The Sun.
London, England, 1804-06-01 00:00:00

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THE Senate, under . the l'reidet)cy of
.0 EA,gs, decreed in the Si:titng.of yesterday,..at whi)cn
the Consul LEBRUN assisted and all the ;V.linisters
were present; the organic Sq' ;tofu's tonsuituri, which
e:mfers the title:of Emperor on. the FIRST CONSUL,'
and establishes the. Imperial. ,Diknity hereditary in
Wi family. It instantly decreed that the Niensbers
ltould• immediately repair to Sr. Cloud, .tactresent
the organic Se. liaitts-Comiltunt to the •EnTE,iIOR.
'They set out after.the closeI•of the Sitting, aceom.:
'mica by several bodies of trpops;
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The. Senate, on its arrival; being immediately ad.:
mitred to an audience.ohlte EMPEROR, the Consul
CAMBACrites, the Preildent, presented the organic
Senatiii C:pnsultum to the First Consul, and spoke
as folloWs': ' •

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"St The Decree which the Senate has..pasied,zapel
which it takes t h •ea rl i est opportunity of presehrinkl o Your
IMPPRIAL MAJESTY, is only the authentic tX,,prtl4oo:4,Yla
will aleeeady manifested by the Nation. ,Tiiis•Decree;rwilich
confers on you a new title, a ixt which after you scares the ctig-
nity hereditary to your face, addsuothing either toyoue:gletry
9( t 9 your rights. The love,andgratitude of the Freeeh peonie.
have, for ipur years, ehtrosteu to yetir iVajesty the rineepf
Government, and the,Constitu sinus .of the State reposefi in
you the choice of a suecatiMlT. The more auguseitenominfa-
tion.deereed to you, is then only a tribute which the tskt:.::
. pays to its own dignity, end to the necessity it eiper:e.:
'of giving you daily testimotnes- of respect. and of attachinSt ,
which every day increase. . •
" How could the French People find.bounde to its. gtati---
tude; Wheii'you placcepone-fo dour eare.-nd solicitude for it ?
Preserving the remembrance of the evils which it -'suffeeid
when abandoned to tiself, how could it "relied without en-
thusiasm on the happMess it has experienced, since Prue',
dence inspired it with the idea of throwing itself into yonr
arms ?• Its armies Were defeated ; its finances were in &sol.
der ; public credit was anoihilated ; factions were disputing
"for the remaips of our ancient splendur; every idea or int,-
rality, and even of religion, was obscured ;' the habit of
giving and resuming pOwer, lett the Magistrates without
consideration, and even rendered odious, every kind 91. au-
thority. •--7 Your Majesty, appeared ; you recailed Viedeiry
to our standards ; you established order and economy in
the public expences e the Nation, encouraged by the use you
made of your authority, resumed confidence in its own re_
Sources ; your wisdom allayed the rage of party ; Relieien
saw her attars raised up ; ideas of justice and injustice were:
awakened in the minds of the Citizens, when they
.saw
crimes followed by punishments, and virtues signalized and
few Wed with honourable distindions. In the last place, ant
it is no doubt the greatest of the miracles operated by 'your
genius, that people, whose civil effervescence had rendered
them impatient of every restraint, and hostile to every autho-
rity, were by your means made to cherish and respect a powde
which was exercised only tbr their glory and repose.
•' The French People do not pretend to establish them-
selves judges of the Constitutions of other States ;
have no critical remarks to make ; no examples to follow";
experience in future will become their guide. They have
tasted for ages the advant:n attached to hereditary power.;
they have inside a short but painful trial of the contrary sj s-
tem : they leturn, by the etie&t of free and mature delibrt-
ation, to a path suited to their genius. They make a free
use of their rights, to delegate to your IMPERIAL MAJESTY
a power which your interest forbids you to exercise by your-
self. They stipulate for future generations, and by a ~Y,
lemn compact entrust to the.oltSpring of your race the happi-
ness of their posterity. The latter will imitate your virtues,
the former will inherit our love and our fidelity. Happy the
Nation, which, after so much trouble and uncertainty, finds
in its bosom a man worthy of appeasing the tempest of the
passions, of conciliating all interests, and uniting all voices f
Happy the Prince who holds his power by the will, the con-
fidence, and the affection of the Citizens I
If it be in the principles ',four Constitution, and already
several examples of this kind have been given, to submit to
the sanction of the people that part of the Decree which con-
cerns the establishment of an Hereditary Government ; the
Senate have thought that it ought to Entreat your Ire AL.
MAjz,,,cy to eneisent that the.organic dispositions should be
irrirnedi.tely carried into execution f 'and thate for the glory
as well as the happiness of the Republic, NArOLiON may
be immediately proclaimed EMPEROR of the French."