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" This Declaration is of 4 mature unusual in the

ilidgoth4l,.thetongtvit v 'bigue was ready tq be
dissolved, the groptross,qAined to make a jasti
efirt for thepaci6.catiou o the Continent.
" The Duke of Paaano wrote to Prince bffoor.i
nick,
...He propokedp neutrake a point op the fron-
eiers, and there to resume the negociations.of Prague,l
eireaduring :the crintisiassixe of host4ities., Vnhap-
pit, these overture, bat ito effects six . •
44 The time wlien this pacifie siterif seas taken is im-
portant : it was on the 18th August last. The re-
membrance of the clays of T.inteen aiii.t.Bautszen was
.receot. This wish aga.inst the prolongation of. the
war may then be said to he in some degFeecoptempp-
rary witl the date of two Nictories:
Thte efforts of the Orench Cabinet were in vain ;
Peace became more remote; hostikiei began again ;
the eventi assumed another face, The soldiers of the
Berman Priuces, but lately our allies, shewed more
"Ok.nri once, while figl7etiok ynder our banners, a fide.
Thy but too ,dubious all at once they ceased to dis-
semble, and ifained our enemies. From that moment
the emszl?itiatiops of a campaign, so gloriously *sus,.
could not havexhe expected success, - •
• " The gmAcror perFeivecl that it was thpetoorder
the French to evactsate'Ostrissany. • •
lie returned with them, kghting at almost
livery step; and on tlienarittcr route, whereeo many
open defections and. silent treacheries, confined his
progreiX'and his zoolions; 'OW trophies marked his
.. . •
" We folpiwed'him with some uneasiness, in the
midst of so Marty ti?siatiei over which-be alone could
triumph. *ith joy we saW him return to his fron-
tiers, not with his accustapea gond foittine, 'but not
without herolith awl with Out glory. • • •
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4- Having titurnar to kis eapital,Ne turned Ni; eye
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from those 4ilds of battle; whae: the world admired'
foi.Sltein yearahe even detached-his thoughts
from the great designs he 'bud ecacsieetl. I use his
Owti sion;. He turned to his piople, his heart
• openeditielf, and we read in it our own sentiments.
• "'He desired Peace, and as soon as the hope of a
grreHai,i(n) seemed possible, he hastened to seize it.
f. The grans of. the war led the. Baron de Saint
Atnau tp the Head.quartera Of the Allied Powers.
There he saw the Airstrjau Minister, Prince Metter.
sfiel?, and the Russian Minister, Count Nesselt ode.
3oth inthe name of their Courts laid before him in a
innddential coniersation, the basis of a general' pa-
. ci#eatiun..
The English Ambassador, Lord Abertleenoica
present at this conference. Observe this last
Penators, it is impoitant.
" Baron Saint Aig_nau 'being desired to icitiaint
his Court with all he had heard, faithfully acquitted
himself of his commission,
44. Though trance h. 4 a right to' hope for -other
proposals; ihe pOperor sacrificed* every thinvihis
aincere wish for peaty: He mita the Duke cif,l3is.
!pm° to write to Prince mettern;cs, that be admitted
as belie of the negociation, the general principle
contained in the confltienti4Teport of M`..de Saint
Aignau.
Prince Metternich; in reply to the Duke of Bas-
sani, seetnad to think there was something vague in
their acceptance iedheiion) given by France.-
.. • " Then, to resoove.every difficulty, 'the Duke of
Vicenzr2, after having taken the orders of his IVtajesty,
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made known to* Cabinet of Austria, that his Ma-
' jesty adhered to the general and summary balis cam:
',llolefair d Al. de St. 44#411. The Duke of Vicenia's,
letter is of the 2d Of December ; it was received on!
• the 5111 of the same month. Prince Metternich did
not answer till the jOth. These dates must be care.
fally:obierve#,; you wilt soon see they are' not with.,
out :importance.'
. « 141 hypes of peace may be fonseiyed on reading
the nnsver of Pi itovce .r.a.pieh to the 'dispatch of
the DiAce.of Vicenza, onii at_ tie end of his letter ht
onnounces, before
.the alioclitious are opened,
it is riece:44ry iv confer about dim with, the Allies.
These allies can be au other than the English. Now
their An-! ssadpr vas present at the coneersatiop of
which M. de St. Aignau had been witness. We do
pot desire to excite distrust; we relate, we have cre.
folly noted the 44e pf the Lost correspondence be-
-twee's the Frenfh and the Austrian cabinets ;,we
have saillfriel*FlS4 of Vicenza'; letter must have
beets received op the sth; -and that the r4fipt was
run acknowiaget the 40th! .
It) the interval a Gaeette, nor under theltillti-
ence of the Ailied Powers, publishedto all Europe a
declaration, which issatig to in fornilted with their
authority. It wad be melancholy to believe it.

Xi)lmmo), of Kings. It is no longtr to Icings like
ihernseives eclat they evA4in their grievances, and
d their manifestoes. It is to the people that they

address them, snd from what motive d 9 they adopt
Such a new method of poceeding ? Tt it to separate
the cause.of the people from th4t of their governors,
tho Ugh t;-,e interest of society has every where united
therq: May not this example be fatal ! ,
di Should it be then, especially at this period,
when peoplel.4 minds, agitated by all the diseases of
pride, Jae so averse to bending under the authority.,
which protests theft, while it reprpues ;heir audacke:
Ayui against whoa this odirm at4FIL aimed ?
Against a great man, who merited the gratityde of
all Kings ; because, by sa•establisising the throne of
France, hez lila' sassed
.the space of Llait ullsago
threatened thcfa

46 It must, not be .dissembled, that fa certain
re-
spcctkthis extraordinary Inglifeito is in a moderato
tont% proves that 0141 esperiersce of the icoaki.
630 bas gained perfection..
44 It *ay is remembered, ped2aps, that the mini.
festo of the. Duke of Brunswick irritated the pride of
a great people. In fact, even those who did not join
in the opinion prevalent at that period, when the
read thif insulting wannest°, found themselves of.'
fended in the national honours another language has
thereto* been assumed. Europe, fatigued, Ins more
need of repose than of passions.
" Fapt if there be so much moderation in the coun.,
ails of oor enemies, wherefore, while they continually,
speak •of -peace, do they still menace our frontiers,
which they had promised to respect when we should
have n 9 Ather barrier than the,Rhine ?
." If our-encmies are so moderate, why have they
violated the capitulation of Dresden ? Why have
they not done justice .to the noble complaints of the
General whO commanded in that place ? If they
Are somoderate, why have they not established the
*exchange of psisoders, conformably to all the usage,.
of war

Finally, if these protectors of the rights of na-
tions arg so moderate, why have they not respected
those •of the Swiss Cantons ? Why does this wise
and free Government, whi4), in the face of all Eu:
rope, had declared itself neuter, slow see its paciac
vallies and mountains ravaged by all the scourges
of war ?

44 Moderation, is sometimes only diplomatic arti-
fice. If we chose to employ the same artifice, attest-
ing also justice, and good faith, how easily might we
confound our accusers with their own arms. Does
the Queen, escaped from Sicily, and who, from one
place. of e;ile to another,. has Red in her adversity to
the Ottomaos, prove to 1110 world that our enemies
have so much respect for. the Royal dignity ?
The Sovereign of Saxony has placed himself at
the disposal of the Allied rowers, Has he not with
actions conformed to the assurances given ?

Unhappy reports are spread in Europe, May
Awl/ not be realised ! Can it be desired to punish,
for fidelity to his oath, the head of a .56vereign
bowed down With age -And afilictioos, and crowned
with so many virtues ?

It is not from this tribune that Government arc
•to be instrited— even those who should allow them-
selves to insult us; but we may be permitted to ap-
!preci4te at their true value those ancient and well-
'known reproaches poured -forth against all such
Ittivertits-haie acted a.great parts (tom Charles the
Fifth to Lewis the Fourteenth), and from Lewriihe
Fourteenth to the Emperor.
" The system of invasion , of preponderance, of yni-
venal Monarchy, has been always a rallying cry for
all. coalitions ; and from the midst of these coalitions,
astonished at their own imprudence, often arose a
power still more ambitious than that whose ambition
was exclaimed against.

" The abuses of power are marked in bloody cha-
racters on the pages history. All nations have
erred ; all governments have committed excesses ; all
ought to pardon each other.

" If, as we are willing to believe, the Allied Powers
form sincere wishes for peace, there is no obgacle to
its being restored ; we have demonstrated by the ab-
stract of the Official Papers that the emperor desires
peace, and will purchase it even by sacrifices; in which
'his great soul seems to neglect his personal glory, to
attend only to the wants of the nation.
_ _ _ _

-et When we cast our eyes on this coalition, Com-
posed of elements which expel each other,. when we
see the portentous and strange mixture of people,
whom nature has made rivals, when we reflect tlrtt
many of them, by inconsiderate alliances, expose
themselves to dangers which are not a chimera, we-,
cannot believe that such an assemblage of interests
so different can be of long duration.
4f Do not I behold, in the midst of the enemy's
ranks, a Prince born with all the French sentiments,
in the country where they are, perhaps, the most
'lively ? The warrior who formerly defended France,
cannot long remain armed against her,
" Let us remember too, that a Monarch of the
North, and the most powerful of all, did hutiately
reci.:on among his titles to glory, the friendship of the
great man with whom he now combats.
" Our eyes turn !kb confidence to that Emperor,
whom so many ties bind to ours ; who gave us the
fairest present, in * beloved Sovereign ; and who be
bolds in.his grimdson the heir of the French Empire.
With.so many motives to agree and to unite, can
.peace be difficult ?
s, Let the place of conference be immediately fixed;
let the PleniAintiaries on both sides come forward,
with the noble wish to give peace to the world ; let
moderation reign in their Councils as well as in their'
language: The Foreign Powers have themselves
said, in the Declaration attributed-so them—, A
`great nation does not lose rank fir having suffered in
its turn reverses in this pailful and bloody struggle,
in which it has combated with ite usual courage.'
14 Senators, we shonld not hale fulfilled the dutiei
which you expect of your Committee, if, in proving
demsonstration the pacific intentions of the Empe.
For, our last words iid not remind the people' of
'what the/ owe to themselves—what they owe to the
Monarch.

44 The moment is decisive. The Foreign Pawns
a pacific .langwe, tost-pme•of Rtu 6-pritieis ;we
invaded, and war is 41 our doors.

go Thirty-six millions of men cas►ttot betray their
glory ato ;their rig/lily. Nations -distinguished irt
this great quarrel,bxvx experienced numerous pverseat
more than once they have been put ivy: is fortrOat ;1
their wounds bread still • France ha also also received,
some wounds, but she is far from being Fast down ;
'she may he proud of her wounds as of her paii
triumphs. Despondency in adversity would be more
inexcusable than boasting in prosperity.- Thu, ben;
while we male peace, let the military preparations be ,
accelerated, and suppoi t the negociatfow. Let u
rally round the diadem, wborra the spleudupr of fifty

vicmrips shine through a passing cloud.
01 Fortune is not long wanting to na4ons lArho are,
not wanting to themselves.
" This appeal to the national honour is dictated by
the love of peace—of that peace which is not obtain_
s 4 by weakness but by- krmness--of that'peace, in
short, which the Emperor, frith a new species of cou-
rage, promises to grant? at the price of great sacri-
fices.
" We have the soothing confidence that his wishes
and ours will be realised, :old that this brave nation,
after such long fatigues and so much bloodshed, will
find repose under the auspices of a throne which had
enough of glory, and which for the future chcoses to
be surrounded only with images of public felicity."
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