Star.
London, England, 1802-05-20 00:00:00

TIiLL it.--cintrostriom.

Aar. 1. All military men who have receivt d arms of honour
are members of the legion. Thole alfo who have rendered
en.incnt fervices to the Rate in the war of liberty, and citiz..
who by thdr krawledge, talents, and virtors, have contributed
to eftablith or defend the principle. of ,tbe Republic, or catbird
k.itice and the public adruitiiftratiou to be retpesled, may be
Loininatcd members.

The grand council of adsuituilrotion 4haf name the mem-
ti,rs of the legion.

111. During the ten years of peace that may follow the firft
formation tot the legion, the placs which become vacant !hall
remain vacant till they amount to a tenth of the legion, and
afterwards till they amount to a fifth. Thefc places mall not be
tilled up till the end of the firft campaign.
IV. In time of war none mall be appointed to the vacant
places till the end of each campaign.
V. In time of war fplendid actions mall be a title for all the
degrees of rank.
VI. In time of peace ay year; of military fervice are neceiTary
as a qulification for being nominated a member of the legion.
Years of fervicc in time of war mall be counted double, and tub
eampakm of the bit war mall be accounted as four years.
VII. Great fervices rendered to the State in legiflativc (enc.
dans, diplomatic affairs, public adniinittration, juftice, or the
(.:knees, &all alto be titles of admiffuni, provided the perfon
who has rendered them has formed a part of the national guard
of the place of his refideuce.
VIII. When the firft organization is completed, no one Hall
be admitted into the Legion until he has exercifed his runt:lions
for sy years in the diftiuguim d manner required.
IX. When the brit organization is completed, no one can be
promoted to a fuperior rank until he has paired through the
impleit rank.
IL The details of the organization mall he determined by
the potations of imblic adminittration it mutt take place
ea the as Vcoderausre, year maid after that time no change
can oeroade in it but by she Laws.
Roeuauui, in bringing forward this plan, made
the following hbfervations :—" The Legion of
Honour will prove an auxiliary Inititution to all
our Republican Laws, and will ferve to confirm the
Revolution. It will below both on military and
civil Cervices the reward of courage— a reward
which they have all merited. It will make them
all participate in the (ante glary, as they have al-
ready equally participated in the national grati-
tude. It unites by one common did inaion men
already attached to each other by honourable re-
colleavons. It invites to the ezercife of every
amiable affection, men whom reciprocal edam
has prepared for the enjoyment of friendihip. It
places (tiredly under the fecurity of their atten-
tion and their oath, our laws for the prefervation
of equality, liberty, and property. It effaces all
thole dillinaions of Nobility which placed heredi-
tary glory before acquired glory, and the defcend.
ants of great men before the great themfelves. It
i: a Moral InQitution which will add ftrength and
elallicity to that/prim; of honour by which the French
Nation is fo powerful ly moved. It is a Political
Inaitution, which will ellablith air intermediate
Oafs in fociety, through whom the ids of the
Government may be tranfmitted to public opinion
with candour and fidelity, and through whom that
opinion may afcensi to the Government. It is a
Military Inditution that will attraß to our Armies
that portion of the French youth; which other.
wife would, perhaps, be liable to yield to that of
feminacy which is often the companion of too
reat affluence. Finally, it is the creation of a
new fpecies of money, the value of which is in.
futitely greater than any that can be iffued from
the National Treafury, a money bearing a coin
which never can be counterfeited, and which is
drawn from an inexbauilible mine, that of French
honour • in a word, the only money which can
be employed to recompenfe thofe actions that are
always regarded as fuperior to any reward."
The difeuflion of the plan Was find for The f9th
Mint (Teasniiy).

TV TBI:eATE, FLOREAL si, MAY is.
tRESIDENCY OF CKASOT DE LIALLIkIi.

The older of the day having brought on a slit
cuffion on the recruitment of the army,
SAHLIC Paid, alluding to the peace, but the
greater this benefit is the more neceffary it is that
we fhould preferve its advantages ; and though
this peace, fo much defired by every nation, has
been founded on the interells of all; though the
moderation of Government, its juffice, and the lia-
bility of its principles, ought to have extinguifbed
' all refentment, to have effaced all remembrance
of the pall, and to have banned every fear,
there are In many caufes which may bring
back diCcord to the earth. The ambition
of a few powerful men, a change of Miniftry
is a certain Cabinet may again rfijurb its poetical
horizon; a view of the prohmrity to which we are
trlvaneing, and which is injured to us by national induf-
try ; the riches of our foil and the nature o f our Govern-
meat may excite the jealouty of a rival nation, which for-
merly armed againfl us the whole earth ; and, let as not
*mile, the wounds of feY" love are fometimes healed,
but the fear:Jill remain. It was at the gates of Vi-
enna that the French twice generoutly halted,
holding out in the one hand the olive of peace, bet
brandillting in the other the thunderbolts of war.
We mull, then, have for the duration of peace Come
other fecurity than juffice, intereft, and the bonds
of diendfhip. This fccurity is force. It is this
which coljolidates alliances ; nukes you be courted by the
weal, refpeded by the powerful ; and which en-
Cures, in a tatting manner, the tranquillity of the
whole. Be always ready for war, and you will
never have it. You have already acknowledged
this principle ; you have made an application of it,
by voting the funds neceffary for the maintenance
of the army. The extenfion of our frontiers, en-
larged by conquefts ;tome diflaset fecktiwu to be put
led; alßes to be proteSe and in particular, the militaryl
flats of our neighbour:, with whom we ought always to
be in proportion, have rendered necsfary the relent
?fahliftment of an impofing force. It is doubt-
efs to be wifhed that the Powers of Europe
would fimultaneonfly renounce that ruinous'
fyftem of which Louis XIV. fet the firft example,
and would rellore to agriculture and the arts a
part of thole numerous armies which, during
peace, become enervated and diffipated in gam-
lons. This is the with of humanity to accomplifh:
it mull be the work of wildom ; and France, which'
has taken the lead in every thing great and ufeful
to the happinefs of mankind, will no doubt acquire
tome day this new title to their gratitude. But
the moment is not yet arrived, it can be only the
refult of particular ftipulations, common to all
the Powers ; and the one which fhould diCtrm
alone, would be guilty of a great imprudence.—
But is it diffident to complete the army to the
peace eftablifhment ; that is to lay, to the lowell
eftablifirment which the prefent circumllances re-
quire ? Does not prudence didate other precau-
tions ? And ought you not even to be able to raife
Ipeedily your army to the war eftabliffiment, with-
out Ctcrifices, and without new levies, fhould the
national intere ft or honor require it? This meafure,
diftated by wife forefight, adopted in France at
different epochs, and conftantly pradifed by our
neighbours, will be carried into execution by the
formation of an army of referve, which, in five
years, will be railed to tgo,coo men, by an annual
levy of 30,000 confcripts. This army, exercifed and
familiarifed with the elements of difcipline, will
fpeedily fill up the corps ready to receive them,
and will really augment the mars of your forces.
This report was ordered to be printed.
PARIS, MAY t 6.
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A letter fi om Runbtirgh, dated May 7, fags—
" Chevalier d'OcAß►Tz, Minifter of his Catholic
Majefly to the Circle of Lower Saxony, has an-
nounced to the Senate of this city, that the Peace
between his Majesty the King of Spain, and his
Majefty the Emperor of Rata, has been mutu-
ally ratified by thefe two Sovereigns."