The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-12
POLfTICAL.
From Co66ett'a Weekly Polilicai Res-is.e,
oFDcc. IL, 1913.
CONOUERING France

FROM Cob6ett>s Weektv Political Register
Of Dec. IL, 1913.
CONQUERING FRANCE.
From one step we proceed to another For
many years past we have been ,old. that the
war was carried on for orr inaet endenee
and that, il we did not go on with it, we
sh uid become the real slaves of Bonaparre.
Sc: f.freSeyUation w as then the causein which
the nation was called upon TO shed its blood
and expend its money. Our views extended
as Napoleon retreated. He was to be dri-
ven into the ancient boundaries If France.
But nogv he is to be beheaded, according to
the TIMES newspaper; and according to
the COURIER newspaper, the people If
Frame are TO be Punished, lalcts they aban-
don him ard obey ate aeSa.Sa BeuThoa iisit 1
stead. Thus, III the space OF four months,
the war. FROM a war of seif-defenre, var for
our oTvn f.CisleTce. is become war for i'm I
posing government upon the French PEG
ME. IN short, we harS returned to the no.
lions and the scenes of 1892 and 1898. The
a HES are crossing<t he Rhine and, as we
arc told by thtsa writers, proc!ama atoms are
70 be issued, similar to that of the Dnke of
Brunswick. i'll which the people Of France
were threatened with dreadful hunish,nents,
unless they submitted TO the dictates Of the
Allies with regard t. the arrangement of
hSa 1 nc STuCiCS 10 WHICH
i'idde here, will insert not only because
wish TO place them upon record, but because
the reader should be convinced that d % not
m:SreErese'as the writer's s. because it viii,
De useful for tie public to see clearly what
the views OF these writer's and Of their abet =
tors really are. The following article is from
the TIMES of the 4th instant -" When, or
under what circumstances, the great com
mat6cr- may think fit TO carry his forces
againit the large military or commercial de :
pots OF the south of France, we do not pre-
tend 10 form conf lectures We ara confident,
that as nothing will disturb the calm and
medit tive prudence az his plans, so nothing
viii arrest the rapidly OF their execution
We trust alike in his canton and in his re-
solution: but, perhaps, there may be in store
Tor him higher destination than the cap
ture CT town or the reduction OF province.
what II the army opposed TO him should
resolve to aysnge the cause Of humanity, &
to exchange the bloody and brutal tyrau
ny o. Bonaparte for ne mid and Maternal
2svGy II Bourbon /? Gould a popular
French General open to himself a more glo-
rious career at the present moment, than
mar which ProV14eRce seemed to have des
ned to the. virtuous Moreau Or, is it pos
s'oie that any power now existing in France
Could stop such General and such an ar
my, supported hy the uncon luered Wei
iingsoh and his formidable legions, if they
were to resolve boldly to march to Paris, *
brInS the USprfcs' 10 The block 4! Every dis
possible solder in France is On the Aduur or
on The Kline. In the case we are sufposlng
there would be no enemy to encounter, un-
less the Dortbsrn frontier were at once de
nr'' ut troops, x the road to Paris on tina,
SIDE laid open to the Allies. I'his is no cues
ton OF the att Chment of the French nation
10 one dynasty or to another it is a ques, ion
CT military enterpris, in the minds of mill.
tary adventur"rs. The supple possibility,
not to say the high moral probability, that in
a moment q general detection, IN army
"hick has so much in its hands may run with
the sirca!o Unpopular feeling throughou E,,-
rope, IS enough 60 make the Tyrant tremble
on his throne. Lord Wellington is doubtless
prepared to take advantage OF so desirable
an occurrence, in case it should happen
without his previous interference but we
wish him 10 irfeJfere--we wish ,i!ut he were
authorieed plainly & openly to offer his mirh-
ty co operation h any body of men who
you'd snake off the Tyrspt's yoke in France,
2, hHs been done ~ Italy, in Germany and in
fIo'land - Let 1T be observed, that il is here
expressly recommends to make war fer the
purpose OF putting Napoleon to deafh. He
has been acknowledged as Law full ruler of
France by all the powers at war wifi him.
lie has had almost every one Of the hos the
Sa"ereisns absolutely in his power. tic las
spared not only their lives but tia cir thrones {:
aad nov an English journals recommends
~ these same sovereigns To make war upon
MN Tor the express purpose Of putting him
death, nothirg can be clearer jhan that
I've owes his present dangers wholly to his
having shared those, who are now his most
formidable enemies. il lie had extingui,hed
he Austrian power, he would never have
been IN danger. The Scottish desire TO ROY
ailEe.hls fan,ilyr.and the hope cf being able
to rule the people of France IS the old fami
les ruled these have led to his present
STATE OF peril, add, if the people Of France
turn against him will, IN all probability. cost
ma his1'fe but, AZ any rae, thar life ought
not to be sough ty those whom he has spar
co .--M0"e OF this another time. Let us now
near tie COURIER (; that vile tru npet OF G.
verlasting war" We expect that the next
dlspa "hcs froG the a lies Will announce
hen having crnssed the Rhine. Lord Cath
car, we understand In his last dispatches
S>ated That Vt was the intention of the Prince
O. 'ch~artzenberg 10 pass 'he Rhine in
t7 ,a'eht trointthat dre. We ere glad to
near tn's--fcr rot moment should be lost
---ro time given 70 Bcn3paFte 10 re assemble
large army, AID recruit his means. By
pas ing the E5i'e and entering the Neither.
ia""a 10 o1ce, tECv vii. INN edzteiy deprive
him IS 'hc resources ,u n,er aud nee ssaries
Which be- Io ~ derive from thar com ry
"Fa7 1'1' 'rJm carry 1E the conscriu.