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OFFICIAL PAPERS
O F THE ' '
Arw Government of France
By the Hft arrit alf .
The Confuts of ike Republic to the
French People,
Pri, Dec 15.
F REN CM EN ! a Conftitution
orefented to voa. ' It puts an end
to tbc uncertainty which the Pro-
vifional Government., occaliotied,
with refpeft to foreign affairs, and
to the internal an4 military ftate of
the Republic,-. It places the firft
Magiftrates, whofe devotion appears
necelTary to the well-being of-the
State, in the infttuclion "which it
eftablifhcs. ' - ,
' The Conftitution is founded on
principjes of Representative Go
vernment, on the lacrtd rights of
Property, Equality 'and Liberty. 1
The powers which it inftitutes will
be ftrong and iUble, fuch. as they
ought to be, to fcure the rights of
Citizens, and ' the .intereft of the
State. v
" Citizens, the Revolution is fixed
upon the principles on which it be-
' gan. It is at an end.
ROGER DUCOS.
1 .buonaparte,
sieyes.;
H. B. Ma ret, Sec. Gen. - r
Decree of the Confuls.
Dec. 4.
The Confuls of the Republic, in
virtue of the law of the 24th of this
month, regarding individuals nomi
nally condemned to banifiiment,
without previous trial, by a legilla
tiveaft, having heard the report of
the M ini fter of Police, decree :
1. It fhall be permitted to the in
dividuals hereafter named to re-enter
the territpjrics of he Republic.
t.x They (hall return and remain
under the fuperintendance of, the
Mini fter of Police, in the communes
marked but for them, as follow :
Lttond Laebat, has permiffion jt return
to Paris j Uarthelcmy, to Parii; Boifly i''h
f iais, to Acoonay; Couchery t Beincu
Delahiye, to Koueff ; Dclarue, to La Chari-u-fur-Loirej
Doumurc, to Grenoble ; DaU
phanuer, to Paris ; Duprat, t Tartas ; Can,
to Auxerii Le Merchland Gomitourt, to
Rouea; Jourdan (Andre Jofeph) to Orleans;
Merfau, toSeaugency; Madier, to Auxerre;
Noaliieito Tuloui'cj J. J. Amieito Dijon
Brne, to Puy 'Andre (La Lpaere) to Tou.
ioufe; Morgan, jo Bcianco; Cochon, tu
Paris; Portalit, ttfPans; Paradis, toAnvers;
Muraire, to Paris J Lauraont, to Neverfe ;
Praire Montaiilt, to Paris ; LaumVr Quiney,
to Paris ; Saladin, to Valencennes ; Simesn,
t Paris Vitnnot Vaublanc, to Mulenf
Tillajet Joyeiife, to Paris ; Barbe Marbois,
to Paris; Darn'as, to Seas ; Barrcre, to Pant;
Vaicr, toChartres; Poliffard, to M awon ;
and Dumolard, to Paris.
3. The Communal Adminiftra
tldns (hall inform the ;Minifter of
Police of the arrival of each indivi
dual in their refpeclive Idiftrifts.
4. Every individual comprehend
ed in one of the laws qf Germinal,
.year 3, and of the 19th Frirftidor,
year 5, and not named m this liftj
who fhall re-enter the French terri-
I tory, ithoutbeingjuthoriled by an
V exprefs permiflTi
rnent, (hail b confideredand profc
cuted as an emigrant.
5- The Minifter of General Po
lice is charged with the execution
of the preient decree, which fhall
be printed,
; Dec. 26. 1 ,
The Confuls of the RcpuDlic de
cree as follow :
"Ther individuals named in the
decree of the 4th Frimaire laft, (hall
no longer be under the fuperintend
ance of the Minifter of IPolice.
jy uic fjril oniUl,
"BUONAPARTE."
The Confuls of the French. Republic
to the Conervative Seriate,
" Parts, Dec. 28.
SBNATORS, I
" The Corifuii of the Republic
toiten to inform you that the Go
vernmenthas been inftalled. They
ili employ, under every circum-
o Conftitutioh which , is the bb
t tj vi Uie i'lCIILQ
: 3 ' The Confervative Senate
r'1" be animated wiih the lame de
lre nd by its junAion with the
Vonfuls, will defeat the pUzU of
. loiumtcjana meant,
todeftroy the Spirit of Faction, to
create Public Snirit ri...-
tbofe who may be oppofed to the
public happinefs, fhould any fuch
exift in the ftrft inftitutions of the
State." -
Buonaparte, Ftrfi Conful of the Re
public, to General Anger au, Com
mander in Chief of the French Ar
my in Batavia,
" I have appointed vou, .Citizen
General, to the rmportant fituation
f Commander in Chief of the
French Army in Bataviai
4 Difplay, in all the aets originat
ingtfrom your Command, that, vou
are above thbfe miierable-difputes
of Public A ffemblies, which have,
for thefe-tenears fjaft, convulfed
France. The glory of the Republic
is' the fruit of the blood fhed by our
comrades,, and wc do not belong to
any other focietyhhan that of the
whole Nation. "",
' Shoud circumftances compel
me to carry on the war myfclf, be
aflured that I will not fuffer you to
remain in Holland, and that I (hall
"never forget the glorious aclion of
Caftrglione. 1 falute you,
" BUONAPARTE,"
COUNCIL OF STATE.
! Dec. s6.
i. Second Conful Prefident.
.The Minifter of Juftice having
propofed to the Council to demand
a law for the puipole of revoking
thole which excluded .the ci-devant
Nobfes, and "the relations of the
Emigrants, from the exercife of pub
lic rights an;d public functions, it
was refolvedl
that
it was ufelels to
demand luch a law, becaufe the Con
ftitution, by determining (Art. 4
and 5) the only cafes ih which poli
tical rights may be revoked, or luf
pended : and hot comprehending in
fuch cafes cither the relation's of E-
f migrants, or any other claU of citi
zens, more particularly when there
no longer exift any diftincY clalfcs ;
it was therefore impoiuble to fup
pofe other exclufioni.
The College of ConferVators, by
naming for the Tribunate, the Le
gjflative Body, and its own institu
tion,; men who had been excluded
from thofe fuqclions by previous
laws, had fuppofed them to be abro
gated. '
Sittiag of Dec. 27.
The Council has adopted the Pro
ject of a Confylar Decree, drawn up
Dy me Legillative bection, which
abrogates all adminiltrative decrees
by which the opening of t he places
confecratcd to ' Religious Worfhip
was interdicted on other days than
the decadi.
The Council alfo adopted another
decree, drawn up by the fame Sec
tion, ftating, that all the Public
Functionaries, the Miniftersof Re
ligion, -Preceptors, sand other cr--fons,
who were, by the laws previ
ous to the Conftitution., bound to
take an Oath, fyall fubftitute for it
the folio wirig declaration : " I pro
mife to be true to the Conjtitittion." J
A third decree was adopted, viz!
That the Communes which, qn the
firft day of the d .year, were i& pof
feilion f Edifices intended for Re
ligious. Worfhip, fhall continue to
uie them freely, under the Confli
cted Authorities, and according to
the terms of the 1 ith Prainal of the
3d year, and that of the 7th Vende
maire of the 4th year, provided that
the faicl Edifices have not been fince
alienated, and provided the purcha
fers of them fhall not be liable' to
profecution or inconvenience.
PROCLAMATION.
The Confuls of the Republic to the
Inhabitants of ttie Departments of
theWeji. ' -f. r J
8th Nivofc (Dec. 29) Sth yeatof the
Republic one and indiyifible.
An impious war threatens to em-1
brace, a fecond -time, the depart
ments of the weft. The duty of the
Chief Magiftrates of the Republic, is,
to flop its progrefs, and ,10 extrh
guifh it in its birth ; but they wifh
not to apply force till aJFter having
exh au jfted the milder mean $ of per
fuafionand juftice. . 1 """"" '
The promoters of thefe troubles
are the fenfelefs partisans of two
rheni who neither know how" to iho
nour their rank by virtue norther
misfortunes by exploits They arc
cUfpifedlby ihofe foreigners whqfe
hatredi they have armefl, without
having irifpired them with an inte
reft in tlieir caufe. They are : alfo
traitors fold to the Englifh, and the
inftruments f their furyr or bri
gands wlioonly fcek in civil difcord
the maintenance and impunity of
their crimes; -
5 To fuch meri) the Government
owes no account of its actions, no
declaration of its principles. But
there are citizens dear to the, coun
try, who have been feduced by their
artifices. It is to thofe citizens that
information and truth are due. .
Unjuft: laws. have been promul
gated and executed, arbitrary acts
have alarmed tfiefecurity of the ci
tizens, apd the liberty of confeience.
Every where infeription, indis
criminately placed, on th lift of
Emigrants, have attached to citizens
who never abandoned their country
or even their homes. In fhort-, the
great principles of focial order have
been violated.
( It is to repair this injuftice and
thefe errors, that a Government,
founded on the iacred bafis of Li
berty and Equality,-and a, Rcprefen
tative Syftem, has been proclaimed
and acknowledged by the Nation.
Its conftant will, like the intereft
and gIoryr of the Chief Magiftrates
it haschofen, will be to heal all tKe
woundsjof France. Already an al
fu ranee has been given by the acts
which have emanated from them.
Thus the difaftrous law of the for
ced loan, and the ftill more difeflrous
law of hoftages, have been revoked.
The individuals traniported without
a previous trial, are reftorcd to their
country and their famdics. . Every
day island fhall be, marked by itls
of juftice ; and the Council of State
will neceflarily labour for the ref'or
mation df hd la ws, and a more happy
Combinatioti of public contribution.
The (ponfuls declare, that the li
berty bfj- worfhip is guaranteed by
the Corffhtution j that no Magif-g-atc
fhalFin any' refpe ctviolate it ;
that no? man fhall lay to another,
" You fnalfexercife fuch a mode of
worfhip, you ihall exercife it. only
on luchla day."
The law of the ttth Prairial, 3d
year, which leaves to the citizens
the ufe of the Edifices deftined to
Religious Worfhip, fhall be exe
cuted, k : .;
; All tjie Departments fhould be
equally fubmitted to the empire of
he general laws but the Chief
Magiftrates will always evince the
mo ft marked attention to Agricul
ture, ManufacturesLand Commerce,
in thole svhich have expenenced the
greateft calamities, l "
The Government will pardon it
will fhew mercy to repentance, in
dulgence fhaTl be entire and ablo
lute j but it will purfue whoever,
after this declaration, fhall dare to
.refift the National Sovereignty.
Frenchmen ! Inhabitants of the
Departments of the Weft ! Rally
round a l Conftitution, which gives
to the Magistrates it has created the
power, as well as the duty,-of pro-!
tecting tjie citizens ; which equally
guarantees ttiem from the inflability
and intemperance of the laws.
May tjjofe who wifh far the hap
pinefs o France, fep a rate thernlelves
from the; men who perfift in miflead
lng them, in order to deliver them
up to trc fwcjrd of tyranny, or do
minion bf foreigners. ;May; the
good inhabitants of the fields return
to their ijiomes, and relume their
tifual labours. May they defend
themfelvjes from the insinuations of
thofe who wifh to lead them back
to feudal fervitude,
If, nojtwithftanding all the mea
fures which Government has taken,
there yei remain men who dare pro
voke civjil war, there will only re
main to ihe Chief Magiftrates, amc;
lnchdlyfj butneceflaiy duty to fulfil-
that! ? of , fubjuating them by
force, hut, no every one will he
actuated iby the lame ientimeritthe
love of kheir country. The Mini
iters of the God of Peace will be the
firft mojrers pf reconciliation and
cbncbrd; : - May they addrefs to their
hearts tfjat langiiagejlielcsjTd of
their Mafter. t Mav thev returtMn
thofe Tcmplcswhicharc again pened'ii
tcr them, ana otter, with their fel7
low citizens, thH i faenfice which
Will expiate t;he crimes of warf an; I
the bipod that it has ihed,
: . XhiFirftXqnful, . , ; t
i. BUONAPARTE.
The Burgmaflers of the Free and
Imperial City of Hamburg, to the
Confuls of the French Republics
Citizens Centals ;
"Whatever may be the prejudices
which; you entertain againftthe Ma
eiftrates of "the city of Hamburgh,
they, however Cannot avoid con
gratulating, you on the late even's
which have taken place at Paris; li
beholdingthe whole Nation entitled
to the.faireft and moft confoli ary
hopes, we may at lea ft be allowed
to fhare in them and offer up oUr
vows for their accomplifhment.
You arc too enlightened and too
ju ftnot to be convinced of the fin-;
cerity of our fentiments in this rcf
pectj or todoubt for a moment that
weare ever imprefled with the moft
fenfible intereft in what relates to
the profperity of the French Na
tion. The unfortunate event of the
arreftand delivery of four lnfhmen,
the fatal fource of a variety pf mif
underftandings and unjuft perfecu
tiorrs, feemed to have irritated the
Directory o fuch a degree, that it
would not-even perceive how irre
proachable has been the conduct we
have adopted, and how characte
rifed by the moft fcrupulcfus regard
and deference for the Government
of the Republic. A fatal concate
nation of circumftances does not, it
is true, permit us fatisfactorily to ac
count for what we have done; but
ftill, every one of thofe circumftan
ces, proves that it was. in fpiteof our
efforts to the contrary ; and. that if,
during a feries of years, we have gi
venjthe ftrongeft proofs of at. ach
ment to the Republic, it is at leaft
not an unpardonable fault in having
in a critical and difficult cafej-re-pofed
our confidence in its genero
fity and moderation Howeverj to
the minds of juft and equitable menf
facts alone fhould fpeak It is in
order that you may make them
known, we take the liberty of tranf
mitting to you the moft exact de
tails upon the fubject. . ,
Among the four men, namtd Nap
per Tandy, Black well, Morris, and
Peters, there are only the two for
mer who can merit your attention.
Morris and Peters were conftantly
icgarded by the Legation of the Re
public as the undoubted fubj'ects of
Great-Britain. In no act whatever
or by any declaration j official orun
official, has it been faid, that' the
two perfons named Morris and Pe
ters, were in the lervicc of the Re
public, or belonged to it, either in
civil or military capacities The
Minifter has not even- demanded
theiriiberty, either nominally or in
dividually. All ihe acts and mini
fterial notes, are confined to demand
ing, explicitly, the liberty of the two
individuals named Napper Tandy
and BiackwelU
Hiftory offers no example of a
belligerent power's being authonfed
to protect, in a neutral ftate, the
avowed fubjects of its enemy. To
confer fuch a right, it has hitherto
been net c Gary that the individual
fhould belong to fuch belligerent
power, cither in a civil or military
capacity; ' .
You are too juft, Citizens Con
fuls, and, we are a flu red, incapable
of imputing it to us as a crime that
we have delivered up two men who
inebnteftibly belong to another Na
tion, and were absolutely foreigners
to the Republic.
1 It is only as to the facts which re
gard the arreft of Napper Tandy
and Black well, that we ueed to ap
ply ourfelves.
Allow us, in this place, to refer
to the precautions which the wif-,
dom of CitizenjGrpuvelle, Minifter
of the Republic at the Court of Co
penhagen$ judged neceffary, with
regard to them ; a precaution which,
had it been adopted by the French
legation here would have fpared us
all the troubles and all the evils,
which paffibn, error and prejudice,
ha ve excited again ft us on their ac
count That enlightened Minifter,
who doubtlefs too highly refpected
theGovernment. of Copenhagen to
apprehend the leaft violcnce,thought
it neceffary'to their fafcty. precan-
oufty fituated as they were, and to
a.yoid the well rlounded and Ieeiti-
r matdemanHs of the Sririfh Govern-
mentjad to withdraw them, f rorii
the fearch alhljcquifition of the Mi
nifter of that Court, to afford them
an afylum in hiswn: houfe.
I i;TheyarriYcd bere,adby the moft
c moft I
1 SS V V A 1 A V v w T m .- .' t i
uic or a iiraiagcm, oy wnjcn, uicr
mufl have;beenfenfibh, they Were
fure to expofe themfelVes.They,
knew, they perceived that all FreUcH V
Republicans enjoyed not only th y
moft perfect fafety in our city, but J
that they Were even diftinguifhed
and treated with the moft marked
friendfnip; they were-however
regardlcfs of what they owed to
themfeivesj to their fafetyj to their
fituationj and to their honour and
fkulked into our city fecretly andfc
like malefactors '"under falie names
and falfe characteiSi Napper Tandy
took the name of Jones, and called
himlelf a merchant of Philadelphia ;
Black well affumcd that of Barthe
lemy Bldekfurftj and alio defen bed
himfelf as-an -American iticrcbanti
The Britannic Minifter ofprially
demanded the arreft and eiivpring
Up of the wo men j fuhjf ctsof Greu
Britain, and named J nes and 1 r
thelemy , It is pretty ' generally
known that in Gf rmzfny, .they do
not eafily refufe:ttie min'fterialf de
mands of Foteign Courts, requiring
the fubjects of .their Nation. Citi
zen Reinhard Minifter of the; Re
public would have experienced the
fame acquiefcence on our part.
The Officer of Police firft pre
fented .himfelf at the houfe of the
perfori r amed Jones, and demanded
his name ? Her faid his name was
Jones.' Upon this acknowledge
ment his arreft asa fubjectUf the
King of GreatBritain upon the,
rcquifition of the Engl ?fh Mm i fter
was announced to him. He not
even then declared himfelf, putjftili
p refer ving' h'is -di fg u if e fubmitted
w i thoU t a mil rmu r. a nd wi t h ou t! a n y
explanation or proteft whatfoeverj,
to the rcquifition of the Briufh Go
vernment. His fWoid with the.a;ms
of Ireland was found upon h'S per
fon How could we doubt Ijftcr
thata of the truth of the affertions of
the Bntifh Government 1 How
could we fuppofe that an Officer -in
the fervice of the Republ c , would
Wear a Twotd with the Bntifh arms
engraved upon it
It is thus that this trian, by hisowrt
confeflion, namedJonesi by.hisowri,
confeffion a lerchant a"nd by in
conteflible facts, a fubject of; the
King of Great-Britjip delivered
himfelf up upon the rcquifition of
the Minifter of that Sovereign, and
iuuiucu ins pi iiuucr.
The arreft was announced in ; the
ame manner, and with the fame
precaution to the perfon named
Barthelemy Blackfurft j
It was not till after the arreft had
been announced, lind-whcriwMwar
in fact the prifoner of the Mfnifter
demanding him that he fiowjy f 00k
off themafk and wifhed on aiudden
to pafs for a French officer, without
offering the leaft proof that" he iwaa
fo ' . ; . .
It is almoft ufelefs toohferv that 4
if by explanationrffjldrdy and in
fufficient men may efcape arreft by
changing their names and qualities
they may at any time avoid thofe ar
refts which are of the moft juft add
legitimate na;Ure. .
The French Legation immediaief
claimed them as breveted officers of
the Republic. The Minifter never
thought proper to entruft us With
the brevets them felves, but only ' ,
gav us copies of thenT. It would,
however, have been of the greateft
utility to have furnifhed us withthe
means of afcertsiniti'g and verifying
to the Britifh Government their ac
tual, fituation with ref pect to the
French Republic Perhaps the
Minifter regardectit as a prerogative
of his poft of po Wer to claim impli
cit belief of his official affirmations
but if fie did fo, he ought. to TecioU
lect that he juftified the tanje jpre
tenfions on the part of the Britilh
Minifter. ': r ' ;
The latter had officially declared
them to be fubjects of the King of
Great-Britain. ; He bad only Jde
clared fo in the ftrft inftance, hut
afterwards proved it. j He had offiJi
cially pointed them out 4ythe
names under which they fthraittecl
to be arretted. On JoneS: Vis found
a fword with the Britifh; arms.
Could whayei be juftified
ter circumfbncei bf;fo ftroug a na
turein refuting ourentirebetlerto '
the official dclarati6npfHe0iif
tifh Minifter, and of deriyitiit 'to'
j The Minifter of England, inform
me minuter ot tne Kepupucr
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