The Sun.
London, England, 1807-09-24 00:00:00

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the long calamities 01 a war so often renewed !
,The
remembrance Of that mernorr.hle. circumstanee which
brought together and reeonciledtwo powerful So,
vereigils, ```lll.be`OY ev..erPreser"d• 'They will be
)o.4itliful to theoog4geojiits which they have con
irtt&ed. y`eir&mtstances, of Princes 'are'
not always' Masters, second Wi hes,
,and main-/:
isin that. concord which "secures the repose of the
World !:'Ten 'shah those dav arrive which have
been so Icing and so vah4 c:aled for by the philan-
thropic ; 'the happiness of mankind shall cease, to be
41 dream ' it shall date its commencement froth the
it on (be Niemen •
I repeat these fa6ts w it hout pretending to describe
them. They are recorded in our Bulletins, that
brilliant portion of our annals, which, drawn up by
the very pergons who witnessed such prodigies,: nen_
alone procure credit with posterity for so many
wonderful achieveinents. You have read them in
your departments with the enthusiasm which glory 1
eiCites amenc, Frenchmen ; they are present to your
memories, and my feeble pen would fall far short.
of the impresSion which they have left behind.
,Let us examine the result of so' many memorable
events. Behold finiv a wise policy has streegt hened
all the bondS•which united to France States whom.
their own interests allied with her. The Princes
• placed On the banks of- the Rhine, who, during the
long dissenthsns in- Germany, found no eircaeious
protection, except from France, have exchanged.
their temporary relations for 4 durable convention-;.
confederated together, united with France, but not
dependent on her, they have established the reign of
iconcord on a shore too long bathed in blood. All
Germany is either devoted to France or subdued by
her. Saxony is delivered from the gallingyoke of.
Prussia. After an oppression,olao years, the Treaty
of Posen has restored her independence. Herterri-
tory, aggrandized and protcEted by France, will be
_inviolable as that of the Rhine.. Our eagles.defend
it against every enemy. • The acclamations of he.
people, the esteem and friendship of a virtuous So-
vereign, have been the most pleasing of our con-
quests in that happrconntry.• •
The portion of Poland which. merited our, gratitude
has gained:its independence and recovered its rigltts.
A vise and liberal constitution, has succeeded its.
constitutional anarchy. Those, generous Nobles,who,
of their own accord, preceded its legislature to re-
store liberty to their countrymen, have acquired new
claims to the esteem of Europe. ThreynAlions of
men have again become free, have again knind a
country. This single article. of its new. laws, paces
the constitution of Poland under the guarantee'of
every Power in Europe professing libqral ideas, and.
elevated sentiments.
'This noble peace seems do have, been conchtded
for the, interests of humanity, and of all Europe.-,---
The vi&or has not. stipulated the least . advantage for
himself. Dan zie has been restored to commerce and
liberty. The navigation of the Vistula has been re-
leased, from its shackles. A just equilibrium. has.
beert,eatablishcd among,Alte. peighbouring
.Every thing that can ualte: them has been carried
into. efleet : all that would tend to divide them is
removed, and a new kingdom has beewtotulded.
will be a link tocenned France with wore disigut
countries; it,will give existence to a people, who,
divided among so great a numtwrof,Sovereisos, had.
not. :even a name ; the in i;abitants of all these petty
States, will at length have a country ; they Nyill:be
Overned_ by a French Prince. r.
Naples,. to which. French: valour has more.than
,once given its: laws and its Princes—Naps is like-
wise indebted to.a French,Prinee for all the blesngs•
of a mild,and ,equitable administration of a. regular .
Government, and. of .an invariable -pollen., order.'
reigns vyithin her sails;-and peace in her fields ; the
.char4der of. her ,Prince promises that State a happy
destiPyi
Holland, at length aspiring to complete those at
'tempts at political constitutions which condescension
had permitted, and patience prolonged,. Las wisely
adopted,a,Government capable of diretling the,means.
'and the yescorces t hat are.kft to her to a' useful end.
Already does she expectfroin the 'Prince -whom she.
ha chosen, the re-establishment of her ancient
;glory, and of her long prosperity. Soothing hope,..
w ic h. causes her to forgev :taller losses, and-seems
to revive. the energy and Aativity of her industrious
people Uni:ed by sentiment:as by interest with
the French peOßle, they 4eplOre, with the latter, a
domestic. calamity . common to them hothi .under
the, government of a good Itrioce, these are. almost
the
_enly mils.that .a taithful-people have reason ti
dread. „ :

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On everTside, beynnsl the Alps and Pyrenees,
from :the Nortli.Sea to the,Gtilph IX :Taranto, iron)
the,mouth of...the Elbe, to the sources of the Inn,
Francois inirrounded by one:lvast, chain-of friendly
93tior1s, w how herarms had subdped, but whom the
wisdom of her Chief his restored to independence
and happiness ; . and if This wise and humane policy,
which has been prepared for several years„ could not
prevent the last war, it at leait removed the theatre
of it' to an immense distance ftom Out' Oontiers•—
; France, tranquil When,EuropeWas laid waste by the
war, confident in her. strength, 'looked forward to
the ''rot tire with the security resulting, from the recol-
' ledion of the past,
,wishin4Dfor peace Ciliout being
fatigued by war, and ready to fellow the high
; nies•prepared fir her by him in whom the has placed.
, her trust, her glory, and her love. This expectation
nation I'3s been aceonlished, its hopes
: litive-been surpassed ;' ,the main at of prospering
armed. • Who shall presunio to fix its limits ?-
Such is. the pielnre which I have to submit to your
! Vie'w. 'Several branches of the adtninistration hal-
: proved ; the finances in the most flottrishing Con-,
dition ; France alone, among all the States of Ett-
' rope, having no paper-money ; her commeice,'amid
an inevitable stagnation; preserving all its hopes, and
preparing the germs of its future prOsperity ; our
colonies, maintained in a state which must- one
day enrich the mother-country ; the 'arms: of
France carried by nu unexampled series of successes
to the very extrernities of Europe; her influence ex-
tending beyond the', Bosphorus., and into the centre
olthe Asiatic Continent ; the most petted 'order,
and,the most profound 'tranquillity prevailing in her
interior, though her Sovereign wa's t'ort.ln moatbs
at the distance of six, hunired leagues;; Eurore
astonished ; our enemies confounded ; • England sin-,
vly remaining oppressed with the burden of the war,
and loaded with the hatred Ofsnations, Snell, Gentle-