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lit J Intelligence. ACTS Of GOVERNMENT '. Exposition of 0e state of the ttcpuhlic. ' ' - Paxis 2$ Ventofe, jan. 15). TnE Republic had been "forced to chnngerits attitude, but has not altered Its fituatioh.V ' it always prefervei in the ynfti6u(hefs'iff M urengtb theledge n&loflts prolperif yi; -f AH waf " ctm in the. Interior ; or Trance, while at the com. tneiicement of fas laftVear, we Hill en-. :tertaineaf nopes or a uurapic peace.- 1 i ; Every thing"was tranciuil, whenapqwery guided by iealourW re-Wndte4theames : ot war. a Bat at this !ail epoch the union frfjnfereit and bf opinion was more full ? ahd more corftpIete.Public fciritJie.ve :i f loped ! ftfelf . with new mrgyvIn the ::;?new Deiartmeritwlch the, f irft Coniul has. yifited, he has heard,- as among th,e. old ones. the accents of indignation tru- IfjYencto CHehasrecogniiedjn their jgdzens gatrcd toetiigSBfiQgfiiii tne etjSr my 01 meir proipcniy, more man ia uic dernonilrations of public joy and perfoh- , ait attaenmeni, tjieir araour or patriot ifm and their devotion to the inter efts ;of prance. - In all departments the mi lifters of religion have exerted thdr in fluence to. confecrate this fpontaneous difpia df -national fpirit, Depots of arruSwhtch had been buried in th ' earjh by the rebel fugitives, to be refum ' ed asvfoofi as; an opportunity . favorable 'Cto theirdefi&ns t prefented It (elf I were ; discovered oh th e fir It appearance of dangerAahd delivered tip to the magis trates, to , be put into the hands of our i brave defenders. ,';ri 'he; Bririfh goverri vioent will, peThps'kttemp to Vtroduce, pr may already hive introduced, fome: f of thojeliionfters whichit had cherifhed tl artrifpeace, to deitroy the country that ; gave'tfrem birth rburthey will no ion fger fimr thole impious bands who were ";:trie inftftfments of their former crimes." V Terror :;has ch'farmed them, " or luftice as purgeaour country or ineie traitors. nly wautfor the ultimate choice of their functions and their places How many honourable traits has the ambition of be iug-.admitted into it'iifcloredWhat Jreafures will the Republic have in thiV inftitution to encourage arict to reward public fervices and virtues ! -In the" Council of State, another inllitution pre pares for the choice of government; men to beyefted with all the fuperior branch es of adminiitraticn. Their laws and regulations: are fornfed. '. i'here; the principles and maxims of p'nblic law are mveftigated artddilcufled, he mem 4)erbf4lyne.wi4aftitutionralway8 fur rounded with witnefles ,antl judgesof. ten under the eye of government, often employed in important millions, will tq ter on their public functions with that claim to confidence, .which is derived from a character, conduct, and know. jealous rivalry which threatened the dif- truclion of the indoftrT; and profperiry or every aepartment. v 1 ne prefects and the Councils General have required that the fame operations mould extend to all the. c ommunes ;qf their rcfpeclive de partments, With the view of eftablifliing the bafis of proportional contribution. A decree of the government has author lfed this fjrtcm, which is at oncefimple and more economical; y The- finking iuuucA.ccuics wun naeuiy ano conitan cy its deftinatjon. Severe refpe&ability nd inviolable fid'elityon the partof thofe .whamanaReite(rvfrtji-onfidence of thegovemment. The new coinage goes on without, interruption. The ere dtof thexounrry is fupported amidft the mocks of war and the rumouts of tne iJifattected. : The ekpences of the coioniesare , ctrlyed either by; dired iedge fully knownio the nation; ' Lycae tranfmiflions of money or by operations. &Tecondary fchools are rapidly increaf- on the c-ontinent of America? But a- ing in al' quarters,- but ftili not wjth a midft this, varmted profperity it appears rapidity eoial to the impatient ardour of that" the government were-alarmed at iuuiixfeMMi4um H w,' 1 "-"'" ot. ijonungo or a mais or cial military Schools contain feveral hun dredfoldiers, who are employed iri dif cipline and inured to fatigue, and who acquire with' the habits of theirprofeffi . on the knowledge of the military art The fchobl of CompicRrie;prefents an afpeel of vaft manufaftory, where 500 youths pafs from the workfhop to the fludy and from the ftudy to the work Ihop. Afffer the lapfe, of a few months, they execute: with the precifion of intel ligence, wors which could not bf ob tained after years of ordinary apprentice, fhip, and foon commerce and induftry will enjoy the fruit of their labours and .1. . ' ' A :1l - rrJoTQtifciDttneTnora-fimtta jnftru&ion will form the minds of thole 1 ouranyontribution to the actual br an generations which will fupport the glq-1 rid pated" wants of the colony.1 . ' Thefe ry ot ranee oy tneit talents and her jn- duis were conveyed by unprincipled men lu.iHuuK ujr iiiuvipit. yii lues. ' vyii'- uiii, jaiuaiCdj jlilU 11C vnl- prytaheunv alone, the prytaneum of St. States, .where they were delivered Cyr, 'receives the children of citizens at a fhameful inferiority of value to peo- whp have fallen for thtir country, Edu- pie whohad-f lirnilhed neither money catron there atready glows with military , normchaodize.i ..Under thefecircumv entbufiafrn. At roniambleau.JtheSpe-. itances the government found it necefTa v" , Of two hundred mtllioni, W;hJf the Englifh cruiieri might have ravifhed. from "out commerce . morc:than two, thirds have been orcferved". I s Our Oriva-.. teers have' avenged thofe lofles by irn t s portaht captures, and ihcy will complete ? their revenge by others more Important. -.Tobago and St.' Lucia were defence- 1 lefs, and were obliged to furrender to ' the fir ft force whichappeared i . but bur t: great colonies are yet preleryecandthe attacks made againft them by the have proved fruitlef s.lf 1 ' V, 1 i ';. Hanover is in our DOWCT z a,OOa: . 'of-the beftiKJbPs of thk nemyhavelaidi down their arms and become priionejs of war. Our cavalry has been remount- ed at the expence of that of the enemy ; and a pofieflipn which was dear to tUe. kingbf England is in our hands, apledgc of thatjuftice which he will be compel- ; led to render tO' us. ,v v t- f ,;v:' : ". n On the Teas, Britilh defpotifm dailFV , adds to its ufurpations ; Jn the laft war itftruck terror into the neutral nations,- by arrogating to ftfelf .an mimical and re- von ma Dtefemion or aeciariny mar whole coafl in a ftate Loifiege In the preient war, K it has jud; augmented itr monllrous code by the pretended: right- bf blockading rivers and canals. ;' V V , It the king of England nas iworn to continue the war nil l.e mall have reduc ed France to fitzn fuch dithonorable trea ties as. formerly expofed its misfortune and weaknefs, then the war will be long. France conlentctf rathe treaty of Amiens to moderate conditions ?' (he will never which they bared, nor the feuds which flisVpened iheir.fWords. ' Experiencehas ry to arre'ft the courfe, of fuch an infa mous proceecfinK. and to DreWnt the na. tion from fuftaining the lofs with which acknowledge in the Britilh gbvernttient , it was threatened j, and for this'pnrpofe the right or iulhlhng tneir engagements an agent was; fent to St I)omineo. to only as may luit the progreflive calcula. alceitain what number of bills had been tions of their ambition,' nor their right iflued, by. wbbfeauthprity, 'and on what of acquiring further - guarantees thar r tnoie wtucii naa Deen iaitniuny picugcu. But if the treaty of Ameins has not been executed, how can we expect, in regard to a hew1 one, a faith more holy, or oaths more iacreq f t i r v LouilianaTs henceforth united to th American States ; in that quarter . wft ihall prelerve friends; whole temem. Medheandharmcy.lve.been'plit j i t . i ihttruaed aiiWers:! conditions. -... In fhorf ; eleven millions npt in circukion, were annulled, and accounts were obrairiecl of the reft. Thofe f or w hich "an integral, value hid been received, were difcharcred with in-' JtejeiUQJJiejj ayot pavmenr i butihofi which were iflued without any real va lue, were confidcred as falfe. and are to luciKo a jjuio cxaminacion. . uranceoi a commuu viuiivj After a few obfervatians on the oaci-- attach them to bur fnter eltdr while favor fie viewsloi the French' government, abre commercial relatiotis willimitetheir ' the whole concludes in: the followincr prolperity withotirs.-lhfeUhited btates . manmr. r; . ; are indebted toKance fbr thdr 'mde' ' 'i'biv then,; was the moment; which pendence i they will henceforth"bwe to) e-Bi itiHi government chofe to ilarm us their ftrength and grandeur. v ' sV its nation, ho- cover the. channel with "Spain remains neutral r Helvetia 11 flu ps,' to mfult our commerce bv iniuri iaM;a'tA'in h'mtifl imt? An.-' .htrh bus mfpeaions, and ourcoafts and ports?! has fuficred; no chann;e,H but what 1 has as Weil as thole ot pur allies, by the pre- been rendered neceflary by a lapfe of. ience ofitS menacing forces. ; . ' , 1 t;me and chance of opinions. v : The re. ": If on the 17 Venvife of the 1 1 vrar. treat of bur troops from this country, is' thereexiftedany extraofd6nary offr mentin the pots of France & Holland : the end of its diflentions. lhe ancient ',J if a fmgle preparation was made iri them l treaties have been renewed, and France iu wmtnuie inuu remote luipioon couia j nas rcgaiucu tier uiucit iuuu ,wjum; New bndees are COftltruamC on nre the sppreffnrs the Mw of h 1 . Pwri- rei?n ;n Italv u a divifion 6f ' various rivers of the Republic." , ; Kins; of Lncland and his hoftile aTtitude I the Italian R epublic Is at this time crof- ;thdrpermnsandintheivteiliesv;were eTOLW!W t r cjj:- j muuu ui iuc iuau. iwuii amB v timate nreeatttton: ana tne Knoiiui oeo. the laws, andthe excellence of Jheir ad miniftraripn, have reconciled all hearts. JSurrounded , on all " fides ' by an armed - ibtcetyvher e w atcbed by the trt-; f "bttiials, thefe odions rnen willnotbe a- ble to ftir up rtbellion. ; nor to recom mence, with; impunity, 'their tfade of briganaSi' and aflaflinsV Already hat a Tniirab?e:a1 made the pretext tor it,' s r- But citizens, pnefts. and (oldlers. ail vied with eaclr ; "other in their zeal to jlefehd their conn try. ThbTe who were formerly the au ; thors of Co aimonon's. now coma to' offer their aid to the public authorify. , In i -V 'the pledges of their, fidelity and devoti 'on. -In flnev that sood will andienefi . f cence, Which particularly characterize V the fecurity of citizens, ; and the return twpfjheUbcial affeciohsfHdifeloe4t-mofe -.-forcible from day today. In atl quarters - ,the unfortunate are Ture of; relief, and nleful eftabjifiiments are founded. War has not interrupted the ftudies of peace ; land the government has purfued with conftancy. every Imeafure which cati ac- V: commodate the Conftimtion fotheman- A- ners and the; habits of the people, and duties between matter and fervartt, and their differences arc now adjufted with a celerity which is efiential to their mu tual intet eft; and an irnpartia'ity which juftice requires. 1 he Civil Code is fi nilhed, and in the courfe of the feHion jhe projeSs6f the laws which are to com plete it will be fubmitted to the lecifla- tiye bodyrThe Judiciar y Code is in a ftite of pr eparation. 4'he Criminal Code advances ; & thofe brancfres of the Com mrecidl Code which are 'moil imped- ouiiy caiiea lor win ipeefniy.oe compieE rruxrfiies,'the ftate. of fortificatioss, and pe had aright to believe'that we threat other toca! lubieciS. the derai's here eried their indenendence. their rpliffmn: could not beinterefting to our readers, their conftitution: But if the alTertions na tnereroxewe pais on to ouier. mu- j 0t the "Menage were talle, it ihey were jects of more importance. ' contradicted by the bpiiiion of Europe, The creat imoroVemerits executed at l well as by the" contaence of theBri- the difierent harbors are next fpecified 1 1 tim government, then that government . At Antwerp, . in particular-there j have been mddenly built a .miutia pott, an arfehal arid mips of War. . I neen largement . and repairs, of. this ancient; harbor are defravinoc by two millions, w- w MHW1 v w m tuw .Lv.uyiw ; I ; - - - ' u- ' - - . V render i1r-tliIr int-prt thw lirtTvo! raited by the fale ot national domains in fivorablftlh-ifiiiMtTrtri- - ti,' Rpnat thedepartroenrs of the Scheldt & Deux fias. been organized in that modebeft Kethes- , At Bplotie and Havre, that fm'fed m itt irrinnrti.. xVn. fr riK hneofcoalt which the enemy will hcnce. Ke-n ,iirtf. I forth call" a the trd arid tlreir 9Ki;o.mmt rnr mve ir I iertaKings are going rorwara, asr wcii the Tea coaft. Thefe battalions !frjJUaerj meet with innumerable inftances of that patience, bravery, and hcroifin which diftinguilhed their anceftoii:-,;-v;-J: " The Ottoman Ernpire fatigued by intriKues. will cain by the'interefts ct: Tiahce the fupport of ancient alliances. . " i ne tranquility given 10 me v.onu Ijave. deceived thciration ; ;theqr havMeiiit by the treaty of Luneville, is iecur.; deceived; it by . precipitating it -without reflection into a war, the. terrible effects of which how begin to be felt irt Enc- tand; and the refults of .which may be" 'decihvrc t its future deftiny.; : The ag- gFeuor, however, ought aioneio antwer for the calamities which afflict humani- ; v Malta, the cauieof this war, was in the power of the Englifli ; it remained C- WI1I1C IUC IiaviuailUll in lite IlllCIIUl i utnutvy i v0.t jmv.v. nuunoHVUiu is placed tinder the infpe&ioa of prefects filence for the jufti edbyahe laft ads' x)L the Diet of Ratu- bon. , The enlightened interell of great powers, the fidelity; of the Frencn go vernment in cultivating with them tela-, tions of friendfhip ; the juftice, : energy-, andthe forces of tieTepubUc' wni gua rantee it. i ; . ; ' v -:';V. 't:; C. ISigncdig Bij order of the &hi Consul i :-ldy wUl-'hencefbrth'!appeaTv.withTthe majeuy imie.Q! to ine importance oi us functions. An annual Prefident fhall 'l-be the centre of its movements f and the l:.;ifrganpfjtjjde ft. Its relations with tlwlgpyeWniwfcf-rtiS' r body will thai poifefs that dignity which is inconliftent with variableand unde-1 exceded the preyious calculation. Di . fined form.?- - In the Electfital Colleges 1 red comf ibutions have been collected ; f every thins has been calm, andthe wif-1 with eafo 3 he operations which are to j - dbm which guided their elections is the regulate the mode in . which taxes on : bell pledge of their happy choice ' The landed. property are to be collected gojbn f Lerion of.Honor exifla -in the higher withVamazinir raniditv. t- Diftribution pruts of its organization, ind in abranch will become invatiable, and we (hall fee , , of the elements of which if is to be com-1 no more of that conflict of intefefts, - : rfed, corrupted public'juftice, and the ice of England,: and it and other officers, who inceflantly ex-J was England who began the war, even eiTiuciuieiycj toi us aayaniagc. . , 1 wiiuwuvcj,iaiuviu!- ii ixx On theTubiect of Finances, thearti- f ' " By the difperfion 6f our fhips, and ele faThef ill Vear has' been favors: I thejecurity of our commerce," our lofles able to nnr finances. The receiots ha ve I micht havei been immenfe. We fore- , i t? t r f . rL (kw thofe circumitances. and we would Hcfnaiam r - , m nnn K inn ' . i Robert Fleming ffrg leave li lttfofm ihetr FrunJt ana tit Pullut tlat ibtf tave jujl rtctivd thttt ' Fill $wfif pRrGOaDStcttaaMtlonalSuppU Teas, Coffee; & : Chocolate, ' 1 Loaf arid Brown Sugar, ,: . , . ' havefupported themwithout difcourage- nn ; ment or weaknefs, but happily they, have t 'fe been lets than we apprehended ; ;our rrrl"l -v ports, one only excepted, which had SALT, IRON & GERMAN STEELE lone been employed merely as a tranf- port, has fallenlnto the hands of the eno : Which, they costifiU W lew ftr CA Prodnce." --rfl'-v - '.'. -1 -C -- - i . 1
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