The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-06 00:00:00

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exc ianfr 'et prlsoners coafoli.
ably to all the usages wt;ir .
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•" If these Protectors of 'the 11 .14. .11, 0
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nations are so Inoderlfe, why have they not rep
sliected those or tire SWiSi Cantons!? 'Wily (1(1°
this Wisp and free GoVernment, Which; in the face
of all Etirop'v, jiad declared Itself neuter, now sell,
its peaceful vallieS and mountains rav'ged bY a
the scuiti•ges of war ?
Moderation is sOine'tiniei °MY a diPlomatl
artifice.' if ‘ve chnoseto eniploy the same art:ifice:."
attesting also' juStice and good faith, how
Might we eonfotitur. ottr dc6:i"trs %viiit their ow'
arms •
'Does the esci;peAl from .Sicily, r;
wlid, from one place Of exile, to another,

• in her adversity:to the Ottomani; proVe to tho
world that our -enemies lave So much respect fur
the royal dignity ?
cif.
" The Sovereign of Saxony•haS placed hints
•at the disPiisal- of the Allied Powers. HaS hr tart.
of
with actions confOrmable to the assurdhces
eir
Unhappy report: are spread in Europe may tit
not berealised! Can it be desired to punish I°.
fidelity to his oath, the head of a Sovereigril
bowed down with age and afflictions, and c-Fv"'--Li°
with so many virtues ?
" It is not from this tribune tlatt Goverrneor34
are to be insulted, even thoSe who should, 811q11
themselves insult us ; but we may be perrnittc,l
to appreciate at their trite value those ancient9onil
well-knoWn reproaches, poured forth aptimt
such. powers as have artcs.l 'a great
Charles the Fifth to Lewis the Fourteenth
from`Lewis the Foliar:mall to. the.Emperort r;
"The system of invasion, of prepondtran;i:,r-r
universal monarchy, has. been always a
cry for all coalitions; and from the midst
coalitions, astonished at their own hopritilen,igt
often arose a power:still more ambitions than tt .
.whose ambition was.exclaimed against.
tY
" The abuses of power are marked in b•'!° •
characters on all the pages of history. All ;00
have erred ; all Governments have conunitte"'
desses ; all ought to pardrin each other.
" If, as we are wiling to bvlieve, the Altgj
Powers form sincere wislivs for peace, there-
obstacle to its being restored. We have (10'1;c
strafed, by•the abstract of theofficial, pApers,t
the. Emperor desires peace, and will purclost"',9
even by sacrifices in which his great soil qeei:rti,
neglect his personal glory, to attend only t°
wants of the nation. Litt,
When we cast our eyes on this eopliti"
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composed of elements which repel each Ot
when -.vo see the fortuitous and strange
of nations whom nature has made rivals: cl,le
we reflect that. many of them, by inconsOtif,:t-M
alliances, expose themselves' to dangers
are not a chimera; we eannot believe that vt
an assemblage of interests so different c;0
long ditration.
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-Du not I behold in thel-phi:it of the c:t
ranks, a Prince horn with all the French
, 4.11%1,
meats, in the ccuntry where they are,
most lively ? The warrior, who formerlY
ed France, cannot long 'remain arniel-agai'l3:olll
"'Let. us remember, too, that a Motiiy:l;ll,l4 110
North,_ and the most powelfrii of (.'.Oll
lately reckon•arnong titles gt.ovy,6;c tt'o4e
ship: of the great man ‘vith wt,Qiu uo'

Oat e"ce tarzi It•';:1; eon6ciener. til'a 11:0'
peror, wh(n So many ties bind to our'i
,!.save 1:5 the fairest present.in a beloved Sove(e:•'Oe
and Who beholds in his- grandson the heir 0.1
French empire.
" With so many' motives to agree, and to a ii
can peace be difficult ? . rltelf
Let the place of conference be imal:e‘ isl
fixed let the Plenipotent*ies . 011 bath
.Icc.
Conic forward with the noble wish to give 4
to the world; let modrrathin reign in thel•
ells as •well as in their language.
Power.; have themselves said, in the decial'lofr,
attributed to them, a great nation dues not loser • v
for ka,,ing suffered in its lam rereixes tifis
dud bluody struggle, in which it fans combaii=s,.
its usual courage.. t tfle
" Senators,, we shoUld not have
duties which you expe;:t of your Committee,- '5Ol
proving to Ilesnonstration the pacific intentiorti4'
the Emperor, our last words did not reniii)'t;il
people of what they owe to 'theinselves--"
they owe to the monarch,
" The moment is decisive.
hold "a pacific language, but some of our fro'
are invaded, and wlr,is at our doors..
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Thirty-six millions of -men cannot e
their glory and.- their destiny. Nations 'li iii('guislied in this great quarrel have experience(heco
merous reverses; more than mite they iia`.ell!
put hors de combat ; their wounds bleed stj
shy
France has also raceived sonic wounds ; •
is fur from being cast 'down : she may be 1),;00'•
()fiber wounds as of her past triumphs.
dency in adversity ‘voula be more
than boasting im prosperity. Thtit, tiles)! s•b";
We make peace, let the military preparitti''''
accelerated, and support the negociations• 00 c.'l‘
us rally round the' diadem, where (the. •
of .50-victories shine through a pi • • yr' cloowilic
is sir
Fortune is not long Wanting to nat.ioo
are ni)t.wanting to thenlselves.
" This appeal to the national honour dic.stiiii't
by the love of peace :• of that peace, Ivhicb
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obtained by weakness but by tel fi • ' • • ()t
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peace, in short, which the Emperor, wit.) tsi c=
species of courage, promises to grant at tl
of great sacrifices.
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"We have the soothing confidence, T't
ravishes and our's will be realized ; and th'tlior''.
brave nation, after such long fatigue, and 51! .el Gat
bloodshed, 1611 find repose unde. r the :wsPl'ijeb,
a throne, which had enough of glory, 11d ./414
for the ...toren chooses to be surrounded 0- •
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images of public felicity."

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REPORT TO HIS MAJESTY THE EivrErzolt ANI"
have' the honotir, to lay befl9rVerfle,
Majesty the dispatches of vout'r Legatiou "r
announcing, that the territory and the lic(l:iii67•
of Switzerland.have been violated by. tile 'l:lid'
I.sithjoin the letter brought by 5ic01.5;,0 ti?e
man and Wiehind, Envoys ENtraordir.kary ~
'Swiss Viet, and your Majesty's answer, c:ocste(
ing the recognition alreildv niade vou'''.4l
of th-e.nentrality of Switzerland.
While these Ealioys'

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