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~. ~.,~ (Nb. 3.) THE 13TH OW MARCH, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. mom THE JOURNAL OF LOUIS XVIII. p,x1•11/eCTS PROil THE EXAMINATION OF THE DECLARATION OF THE OBSERVATIONS •ON The advocates for war, saYs the Report, suc ceeded in persuading the people that they had an interest in fighting against the pretensions of France." Must it now have required of the ad vocates for war, a great deal of eloquence, a great ideal of address, to persuade the Austrians, that half Vienna was demolished ; the Musco vites, that Moscow was in ashes ; the few who escaped from Saragossa, that their city was no longer any thing but a' heap of ruins, in which 30,000 of their relations and fellow-patriots were buried, the inhabitants of Madrid, that their children in the cradle were thrown out of windows, and received on the points of bayonets ; the Romans, that they had been pil laged even to their - moveables and clothes, that they had left scarcely their eyes to weep their mi buries, and the seizure, the captivity, the tor tures of their paternal and holy-Pontiff? Must it not have required an abundance of sophisms to persuade other people that they had an interest to prevent France from pretending to treat them as • she -had treated Vienna, Berlin, Moscow, Sara goss4, - Madrid, ffamburgli, &e. ? " Noii/ France has no longer any pretensions to alarm them. France never had such preten sions. ,Franee always feared and detested that drearlfuT alternative of action and re-action, whose result .was, that her slavery prepared chains for other nations, and that the slavery of other na tions rivetted her own chains. But France has the man who conceived, who nourished, whO still announces in private, and among his soldiers, those same pretensions which he disavows in his Journals. France has the man who alarms. She has the men whose re-union spreads alarm around ber. France has the public characters who hav e laboured with him at the Manifesto which we are refuting. , " The Emperor comes from his retreat with a new system, external and internal." What was the ancient system of Buonaparte, internal and ex ternal ?—that which aalgacus, reproachfully ha puted to the oppressors of his country. Massa cre, pillage,- falsehood, this they cad Govern- • meat : depopulation they call. pacification. Au ferre, raperefalsis nonlinibus, iniperium ; aique solitudinem• faciunt, pacem appellant. Does Buonlparte ;J)vern the interior differently from his former government ? tias the Emperor ceased to lie? Read, you who preside over the destiny of nations, read and judge. Here is - the fatuous decree,of the liberty of the press, such as it has been cried about in Paris for these four days, as a pledge of the free constitu tion promised to France. Art. 1. The direction of the Press and the Censors are abolished. Art. 2. Our Ministers are charged with the execution of the present Decree. Here is the same Decree, such as it is, at the Office. of the Police nod of the Secretary of State. Art. 1. The direction of the Press and the Censors are abo lished. Art. 2. They arc reunited to the Police Administration. • Art, a. Our Ministers, &c. In consegcnce of - this second article, which the hawkers suppressed, hut which the Ministers take great care to execute, a manuscript was carried to this Censorship re-united to the police. This ma nuscript contained one only offence for.theGoyern ment momentarily existing : it merely vindicated the adininistration - ot Louis XVII I. from the ca lumnies forged against , it : the Censorship, re united to the police, answered, that they were at perfect liberty to print this manuscript, but that if a single line appeared, the author and printer would he arresled. The author thought, that he might be arrested for having written it, even -tvithour printing it. He left France. We have his written declaration. We think that in the multiplicity of facts which we could cite, this is sufficient : ab um) disce omnes. No, there is nothing new in the internal system of Buonaparte, and there will be nothing new in his external system. He kill never have but one manner 61governing at house, and of pacificating abroad. There is a fine saying, worthy of remark, at the end of this paragraph. " The Emperor, we. are told, renounces for the exterior, the idea of. the great Empire." See then, he discovers, or rather, he confesses, for nobody coulol doubt it, that he- has constantly cherished the idea of a great Empire,—of that universal Monarchy, the most terrible scourge; says Robertson, which can afflict mankind. In a piece subsequent to that - which we are examining, be has even informed us that he had only laid the foundations of his great edifice, and we may judge bow high his imagination carried the top of this new Tower of .13abel : in fact, there is not. the least doubt that in the order or disorder of his. ideas, the idea of Russia was followed by the idea of Persia, to which immediately succeeded the idea of India. Now let us recollect ail, his protestations, deela . rations, and conversations, - every time that he entered upon a new war. FI ow he complained to be always the object of unjust aggressions ! How his heart suffered not to be able to put a stop to tine effusion of human blood ! How he consoled himSclf; at-least with the thought, that ; this ‘var tvouid be the last, and that. he would fight no more except for peace, in order to obtain permission to contain himself within his nathral limits, to give himself no exclusively to the hap piness of his dear French; &C. &c. Weil ! this is the man who now tells us, When I held this language, I was laughing at you and the world ; while in my discourse 1 appeared avariciously spar,ing of your blood, in my calculations I was computing how much of it would be necessary to cement the foundations of my great empire. I spent ten years in deceiving you ; believe me, however, at the instant, when I, assure you that I will de ceive you no more, and beware of thinking that " he who was only meditating war when he pro mised peace, meditates tyranny -when be pro mises liberty. And this is what _ his advocates imagine they will succeed in making Its believe; "No experience is lost," It iras, however, - a tolerably strong lesson of experience the two hundred thousand Frenchmen engulphed in the snows of Russia. NVlrat happened the following year 1 Entire generations, the whole youth of France and of the countries - occupied by France, devoted to death to recommence the interrupted - labours of the great Empire. • There was another tolerably strong lesson of experience, that battle of Leipsick, that blind flight, that forgetfulness of every individual' but himself, that bridge . broken (low!' to save his person by drowning a part of his (tali army.— What will be the fruit of this lesson ? Will he he persuaded by it at least to accept the pears offer ed by the conquerors, ,a peace the most hohouir , able for the valciur of the French army, and am , merited by the madness of its Chief; a peace, in short, which suffered France to extend- itself to the -thine ? No. He returns to Paris, assembles his Caanuril, and says to them, word fUi• word, ", I go to repass the frontier, and I will not leave it except to turn Munich and . Vienna !" Aadthe' Council which beard him utter these expressions is the same which now tells us that no- lesson of experience is lost upon him " After fotirteen years of miraculous success, • the Emperor saw hiMself checked by the move ment of Europe towards the peace and independ ence of nations." Public Functionaries of Buo naparte, just now to hear you, the European na tions were deceived by certain advocates for war, who succeeded in persuading Chem that they had something to fear from the pretensions of your Emperor. Now you avow, that those nations were roused, as their Sovereigns were combined. Once you will have spoken the. truth in yOur Ma nifesto. " Genius has struggled against the age ; the age •has come conqueror out of the colitest.— ArtVce has attempted to deceive the age, the age has penetrated its turnings, and disconcerted the artifice." In the division of characters here made, Buona parte modestly styles himself Genius, and even defines himself to-be go . ad faith. He will soon say, Ego sum. via et neritas, - and the CounciLof State in all humility will say,--- , 4liiten. As - to Louis XVIlLit is artifice which , eharaaterised his, Government, and he pushed this artifice So far as to establish a Constitutional Charter,- two Cham bers, the Responsibility of Ministers, &c. ; all this in order to make the Royal' Authority uoli suited and arbitrary. " If the Powers attack at, Emperor,' they trill be no longer in the sittratiou of 184 their'in struments will break or turn against-them." • Still the red cap ! The Powers threatened with the re bellion of their subjects. " If the Emperor were attacked, he will be no . longer in the situation of. 1814." No, certainly, for since 1814 his deposition has been ' PrOrla Ced he has signed his abdication ; Eur Ope has judged, banished, and sent him to the Isle of El ba : he has broke his bar, has filled with Corrup tion, treason, and revolt, the troops whom he has rendered perjured, betrayers of their bottom - , their country, and tireir King Ile has again usurped a throne which does not belong to hitn ; again oppressed France, which had rejected -16 m ; again alarmed Europe, which had pardoned him In 1814, the Congress _of Chatillon treated with hint ; iu 1815, t.he Congress of Vienna has put hint oqt - of the law of nations, has, declared him the enemy of the world,- has given him over . to public vengeance : certainly two situations inure different cannot be imagined. " The great part of the most zealous advocates of the Bourbons •defended them, to estabikh li berty on their weakness : this weakness; exceed ing the idea which they had formed of it, deceived their exiiectatious ; but the principles which they ch'erish are proclaimed by the Very power whose extent they feared. This power consecrates the representative system, the responsibility of agents, the absence of an arbiter, individual liberty, the liberty of the press, the liberty of worship. They will not hesitate to rally round this standard." NVhat must be the instinct or baseness and perversity which would prefer to the liberty given by Louis XVIII, the liberty promised by Buona parte: for, in a Word, that is the point where we were, and the-other where you.are. We-hold that which Louis XVIII. has - given us, and you hold only what Buonaparte has promised you. I sup pose you one of those zcalons advocates of the -Bourbons of whom you speak, and among whom you evidently wish to be reckoned. Y ou defend ed-them, you say, to establish liberty o‘i their weakness ! Why not on -their justice, on their beneficence, on the wisdom of Louis XVIII. who knows how to judge of men and minds ; on the elevation of his soul, which prizes pure homage, and free subjects. Your expectation .has been deceived ! Apparently, because you . reckoned _on their weakness : 1, who reckoned on their virtue, I haveseen my hope entirely fulfilled. That which you now wait for, from the power whose extent you for merly feared, I have received from the power whose source 1 have always revered, whose moderation and generosity I have recently blessed, whose rights I will defend to my last sigh. That repre sentative government, that responsibility Of agents, that absence of an arbiter, that individual liberty, all those principles consecrated according to you (profaned according •to nee), by the usurped power whose standard rallies yon, I have seen established, put in action, fortified from day to day, by the charter and government of Louis XVIII. Your usurper has'suspended thew. King will restore them to you. " If the Bourbons had been willing to nation alize ,their Government, they would still reign.— The Emperor nationalizes his. He is irumovable." If they had chosen to mention what is meant by this word nationalize, it would haNe been possible to have seized its import, probably very curious to have read its explanation, and certainly very easy to refute its inferences. In two words ; to any person who has seen the charter and observed its 111 y execution, who has seen and heard the taatioual representation in a body, and the Nation in detail in the - Capital and Departments, nothing in the world is more national than the Government of the 'King, Louis XVIII. As to that which is called the Government of the Emperor, we will agree that it is, precisely, as immovable as national, and as national as im movatle. It is, however, a strange method of nationalizing a Government, to place at its head all those who have been signalized as the execu tioners of the nation. Is it that in the new revolutionary jargon, to nationalize and to Septembrize are near a-kin ? " It is, therefore, now against the national will that the 'Powers would act, by attacking France : now, (hey know what would be the re sult of that." The conclusion which ought to be drawn from your argument is, that in the last year the Powers acted in conformity to the national will : for you know the result. Well, that which they arc go in.- to do is tl k e sequen ce o f w h a t th ey hi ve d one, and r you will see what will he the result. " The Powers have no business to interfere for a tranquillity which exists without them." The Powers of Europe, and among them the King of France; the nations of Europe, and. among them the French nation,- are. engaged to guarantee mutually--the one, the'maintenance of their crowns, and the tranquillity of their peo ple; others, their own indepe n dence a nd their liberty.. The throne of the King of France, and with it all the thrones of Europe, are attacked. The tranqUillity, the liberty of Frenchmen, and -with it .the tranquillity, the liberty of all Enro peans, are disturbed by rebellion, oppressed or menaced by tyranny. All Kings and all People call -upon and-autho rise each other, engage, 'one with the other, to go.every where, - where it is necessary to extin guish a contagious rebellion, and an universal ty ranny. It.is the. enemy of the world,..it is the crisis of the world, it is the salvation of the world,' which is now the subject of dispute. FLANDERS MAIL. DINANT, APRIL 26.—Hostilities have begun between the Prussians and the French. Yester day evening there was an affair of outposts at Fahnignnul, two leagues from Givet, between the Prussian lancers and a French detachment ; the latter had four killed, and lost 15 prisoners. After this affair the French returned to Givet. thIENT, Amt. 26.—LVery recent accounts from Lille state, that great discontent prevails there. Commissioners have been sent to that city by the Government, to name the Officers of the National Guard, and the choice they hive made has gene rally displeased the people. It seems that several Functionaries have been dismissed, and others put in their places. A corps of Hanoverians ar rived here yesterday ; and this morning a .cunsi derable train of artillery' passed through the town on the way to the frontiers. ANTWERP, APRIL 26.—Our, port resembles a forest. There arrive daily from England large Convoys, with.ammuniti.o and provisions for the army. It appears, that the EnglishGoveritment, independently of . the resources which our country affords, is resolved to secure itself the subsiStenee of its armies, for there are already prodigious sup plies of . forage, and of Salt and - fresh provisions. The forage s already arrived in this port would suf fice to feed 20M00 horses for six months. BRUSSELS, APRIL 27.—The first column of the Westphalian legion, which is 32,000 strong, has just arrived in the neighbourhood of Liege, where the whole corps . Will successively pass on its way to its destination. Yesterday . another regiment of English cavalry and one of i►lfant•y ,arriVed at Ostend. Ninety transports have just sailed for - England to fetch More troops, of which 12,000 horse and foot are expected in a :few - ''days. The English General who is to command :the cavalry of the Duke of Wellington is landed at Ostend. Lord Welling ton will have 18 or 20,000 cavalry, and 500 pieces of cannon of all sizes. His Majesty has named Commissioners to revise the fundamental law of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, to examine the changes it may be necessary to make in the constitution, .to adapt it to the new state of things, and render it advantageous to all parts, of the kingdom in its present extent. - - The Duchy of 'Luxemburg is to he considered, in tespect to the Representative and the Ligisla tive institutions, as an integral part of the State. The,Conn»issioners . are to, meet at the Hague. SWITZERLAND, APRIL 17.-The following is the answer of Count Talleyrand, Ambassador from the King of France to Switzerland, to the circular letter of the Duke of Vicenza Sir,—l hasten to answer the letter which you wrote to me on the 30th of March. During the whole course of my life I have been faithful to my oaths and my duties. - His 141‘ajesty King Louis _:VIII: accredited use to the SWiss Confederation; he alone has the power to recall we. I am, &c. DUTCH MAIL. . BRUSSELS, APRIL 24.—The columns of troops of Brunswick which march towards Mons, has received orders to accelerate its march. The Prussian General Van Ziethen, who commands 'a Prussian corps on the left bank of the Maese, has his head-quarters at Jemappe. Those of General Borstel are at Birache. From the Maese to Mons, our frontiers are covered by Prussian troops. There will be a - comMunication between all the Armies, that they may act in - union with each other. We expect here Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Commissioners, who are to inform their Sovereigns of the ,proceedings of the armies. Prince Bernard, of Saxe Weimar, commands a regiment of Saxons at Namur. BRUSSELS, APRIL 26.—,Yesterday. morning-his Majesty our Sovereign, accompanied by the Duke of Wellington and several Officers of rank, went to view the Netherland troops, at Nevelles. Our artily, which is already'very strong, must receive tl within a week a reinf o rcement of 2 5,01)° ::P rce , is so Fisted, that 24 hours a ve i l " - ll lorc s " can be collected. The positions in ge ne oce S ; follows :—From Charleroi to Nove l : 6 ol° lh treme frontiers are guarded by on " I°.- foot i l" chain of strong corps of cavalry 3"rl And which are continued along t 6 he '1 1.3° '4lto connected with each other. The t° lls lie behind them. are in a good - st3t s:te geti fence, and have numerous garris° s ' ., t he ;these places, and those which. 0 1 :7 10 e/ 16 cond. line several divisions are caoton e "; e siti r° ions, • while the Army of Reserve forms f line. General - Alten, General in Cl. Leu2e' Hanoverians, has still his head-quarterss General Hill has his at GramrOnt;:io „I P t adi fs they expect the head- - n l at ter§ of a "' sion. The grand bead-quarters are still - 1 fit e eels, but is expected soon to be retn°°6-. 41 6 ' ; • Je Ensperor of Russia has appointed h's °O, Camp, Cmint Pozzo di Borg°, to be lies sioner with the army of Lord Welling tnri. iro° All the French fortresses of the first o f sl er Thionville to Dunkirk are put in a state fort i l ° l Orders have been given to p ro vision Lil le for 1 , 11 1 1 . months ,for a garrison of 18,000 m e i n the'a l e t purpose enormous requisitions are two e 1 partments of the North and the Pas de C' 0 04e1 provisions are diligently collected to Il i/ C oke into' the magazines. However, 'it w" ot tsi t s , e o least one month before this object can be irit °I 1 1 The French Government ,listrusts the s P . o sail l ` di people of Lille, which has caused P ur i - e cation with that place to be verit'diffied-t.nr clad trc s do rt The desertio,s among the French not diminish ; 50 or 60 often come j il t 00r fd Alost to join the Royal troops. i rh e i: se i -c o °.! to consist of a corps of cavalry, a di tiliery, and some battalions of iufa ntl ' es• 11 ber of which Will depend on circumsti'cligh fro Duke of Berry, with several Officers ni „loye 6 l i o under his command, i s co „ sta ntly,en ir , c e,„f , organising this corps. The King of ra ;:as d y l t d it seems intended to reside at Manes) r 7 s itt o „ - o l mined to remain at Ghent which is bet for keeping up a communication ' Sitb t party in France. detach,rllo NIMRGUEN, APRIL 24....... The last ra itv' of the Hanoverian troops left us this 0 1 0 00 the beginning of May, we expect 119 'i v 100 5 ' lle • of Oldenburg and Brunswick, and 1 5,u o p/ and Danes. e oft c sil Bois-LE-Duc, APRIL 9 4.—Thel' assa l asr - $ l4 of all arms, and that by forced w archO' l j ti lP lie increased within these few days , 311(1 t, that the invasion of France is not dicta" PARIS, APRIL 23.—The conduct of died ear f e discloses more and wore his f 31. W . , certainty that agitates him. Ile w e , n , t .cd I ‘;a 4 :, since with Carnot, to visit the eer ie Martre, and gave orders about th e er n. °l' d some works for the ,detenee of Par is ' u t several thousand labourers are to ‘ 4 2 3 . 1. , - 1, 4.* I pOssible activity. Thre e arnilea -,,,igor" are going to be formed, one near oli e 4 r 25 . ,000 men; under General Leco arhe i:o f 14 Chambrie, - of 40,000 men, 'shal-Grouchy ; and one of 30,00 0 ii, ea g r t are : ta e under Marshal- Brune. These two. i s "'„,ioPlav tined to act against Italy. The firs t , ° , r o J 4si , Sardinian and Austrian troops, the s, e : e ivists' the Sardinians the English, and the r`' e bee" W l ' " Already revolutionary pieces CO I tsu f for and performed in the Theatres' thbecool; after the cry of Vice l' Emperor i s , T , t ioa Olt sometimes it is replaced by Vice l'"'„ - o s, ;V to Libel. ! In one of the Coltee'ny e o Palais Royal, which is tiented et tseq bal e 0 - tary, and where several 'disorders of 30 place, they lately ornamented the ho st under the Pe itn-000,1. paste with" a red cap. . ...--.:•••••••••••,....---- 0 " • . i VU. jy MAILS. 14 Ilan" i 17 11 ' ARRIVED—Q France, 1 Hamburg!), I—° i gln - 0 3 Waterford. Duc-1 Lisbon, ipottenl)o Si'. PHILIP AND. 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