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COMPARISON 04 THE FEDERATIVE SYSTEM OF
SRANCE WITH THE POLICY OF THE RUHAN
REPUSLIC
. Italy was long considered the school of the sets
sod of politics. The French of the present day
removed the fi•iest monuments and produitions of
the former, from that fair peninsula, to their brilliant
(aphid ; and, since Talleyrand's administration, a
Ilan of the most subtle policy agents to have found
Its way.. with those monuments, to the palace of the
Tuilleries. Maoy expressions of that Cabinet are
pew recalled to mind, which, to many, perhaps. ap-
peared totally unmeaning, but whose eventful sig-
ion was but too soon manifested. What,
i er, distinguishes t4e•French school from the
. .ancient one, is, that its plans are more speedily
d; and is not this perfeSly natural, as the
ire energies employed are so infinitely so-
?
In the letter in wh....h the Emperor of the French
11' formed the Senate, that he had adopted Prince
gene. Vi:erny of Italy, in that remarkable docu.
" nt, dated the lif,h of January. Napoleon used,
Cfor the first time. the expressive term, Federative
&att.—a We intend." said he, " by other disposi-
tions, to devote the relations which shall exist be-
i e'en all the Federative States of the French empire.
s As the diffkrent parts, though independent of each
11
. . bowe one common interest, so likewise they
one common bond of union." Scarcely
ilippths had elapsed, when the promised de-
Moat appeared; and this Federative System
itseif by marriages, alliances, and political
to an extent that excites astonishment.
The espressive term Federative State first received
p sigpitication from the speech with which Napa-
loon opened the sitting of the Legislative Body, on
. the td of March. s 4 The whole peninsula of Italy,"
laid be, " forms a pan of the great empire ; I have,
• NS its chief, guaranteed the Sovereigns and the Con-
. alit ions, by which the difflrent portions of it are
governed " The new Federative System continued
( to extend itself ever Bnrope. The idea may, per-
=tug have engaged the mind of him, whose
over the 4exuay of states is so powerful
.-. sod irresistible. Its appearance before the world,
• its realisations can only be dated from tie late diens-
_ ewes eetslitioo, and particularly from the evenefal
battle of Anaterlitx.
Madera times can scarcely transfer to the greet
book of history, events and circumstances, (or which
a parallel may not be found on some preceding
'loge. Thus, its an earlier epoch of the human rare,
discover the same Federative System, which now
•rd of French policy, of an ex-
.
. that are worthy of admiration.
' ft where the ambition of universal
leis system. The WWIe rulers of
st ate. were convinced of the die-
all the distant and motley parts of
.pst
.. ..
',Lich this perpetually increasing colossus was corn-
. Jawed. and this conviftioa created atter. These al-
of the Roman people were nations who, either
`\ voismarily, to preserve their otherwise pmericolo
political existence, or vanquished. after a froitlem
comes . ewes ed info alliance. by which Rome pro-
inked them her potation, as the prim of their is-
aspeodence. They were obliged to Runtish Mae.
11004 auxiliaries, who sever formed separate armies.
but were only permitted to aft in coriontlion with
the Rooms legions. The 'politica exertions were
seniespeady crippled by this alliance; from Rome
emanated the commands, which decided the destina-
tion aid ensployment of their energies.
The various nation. which inhabited the Italian
fr, pathwiole, the Latina, the Hetroriaas, the Picesi,
sad the Companions. were the principal allies of the
Sowed HAL in the sequel, this Federative System
expanded Saar. sod, for many centuries, kept ad-
sisoing by degrees. It extended to Greece. to
Spam. to Gaol, and resebe4 from Europe even to
. Asia and Africa. Not only small republics. but
' likewise swig limo, same of whom were powerful
monarchs. Worged to this confederacy.
As Napoleon. at the present day. strength's,'
1 through gratitude, the bonds which unite Bavaria,
I. Wirtemberg. and Baden, to France. by blaming
power, and enlarging the dominions of these
so Rome likewise rewarded the sealof her
I Ale. The territory of the African king. Nosinissa.
emp,cansiderably extended ; and that of Zing Ea-
sop, is Asia Minor. was leagued by the provioces
wind with it. to a powerfol otemarchy. ?sadly
is the same meaner as Napoleon accommodates the
=s betweea Bavaria. Vrirtemberg. sod Be.
'vs to their restive limits, the Roma
stiA stisseti a similar dispute of King Komenes.
Mgr puiß is rendered still more striking, by
the len~ employed in the Assembly of the
French Le&lento. shoe the Official Expositim at
the exterior sweeties of France :—'. From the
peace cowhide:l by Napoleon." said a Member of
tbo Legislature. in the mooting of the sth of March,
«agar gess fee* ma a now form. A bagasse(
cans° more wham among states, than among
rr,Lriitid..„. .panes them; for equal pre-
emies' peerieetjaesqt this lends to war, and war
mode misery es seriele. Every thing. therefore,
isoigasse she ansiir of a promise elle: Power,
wadi, sursessdied by Hates less powerful. can af-
filiation:6=6w awl M i ersur can be the umpire
ef their sea the ehorti•er of their geilt.—
This Power, Irasteme. yes have become ; Europe
is molar your dimilkinne yew laws shall tesound
from its inlayed,' sad. She the glorious luminary
of day, yc are called to operate. from the centre of
the poll ,cal powers. and to &sea the others in their
appoiated course."
Of these tieretird Power:s wtoithem ' • tell.,
or agediately under the commend of a
isni-official Paper, the ,fiserwai iie Pores,
! . by the Counsellor of State. Lederer. lately gave a
' vemarkable calculation. France, it is here said, is
as article. dated trom Leipcie, contains. in the its 1
departments, of which that empire is somposed,
26.480.000 souls. The total population of the
mastries united in one cerranon interest with France.
41, . alleeeeles 10 neatly the same number. Among the
Federative States. that doorsal eneatkes thelcing-
dors of Italy, web 6,100,000 ; and she kiogdosn of
N ...leS, wore enoleed on Prince Joseph, with
00l • of the allied
7 11, ~ • • /,,nimolt* isms. The por—atiost .
at to,46o,ooo—viz. Spain coo-
.Asei.c... i it 4). • statement, 10.000.000 ; Be-
".•• . .: ' e.,.. s'
"7." 0 • ... - _ • , : . latemberg and /3ailea rose.