The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-18

,"ar whose vote v7u bear. that iis ambition
setncd oaly . 30 Increased ~ it. We saw
Am anu'hIstc Ills own work -A.au upon has
9. ICES a. upon his enen,es tear one of his
BROKERS froa the throne winch he had
himself crested {, b auc:her VI part OF the
dominions which he had gwen him. We
saw how he made the Incorporation, the o.
yerthrow If one country, follow that uf ano.
ther, * in his convulsive rage rob Europe IF
tire last illusiou of a durable state, with
which it seemed TO console Itself.
eat last he was at the goal when ne left
his dominionS TO lead the rrehcb FOG leagues
from their country, and by tins gigantic en-
terprize realize AL that IS related of the
conquerocs OF antiquity. At this period OF
adversely, when the dawn of freedom rose
epon Europe, what did you think Of him
who, after such various miser;es aud suffer-
ing which ne had bro9ghtNpcn the n; est
army, lefJ IL in the abyss ut'ies ruceion, into
which he mad p.ungcd il ; What did you
saw VI tho general who thus betrayed his
unhappy soldiers, and abs Ad,nrd them in
immensS deserts OF suow without food, with
cut clo+thing, without q guide
" Behold here the miserable remains Of
a. army but lately so fne, stretched oVt mp
on the ice, reriSainC by the three fold death
of cold, famine ami xoin2,! See tn author
OF AL the suiTerings of these wretrhss, re
only on his Hight. he yet ventures to appear
before you, to deTOand from you new ex
eTtions, new lev,es Of troops.
He has obtained but too many. Again
have 100000 Freachmen persisted. TO
drench with their blood the soil of Germa-
ny, whose Inhabitants loved the French, and
did not resolve upon revenge until after
thirteen years OF i'll Treatment and DISGRACE.
Divine Justice has baified the last efforts Of
n.-;rr tt-r ,(,,I
ces yea have again made have nnt been
a5ie to stop the progress of your inisfor-
tInes.
Now, Frerchmen, Germany is free =
but Napoleon driven back TO the natural
boundaries Of your empire, wili require from
you new sacrifices. Toobtaia them he W i'll
tell you that the Allies intend to divide
France, and he Who wished to bring under
his woke ali nations, from Naples % 5 ocil
holm, from Lisbon 20 Moscow, will talk to
ycI % The boundiess ambition uf his adeer-
saries. But your reason will teach VINO is
the author of the war, whether it Is he who
without remission carries war 30 all cCun.
tries and nations, or those WHO have only re-
pc led hostile stack and pursued the ag
sressor.
The Allies wiz not divide France. ~ ev
desire it to be independent ;t.clf and -
know,edg. the indie cnienCe oF all Other ma
tons. They ci'sr it peace---they demand 1t
because the world requires, z because they
make It their gio7V 10 end TIE miqerics of
the world. They ask peace from the French
Senate, and Il the Scuate do not venture to
decide COR ;his peace universally desired,
they demand it of the armies o! tho nation,
exhausted in it's population, loaded with
taxes, wounded in its no6lcst feelings-rob-
bed Of its children, whose industry IS fctc.r-
ed and whJ, since Napoleon has governed
y, has neither peace for the present nor Sc
Cu"ity fnr the future
Frenchmeb! look around vou--'he a
tyss is c.i!l open--the hand which plAoses
into IT is still lifJed :-shal u throw the last
of you in VIII you permit the Whole popu-
ll;ion of your country to perish And az you
MT perceive nat nothing car better he r..
human man whom fate has .,url-d ovci
you In inc wide circumference cf the
beautiful, once happy FRANCE, where is the
nan vuho 80 -Ps his frt szrl,ao his hfe, arG
whom the commands OF Napoleon have NJ,
reached Compel hin, then. to conclude
the peace which is required from you.
con the Other hand, should the dreadful
evils which result from tyrauD!c4l govern
ment prevent RE FtenLh people ard It's ar-
I1ies from declaring FIR peace, the lilies
Tlust lament that they canHot reach the op-
PressOr of France, but thror.,h a people
whom they esteem, and even their motto
will be-" war with the Cors can, irviola-
bility Of the ;e ritory, pc2ce and friendship
with delivered France.''