipustions OF the treaty which fell 10 her charge
she constantly refused tn verify Ter accountability
Tor the supplies. although she hal expressly Nm
deTiasen that the accounts should be settled quar-
terly.
The military convention secured 10 the emperor,
until new arrangement, with Prussia, the posses
sion o the fortresses Of Glogau, Settn anil Cnsrin
the provisioning of the FL 81 at these was TO be AT
TIE expense oi France from the day of the signature
ct that convention, and to the others, from he
day when the King should have fulfilled his new en-.
gnse'nents respecting the payment of the contribu-
ton The kingiu agreeing to this article had aIrea.
W grTen France great proof Of his sonde sceusion
~ renonne'ne the stpGlations Of SOB, by which
1ioSau was 10 be restored to Prussia IS soon as the
hall OF the contributions should have been paid
lac new treaty Was not better observed by France
than that which preceded it. The provisioning nj
Clogan and HAT Of the other fortresses notu ith
ssrdns tie most pressing Representations, justified
by the convention and the payment OF the cuntrbn-
tens sreafy realized in the month OF MAY of the
I'll tbs day The convention stipusted nothing con-
corning the fortresses OF Pau and Spandati they
qusht consequently 90 have n,siatd ~ the oa-pa
ton OF the Prussian troops; nevertheless the
French Tpops entered into them bv sort nf militia
~ sU.pras and held possession. Whie the exper.
css OF fTustia were continually ind initey increas.
co wbne she proved that after having discharged
her contribution, her advances amounted already 10
enormous SUM- et fFaBee persisted in refusing her
any assistaneei all her remohstranoes we're answer
ed wits eOnter5ptuous silence, ard necessarily re-
g~fing new sacrifices, France seemed to count fpr
noing the income eiyable efforts Of an oyerwheinea
lstion.
~ the end of tie preceding vear the advances
o Prussia amounted to nety four roilions ef faues
ne accounts were rs regular il was pOssibls 40
~ axe then considering tie constsnt refusa ~ the
french authorities 20 verify them aesofdlfe TO tie
treaty. His majesty had ceased to represent
by ht agents TIE urgent necessity of doing inst "a
pt Claims that us exhausted dousnions ooriid m
0NSsr support tic mai0tena1oe Of tie French ~.
mics The lsthg conhned himself At Grst TO dc.
'Hmding iiqptiatior NJ those Alliances sr,d freely