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:' k. a . , ....... .... '"'"-T -'..v-t i - - . "V. w PUBLISHED (weekly) BY WILLIAM BOYLAN. 12, 107. RALEIGH, PRUSSIAN MANIFESTO. fcOKCLUDED. 3at js it necbiTary to appeal to treaties to form a jult judgment of this extraor t j;n-Tv event-Previous to all treaties, nations have neir rights r and had j'rrce fportei with the fanctity of an 'a arh- fhszftf unexampled defpotiftn n,i'd exalte every mind... J o de- ' . . - I I !". I I ICS nw nau ilCVCl UHCIIUCU ' f l'r?r.ci and to r?n der them the vaflals of M t .fmnvfiipo mo o(T1a f' U French Rovernnent to. abolifh with a jlroke of the oen, a conftitution of' a thoaf4nd.ie?rs duration vhich long habit, the reimmbrance of fo many il luilrioiis pericMS and fo many various ' andtMttfA'rclaions, had rendered dear ,. ' toi'ucJja num'irof princes which had ' 1 io oren teen fiiaran reed by all the Eu ,. 'roptw power and even by France jjfrfelf-to lay contributions on the ci- i . . .1. in f r t ties ana towns j rnc miair or prorouna oeace, and lea e the new poflefiions on rnanauiieuKeieion ro aooinn tn:s -!HU:vr m vvinouc con u nncr tne em- I prot tiermajy, from whom a crown i vjfrefted, o;liufIii, fo lately became i t gtnranree c" the German fescue, or i Prufia, interred 'intimately in that 4 league th j s arbirari I y d ifib i ved Nu m- l.bers of war ad continued victories' lays Ibnictimefproduced great and re t nuirftiblccataftDnhes : butfir-'i r.n py. , . . . f - j anipie m times c peace was never before nven ro rue woiu. vice. Great labor was employed, in vajfi, rto give even a color to this out rage. t . yfefel was to belong to tHcncw duke, not to the em pefb Napoleon The king had never refolved, to iveu? the lalt fortrefs on the Rhine infrrlic nn;rnf France. Without a word Ibyvway of explanation, welel was annexed to a French, department. The exifting ftate of the Auftrian mo narchr, and of the Porte, harlhppnmn. tuallyp;uarameed. The emperor Napo leon crramiy wiiried- that Frullia thould be botnd by this puarnntpp? for in h?c hands it was an inftrument which he might employ as fuited his politics, a pretext for demanding facrifices in a conteft which his ambition might occa fion. Jle hiinfeltJiowever, did not ob ferve itbner than It contributed to his intereft.Ragufa, though under the protection or the Porte, was takfn oof feffion cf by his troops. Gradifka and Aquileti were, jvrefted from Auftria, under j early the fame pretexts which h:;d betn-employed when the French feized tie Three Abbies. In all ?clitica! proceedings it was na- ... - . ."1.- . . . ... . .- ... J . .5 , f (f. C.) MONDAY, JANUARY i2, 1807. -f N'o. i." turaily tiken for granted, that the new orares rcrnied by trance, were Stares in the propet fenfe ofrhe term, and not i'rer.ch. provinces., . But it cod the cabi net of St. Cioud only a word to deprive them of thdr in'lerndpnr. The nn. Tb- (jrsat Empi-e, was invented, empire was immediatelyTur witfi vafTals. here was no tfa.ee of the treaty -1 ..... and (had roun'leJ 'lhus ( I "1 . ff ii r . ; wi.j.iwiM.l4.wiiu jj;o:cucu .11) nui tier andmil ccr.fi; iierltif as im ing-obhgaiions to !fia!eonnces vh- inhered bv rhpf trsrf. Actions ; but hpitied not UU thofe who hnaJ 1 uttered thmlelves to 'be lured by the hope nf gaitj and he would reproach J hiflifelf, Ihouldie increufe their unhap- 'Fhe emperor, at length, informed his 511. T,i r r ''nv,; , .1 ; . r iu u u.c ,ucr;nr.n empire, ana ror in a I . - " ..I w .wi. v lilt. IVIiJliba dVJ 1. 1. 1 rhentv. - J )? HpH Hv ill,-" incir compiiacfe ; probably forced to obey command which admitted of no oppofi&on or. f f f fufficktly put (hed bv their acouLIti'- ons, and by bdng reduced to a ftate of l inage, as naflh and degrading as thei yiiLiuii5 were nonornn rnev rtptvt-p JM to be treatidfey Germany widv the tOolt riRor.- Vrhaps, when the mag fniqusnatici to whicMiey former! j ly belonged, ar fes arouirdthern on eve .'yftdecontfnd M their indepsnd tcnce they may liftenr to the voice of grk IJade aidjiprfor, and, at Itall, abhor U:r cldins, vhen they find they mult te itaired wil thhlnnd nf-thir k,0 Ii vas net enough -thahhefe defpetic jttjwsre immediately injurioitso Prul- - v.Mpciur oz r ranee was mrent e re- iflf i .,"T,. R luem lenlible to the petfon jeot thePrmce of Orangejwas under mnioirguaranteeonhe twopovv-7 p or the king had acknowledged tne if. . C! ,a -Mouana amy unaer W Ti',onr or feveral years this 'f AH'expcled that his claims, fc fSlhe matual ftipulations of Pruf. BM France, fhould be faiisfied. 4 '1 he wravrepuHic had been wilHng tQ miraT v af c6llydafion, t)ut the for tK T,011 ?f tnexcircumftance, tlon of fhe fiesf blood W 8 o lis brot'her-indaw. Voutd .brot'her-indaw 1bfi.riMl? nnt wno was de- .brTlLrKFceived from the crane: mSr y mammnimm the 'ittorLr v",rnUoy on his un- ch r thr 'a Jighton ;$ha4bLniaIldtte i.u;;i:iiei.qva fincicmg to eltaDhii a jiraiiar coiffderatioii in the north of Germans This a as according to his cutlomafjpolicyj apolicy which ha;I long beenreroied wirli nrrpfr tbe mo. ent of lie birth-dav of jed to threw out a hire rn fhnfe rnnrto which mtrht occafion difTicuhies in the execution; c f fuch projeft. 'I 'he king a dopted theufeaoffu'th a confederation, net that the advice he received made the lea ft imprerion on him, but becaufe, in faclvit W2S rendered neceifary by cir .cumltaii'ces ; and becaufe, after thefuc ceffion of the princes who had acceded to the confederation of the Rhine, ,r. clofe uniqr, between-ihofe of 'thuNorth became rtore than ever the condition of ra i Si l he king took raafures to eltabluli his league, but on other pnncipIes.from lhofe of the model pre fented to fim. He made it his pride to icplletl the laft of the Germans under his banneri, but the tights of each he left unimpaired, and honor-, alone "was' the bond of ihe league. - But coufd: France dvife the king to any meafurewhichlhould be pfoduftive of advantage to PrulTiai. Wefhall foon ie what is? to pe expe&eo when France makes profeiTions- of favof . In the firl place, care had be&Haken tute of the confpd erarinn nf the Rfiinp an artrcle Vhich contained the germ of all fiiturcinbovations. It provided, that otherrpriricei fhould hprpr.eivpd iV.tn this confederation, 5 fhould they defire it. n mi iuiucr, au rciarions in venna ny vcre left indeterminate, and as the :mcaiii,were aill refcrved to detach .md annex to this league the weaker ftateiJ wjuiieur tnrcais, it was him for oeace. indenendenr- -mA hn nT ! PcuUia did nothing for her allies. -NaDoleon, on the rontrarr tBrnlH t-n ward the acceflion of the eledor bv an cniargemenr or nis territory. Anil.'this treachery was exeVcifed to wards an ally ; and at the very moment when the king was advifed to form his alliance, of which HefTe was to be the firft bulwark, endeavors were made to detach from him a power whom family conrie&ions. allianres. anI rplfirnc - f every kind united in the clofeft manner io nis majelty's perlon. V But even thefe hoj(li)e flens were not fuient. Does any one wifh to know what was the lure by which it was hop ed to gain tiWeledor of HehVand what was the augmentation of territory with the expeclarion of which he was flatter ed? It was the prince of Orange; the brother-in-law of the kin or that nrinrp who had been twice deceived in the mofl fhameful manner who was now to be robbed the third time! He ftill pofleiTed the territoryTor FuTda ; this was promifed to theelector, and it would have been given, and the elector con Jented -o accept it, had not Pruflia ta ken up ?.rms. 9 His majesty faw the fyffem of ufurpa tion advance every day ;, he faw a circle, continually becoming narrower, drawn round him; smdtvcn the right of mov ing within it beginning to be difputed with him; for a fweeping refolution forbade a paffage to any foreign troop?, armed. or not armed, through the ftatts of the confederation. 1 his was to cut ofl contrary to the rights of nations, the conneaion between the detached -Hcfli- m piuviuces ; mis was to prepare-pretexts on which to ail ; this was the firft threat of punifhment aimed at a mag nanimous prince, who had preferred a defender to a matter. " But even after this, his majefty cannot reflect on it without admiration ; the king, confidered whether a rrimhlnafinn might not'be found,which fhould render this (fate of things compatiDls with the maintenance of peace. S The emperor Napoleon appeared to be felicitous' to remove this doubt. Two negociations were then carryiug on at Paris, one with. Rullia, the other with the Englifh mini ft ry." In both thefe ne gociations, the intentions of France a gainft Pruflia were evidently manifefted. By the treaty which the tmpercr of Ruflia, has refuted to ratify, France of feVed, in conjunction with Rufiia; to prevent Pruflia from depriving the king of Sweden of his German territories. Yet, fqr many months, the cabinet of St. Cloud had continually prefled trie king to feize thole ftates, Vvith the threefold view firft. tolreventre. himfelf nnth - w b a W kingpf Sweden ; fecondly, to embroil rruuia wuu au ot thirdly, to purchaf. . 1 . - . . . . . . - yet ne negociatecf with -England on tji bafis of the reiteration of fheEleaorate. 1 he king is jn pofleflion of the proofs. War wa, in faft, declared declared pyeverr meafure taken by France. very month produced a new notification' of the return of his army ; but, on one frivolous pretext or another it wr. eft ;ii continued in Gerrqany ; and fdr what purpofes ? Gracious Heaven ! to eradi cate the laft trace or fovrp? the Uermans to treat kings as govern- wo ajjFuiitca uy inmieirto arag De jore military tribunals citizens only rei fponfible to ' their own governments : to declare others outlaws who lived peaceably in foreign ftates, under f o- reign fovereigns, and even in the capital of a German Emperor, bacaufe they hadk pubhfhed writings iu which the French government or at leaft its defpotifm, was attacked ; and this at the time when the fame government daily permitted hired libellers to attack, under its protection the honor of all crowned heads, and the moit jacrea reelings ci nations. i rl he French trooos Were in rtn mm. ner diminifhed, but continually reinfor ced and augmented, and continually ad vanced nearer to the frontiers of Pruflia or her allies, till they at length rook a pofition which could on!y menace Pruf fra and were even aflembled in force in Weft phalia, which certainly was not the road to the mouths ofrhe Cataro. It was no longer doubtful that Napo leon had determined to overwhelm Pruffla with war, or to render her for ever incapable of war, f nee he was lead ing her from humiliation to humiliation, till flie fhould be reduced to luch a Itate of political degradation and feeblenels, tnat, .deprived of every defence, fhe could have no other will than that of her' formidable neighbor. The king delayed no longer. He'af femblei his army. General Knoblef dorff was fent to Paris with the final de claration of his majefty. Only one mea sure remained which could givefecurity to the king, which was the return of the French troops over the Rhine. General KnoblefdorfFhad orders to infift on this demand; it was not the whole of the king's juft demands, but it was r.ecefta ry, that it fhould be the firft, fince tt was the condition of hi3 future exig ence. The acceptance or refufal mult fhew .the real fentiment of the French Emperor. Unmeaning profeflions arguments, the real virtue of which were known by long experience were the onlv'anfwer- the king teceived. Far from the French army being recalled, it was announced that it would be reinforced : but, with, a haughtinefs ftill more remarkably than this refufal, an offer was made, that rhe othor poweis. ; and to Weftphalia fljould retqrn home, if." i ruiiuwouiq. aeiwi irom ner prepara tions. This was nobal I : it was iufolent iy notified to the. kings minifters, that the cities of HamburgV Bremen, and Lubeck, would not befiifeed to join the Northern' GonfederarioX but that r ranee would taKe.tnem under ;her pro- to Durchal2 ner filenre u-ith retpecMo the lubverfion of fouthern Pruflia. But the king had long, been aware, that fuch were the views of France : and hisnnforrnna with Sweden was painful to him. He had, therefore, been careful to provide againft everyfufpicion of lelf-interefted muuycy, aim iic connnea nis' exDiana to mtrodu?e into the fundamental lla- tions to the Emperor Alexander. The tUte Of-the CnnfprirnfJnn of the Rhir rr, -: U . j . j xt fecne now atrain rhnfifred nnA TJooo. leon. who had fo long been the enemy ot tneicmg ot bwedtn, was fuddenly trsnsformed into his ureteric. - It U not fvperfiucus to' remark,- that tnia ir.hdious treaty - of the Frendi em peror, in order toTajisfy the' honorable inrereft .which the court of Fit! Pterf. iei,;J burgh took, in--the "maintenance of the but (rights .cf the king of Naples, he pro- "".1. tection ; in the fame manner asin thei other cohfederation, fhe had given away tion wo.ula beeyfpnderf tntn th. horf m-: r : ;ti5n wp61d be extended into the heart of uic i-ruiuan monarcny v ; M ' And, thatl this might no longer re mam doubtful,, but be manifeft to every one thehrl atteirjprnvasimmediarely made.' Fortunately, it was made on a prince who knows j not fear, and, who kwcrr" " as ine highelt k f, that Vi . Hv J ter .rruina, it war al edgedrdid no- -v'i-m,uu c cry. one. iees Tnat anam ihH Ha brirf.' and the king of Wirtemburg and Bava na. have to tfink; theit aiuance . with' wa f y aiuiredanc ottofconiiieai ceded pro- gaging to prevail on the king of Spain to cede to him theBelcaric Iflandl. He will act m the fame marihtf with refpect to the augmentation' of territory he pretends to beuow cn his allies. , v These were all preludes to the flens uc . iook gaiuit rruui.i ; we now ap proach the merhent which defermined his MaieftvJ J " ;. '."." Priiflii had hitherto derived r nth nrr . . 7- : r . m'".f Jrom her treaties - with France but hu- , .1 ' - V--,.- -: mutation rand lots ;: one imgie advantage seiaained. I'Ke fate pf-Hanover was in hexowerirdlt ntuft remain, unlefs the laft pledge of the fecuiity of the North were annihilated. Napoleon had folemnly guaranteed thisTlate tf things, rifles, nnn nrntniiuytitn l-auro wtlfhKnr permitting any other power to make tlr lealt pretenfiorir The king was requir ed to fuffera foreign intefeft to be in troduced iflto the heart of his monar chy -v.' .'' Ariother eohtrafttaf conduct incenfed the king to1 the iifmolt.. He. receives; from the emperor a letter full of those " afmrances : of efteem, which T certainly L wripn they do not accord with-facts ought to be confidered . as nothing, but which the drgniry ; of foyereigns-renders a du,ty to themfelvesfeven when cn the vef war. - Yet a few days afterwards, at a monient when the i word Wa$ not yet drawn w hen the minifter of. the emperor endeavored to mtflpnrf, thnfW nf the king by aflurances on. aflurances of the friendly intentions i of PubiicUtt oi the ifith-Senfemher anear ed. with adiatriha-affjinft the IrJtvr nA " ihePriifnan ftates, iri a ityle worthy of the molt di.s?acefuf iTcrjods of the revo- 4utjujj , i uiu.unjg tprine nau on, a ndw natt in other times than ;ors. 'wmiM hav been confidered as amounting to a derhi rationofwhr. ! , 7 The king can treat fliaderm tint arc V; . ' i 'r. il il". ..........
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