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London, England, 1814-01-02 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

si and the Pitussian Landsturtn was not only raised, but
armcd and disciplined. The allies were anew grown formida-
. ble, but yet ucable by themselves.to achieve the object which
A not is hr.tl in view. She ti icd to effect it b negociation,
hot-when she found that N Arm.. EON was too conscious of
the Fuperioi ity which he pot;sessed, to' sacrifice all that he
Thought possible to attain, to satisfy her moderate views, she
resolved to throw all her weight into the balance against him.
and Thus to compel him to remain contented with a degree
of power, which could not prove nangerous to the safety and
tranquillity of Europe,. She had given a sufficient proof of
her impartiality as a mediator, in allowing a free passage to
the Polish corps of 18,000 men, under Pt ince PONIATOWSKI,
through her Bohemian territories. She now resolved to dis-
play her independence, anti when the renewed Armistice
expired, issued a DeclalatiGm in which she expressed the
moderate nature of her views, and took part with the Allies
against France.

(To /w ronr!nded in our

FOREIGN INI ELLIG ENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

PARIS, 111:CENIIIER 21.

IFOISLATIViE BODY UNDER Tito PltEsl ir.,ACY OF lIIS EXCEL•
I.ENC V THE nuke. OF M ASSA.
After the usual introductory business, Connt Regnant! de St.
Jean d'Angt ly spoke as fol!ows:--
" Gentlemen—ln the twa lasi campaigns, without having been
• abandoned by victory, we have been betrayed hy fortune.
" lu the first, bete of those t; inters %illicit afflict nature but once '
in a renturv,—in the seeon,l, an Abandoning defection of which
Europe offer; few exampiesl—have rendered stall the most bra-
liant successes.
" Happily, Gentlemen, the nation, which had enjoyed prospe-
rity without being hiroxioated by it, ha: supported misfortune with-
tont dejection ; and aft; having generously in the preceding wais
defended the territories of our allies limn the evils of war, we are
prepare:l courageously to preserve 0111' own from them.
" Called round the throne under weighty circumstances, the
Emperor has just associated you, Gentlemen, in the views of his
policy, us in the efforts of his administotions. I have said the
views, and not the secrets of his policy ; and in short this polie
Las always been the defence and independence of the honour, of the
Industry, and of the commerce of France and her allies.
" lint. nations, like governments, deeply impressed, strongly
pre:ocenpied by • the umre recent events, forget those more distant,
keep faintly in their 11Wfilliry the first causes, and lose sight of the
links of that historic chain which connects the past with the
',resent.
" God Itirbid, Gentlemen, that T should now describe here any
past grievances, cideulated to irritate any minds, to rekindle any
resentments.
" 1 do not carry back my thoughts; I do not call your's to
the past ; but because that, in each of the pages in which the re-
snembrance of it is preserved, stns can di:cover with certainty who
!nue been the provokers; fthe war.
War has existed—in. Fmrope for twenty years: the last is con-
verted with the first, and is the consequence of its origin.
" Tn see to whom must be imputed the misfortunes and the dura-
tion of this war, it will be sufficient to refer to it: cause, and to
recollect that the intervals of peace, or rather the short truces
during which nations have breathed, have been owing to France.
" The aggression did not proceed France; neither in 179?,.
Nvhen she was invaded ; neither in the year Seven, when the treaty
Canipo Formin was broken; neither in the year Eight, when the
Russians came across Germany and Italy, to menace our frontier ;
neither in the year Ten, when the treats. of Amiens was vi hated ;
hither at the epoch of the invasion of fLivaria, when the peace of

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Lune-1e was disavowed; neither at the epoch when the treaty of
Presburg was placed in oblivion ; neither when the enaagemente
of Tilsit were abandoned ; neither wisest the treaties of Vienna and
of Paris were tntn in pieces.
" And was it not, on the contrars', France, who, victorious and
conquering, consented to the artm.lice of Leoben, and the peace
which tollowed it; who vanquished at Marengo Ina to treat at
Luneviile; at Anrterlitz, but to restore the greater part alter con-
quests, or to endow thrones with them ; who haw nut retied an ar-
mistice during the war, peace dining negotiations, neither before the
treaty of Presbnrg, nor before that of Vienna I'
" At this moment have not the ltrrliminary bases proposed by
the coalesced powers been adopted by his Majesty, who declares to
his people, to Isis allies. to his enemies, that on his side there are no
• obstacles to the re-estallishnunt of Peace
" These truths, Gentlemen, as Mr as relates to preceding wars,
are consecrated by monuments already become the immutable pa-
trintony of history : in what relates to the more recent events, litey
will be proved by the documeots contained in the pertefaille of the
Minister for Foreign !Mires, of which his Majesty calls a Commis-
sion, named from among yon, to take cognizance.
" Whilst negotiating, the coalesced Powers have wished the con-
tinuation of hostilities. By that they have shewn us the measures
which the safety of the State, and the honour of the Empire, pi
e-
scri:le. His Majesty has said to you, Gentlemen, Nations cannot
treat with security, except by displaying their whole strength.'
" But already • the energy which maniksts itself in all parts
the unineron' let ies which are motiom,—sofficiently make know,—
n
the re-olution of the Freud' Nation to maintain the safety of its
territory, and the honour of its laws.
" Thirat of gloty, love fur the country, the wish for its prosper
rity, are passions which never become extinct it, generous heal t'.
They arc a guarantee of the zeal with which you will associate
yourseltes, Gentlemen, in the efforts of the administration, to sup-
post, hy powerful means or defence, the negotiations which are
going to be °recd.
" Less powerful, less strong, less rich, less fruittisi iN reseurces
was France in the par Eight, when threatened on the north, in-
vaded on the south, Coto in pieces in her interior, exhausted in her
lie:mere disorganizetl its her administration, discouraged in her
arnsita:, the sr.as brought her hope, the victory of Marengo restored
her honour, the t:-enty of Luneville brought her back peace.
I describe this picture, Gentlemen, but for the purpwe of again
back, within and without, the energetic sentiment of our
dignity and or our power, only that our-friends and our enemies
may at the saute time uatler,tand the thoughts of the Monarch, an I
the force of the nation ; the ntederation of Isis wishes, Isis ardour
for an honourAle peace. his horror of >t shameful peace."
Ilse Legislative Body gave an authenticated copy to the Orators
from the Council of State of the Imperial Decree, of which it had
just received a eommenieatit u, as wed as of the speech of Count
Keenand Saint Jean d'Angcly, and or ilcred that the whole bt. entered
in the minutes, and six copies printed.
After the departure of the Oratur. front the Council of State, the
aasembly adjourned till to-morrow.