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TAR XL. Luc. 4, 1t4,02.

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/The collowirs2 very curious Nl:nue:it% pronosted to th.'s Ft APT
COwsCt by TALL FT* %It ID, Will be r. 3,1 WWI ivessliar iuterest.
It',,ha!s its their true vs:our. the insliusitts polies/ is wbick
that wally st.teiinan i► so profound a nworar.)

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Ts:nil-rand begins by telling tare First Consul that
the present Mern.rial is merely a copy of one pre-
sented to the Mi,iisters of Louis XV. atter the peace
of Aix-la-Chapelle, to dissuade them from that fatal
aad dishArtourahle war t 3 France which ended in
1762. He says' " by the ignorance of the
sues, the bribes of Austria, tht hits igues
(f Ilernis,
tn. influence of Pompadour, and the weakness of
Louis XV. those strong reasons for peace were
not lineneA to ; the consequence is knov.-n, Inn it 1,
not kiwnen that this impolitic 114 alone. prevented
the total ruin of England during the following or
American war, and preserved. that country hum
being what, if we are prudent, it sooner or later
must be, an invaluable naval and military station
of France, whiclk.shall secure us the Empire of
Cie World."
Talleyranil then enters into the particulars of the.
many irresistible nie.ins, Irance, uuring the peaty,
possesses " to foment trou'ules, to spread discontent,
to tarnish the honour, to undermine the tesoutAii,
weaken the stangth, to lull asleep the public
spirit, and to cool the patriotism of dualabta
of the tiritish empire, and by a, g. train. of
intrigues, insults, dem.inds, insurrections, vexations,
snurmurs, alarms, and bankruptcy, prepare even
the warmest Enili.h patriot, to see with indiffer-
ence, if not with apprOativa, an Union with
}ranee, which will put an end to all.diMculties,
and procure Englishmen the same tranquillity,
honour, and happiness Frenchmen enjoy under the
lnild but firm Government of the Chid Coasul."
" But," says he, 64 powerful as France is upon
the Continent by its conquests,. by its influence, by
the vigour of its Government, and by the viaories
of its armies ; in regard to England it is not in a
bettor potation of strength than in 1755, becatt,e,
vith the knowledge of our means, aid with the
zreal abilities of our Ruler, Ave are unable direetly
to injure England, cur navy being snore reduced,
and, our naval officers more ignorant than in 115.5 ;
but indirealy, and in ,a time of le-ace to lay the
infallible foundation for the future subjetlion of
Frigland, France at no former period had so many
certain and ur.kmbted underhand methods. A war
at present may lessen, if not destrpy them, List
every year's continuance -of peace shall preserve,
augment, and fix them.
44 Ought we not to wait, at least ten years, before
the .renew the war with England ? till we are in a
condition ea-eaually to support our claims, our
views, and our plan, ? The English will do our
business, if. we permit them. Their religion is "
pleasure, and their pleasure debauchery. They
have plunged..themselves into an excess of luxury
and. intemperance. They have begun to neglect
their Navy, and to disband their artificers, who go to
I'rance, Spain, and Holland tor maintenance.
44 While their individuals squander their riches,
the State grows parsimonious, and begins to save in
those articles on which it cannot be too profuse.
" They are even ne.ar.reducing their trivial army,
and. their patriots speak of entrusting, what they
call their Liberty and Property, to the valour of .1
militia. What a field is this for oar policy? Is it
cur business to awaken or arouse them from their
lethargy f If we do, tl.e. connutuence is obvious—
We teach.tbern.to believe a real truth, " nut they
caring.: strengthen. themselves too much by sea or
land." Thai an army ceases to be the object of
public complaint, of. public dislike—and the people
begin to think that, as they must have one, it is bet-
ter to have ass army of English than of Frenchmen.
Then their young nobility will continue to apply
thesnselves to the military profession, and think
themselves honoured, by. that profession, in which
alone consist the defence and security of their

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Thi; maybe fatal to us, for the sooner ire go to
war, the sooner th:ir effeminacy will wear off, and
their aticient spirit and. courage revive. They will
not then become more wealthy, hut they will get
more wisdom, arbich .is better. The military vir-
tues, and the manly exercises, may become fashion-
able,and the nation, which now s,:eivis immersed in
. debauchbry audcorruotion, may yet think seriously,
and be once more, what it has often been, the terror
of Europe. lids is not an unnatural supposition--
they easily glide from one extreme to another—
it is their natural temper, and their whole history is
one continued proof of it.
g. The attires oi. 1.1 Vendee still smoak—it re-
quires only a spark to kindle a civil war in the
bosom of our country. The returned emigrants
are as yet quiet, but they have not inrgot their for-
mer principles, and the• wrongs they lave suffered
flint the revolution. Let not a slew war give the
Bourbons an opportunity to remind them of it.
The most • dmigei ous td the Bourbon,: reside. in
England ; let nut the .renewal of war permit Eng-
-I.4nd to use them, their name ands influence, to
trouble and invade France.
.4 We command at present all the Continental
rowers ; but we know they carry, with disgust and
complaint, the fetters we have imposed.--I,et not a
war with en44land give them occasion to shake them
WI, and to command
.its ip their turn.
.4 The general avOkt4sLand supineness that for
e/et attend inimo4th:44„wQnith and luxury, hibte
Trom the Engl sh the fttioivlOte of their own strength,
real poi, er, :end true in'th:ett, Buffer them nut to
relapse into virtue and thidei:ltanding. Plunge
theist not too, deep info alciilleatkies, and, they
never emerge from folly into real wit:dna.
.. We have already isolated them from the Con-
tinental llolitics--leave thum in peace--aud the-iso-
lation of their trade s'aall soon tallowy. We.have
• already made them fearcA, envied, and bated every
itloso nu the Contir.ent—leave them in Peace, and •
they shall soon Le despised, negialed, and unpi-
tied.
66 Leave them in Peace, and they will soon return
.to their annisenvuitc, of eleOions, races, panty, and
faCion—Leave them in peace, :mil their mii.iktays
must be direteJ by popnlar clamour, which we can
tileivaYs ecitn and encourage.—Leave them in peace,
:and their navy will once more be laidup to rot, and-
their seamen and artificers once more turned over to
os, to Spain, and to Holland !—Leave them in
ileac-, and the greatest part of their army will wort

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be reduced, and the small remains will soon
beicontie a mere militia in pay.—Leave them in
prate, and tee shall not fear the defelinn of
Rir,sia or Prassil, or any of nnr present allies, which
othetWise would Much hurt, and perhaps ruin
our present system.—leave them in peace, and
they will wev:!or think of schemes for increasing their
population, or for Making every part of their domi-
nions real use to every other. Leave them in
puce, and most of their nobility xid gentry will
c Intinue to squander away amongst us their great
riches, and augment our resources, to enslave their
• couptri. Leave them in peace, and beibre the
year xkv, Trance shall Command the Departments of
the Thames, aid of the Tweed, as it already does
titre Departments of the Rhine and of the Po.
l'ursiie, Citizen Consul, this plan steadily, for
ten or &ftecn years, constantly dirvaing the riches
of the country to the raising a nary, equal or su-
perior to Euglailil, and then, and not till then,
shall we be able to strike the blow we have for above
one hunched and fifty .ears been meditating, the
conquest of the British Islands.
(Signed) "C. M. TALLEY RAND."