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j tt Trav Tr rr rm-.n "tr iti A JL iL 1 U-Jrl WW 1 "&Wi , and . ' North-CafMna State Gazette. 0Ti arr thf planrpf falrdelUlitfiilveacep Unwrp'db vparty ras,tdUveHkebrothet V5t- VIII. Monday, March' 2, ISO?., No, 388. Curopean 3ntelitgcnce PARIS, DECEMBER 6. On Monday the 2d of this month? at 12 o'clock, in execution of the or ders jof his Majesty the Emperor and King, his Serene Highness the Prince Arch Chancellor of the Em pire, repaired to the Senate. His Highness wasin hisceremonial dress; he was received in the usual forms, and having seated himsell said At the moment when the reins of government were iut, by the gra titude of the nation, into the hands of his Imperial and Royal Majesty, there weii established between him and vou, habitual confidential reports, and "a communication of thoughts, which have made you participate in the grand designs conceived and exe cuted for the good cftht Empiie. Thus, you were made early ac quainted that the fitst wishes of the the Emperor were for peace, and that this generous sentiment never oooled. Before he appeared on the field of battle, ne. otterea n to ms cue mies. After victory, his triumphant band always presented it to them. He hoped that particular and suc cessive treaties, reconciling, one afi r the other, all interests, appeisng by decrees all resentments, would at ... length bring on mat general pacm cation, so much wished for by Eu ropen nation&j and so necessary to their felicity. , His Majesty's expectation was disappointed. 4 Europe, drawn towards repose, by the victories of France, was uncea. ingty called back to arms by the in fluence of G. Britain, and by the ambitious pretensions of Russia. 4 Coalitions brought to the ground, $ave birth to new coalitions. . 4 The moderation of the vanquish er, encouraged the vanquished. . 4 The greatest efforts of military j genius, together wil the exploits of an army which counts as nothing dis fiances, seasons, climates and the num bet of its enemies, have produced, hi therto, only glorious truces, of which peace has been the fruij. 4 England got possession o$cbe, tra'le of th vrorld : the product iorrt$of industry in both hemispheres were to be swa'lowed up in that is-andLw However, Russia, so ,iongun known in the disputes of Edroixeiittl this dav foments the disorders of the Vest,-at the same time that she me .naces the east with her vast dorar juon. 4 TbeX)ttoman Empire is disturb 4 ed i vexations are aggravated against 1 it l the rights of its scvtreigniy are Tendered in a msnner uncertain. 4 In such conjunctures, in the midst tof these machinations, and plots, hs Majesty has been obliged to quit a toad wherein peace was not to be found, which alone the vanquished sought for This peace must' henceforth be made desirable to those who provoke war. War must-be" more fatal to those who let themselves be drawn into it 4 Cabinets must be reduced to the i mhappy impotency of being again . occeivea. ., Princes so often vanquished must ut length be taught that clemency Jias its bounds, and that the sceptre tvhich they abuse, may break in their hands. c Hence, gentlemen, a new plan of conduct and acceory measures pro per for securing i:s success. 4 The first and most important of nil consists in, supporting ".the power wf ihc nation, by theconunuhy of the ame means, and by the develope ment of its strength, ' A nation, the infringer bfall the jights of civilization, must afte wards be deprived of all relations with civili ied nations. , His Majesty must retain his con quests, and mi st remove from them the promoters of all discord until tht moment whenj EngTiand will have ac knowledged the pHnciles, which, among polished nations, temper tht disasters inseparable from their dis tentions ; until the jperiod when jus Tctributipns will have acquitted our obligations tow?rds ourTaitbful aljiies -rin fin Trt' p- iateT which shall establish the repose of Europe, and promise to 'all nations the entire developemtnt of their industry.. 4 You appreciate, gentlemen, all that is great and glorious in such a desiarn. Its speedy advantages, those it presents for the future do not es- cape yoiir wisdom ; you find in it an ample compensation lur the perseve rance andmomentary sacrifices which it must bethe reward of. 4 The guarantees of its execution will be, for his Majesty, the love of his people, the fidelity so often ex perienced of the Senate, the courage of the armies ; but, above sdl, tha. genius the successes of which has never belied its inspiration, and that ardor which knows no obstacle when the glory of France and the happi ness of humanity are in question." His Serene Highness having con cluded his speech, the Senator Tor cher, one of the Secretaries ascend ed the tribune and read the following papers : EXTRACT Of toe minutes of tbe Secretary of State Ofice. Pulace of Berlin, 21st Nov. Napoleon, Emperor of the French and King of Italy, We have decreed and do decree as follows : The Senate shall assemble on the 2d of the month of December next, in the- usual place of its sittings, un der the presidency our 'cousin the Arch-chanctllor of tht Empire. NAPOLEON. The Minister Sec. oF State, H. B. MARE T. MESSAGE from HU Majesty the Emperor and King, to the SENAT E. Senators ! We wish, In the circumstances in which the general affairs ofEu rope now arei- to make known to you and the nation, the principle wc have adopted as.the rule of our po Our extreme moderation, after each of our first wars, has been the cause of the one which has succeed ed them It is thus that we hi.ve had to struggle against a fourth coali ioi. Ijn'ine months at'er a third had been dissolved, nine months after ihose pining victories which Providenct- wiiti granted us, and wh:ch ought to nave securea to tiie continent a long repose. . 4 But a great many cabinets of Eu rope, are sooner or later influenced by England ; and without a solid peace with that power, our peo ple w 11 be u n ?.b ! e j e n j o y t h c benefits which are the first aim of our labors, the only object of our hfe j Thusr-nojLwithstanding our tri umphant situation, we have been stopped in our la's negnciaiions with England neither by the arrogance oi her language, nor by the sacrifices which she wished to impose upon us, The lsland of Malta, to which was attached in a manner the honor ed this war, and which, retained by Eng land in contempt of trea'ies, was Tin principle cause of it we had con Rented that, to the possession of Cev ton and the Empire of Mysore, Ehg land should add that of ihe Cape o! GockI Hope. 4 But all our efforts must have mis carried when the councils of our ene mies ceased to be animated with the noble ambition of reconciling the good of the worh1-with the present prosperty of their own cqontry with a lasting priospenty ; vnd no pros perify can lie lasting for England, as lon as it is founded upon an exag gerated and unjust policy, which would sirip 60 millions, fhtir neigh bors, rich and brave, of all trade at.d all navigation. Immeditttely after the death of the principal minister of England, it was easy for us to perceive, that ih continuation of the negotiations hat: no longer any other objects' but r; cover the plot of this fourth coali tion, stifled in its birth. 4 In this new position, we have adopted for the invariable prihcip'.t of our conduct, to evacuate neither Berlin nor Warsaw, nor the pro rince which the force f arms has made to fall int , our handstibefore JJ ihe general peace be concluded;' the Spanish", Dutch and French colonies ( restored ; before the foundation ofthtr Ottoman power is sit enirthened, and the absolute independence of that vast Empire, the first interest of our people, irrecoverably consecrated. ' We have put the British islands in a state of blockade, and have or dered dispositions against them re pugnant to our heart. It has been painful to us to make the interests of private persons depend upqn the disputes of Kings, and to return, f ter so many years of civilization, to the principles which cbaKacttrUe the barbarity of the first ages of nations. But we hjve been constrained, for the good of our people and cf our al lies, to oppose to the common ene my the same arms he made use. of against us. These detern ina ims coinmaiKled by a just semiment of reciprocity, have been inspiren nei therby passion nor by hatred. Vi tt we offered after having dissipated the three coalitions, which had coiinihTj ted so much tp the glory of our peo ple, Ave still offer si ibis day, wh r our arms have obtained new victo ries.- We ore ready tc make peace with Enilan('. ; we are ready to make it. with Russia, with Prussia ; but i' can only be concluded noon such hasis s that it mav i ct Permit anv power whatever, to arn-jv-ate to her self any right or supremacy over us that it shali restorr the colonies ic their mother c -nrtrv, and that ir shali secure lo ur trade and.indu; try the prosper ky which they ou;h to altaiv. 4 And if he wliole cf these' d's;-o-sitions removes for some tirnt y-A tlic '-.'-cslabiisliment of general pettce. however short this delay may be. i v i II appear long tc our i east. Bm are certain that our peoj.'e will appreciate the wisdom of our perin eal motiv. sr that they w ill judge with us, that apartia! pace is only a truce which makes us lose all our acquired advantages to jjlve rise lo anew war and thai in 'fine, it is only in a get ral peace that France can find. hap. pine. sr. 4 We are in one of those impor tant moments for the des'my of na tions ; and the French people will shew themselves worthy of the one which awaits '.hem. Thesenat'Hcon sultum which we have ordered to be proposed to you, and which will place at oor disposal, in the first days of the year, the conscription of 1807, which, in ordinary circumstances, should only be raised in September, will be executed with eagerness .by the fa Jier as well as nv-the chidrt-n. And at what finer moment could we cull the young Frenc hmen to arms ? They will have to cross, for the pur pose of repairing to -their colors, the capitals of our enemies and the field of battle, rendered illustrious by the victories of iheir eloer brothers. 4 Given at Berlin, the 2 1st No vember, 1806. x 4 NAPOLEON. The Minister Sec. of State, 4 H. B. MAREIV REPORT Of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Empeior and Ki' g Sip. it A fourth coalition was fdrm td. In less than a month Prussia has seen her army, her strong places, her -cap'itaT and her provinr.es fallen intp'the. hands of your Majesty, and now she implores for jeace. In the preceding coalitions, every enemy of France, as soon ail he was vanquished, also sued for and obtain ed peace. It was hoped that part:.. - uiar and successive treaties of peaee would had to a general one, at once honorable and secure- Three times I has this hope been disappointed ; f three times has exienence proved that in following the same system ot moderation and geserosity, France would be? constantly deceived. Each coalition, upon being destroyed, tu gendered a new one,. and Frahce.was nenaced with an eternal war. The French Empire has attained a degree of power and greatness which yoqrMajt sty did not seek. 4iltac.ked on all sideTft with unexampled fury, and placed in the, alternative of dyine; or conquering, France has fought ! only for her safety, and, victorious, ! 1 she has madese of victory only to lis pi ay her mAileration. She has not destroyed those ho wished to des troy her;; she Epifiade immfeas&J; conquests, she has kept only a small number of ihem ; she would have kept still less of them, if the blind passions -whi.cn glowed around her, had not put her under the necessity of aggrandizing herself for her own preservation. Now that she is at tacked, for the fourth time with the the-same spirit of hatred and with the same views of destruction, your Majesty has no other aim but to re coyer what is indispensable to the j prosperity of your people. But it is j an aim which you cannot attain bru by availing yourself of all the great. I ness of your advantages, and by re j serving your conquests as rhjects of compensation in the arrangements of the general peace.- Two powers, enemies of .the re pose of Europe, have united for the purpose of perpetuating the discord of war. The objects of iheir ambi tion are difierent, but the same ha tred animates them :g linst Fiance, because thtv know that France can ot cease opposing the accomplish- fl n nt ot their pernicious designs. 1 :ncea"5ingly occupied in necking' and j exciting new enemies against her, they employ for this purpese every kiad of artifice and intrigue, me naces, caresses, corruption, calumny; and when thi-y aspire to invade, op pose and enslave every thing, it is fance they always accuse of preten ci'ng to ir. England tends V the exclusive na vigation cf the sea. She arrogates to herself the monopoly of all trade and all industry, and whenever the irreststable force of evenu Iras obliged F-an.e to intervene in the affairs olj l ie petty slates her neighbors, and to intervene in them for their own re pose, England has given the signal 1 ol accusations and complaints. She that first sounded the alarm, and 'be cause a few towns or a few countries, submitted for centuries past to the mitted to it, she represtnted France as menacing the independence of the great states. Was it upon petty stales, winch were submitted for a century past to her influence and in a manner dtawn into tfie sphere of her activity ? Was it net on the contrary upon states considered at all limes as the principal ones in Eu rope, that England exercised her violations, when the powers cfilie north, who had united for the pur pose of defending the eternal princi pies of neutrality, were forced to sub scribe to hsr monstrous prettnt.ons, and to. sacrifice with their own inte rests, the dearest invert sla of Franc. At that time the interest of nations was not only menaced, it was attack ed, violated, and, as far'its depended on England, annihilated. Of what use was it that England had been obliged to acknowledge, by the con vention of Peteriburgh, a fewprinci pies, which neither her seduction nor her menaces had been able To get abandoned ? Immediately alior, the trampled on them, or eluded them, by abusing, in a manner at one the most tyrannical and senseless, the ; right ot blockade. This' right can not, in reason and according to trea ties, be applied to any other but places invested and in danger of being la ken. She pretended however, td ex tend it to harbors, to the mouths of rivers, to whole coasts, and in fine, to a whole Empire. Certainly, France never was invested and in danger of beinjj taken by England, and the whole of France has been declared in a state of blockade. By acting in this manner, does not Eng.aud loud ly proclaim that she acknowledges no law i that treaties are nothing tp her, and that she admits of no of her right but that of force ; and tha she deems every thing legitimate which she can do with impunity The government of Russia, when it ought to be wholly taken up in vi vifying its immense spates, and of expiating by the benefits of a wise legislationand a paternal adminis tration, the crime which in one day may reduce from the rank of inde pendent nations, an ancient, mime rous and illustrious nation, worthy of a better fate, covets and menaces to swallow swallow up the va?t em pire of the Ottomans. The same manoeuvres which it made use of a gainst Poland it now em ploys against Turkey. It blows up the spirit of sedition and rYilt, It excite arni$ and supports the Servians against the Porte. It r. 2WS, upon Mora via, the attempts it had made, but fruitlessly, in 1788. Wallachia 'find Moldavia were governed by two trai torous and unfaithful chiefs ; the Porte 1 ad declared them such by a firman, and had deposed them. Rus sia, not content with giving them art asy ium, marched troops towards the Dniester, and menacing the Porte to declare war against it, she required their being re-established; The Porte had the grief to see itself con strained to re instate i's declared ene mies, and to depose the men of its own choosing. Thus its indepen dence has been violated by an attempt which at once strikes at the dignity ol all thrones. The moment she has no more the choice of h-:r governors, she is no longer a sovereign, she is no longer a sovereign, she is a yas sal, or rather Walachia a d Mo'd. -via no longer belong to her, but itt i name : and 'hese two great and noi provinces, governed by men sold to Russia, are become tor the latter a real conquest. With buch enemies, vrhose ha tred your Majesty has been unable to disarm, and who, notwithstanding your victories, still march to their objects, listening only to their pas sions, and respecviug.no right, your Majesty is not free to' follow the emo tions of your g nerosky. The very inclinations wbiUi lead you to wish for peace, make it a law for you to relinquish none-of your conquests, before the entire and absolute inde pendence bf the Ottoman Empire, an independence which is. the "first in lerest of France, be acknowledgeel and guaranteed'; lefore the Spanish, Du ch and French colonies, the loss ot which has been solely occasioned by the diversion effected by the four ! coalitions, be restored; and a general J j code be adopted, conformably to the dignity of ell crowns, aid capable of securing the rights of all nati ns on the high seas. The justice and necessity of thi determination will be universally feit; it will be a benefit for your Majesty's Hie. and for all commercial town? of your Empire which have been despoiled only by favor of these same wars, ihe events of which have put, so many vast stales. in the power of your Majesty. In any other system, the .interests of these allies and of so many populous cities would be aban don ed, he fruits of the most asto nUhing victories would oe lost and France, in the rridst of unheard of triumphs,, after so many exploits which have aggrandized and covered her with glory, would have nopros? pect of repose : she would not per. ceive lhe period when slie might lay down her arms, betake herself to th? p-aceful occupations of industry arm commerce, to which nature call hvr, and make uprn another, theatre, less shiningbut sneeier conquests, which &Should.not have bought by the lliijfof blood that is so dear to heratd which .: equ al ling her h a pp f ness to her glory, would cost huma nity no tears. C. M. T AIXYR A.ND, Pi 'mct of Beaexerdc Beihn, November 16, I80t REPORT Of the lin'ister of Foreign Relations to h ? Majesty the Empsror ar?d K-tg Siu e Three centuries of civillri tion have bestowed on Europe a rihl of persons which, according to the expressioa of ah illustrious writer, human nature cannot sufficiently act knowledge This right is founded upon principle, that nations .ought to themselves, in time of peace, the greatest benefit, and in war tlvj least evil possible. Conformable to the maxim, ifiat war is not a relation between enc man and another, in which indivl duals are only, enemies accidentally, not as men, nut even as members r subjects of the state, but merely n i'z defenders, the rii?hta of nerenrs ' 3 i a not allow that the riirht of war, m: the right of conquest which is c! 1 ved from it, should extend to pe-. ct bit and unarmed citizens, to ha! ra tions and private property? to cor mercial werchahdize, to warehn.tr, which contain them, to the wars which ; transport, them, arid' n jH unansed Tesseja vbich'coorey vhc-t; , frit"."- -I-? V-' '' - " ,5. t IB Mi ;fti ', ?s
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