The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-17

eoud have no authority tuthat purpose. The ~s>pot-
able gentleman had asked him particularly was their.
ay arrange nlent agreed to respecting Holland He
should answer, That there was and th: he would pre-
seny explain the nature IL. He had been ~ prose,-
ell last season, tor m; continuing the war until an the
objects az this country had been obtsinej he was now
ready to admit that he worr have beer, guilty of cri-
nlnai der,,.et,on uf his duty Il lie h.d consented IN
part WHO the $ e1iiiies ofpeace which we're our
hands, u'iess there mad been complete understand
irg TN those points Hewas happy, however, "a state
tn the Hon. Gent and Ia the house, that the Preach
scrernment had nnt departed in the slightest degree
IRON that n'tie rst9nding i0ui CRIES ofhcGi kti }
lie hop II that this circumstance vvu,id innr., nm
or the mind o the uoG Gent. practical feeling Of the
value oil preserving that government which lad rnnrilH
ted so much TO restore the peace of Europe. France
came IN the congress, not enemy, but friend
u power, dehb7ratng in with the rest of the
gteSt powers Tor the general good of Europe. lie
must now say few words in defence ofths Austrian e-
Eetmeet AS every government * power IN IL, Spe
rna'e subject Of charges and accusations by the
hon. gent There was - 10 France in the reyo-
lut'onWy times (Anscliarsis Cloots) who called him
self the ambassador orator of the human race. n
t1Ugh. Now IT appeared To- him that the hon g, m
tlemsn Lad taken AN oppOss plan, and had cOnsnl-
ted himseW ambassador or orator tn. other WAY
MHShfe7J tie was IN active opposition 90 die CON
uuct ui All nations and OF all gOvernments and he le-
Yelled the strongest attacks particularly against their
soseregus, As To all that he had sd about the rapac
OF Austria, he should only state, itat in the original
formation OF the alliance It WIS perfectly undcq stood
that tue 70 and the iesacn SHOULD i. ih. boundaries
OF the Austrian rnonai chy in Italy. To return now
Ia Genoa. He must deny that any part OIL ord VIM
Benticks success owing 10 the eNertiors OF tn.
Senocse There was single hand raised un in y
o. the british army. 1t dry and simple surren-
der of GenGa 10 the British arsns. There was a
Gcnoese Deputy assisting at the cspulaton and he a.
greed To IT on the condition that Genoa should no; be
bomhared Ii coinpeat conquest as ever, was
made hy the arms OF any country snd BY the laws Of
war aud OF nations, II bad right to dispose OF its cot
quests tnr the general Pa1l. As 20 the making war
for the sake OF cosq,tess the allie. powers had dis
unetiy discaimed THAI principle. They could NOT be-.
however, SO dead Uie obligations that they owed To
their hrave Subjects, as altogether 10 abandon the
interests anil just claims; neither could they so tar s,ul
tiiv tnems'v 10 profess themselves incapable Of
altering The ce of Europe from the state IN which il
then WAS "a state that promised permanent security
anurepCse rance was willing party ia the arr-t,pe.
Tients; and tie princplr Of il was 10 make a strung
barrier between France ard Italy, On the si, of Pied
mont Instead ol having road leading through tl,e
territories ot Genoa and auohcr through the tsrriio
r'vs ~ Piedmont, VAS thought Tor the genera
interest OF Europe that the king % Sardinia should
WELD the whole defensive iorce Italy Ia this quarter
aod that his states should form the sulwarI between
France ord Italy.
The hon Cert. had, on former OCCASION tauntnr-
y >skel, why he vent TO Vienna, and Why he came
back, before every thing Dad been concluded to this
ne shosld lepiy that BE went to Vienna because he had
been ordered o'so there; and Lat he had noi come
back bc!ore the principal points had been completely
ARA se, IN manner binding upon the god faitl, of
all the Powers, although the arrangement was not in
State to be laid before Parliament There was only
one great point respecting continental arrangements
which yet deIiatiyoly settled; and tba, vns
the disposition o. Cat part OF Italy, the south of
the TO 10 all these srrangeM ents France had bcer
a conserung party ard he oOrc=yed that France
thra hout the Congress, fairly and honestly iischara
ed its duty both to Itself and TO Europe he0r hear
he Hon Gent. had InputSh the base aud sordJ
motives To the allied powers in conss unence of the
territorial arran gen,ents which had been made But
when the papers should be regularly before the house
III would fad that tie peace Europe was the great
occt TO which tao powers OF Europe directed their
attention. What would there be of the ancient form
oi Europe, Austria and Prussia were no. IN r,aur,n
their former place III it BY the arrangements which
had been cocl'ied, Z usss gained about 10 or so 900
subjects niore than she had that time and: Austria
3or+Oo"O Austria had, however, consent ID TO some
Iurtter arrangements for Prussia, baiuce this l.
crease " tl respect to the uoat of Saxonv he I'D
always contended against tie anne x:tion Of he whole
Of that country Prussia IN the strongest manner So
strongly rid the feelings If ministers operate on this
point, that 1T vas only Ivy greet slerce both in re-
gard to Ho'laiid AMI Hanover, that ssia, ia e'sirnc
ton with Rassa, coul b. iduc! 10 conine hcr claims
tn only part al SiXony. Without, however wish
ing TO state sny thing that h be painful t. the vene
i15e monarch OF Saxony, he would assert that ON IN.
principle 81 conquest AT least never va any tne ,nor
lN'riy lusIllable, than the annexation Of Saxonv to
Prussia.
lie should nov state briefly The history Of tbe pic
Reguns proclamation Prussia was desirons &c ott.n,
ing the provisional Occupation OF Saxonv and 70 this
he together with the Austrian mius err gaze THEN. as
sent, provided tire occupation only Provisional
from this consideration, that the power which looked
to It's future possession, either in whole or in part vss
most likely to- use TIC country we'll Then came the
Proclamation q Prince Repnin on delivering i'm the
government 20 the Prssian authorities which he real
y believed originated in one OF t.oc nisconccptons TO
which the best officers are ever liable When the
proclamation first came into his hands, he lost no time
III showing i to the Prussan Minister Who said tlat If
was Che first time he had SCENT Count NesscIrodc
TIC Russian Minister, made similar declaration and
IN return 10 On official note which he alrcs,cd IN
Prince Har'ienbsrg, that minister returned IA ofTcis
de- laraicn that the proclamation was wholly uuau
thoT:zed On the part of Prussia Sch were the une-
Guiyoea GcesrsiI3',soi both these Courts The point
OF Poland, he should wish rye for future discus
son \ strong feeling existed in the peoTie, ard in
the goveuuner Of this country, in favor OF the indie
pen5ence oi Poland, and in The time the country
woul be reioccd to hear, that Poland at least tl,,t
portion OF t Which went under the name orthe DIciy
OF Warsaw, would be governed under. diItinc, cen.
trc as Poles, and that tie system of g,ye,n,n aft
would he more cs0geniai to .cr ceilings than any tl
had recently ci.9yed.
With respect TO Holland, Il was evident that moth
ing en1'd beo' importance to this country than
That friirs should not have continuity OF sea-cosst
extending along the whole nj The Netherlands ~. had
ihe sa'siact0n to say, that Tie allied powers on the
Continent we're not convinced of the irnportauce
% iiu oin ous than to them,t Ives * therefore were
a' agreed that the union ofthe Nethc rlands with Iol-
land ~as one Of the most important improvements If
ihe ice ~ Europe, in molern tines lie trusted il
woud not be- supposed that any undue CONCESSIONS
had been made, with the view oil obtaining an ncreag,
nj Territory 20 Hanover It's people bad recently nf,-
yed Toe oselvcs faithful supporters Of Great Britain