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1 r - 3, . . : . ' ;- . - ' , ' ""r ... II ' Pt - A PUBLISHER (wEKKtr BY JVILLIA ;BOYLAN. ' . M. , . . ' , . t-- ; ; r.- - ''. - ' , . . ' ' 1 Vo!- io, . . .. v RALEIGil, N.KC) T' MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1806.- . - . N- ' mm a mi In iu 1 mi 1 ini 11 ii 'n- ------ i i n'.j ' H' h m - -' p -j r nn p) r - rmf i i r-ri h'i i narr 'riiirihT' iir'H i ' 111 : -hzLL?. ' Austrian State Paper. . ' P fii'elm9thn rf lit twtpeWbf AuHrta FrJr.ch II. tfetliv tmtort pf ths Remans, heredUaiy em " The emperor of Frsnee has com pelled me w take Up ?rms. ' " Fo his ardent deire of mi'iWyar-chiev;;menrsr-biYpamn to be recorded in hiftorunder the title of conqueror the linvts of 'Prance, already so much enlarged, and d ifined byffacred treaties,7 ' rt i i r : . .- . . -' . . : jun apprar .100 jiarrow ; ne wnn?s to unite in his own hands all the ties upon which 'depends the balance of Europe. .Thfaireft fruits ofexalted civilization, every I'pecies ot happinefs whicha nation can eniov' ah3 wbirh rrAilfs frorrt o-ar j - j r i- i an d. conor d ; every t hing which, even ny nimieir, as ine lovereignty or a great civilized people, muft be held dear and' eltimib!e,isto be destroyed by a waH of conq lest :' and thus the greater part of; Europe ij'to.be compelled to fubmit to the laws hn Miandates of France ",Tliis prpjeel announces all that the empire ...of France ha J performed threatened m pi omi d. He refppfH fio propofitionUytiich rTinds him of ihe regard pre'eribed by the law of haians to the brerecmefs of treaties, "arid of tht firii obiiqationSj, Which are due towards r . i "t .' joreign maepenaentitares. At.tneve-. ry time that he knew of the mediation f f RulSa, and of every flep which, di iccltrd equally by a regard to my own dignity, and to the feelings of my heart, I adopted, tor the re eltabUthment of tranquility, the fecurity of my (fats?, and the promotion of a general peace, hii views were fully diiclofed, and no choice was left between war, and un armed, abjeel fubmiffion! -. s Under theie circumfUnces, I took hold of that hand which the emperor of jRuflia, aHimareJ by tienolleft feelings in behalf of the caufe of jultice and in dependence, Jtrctched forth tofupport rae. Jar from .attacking the throne ot and tranquility I rombat, that ancient patriotic fpirit which i ready to make feery facrifice, and to dare every thins io layewnat mitit ne laveatneir inronq and their independence, ' the nltional honrr and the national profperity. i From thisTpirir of patriotifm on the part of my fubjtfts," I expect, with a proud and tranquil confidence, every thing that is great and rood : but above an inings unanimity, ana a quick, nrm ana-ourageous-:operauonin-vr meafure that (hall he ordered, to keep the rapid Andes of thcenemy off from our frontier, until thofe numerous and powerful auxiliaries can afikj- which my exalted ally, the emperor of Ruflia, and oher rowers, who have formerly and -Te&mtly, experienced the infults of the emperor or trance nave aeitmeOe, to comba t for the liberties of Europe, and: the fecurhx of thrones and of nations. teh4e4 to fubvert it. InJfliort,a pre Utymade'of fafts which have never ha'fahy other foundation than in fall'e repdrts ; and in imputing outrages to the lAuftriaris" which rhev have never cdmftnittcd, the observation of his. ma : &f i?" only directed to the contrait whch their conducl offers to that of the F'ench armies. '1 he king could have Kawn from the contrait, conclufions irtQte unfavorable rei'pecling the inten iionsthsmperofi He will eonfine tural ally of Bayaria, flics to our.jtuccour; with his intrepid warriors, he, pomes to avenge us ; already your brolhers and yoi r Ions fight in t he ranks of .thefe brave fellows, accuiiomed to vicloryvfand.al ready wc fee the dawn of our. fafeiy, f " Bavarians, who patiently benr the. viN with which the enemrs tf yotir ccunuy overwhelm you remember your Prince, wiio kuowk your fufferings, who (hares them, and who cannot fun- er r t he- id ea - oHjdrisHVparafed f romr the emperor. pf.Juarj.ce:, and keeping Heaaily in view the pre ervation ot peace, syhich we io publicly and fincerely ttated to be our only wifh, we declared in the pcferrceofal h Ettropei- -H hat we would, in no event, interfere in the internal concerns of France, nor make any alter ation i'i the new confUtution which Germany received after the pace of Luneville.". Peace and indepeiidence were the only ohj'.'fts which we wifhed to attain : no ambitious viws, no infenT lion, fuch as that fince alcribel tome, Qt fujugatin&Baxaria, Jiad any.ihare.in our councils. . " But the Sovereign of France, total ly regardlefs of the general tranquility, liflened not to thefe ove tures. Wholly abforbed in hiuifelf, and occupied cn'y yith4he difplay ot his own greatne!s and omnipotence he collecled a'l hi? force compelled Hol'and rnd the'elecW of Bavaria to join him whili't his fecret ally ths elector Palatine, falfe to.his fa cjed promiJe voluntarily delivered him filf up to him ; violated, ia the mofi in fuliing manner, the neutrality of the king of Prudia, at the very moment that lie had given the moft folemn promises " to relped it ;and by thefe Violent pro ceedings he lueceeded in lurrounding : and cutting ofi" a prTof the troops u;hieh il had ordered to take a pofftion on the Danube, and the Met, and finally, in compelling them to surrender after a fcrave refinance. . . - ; ; -Jf jrrpclanution no 1 sf furious than' --say : to which the drea J fttf prtod -of - the 'Fiench revolution give bitth, was iHued, iri order, to animate the French army to the l4gheH, pitch of courage. 7r-..t I Lethe intoxicati;m of fuccefs, or the unhallowed and iniquitous fpirh oft -revenge, actuate the foe f calm & firm Ij fland m the midll of 25 millions of peiv ;ple, who ire dear to my heart, and to my ftmi iy I h avc a claim upon their love, for L defire their h.tppinefs. I have a claim upon their afli-itance ; for whate ver they venture for the throne, they venture tor thcmfelves their own fami lies, their pofterity, their own happinefs and tranquility, and for the prefervaiion : 61 all that is facred and dear to them ' "' Wth fortitude the AuiirSah monar. chy arofe from every, ftorm which Vme liaced it during the preceding centuries. Its inninfic vigor is Ittll undecayed.- 'J hre iti-il exiUs in the bfeaft jf thofe good and loyal'men for whofj prcfrerity as of no importace in his the 'prefent circumftances : and that he himselfw'asconfeqviently on the point of facrificing every thing to .'dhere to h:s engagements. He conftders him fetf ihis day abfolved from all obligations Succefs wilPhot forfake a juft caufe ftr-1 aiitecedent to the prefent time- Thus ever ; and the unanimity ot ttie love- reitorea to that Itatc ot things, in wnicn himlelf to the reflection, that his impe- j you,- but jn the perluahpn that in pre rial uidjelty had at leaft his reafons tor ferving his individual liberty,. he hss fe confiderinc rhp nnfitivp enpatrements cured to himf elf the means of acting wfth casements xvhitiH'exitted between him and Pruflia, eyes, under raans. the rrvoud manry coufsce, -ana the confeious ftrength ofvtheir ;peopte wili foon obliterate-the fijrlt dilacr$. Wice yi'ill toutifli ' again r;andNi my lover rnV crailfude, arid their owhtorot'- perity, my faithful fubjcfts.vill find a 1 full, cdmpen'anon for every iacrihcc which-1 am obliged to require for their owit pfeleryation JnJle, tiame and at the expttfs ctmmanJ f tht i trperor and Ktng. FRANCIS Count SAUR& Funna, Va. 6. STATE PAPER. II. Trtnfmiittil ly the Baron dt Haidcnbtrg tn , t)uroc and M. J nforet. "The king has commanded me to communicate what follows to. his ex cellency marthal Duroc, and 10 M. l.aforeft, envoy extraordinary and mi nilter plenipotentiary of his majelty the Emperor of the French. His mViefty is uncertain, whether he outiht to fe mnrefufptifedat the out-' . '.1 : i- - 1 rages wnictnerrencn aimics nave la ken the liberty of committing inhis pro vinces, or at, the exttaordinsry argu fnems4yiictJtempiedstilys. day tdjultify them. Pruflia had declar ed her; neutrality ; but adhering to -the lad to her prior engagements, all the advantages of which henceforth would be in favor of France, fhe made facri fices to them, which might have endan gered herdeareftinterelts. i his invari ble integrity, this ronneclion, which, wiUioiitJ)idng.iiU.heJeaiUefifeexpi;n- five to r ranee, produced to her an in valuable degree of fecmity on many ef fential points hpw has it been repaid ? Judly jealous of that confideration wlrich.is'KPt'fefs due to his power than to his quality, the king has read, with fenfat ons, which he has in vain endea. vrrrd to lupprefs, the j unificatory d if. patch communicated by the French am bajlador to his cabinet A juflifica.tibn is attemp'ed upon the practice of the laft wir$i and the fimilaTityj-cf circumftan Ces ; as if the exceptions vhich were then admitted had not been founded upon pofitive afjts, which ha ve been fince annulled by the peace ; as if the emperor ever took thofe aU into his cofidejatidnhwtun - lie too- poileflion of the country of Hanover, 61 a country that bad ben fo long placed under the protection oiPi ufiia ! But ignorance ot our intentions is pleaded, as if the inten tion did notjexilt in the nature of the t ranfaclion, fo long as-t he- contrary-is not fiipulated ! As if the foleinn protef Tatious of tlie'authoritiesof the province, arid of the minilter ot his majeffy to his hiahnets the ELctcr of Bararia, had nor i'ulnientlv madff loiawii hat was by no means necetTary : and that I myfelf, with tne map in ray iiiiu, iu tuc tumcicutw which ! had with their excellencies M. Duroc and il. de Laforeftj had not de claf. d that no ttoops - whatever fliould pais through .the MargraViares ; pbint ing out to them, at. the fame time,uhe 1 oure f comir.unicariojt that Bavaria hid ttibuted tor btrfclf, as the only precited paper currency ; even a great one ill wr.icn iuz iiiafcy ui u iruu-inmmi uf your ions were couurameq was not likely to meet with anobffruc tion ! It has been laid, that in matters of.futh iaiportance, a'pofitive explana tion (houlol take place,as if that, were a duty incumbent on. the power which xepofed in confidence on the faith of aptineiple, (antLnot upon that which irt- he shas no pther duty than that of his oSi fal'ety, and the maxims of comrhorr ja(Ji,ce,the king will not thelefs evince that he is always animated by the lame fWtples.'. 10 fee Europe participate in that Peace, in which he afpircs to maintain his. own fubjecls, is his on'y wjifyoconrriDute, cy an tne means 111 hit poweMo re eltabtith it upon a jolfd bajisrand ttKapply to this grtat work his active mediation, and hisunremit i i n'fii end ea v ors fhallbe. h is c h ie f d ut y.-y But, impeded on evertdc in these his noble inrentionsdhe kingcanno longer intruft to oi her hands than his own, r the care obpfovidence for the faferrof h'S Decnlc. Without cbiitranons rcr tnt fu ni nnH ;oTi) without iitrurancts, h finds himlell compelled to order his ar mic to occupy thole rofitions which are indifptnfably neceflary tor the pro tection of the It ate. Entreating their ejectiithcies 1V1. Duroc uf.d M. De Lafor reftltorafmit thefe obfervations to his IrmrtiaJ4Vlajetly. I have to allure ihzm of my high confideration. x (Signed) HARDENBERG. fierSi, Oa. 14, Fc5 - . - . - - Germ.ih State Paper. Tranjlatmaf a PrciLfoatien of tie EhRor of Ba- . vurirt lc tlx EuVjritns, Bavasiians ! Ar a moment when I was clofely oc cupied with your profperity. when I fordawjiojtianger, Lwasioicibly ftpa-i ted from you 1 Auftria, for the prefervaiion of which the f'.enercus blocd of the Bavarians has fo cfttn flowed, had cencdved peifici5 busiphuis againlt you and-agamfHne Yor fons, my brave fojditi s, were de niatded with menaces, to be ciiil-n;i- natolin the Aultrian irmy, and to fight agaihft a power which has a; all units, protcted the independence of Bavaria Thus the Bavarians were no longer to figlt for their country, but for foreign intents r thus the very name of tht- Bu vaTi'Ai army, was to have btert deltroy- ed.ff:;v --;r ,' :- My iuty, as a Prince and as the father of a taihful and independent people, mutl live led me to repel priip, fi tions fo difllfeourable for the r.ation and to rnintaiu wjth: firrhntfs; the neutrality ci my Uitcs- F'h;,: I f till jatter myfelf with the hope of feeing acompjifhed lh& moft ardent cf mr'wifhvthe rcpofe of my country.-T rl he negciadons, upon this head, were not brokn off, when "Auftria, faithful to the fytem of annihilating the inde pendencjof Bavaria," violated the moft iacrti trfatit s, made her army crofs the inapihj treated you as the inhabitant s of atcriuered country. The moft un- gcnero'ii requiQtions were, made; you . - i 1 j: . . . n i . 1 ' . wcic uiiicnw lo&inou necenary-ip-ftrumpts of your indullryeven ot thofe of youi agriculture; your fields were laid vifte, your cattle, carried off by forcdryon were inundated with a de- to fete under the ftandards of Auftria. . Afcr fo perfidiouTtfi mvafion after fucrkinheafd qf outraRes, my dimiity jcorrianded hie, as Prince and protector ot tn nation totake up arms, and to deli r the counirv from its oDDreiTors. Lmperor ot the rrench, the na- an abfol ute independence for his dutr and faithful fubjects. ,.rQur4oodc2uleJsundexLih tion of a juft God,' and of a cpnrageciw: army commanded by an individual hero. Let the rallying word of every Bava-: rian be for his Prince and for his ccuns? try. - i iy.p-jil-CSigned) MaJcJosxph, cfor Stot6a a o, Oci. 26. Our Court has jufl publiflied aa ex pofnionjjf its condud in the prefent con junexute. This expofitioii llates in f ub ttahce what follows : c . In the lafl war, the Elector of Wjr. temberg, fulfilled his duties as' a (late of the empire with the molt fcrupulous exadnefs ; he has -even fulfilled to the laft moment the obligations he had con tracted towards the Houfe of Auftria. -r-He had then ground to expect that the Court of-Vienna would powerfully in terfere in his favour at the ntgoci.niong conrerning the incjkrfiinititrs ; but his Impe was compjerely irultrated. Dur ingthc fhort continuance of ihe peace the proceedings pi. the Aiiftnan autho 1 it ics towartisthe Ccui t ot Wei teimjrrK proved th;if the facriftcts this'coufi had ; made fo. the Houfe of Aultria we're no longtr thcuglit pf anah indemnity was refufed tor the pfdviffixisjurniihed dur ing the war to the Auflrian troops, for which" a payment, had been formally promifed in fpecie, the artillery taken d4irinshe",'waTuerTef tlftd tcrbff etn tored ; the Houfe of VV irtembei g was openly attacked at the latt Swabian Diet; ;ae Auitrjan envoy held on that occa fion a language both indecent and vio lating on the-righ:s of the Directory of the Circle ; in Ihort -the A ulick council cf the' empire decided completely againlt the immcdnite -JNpbii'ty ot the Empire. NevHhekfs the-frieadf jr condnctf the-Eltctor toward? the Cqurt of' Vien na underwent no charge j ,.aiidjn the differences concerning the potTcihonof Hiligknutzthal, as well as with regard to ihe preiehded rij?ht of leqycitration, and of :tfchear, he dtlplayed great con- defcen Hon towards Auftria. 'J he elec tor then had no rcalbn to believe that -ihU vountry wfu'd he the theatre of war, an d of a war which in no manner re gard..'d him- His firft care was to ob laiii he guarantee neceflary for the neu trality of histtates. He addrefled him. ielfou this head tothe Court of BeilinJ tioiis with the electoral courts of Bava. ria, Baden, Heffe and with the court of R Hefle Darmftadt, in order to preferve i ine.ioutnern cirt ies or tnexempire the j; enjoyment W neutrality. But tine reply of the court of Berlin contained a refufaf ') and the divcrf ity otthe pofition of the . ' 'ther cou rts abav i. rntntioned feinderei tte propoied mealures ; In the mean while the Auflrian envoy communicated theiidte which -his court had brefeufed Lto the impiria i cou' ts of Paris and Pe-- terlburgh : this overture was followed i; I upy no otner communication. ;i he, envoy, (Mr. Schrandt, kept a profcnind -filence ; he then fuddehly put to 'the mi. 1 iuucr, ior Foreign anairS'tne queltion,v "whether France had demandedy-thaf the court of Wir temberg fhould place it s troops; artillery and ammunition at herdifrjo!fl.he"inUectfi demand .was preferred fo the faid minis- i ter ; he was informed neverthelefs thac v ; no f uch prbpefal had been made on the ' part of France. Such was- the ftatebf things when MHBachef delivered to the Diet j he wel t k now n ' Declaration con't ) cerning the holtiJe preparations of Aus-- . f tria. 1 he electoral mipiilef haftened to ; demand fome over; ures on, this head of j , Mr. Schrndt, and the jame-Jeau-d t v 7.' v
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