The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-06
ENQOIRER-O OFFICE,
RICHMOND, TVa.] Nav 6, 1875.
"TRE AGONY NOT OVER"


claraticn, in which Bonaparte is prescribed
As am Outiasp--and it is expressly stated that
he has put himself beyond the pale and pro-
lection OF all social laws, and that as an enc
my and disturber of the reposs of the world,
his head is forfeited to any one who ill
please to take it.
Can this viudctive paper be mistaken !,
Can any change OF circumstances be Sufficient
to change the spirit in which it was conceiv-
ed What though it was not ushered into
light before the 18th OF March what though,
since the date of it, the man at whose life it
aims, has entered the CITY of p .ris in triumph,
and been hailed as the Emperor of France,
ny a majority of her people what though
Il appears that the allies have mistaken the
will of the nation, and that France entire"
has NOT again rallied itself around its lepiti-
mate sovereign" yet are all these circum-
stances to be disregarded The subject was
PROMULGATED ; and their decision is taken.--
The will of the French nation is to stand for
nothing, in opposition to their own the le
gitimate sovereign" is at all events to be sup
ported-and the FIRST of the allies, who choo-
SEES to let Slip the dogs of war, is privi-
lodged 70 stain the fields of Europe in blood.
=" Stitfen thy sinews," then, thou man of i
ron summon up all thy blood - strain thy
energies to the utmost pitch for, this is the
last cast of thy fortunes a kingdom or a
grave awaits thee. Thy enemies now thirst
for thy blood. They will no longer Danish
thee to" a rock in the seas ;" but to that
dark and distant " bourne from whence lao
traveller returns"
1t would b., truly rash for any one to un-
dertakc to say what will be the issue. Hints
and materials are all that any man can fur
nish. We Can only say, that if the allies move
together, they will be able to take the field
with such host of disciplined troops, kept
on toot during the consultations at Vienna, as
it will be difficult for him to resist We
mustnot forget too, that the line of fortresses,
IN the Low Countries, which was held by
mn, during the former struggle, is now in
their haris.
On the othei, hand, he has some adyanta-
ges of which lie was before divested-Ist
More time to make ,levies &c to gather troops.
The allies are not, this time, so Immediately
upon his heels-he has, therefore, more OPP
pc tunity TO bring his men together. aud give
them discipline and. shape.-2dIy. The 1OO,-
600 troops who were prisoners in Russia, En-
81 nd, and elsewhere, have returned, and
with feelings so embittered, particularly "a
gainst the English. that they Will be the first
to shed their blood for HIM Il is. ram, no
inconsiderable advantange in helping to unite
the French, that he comes so directly upon
the heels OF the Bourbons, whose negative
Character, and late contemplate retreat, will
on serve to bring HIS brilliant deeds into boil
der reust. 1t is. besides not a little in his Ia
vor, i'll the consideration of the French Peo-
pc, t1.,t he owes almost every thing to them
whereas, his competitor is the tool of stran-
gers, who seem determined to dictate a King,
and force him down their throats
After ali, Buneparte must have the Frtfch
People heartily OH his SIDE, or he is lost Of
his veteran troops he is sure--Those men,
who have fought and triumphed with ann,
who have 81 long had their trico ored cock
aces Conceal 4 IN ;aoir kn2psacks viii be
sure to stand by him. But they are not e.
nouSh they are too few to RESIST The torrent
which advances upon them. II they are not
reinforced by numerous levies among the
people themselves, they and their RAIDER
must be overwhelmed. Are the ueopletlien
with him ? WIN they turn out to aid linn
VIII they fly to his banner ,-f,vcry hing
depends II. on thfs and yet this is precisely
that Ueiy circumstance which We arr most
at 2sP hoVc to understand and to calculate.
1T av2st ma )rity Of the French. people were
united in his favor, the question wuud be set
ted. They would be as wall Of adaaant,
impregnab!e to the foe
We suspect, that they will b. with him,
tar the question begins to be peculiarly in
teresting IN the eyes OF every Frenchman
l6 IS not simply Question beween this or
that man, between him who calls himself
legitimate sovereign, and him who is stigma
tised as an Usurter, but between the French
People with the kings OF Europe, whether
they shall cho Sc King 70: themselves, or
have one forced upon chem. if the allies
wer' about choosing sogereig for them
selves, the FreaCh Nation would have nothing
to d. with It. But bonaparte is not to be the
rler of the Russiahs or the English, but OF
the French only.
The Allies indeed take upon themselves
TO say. that trey car make no terms with him,
because he Is the enemy If the human race,
and because thsy entertain fears for them
selves, as if he we're 4 wolf 0c other wild
beast But: isl, this plea, is inconsistent
with tiIeir other professions. It is not only n
gainSt him. but in fdU0r Of Louis :" the legiti-
mate sovereign" that they draw the sword
II they were 10 tell the French people.
" Choose we whom you wish to govern you,
provided it be not Eonaparte"-the case
W uld not he so bdd.--l}ut in the ID place, i'm
a case so deeply affecting the sovereignty of
France herself, they ought surely to concede
something to her. II Bonaparte should reject
AN arrangement which would secure the o.
ther nations in their lust rights; or. if he
should afterwards seek to disturb it, it would
then be time enough to punish him for his
ambition,
Bat whatever we may think Of these things
as men and as Americans. our duty as ma
inn, - plain enough Neutraiiig 8houid be
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