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as religion, They win creates fyllem moth More pro.'
per than the prefent one. If that be not their opi-,
nion, and that they think it neeeffary to have recourfe
to a Confiitutional Monarchy, they will do that
which will be more advantageous to their ceontry
than the prefervation of their trilling Conttitution
can be.
4. Bavaria has taken poffeffion of the Margraviate
of Anfpach, and has ceded to France the Duchy of
Berg, which, united whh that of Cleves, is fettled
upon Prince Joachim, the Grand Admiral of the Em-
pire. Weld is a ftrong fortrefs on our frontiers....
The Duchy of Cleves, gives us an advantageous point
of contain with Holland; and Prance, fee the future,
will only find on the right bank of the Rhine Princes
who are allied Joy blood to the Imperial Family.
" General Oudinot has taken poffeffion of the
counties of Neufchatel and Valengin. He found
thole countries loaded with En lift naerchandize,
heapedthere by the merchants of—Switzerland, and
principally by thofe of Belle. Of theft the French
army has taken to the amount of meny millions : all
the banks of the Lake of Neufchatel were covered
with Englifh manufa&ures. This circumliance jufli.
fies all the prohibitory meafures which may be taken
with regard to Switzerland. That country is little
more, at this moment, than a warehoufe for Englilh
goods. When it than be cleared of there manufac-
tures, we fhall perhaps have the means of giving a
pew check to our enemy. Is it pollible that the I.an.
damman was not firuck with the danger to which he
tooled the country ? Who will protein Salle from a
-ilk from the French army ? Does this Magifirate,
who fees fmuggling carried on by wholefale under
his eyes, rapport that he is not refponfible ? If the
French confider there depots of prohibited goods In
publicly made, and to filch great extent, a real all of
hollility—if the French Government multiplies pro-
' bibitory 'alms between Switzerland, France and Italy,
will not the Landamman be the caufe of it ? and still
not all the complaints that the Swifs may make be
uninft and ill-founded.
Dalmatia is occupied.by the French army. I. is
repireted from the mouth of the Came by the Re-
public of Rasura the country is motintainaus, and
the roads are bad. The French troops had arrived
at Raga; when the fort of Caftel Nuovo was de-
livered to 300 Ruffians by General Brady, who com•
Mended 2000 Atifirians. This General, whore an-
cefiors were Englifh, has been wanting in raped to
France, and has betrayed his Mafter. Upon receiving
this information, Martha' Berthier . gave orders that
Brannau, which defends the frontier of the Inn, and
which was to have been given up on the IR of April,
(bould not be reamed, and that it Woad be again
garrifoaed. The diviflon of the Grand Army, which
was on its way to France, has halted. The prifbners
of war, that were to have been fent back to Ger
many, have been detained, until farther orders, in the
places at which they were.' The illufion, with refpea
to the Ruffian armies, is no more. The French army
which, in two months, diffipared the third coalition,
was then only on the peace ettablifhnient—at the
end of the three months, which have fence elapfed.
it finis itfelf on the war eflablifhment. It has nothing
tr. fear from all the force of Europe; but no perfon
will be able to form a fourth coalition. England
knows fullwell, that it would be money thrown away. I
She rotes with terror, that the firft coalition, which I
lifted five years, made France minrefs of Holland,
Belginm, the Rhine, and all the Cifalpine Country;
that the fecond coalition, which only lofted two years,
gave to France Piedmont and Switzerland; that the
third, which only Idled three months, gave her Ve-
nice, Naples, and Genoa; that the lean the could
expel from a fourth coalition, would be Triefte
nod Fiume, and the eternal ezclufion of the Englilh
lkom all the ports of Europe. Raffia, recovered
from the vain illufion by which flue was deceived,
*ell knows whit thirty millions of people, (tattered
over an immenfe territory, and under the neceffity
of oppofing the Perfians, Turks, and Tatters, can 1
I do againft forty millions of Frenchmen, united on I
Ike fame platform, brave, active, and intelligent.
and more capable of conquering Ruffin, than the
Ruffians are of conquering France.
Englifh, Ruffian, and Sardinian Envoys, and a
hoot of malcontents from all the countries in the
world, had fixed on Rome as the centre of their ma-
chinations. The Emperor required, that they thould
imdriven from thence ; and that a Sovereign, placed
in his Empire, &mild do nothing contrary to the fafety
of the armies of Naples and Italy. The &It care of
an army (hould always be, not to allow itfelf to be
forrounded, eii her by fpies or chafe who encourage
defection. This demand gave rife to many Confilto-
ries, when the perfuns who were the objelt of it did
Wire to themfelves, and all evacuated Rome.
• .4 The kingdom of Naples is entirely conquered.
The French troops are at Reggio, at Otranto, and at
Taranto. Only a !mall body of the Neapolitan
troops could embat k and reach Sicily. That Wand
Is defended by 4yoo Englilh. The pretence of fuch
enemies is an additional inducement for the French
to go there. Gaeta, an in, aificauf forrrefs, with a
garrifon of i boo men, is betieged.
The victory at Auflerlitzhas produced as much
&oration at Connantinople as at Paris. The exulta-
tion there was fincere and univerfal. The govern.
ment of the Porte is neither ignorant nor fold.—
There may, at Conflantinople, be Tome traitors, hot
they are not numerous; wharf, on the contrary, the
muhiplied meafures of Raffia for rapping the roan. I
dations of this vain empire, have not efcaped the no- •
tice of the real Ottomans. They are not ignorant that
the proteltion of France can alone be fufficient for
the Porte; and that France is the only power into-
relied in protaling her. The vicinity of the French.
in Dalmatia, has ittfpired them with the livelielt joy. I
The Emperor Napoleon has been acknowledged
Empet or. The Porte knows, very well, that its treaty
with Rata was extorted ; and that it is rather a
treaty between a derpotic Prince and his vaffal, than
between Sovereign and Sovereign ; that it is not the
French who have excited the Greeks and Serviaas to
infueretnion ; whole (hips of war are anchored helve '
Conthotinople ; and who are continually creating
commotion, in the More.. This new Attitude of the
Pot to has produced much unea liners at St. Petertb•tr glt;
and if the Porte (hall he rustled to aEls of energy
spina Raffia, there will not be found, between thole
taro powers,thegreat difference that may be itippofe.l.
The bilifulman is brave ; and %rue lie but dilated
and /Ailed, he would triumph over the Molcovite
Militia. It is not probable that the Porte will %%Rhin
go to wart bat Use has a right to preferve her Ode-

pendence, and to will (01 pent( alnn AgAnft the in•
bolts of M. Italinficy, every proceeding of whom,
when he communicates with the Divan, is only cal-
culated to excite hatred an I indignation.
" tend to tolled, to this way. every month, Infer/nation
of what is palling; and, to threw fame light into the labyrinth of
hire reports, by width the lawful fpeeulations of fair and honed
merchants may be Injured."

LEGISLATIVE Bony, APRIL ,6.

reasuproicr or M. FouTANIS.

COSITINGIATION OT TIM SIT riac or TUE WIC
M. CS IT sr, Conniellor of State, in prefenting the
prnJet' of fioances, has explained the motive of them
with mach perfpicuiry. The Orator's refleßions
upon each part of this immenfe work have been heard
with the livelieft interell. Our limits will not permit
us to give them literally, bit vre (hall offer that part
to our readers, which has the moll Intimate connec-
tion with the political fituarion'of Europe, and par-
ticularly that of France and England.
" A trifling incteafe of the public debt, balanced
by * redemption calcined or prepared ; refources de-
rived frrim the remains of the national domains ; fo-
reign fuccours, the fruits of vilory :old a wife policy;
tkefe, added to the ordinary public contributions,
M. Cretet nbferved, might perpetrate to the late(
term of glory, a vat empire, but lately almoll over-
, whelmed under the wreck of a terrible revolution.
a What has been raifed by genius, power, and for-
tune, is to be preferved by prudence. Prudence calls
upon us to fix our attention upon the (late of the em-
pire, es it relates to the defigns, the force, and the po-
litics of the nations that furround it.
" It has been Paid, and unhappily it is but ton true,
that Europe firm al if file cork/ no toxier redo,, upon the
bent*: of poser, whi,ll have been promifed her by un•
faithful treaties ; tie does not even enjoy the benefit
of a truce, which is a n*effary interval previous to
the recommencement of hailities. If we examine
how it is that, in the midft of civilization, the people
Rill feel all the aids of Isarbarifm, we mull be con-
vinced that fonts extraordinary caufe murk have con
curred, to throw Europe into a Late the moll oppo.
lie to the repofe and the intereft of the furronnding
nations.

" This caufe has evidently arifen from the recent
rupture of the only chain that has reflrained go-
vernments within the circle of moderate meafures.—
/ (peak now of the law of nations: itfrxias no longer;
land with it the faith of the majority of Sovereigns,
with refpef to their promifes, has vanifhed ; ■nd the
obfervance of deference and good will during peace;
moderation in time of war ; independence of neutral
nations, and refpeEt for their property and their ter-
ritory, are no mere.
" The abrogation of the right of nations was pre-
pared, at the commencement of the lift age, by the
contempt of an ambitious nation, which was difpo.
fing itfelf for the attainment of univerfil dominion;
ar.d it was crufhed beyond remedy, when one of the
Minifiers of this nation, lifting up the voice of audit-
city, dared to proclaim, that a Engle eannon•lhot
(hould not be fired in Europe, without the permilEon
of his Government.

" Europe remained mute, and indifferent td this
infulting declaration. She teemed as if the wifhed
to conceal the fait, that this fignal of dominion was
the lots of her independence ; and that, as this na-
tion had affunted the command, obedience was abfo
lutely neceffary.—lmprudent flumbcr, which has.
fine produced inch melancholy confequences l
" The affertion made by the Minifter Chatham
flattered the pride and ambition of his nation.
" It indicated to the nation an objea towards
which it has fince never ceafed to advance with fury
and perfeve►ance. England, thus thrown into a fyf-
tern of univerfal defpntifm, has never been able to
firpport it, but through violence and injuflice. Ob.
ftacles have only inflamed her lull of power; they
have deftroyed twenty nations in Alla ; they have car.
ried fire and decallation into the ancient cradle of the
family of men ; they have attacked nations in the
midit of the molt profound peace ; invaded their pro-
perty ; forced them into their own ranks; corrupted
and (educed Governments, and involved them in fatal
wars; all thefe exceffes are the calamitous effects of
its fyllem of ufurpation. And how could the feeble
net, woven by fimple reafon, refill thefe ravage inns.
lons of the law of nations ? France, called upon by
its rank, its power, and its dearelt interells, has
checked the (course that threatened Europe ; but
confining itfelf to inefficient obilacles, the Govr•n•
ment imprudently fuffered the nation to be humbled,
I in placing it in a pofition which injured its noble dif-
pofitinn ; and thus it fed and animated the fpirit of
difccontent, the murmurs and agitation, which led to
the revolution, and the fall of the monarchy.
" England, favoured by unheard-of events, pur-
-1 toed its defigns with rapidity. London at this day
would probably have been the metropolis of the uni-
verfe, if heaven had not given birth to an extraordi•
nary man ; if heaven had not charged him with the
re-ellablithment of the law of nations, in endowing
him with prudence, and every neceffary means for
accomplilbing his deltiny with fuccefs.
" His genius has laid thole forms, inceffantly ex-
cited by our implacable enemy ; his powerful hand
has paralyzed its efforts ; but at the fame t.me he
conftrnfted a vett fyltem, the only one which could
remedy the evils of Europe.
" The flruggle which fuhfifted between France
and England appeared at firft as though it could not
be terminated but by reafiin or by force. The t feel.
of reafon will always vanith in proportion at our ene-
mies pretend to the dominion of the univerle through
that of the fees ; and as long as its councils iefound
with thole ravage cries for a war of extermination, the
means of force mull be prepared againft this nation :
hut nature oppafes obilacle* to the execution, the
duration of which we are unable to afcertain.

" New combinations are upon the point of firing
the fiature,and confolidatingour Impe.,fuoner or later,
for the return of a hafting peace. He has formed a
power in the center of Europe (anciently at n-g to
break the force of every attack it has received, a•
well as thole that may yet b.. ptepared agaimi it.
" England, ablating its fituatit,n and its emmenle
maritime forces, has isfelf indicated the points from
whence The may he refilled with fiec:fs. To the ef-
forts that the makes by fea. it may be neceirery en
oppnfe greater eff tits Upon land ; aoJ rifles the pre
tend. to &Lite and cat off ...her nations, by laying the
ocean under an interJia, jolt reiiii(als call upon us
to &date her, and to &or her out of ;he greatalt
tent of the Continent that may be poffble.
ed To Loch a mists of opptedion it wal be ofeefary

' to oppofe fuck a confederacy as egg defend the laser-
ties of Fut( pe without absenting them. This Chan be
not in execution. France fees allies rallying round
her, who v ill invariably attach thensfelves to her po.
fides, by tbeir common ;omen, by their neighbour-
bond, and the ties of bl-vhl. Thus the French empire
will be conflituted, contyrfed of its natural territory,
and of thole countries which will hereafter be at-
tached to its fortune. We know it ; this pious league,
formed with the legitUn ste defign of defence, will be
calumniated ; our enemies will tax the precautions
they have modeled necefray with ambition ;—but
Europe IA i:1 not long be abieed e Eat ope wilt be con.
vinced, that for its own fafety it was nec:ffary that
insethingfbould take place in the room of that vain
•nd impotent fyilem of equilibtiosn to which all its
politics had beer c refined before, and which, in lieu
of tranquillity, produced nothing but equipoife ; that
is to fay, agitations and wars incelfantly renewed; ibis
fyllcm will at length be replaced by the Pimple law
of gravity, and the eflablifhment of an immoveable
centre, in connedion with the forces that furround it.
" It was time to etlablith means in the center of Eu-
rope. fur repreffing the enterprises of the Englifb, and
certain of its allies that it had endeavoured to feducc
by offering them the oitifion of the world. It is ne-
ceffary that thefe efforts Mould tweak themfelvea to
Pieces againfi the power of the French empire.
" Tittle are no groundlels alarms—the danger will
tail! in proportion as nu-ideation and jultice are be-
nifhed from the Cabinets of Piinces, and at long as
new defigns of invafion and the dedrudion of the in.
dependence of Nations Gall difquiet the world. Om
this poilibly be doubted if we but recoiled, that
only a few months hate elapfed, when • powerful
Monarch pe•fuaded himfelf, upon the eve of a battle,
before (intone bad declared herfelf, that he might
afpire to the fruits of a vidory, and inf.& upoo the
annihilation of that France, the parts of which bad
been confulidated at the expence of fo much blood,
and In many facrifiees.
" Thus till England (hall confrile the weeping eon-
merce of Natlons, and renseheing an uniyerfal mo-.
nopoly, \ eflo:e to them their natural rights, and
no longer pretend to difpute with them, eseept iri
refpea of the advantages of its foil, and the perfee.
tion of its arts; her velfels loaded with unproductive
riches (hall (hew themfelves in vain upon thnfe eaten-
five coatis which (hall repulfe them. England will
at lei be tired of this rigorous divores ; it (hall es.
(lore to Europe the empire of reafon, and with it •
permanent peace.
u Such are the nbflacles that oppofi a pesos fit
deferable we ought to render ourfelves worthy of
it, by putting onrfelves in a Situation to obtain it by
conquell.
" France, notwithflanding its fyllem of alliance,
ought not to reckon upon its mars, nor its burin&
force, nor the 'Volute bounds fixed by nature to its
territory, the moderation of its government, nor its
love of power. It will always be expofed to the •
fibility cf being troubled by vain pretexts, efpecially
while a nation, its inveterate enemy, will drain every
nerve to confirm the defpotifm it exercifes over the
world ; and as long as this fame nation Shall have fo
much intereft and to many means of difturbing its
tranquillity, and of drawing the continental nations
into a war.

" This Rate of things points out to France what
ought to be done to procure peace, and the neceflity
of preparing for war. It indicates the nenelEty of
nccupjing itfelf continually with its army and its
marine. It demands fuch mesterei, which, without
alarming its neighbours, mould banilh every cattle of
tear ; and as all means of force and refinance are
dependent upon the public finances, the nation tbould
be conflantly provided with fuch a fyftem, and fa or-
ganized, that it might reckon upon the moft com-
plete fecority.

" It would be imprudent to unit to the refonrce of
loam; at prefent they teem as if they were prohibited
to the nations of Europe. Oflt nation only continues
to tile and abufe them ; but we know this this kind
of power is with them verging towards its reify. and
that one infiant would be Tuficient to difpel the illu•
lion which preferves its credit. Thus, in confidering
loans as means extremely limited and uncertain, they
never can form any part in the French fyftem of
finance.
" But if, without relying upon the fuecefs of loans,
the French nation would give itfelf up to a dangerous
want of forefight, and if it Ikould imprudently aban-
don itfelf to the chanced of events and the hazards of
fortune, it would evidently be in want of all refources
in emits of neceffity, excepting in new contributions,
or in laying on additions to thofe before impofed.
" But it is beyond a doubt, that if the mains of
ufing that refouree was not organifed beforehand, it
would fall to nothing in our hands, without producing
the effects one had a right to expect.
"'Then neceility no longer pernutting the choice of
means, we Ibould witnefs the renewal of that difaf-
roue n:eafure, of an application to capitals; requifr
(ions in kind, arbitrary contributions, &c. The ca-
lamitous conferences of a want of ft> refight, would
neatly bring the nation to ruin. by confiraining its
Government to carry on an inteffine war, for the
purl). fe of enabling it to fupport a war abroad.
" From this expolition, we necaitily conclude,
that the finances of the Republic fbruld be conftitut-
ed, before hand, in fuch a manner as to be equal to
a dale rf war or peace. For peace, every thing is
ellablithed already : our Situation during ,the year
to, and part of the year enfuing, has fufficiently
proved, that ordinary and moderate contributions
will preferve the equilibrium between the income and
the expenditure.
" Refpteling ihe prefent war, the duration of which
is uncertain. it will be neceffary to inliitute a general
fy Item, en.ordinate with the various contributions
which form the immoveable character of the refources
of the State. We than be perferved ..ereafter from
the ellablifhing of new one.. This is • character
which we WI unchangeable, becaufe it will be pro.
per to admit of the diminution. which wal be claimed
by the hate of peace. and the augmentations which
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y bed,eamanded by the imperious oecedities of a
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