The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-01

An tue course OF tins .esier b9 de
e'ares that " the speech in question is
master hieee," and pronounces his friend
not only 9 an accomplished Orator" tu; "a
Profound m:G arg sfatesnan :" rer,,nd 20 MS
OF honest J,hn in me play. {" Mais'er. You arc
VIE mon and for that matter so am :"
and requests him to deliver his opirion if he
can spare but quarter of an hour, con-
corning the battles Just announced, the ar
mlsticc, and the pvacticability OF a peace"
His friend well pleased,
Was sattery lost on HARPER's ear. .
complies with the request aud he begins 70
talk anon. Flattery, indeed, overc"mes him
quite, and agreeing that he +" knows some.
tning, he s'raightwsy falls topraphecyine.
Speaking Of Austria, he says, =" / have no
'dea that she IL act efficiently. tn France.
At the sai>'c time do not re i..,n IN her
acting efficiently ON the other siri.. sac win
probably keep herself in reservs and .ssume
lioe part or mediator" The =. .,isviouslv
II stn'ird srn''i rifg ic &c !, sfsa>ios s,e
his prophecy, N he manner Of the oracle
! o. old. bur any sense Of which il Is sus
cepible, Il has been fatty falsifisd by the
event.
u we rightly understand Mr.. Harper, he
MAINTAINS the opinion he org. ally xoress-
ed, of the " French Chief" though his Ian
when said that naoarte fed like a
vile coward from his ariny, did nj mean
to cal IN question his Personal couro "a. -
AGAIN. "lt (his AghO may b. considered!
IN some points OF vieS a Very bod thing.
But mrnnt TO say that it was the oct Of =
coward; Of coid, selfish wretch. dead IN
every noble and generous feeling, and a,ten
tive only to his own preservation s. advan
rage nat rs. we suppose. that l;h~ugh
coward, under similar circumstances.
would have acted as the French Chief
nd, II By no means follow that Mr. Hafner
meant to say that the @ French Chief was
coward Tits explanation ough, to I've
perfectly satisfactory, and We hope will Pre-
vent any SERIOUS rupture between th-ee il
lustr'ous personagss. 1t p6,se.srs much Of
lthe humor the ia, knight apology. which
indeed Il closely resembles.
:. call thee coward! I'll see ihee Damned ere
oa,, nee eoTg0rd' ut ! would give thousand
pound could run as fast as t.nu canst--Ynu ca G
not VINO Sc S your back: Call ytu that, backing OF
your frien%s II ssague upon sHc.. backiny.'
Mr.. Harper also persists III hi, euiog, Of
alexander. HIS character was indeed
tafnished, says he, "by ms attack on Swe.
den' and somewhat though i'll much ..-,
degree, by his attempt to wrest the provin
cee on me Danube from Turkey; but ShH
It Is A'gh character for xaaenarfg7itu. 0jq
IfhtereSfedneSS, justice and cons ancy - And
again. Once he has been imp. led. by A.
rIous Combining cirCumstaE Ces, 5 neof item
perhaps connected with - forHle,. eyinns
and habits OF his 'ver1ment to okiack and
SfrIf A Jee5te and uncGeAsins ,teipbbour.
I -14'- - i''l''Etcs-" 50 eese.tt4.i3 -
nlagnenimous and disinsere&tea" Great
God, what IDEAS can this man ia e IF mag
Inanimity and disintcrestednegs Alb, ut as
creditable to his moral perceDti n, as are
MS prophecies to his intelectua, sagacity.
II 1t be d'sinterested to STRIP an uu6Sndtng
reg hboHr OF his property, or mag, 4nirnous
70 tranple upon the fet6fe, we en- be no
! niger surpriCeH that in the vocabulary of
Nc. Harper the Sy.nch emperor Is termed
a vile coward" for cont .2dng sirg..-hand
Europe.
For the sane reason that Nr.: Harper
thus sounds tue praises OF Alexander, he
very consistently applauds the charac; er of
Peter the Great. Peter (seys h was
certainly the greatest man that has au1ear
ed in The world" And upon Mr.. Hfper's
system ct Il hics, nothing is more tue !;
TOT AS domestic sovereign (Mr. welsh
informs us) that he was little bsttcr thaulr
van ~ ---8HngHinary and deshuticai in .the
ecn eWe-an utter stranger to cIr17e,-cy
and fJrbearance-that his priva.e amuse-
nents wereth those of mere burbqrian. child
ISL i'h' asticat' and Qften!ines 8apagCy
crHctj mt he was addicted to the lozvesf,
inc most insane de6Quehery (probab!y at hN
Cossack ieasts) and euiifv oF me q,Iye,t
ere 'sSes Of fdaSion and rigor." Aferhay
ing nus done justice to the Characters of
these most excellent desputs. Mr.. Harper
proceeds 70 deiIneate the plan OF the cam
pa'g9 m Germany /; not the plan that is in
tended to be pursued--that he nodestly
ad"i he cam It know-but the plan which
ne fhtn|s ought to be pursued. OF the me-
rvs OF TINS plan We are not competent TO
Judge We can only say that if il should
re pursued, and it should oyentnate as it's
author lmagines, that ?" vile cowardp Ron,
harfe the French Chief" would be ;nr,lli.
biy crushed. At least 50 Mr.. Harper tells
u.s. lie Or very clearir .h,t 10Th no is
wanting out such general as h,taself and
'he 'nlng Is dane. Bonaparte is UaaG1ishrd
"a Ia ntode DE Do6adH Is tint drpIora
that this Corsican monster shonld conf.
nue. to ext I, when We have & Drs-. md o,i
iitary statesman" in cur country. who conid
so easily annihilate him?
his plan Of the campaign f. seems. Mr.
tiarper mem ned to general Willot. and
had the satisfaction of learning from b;r1.
toat General Moreau entertained he salht|
opinion Willnt and I--and Murcan. Nc
hope Moreau did not follow the plan os on.
profound military Statesman. when he eotI
IN the way Of HE French cmaon. Ifhe did
ne mas borne high testimony to It's merit h,
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