The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-06-29

Senate snds acceptance by Louis tls istl TO be mas.
u,c condition. OF ms elevation, full confidence that M,
VII, aeceptit. This outline contains many of Tho sse.
u principles oil free governments with the safest guard
tor the correctness offs administration & its own eons,r
Nauon That experience has suggested Should constitu
Ton Dc formed on these principles with wise organic,
ton X distribution OF its rowerS. will upt,o,h,,Ii
merit preference to that which was adoptcd by tbt.
constituent assembly OF France hI7So
In tins successful career, the Emperor Alexander hay
taken The lead. The declaration NJ Paris and all H.
other public acts done, in the name OF the allies y ~,
his signature alone He IS evidently the ,-cnerssno
OF their armies, and the chief in their councils Tcua
evident Is It that nc acts concert with the Co,sr,
auvc Senate, and party in France who have ,on,b,aJ
IN the overthrow of Napoleon and the res,n,-rn =
Bourbons On him. therefore, will the limits %, France
anu all the conditions OF peace p,inci,y Scpcnj To
hin' likewise, VIII IT be essentially owing tia, France
hereafter enjoys aeonstttion as free rs bs, in
patica, shouldit take effect
vi the causes which produced the downfall of Roma
Iarte. the world isalrcadv sufficiently informed HI
hc possessed all the talents for which lie ol,n,, c,,
he might undoubtedly have retained hrs rcwer I'bc
whole revolutionary paity, when the change of govern
mcnt took place, was an his favor and almost all France
had been revolutionary. Rival military chiefs united i,
giving to him the preference the armies scknowletc
90 s,ohtten to hum the new dgniarie,S the civil
authorities ot every grade the purchasers of the M
oonai domsius, had sli an Interest IN sln,,ort,- hin,
ihecleI1y were recoac,led the PARTY ft,c Bonrlons
had become almost cxtnc; most OF the s,,ro,nd;,
nations oNerthro"n or appalled,, had recognized him. X
even the Emperor OF Austria with view tn STRENGTH
en- and consolidate his own throne had united b,sclr
with that OF BouaIlarte
With so many and such powerful circumstances in
nus FAVOR, II c&cItes wonder, how nc should have failed
lheprovsional government in their address To ,hcpco
pie OF France, hase in few words explained tn. cas
lie never ceased (say they] 20 undertake witbou,
motive and object unjust wars like an a,,yentrer who
would become famous Pursuing the dictates of an
nnmcaSured ard scnsecss ambition he heat down an
those strong guarantees of his power which nit b,v
upheio II forever In the measures taken for ,posns
nm, IN the interior, hear nothing of the Marty nr
inc Dcuroons lie was put down by the revolutionary
party, and even those members of who had boen rs
closely connected with him. We, not deny m Rono
parte many OF the qualities off great captain Hc GER
family possessed them in an eminent degree His mi;
hu.J career, with the exception of the two last cam,
palSnS was splendid almost beyond exan,n,e His
great achievements will forever secure him die
unguShed place among the most renowned cororn,n
derS. Whether he closed the scene in a cone;S,cn,
manner and his last acts characterize the greet man in
the sense in which he aspired to be great and b.d b
great, or surrendered before there ,os nece g.;
and might have sustained himself through the crisis
winch overwhelmed him, are points on which ourinS
formation is too defective to enable us to ponouncc
ihey arc however, now, objects rather OF nrvate on
Iiosty than of public importance
Oh inc friends o liberty, in whatever country resi-
nihS, bonapalte hd claim As the uslTper Of tho
liberties oil France, he the object of their ;eolosr
and distrust; and by his violation ofhe RIGHTS of
thc violation OF Great Britain he did to that cause dcD
anu lasting INJURY La this respect his conduct was as
unwlsc as it was faHantly unjust Weak NJ sea had
ne consulted the interest of France, he ought to have
advocated and supported with scrupulous fidelity the
rights OF neutral nations. Pursuing that policy the whole
cononentot Europe would have been arranged or his
sue anu IN that event, the world would have been
gtSseu long since with safe and honorable peacc-
Every power had felt and aborred the uslrpations Of
England. But he disdaned to have generous nd
pendent and voluntary associates cvenn support oftbc
cause which he cspouse1. He must act rs conoucror
"t, ana make other nations do, by force, what they
were prompted to do by interest and inclination He
must snbdue before he would accept their services
In inns mode be made enemies to France where she had
friends friends to England of her most inycte,t NO
enes. IN snort, he unitedal Europe against him. and
promoted the views OF England, efectuallv asif he
ment s"'''"-
iothe United States Bonaparte never was an obec,
oi alarm. ms wild and extravagant attempts ut iyc1
dohauon, they always bcheld in their true l;rht
hey regarded them as proofs of an ipord;rotc s,l
non, winch could never succeed and would evcntua
recoh with ruin on himself, if not ON his count, Hi
PreoauohS on their commerce were felt and resented
anu SO Keen was the sensbiy those acts of insce
and folly, that much hesitation was shewn nv or GOV,
eminent IN deciding on the course to he pursued Had
the States been within the grasp of his territorial nm
Presson, they would probably have followed the exam
pie OF Russia, and other powers of the coot;ncnt
n uniting to put down that danger in the first rs,anc
laced, however, IN another hemisphere beyond his
each, and having nothing readf oRn him in that res.
'ect 1t would have been the height Of folly to have
made war to prevent an evil which did not exist
md never could be realized The folly world have
been the more glaring, because as France had not .
mp at sea, and was separated from us by vast ocean
he was also utterly to u.s. 1t dnty If
our government to examine with profound attentiontLc
rS's IN winch we were placed by G. Britain s, France
nd to secure bya wise policy, against the encrtcbncn
d both the rights Of our country ard the
appness OF our fellow citizens. To slun war. IN
night be done without exposing to greater calarfcs
nan oioW IN ats tram; 10 give countenance to the
mputation that free government vas a.;
te OF energy and incompetent to selfdefence to RESTS,
WITH hrmncss injurious from whatever quarter proceed
nS but not until after remonstrance had failed and m
lrcss been finally and positively refused Had our 20
ernment violated these maxims, it would have Brought
IamIty ON The country aud ignoniny on itself Hobni
J II pursued course, from which, whatever NAV be-
he alarm which now agitates weak nerves VIC ortic;
'ate the happicst results Ma, %t