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Hanseatic Towns, the coasts that unite the Zuidersee
to the Baltic sea, were united to France,.and subject-
ed,
to the same administration and same regulaiOns zi
the immediate and inevitable consequetce4 of the'
legislation of the English Government. No kind oil
consideration could balalice in the mind of /our
jesty the first interest of your empire.
You did not loinz wait to reap the advautk

and in composing the first dal! the conactipts, of the
us lag classes, via. from the age of 20 to 26 years,
who have not been called upon to join the active
army—the second, of men from 26 to 40, and the
third, of meri from 40 to 60 years of age. Td the
first-ban the active service will be confided. Then
the 2a, and 3d bans will only have the reserve ser•
vice, which is quite local.

of this important resolution. In fifteen months; mat, '." For 1812, the first ban, comprehending the con-
is to say, since the &luaus Cotuulte of reunion, your scripts from 1806 to• 1812, who have not been called
Majesty's decrees hare weighed, with all their force
pixie England. She flattered herself with invading to the army, and who have not since married, and
are iii.condition fur service, will form a resource of
the commerce of the entire world, and her commerce 600,000 men, , •
become a speculation, does nothing but by means of
20,000 licences delivered each year ; forced to obey " I propose to your Majesty to raise from this
number
the law, iE necessary, she thus renounces her act of number one hu,ndred cohorts, which will cause tbsel
;navigation. the principal foundation of her power.— filth part of those who remain of the classes ot 18e6,
She pretended to the universal dominion of the seas, 7,8, 9, 10, 11 and 1812. These men should be er-
and navigation is interdicted, her vessels shut out anzel an do:it/it'd at the chief place of each mili-
tary division.
from all the centinental ports ; she wished to enrich ~
her ev.isury, by die tributes which Europe would .44 . .
hese cohorts, composed of eight eompenies,
six of which are to be fusileers, one.artillery, and one
pay, and Europe has not only freed herself from her .
unjust pretensions, but also .from the tributes she a depot, will contain nearly one thousand men each.
would hare paid her industry ; her manufacturing Your Majosty will thus have 100 cohorts, or batta-
towns arc bccoine deserts ; distress has succeeded a lions, who, constantly under arms, and united in lei.
prosperity hitherto increasing; the alarming disap. gades and divisions under the order of chiefs of the
pearancr; (J money, .and the absolute want ot employ- linedend staff, would offer a chosen aunty, and might
ment, daily oisturh the public tranquillity. Such be compared to the ancient French grenadiers. These
mer.t,
have been to viigland the consequence of her impru- troops constantly encamped, and by reason of their set.-
dent att.,.rnuts. She ::ready perceives, and will daily vices abundantly supplied with every thing, w.,uld
suffer few losses by war. e
more and more c scever, 'that there is no salvation for
her, but in a return to justice and to the principles of ' "By these me.ens our strong places on the Rhine;
the rights of nations, ield that she can only partier- our establishments at the Helder, upon the ?genie,
pate in the benefit of the neutrality of ports, in as the Scheldt, at Boulogne, Chefeourg, Brest, I'Orient,
much as she alloweneuttals to benefit by the neutra. Rochfoit, Toulon, and Genoa, would be guarded by
lity of their flag. But till the British Orders of Council a corriiination ot such force, that in five days thirty
are rescinded, and, the principles of the. treaty of thousand men could be collected at any particular
Utrecht towards neutrals are again in full vigour, point of the coast attacked; and in less than 10 days,
the Berlin and Milan decree will remain against those considering the speedy means which your Majesty
powers, who allow their flag to be denationafirer.— has established in urgent circumstances, from 6U to
The ports of the continent shall not be open either to 80,000 men of the first ban, the marine troops,•the
datationaliter flags or British merchandize. : departmental guards, and of the filth battalions, all
44 It must not be dissembled, that to maintain in full 'of which would march to the points menaced, and
vigour this grand system, it will be, necessary that' could form a junction, independent of the assistance
your Majesty employs all the powerful means which . afforded by the second and third bans of the neigh-
belong to your empire, and find in your subjects that bouring departments. .
assistance, which you never yet in vain demanded off 44 Ido not propose the establishment of any cavalry,
them: It is necessary, that all the disposable French the gens-d'armes alone forming a force of 16,001,
forces, should march to whatever place the English, , chosen men, will furnish sufficient cavalry !or the at-
or denationalise flag attempt to land. A special; tacks against which we have to guard.
1 army charged exclusively with guarding our vast ex. ' " Nevertheless, whilst this institution will com.
tent of coasts, our maritime atlenals, and the ;triple pletely protect the French Empire against the idea
range of fortresses which cover our frontiers, will an- of an .atack, all the depots and fifth battalions, be.
swer to your Majesty, for the safety of the territory, ing no longer occupied in forming garrisons or de-
confided to their valour and fidelity. You will send . fending the country, will teed the active army with
Lto their fortunate destiny, those brave men accustomed ; more activity and efficacy ; this will in reality be
to fight and to conquer under the eyes ot your Ma- i
equivalent to an augmentation of the troops of the
jety, to defend the political rights, and exterior safety ',line. It is placing 100,000 more Frenchmen tinder.
of the empire. The depots even of the corps, will not ; the banners of your Majesty. But these men will be
be turned from the useful destination of supporting 'renewed every six years by the conscription for the
your active armies. The forces of your Majesty said army. This augmentation will cause very little ad-
then always be maintained upon the most formidable ' dilion•to the corps, because these troops will be sel.
footing, and the French teiritory protected by an es- i dom exposed, but to the ordinary chances of leers
tablisment, which interest dictates ; the policy and; talky. It will likewise cause an increase in expcnce
dignity of the empire will be placed in such a I-situ:l.lof 46 millions, but this expense cannot be placed in
• don, as to entitle it more than ever to deserve the tale : competition with the immense advantages which will
of inviolable and sacred. result from it.
46 For a considerable time, the English' Govern.' " This institution is eminently conservative and
merit has proclaimed everlasting rear ; u (1 ightful pro. , national ; it is useful and necessary—Frenchmen are
ject, which the wildest ambition could never really willing to make every sacrifice to acquire the liberty
have intended, and which presufnptuous boasting of the seas ; they know that they must be armed, or
alone allowed to' escape ; 'I 'rightful project, which, this grand measure will not be accomplished."
nevertheless, will be realized—if France is but to ex- •
pect engagements, without a guaiantee, of uncertain
Oration, and more disastrous than war itself.
4S Peace, Sire, which in the midA of your immense
power, leas been so eaten offered to your enemies, will
crown your glofious work:,, when f ngland banished
..ii
from the continent with perseverance, and expelled
from all the states, whose independence she has'vio.
lewd, consents to return to the principles, upon which
European society is founded, acknowieelges the law
of nations, and respects the sacred rights consecrated
by the treaty of Utrecht.
44. In the mean time, the French nation must re-
main armed: Honour commands it, the interest, the
rights, the independence of the people engaged in the
same cause demand it, and an oracle still more certain,
often delivered even Irons the mouth of your Majesty,
constitutes it an imperious and sacred law." e
REPORT OY THE MINISTER OF WAR, TO lIIS MAJESTY

After the reading of these Reports the Counsellors
of Suite presented the Projet of the Senatus Consult,
of the following tenor

SITTING OF THE 13TH MARCH.

The Senate having met at noon, Count Lacepede,
in the name of the Special Commission, apprinted
in the sittiug of the 10th, presented the following Re-
poi r upon the project of the senatus Connate.
SENArons—Your Special Commission has exa-
mined with all the attention the I mportAnce of the
subject demanded, the Senatus Cunsulte's project ie-
litive to the. organization of the national guard of
the empire, as will as the levy of 100 cohorts from
the first bast of the national guards, and has with
care compared the different dispositions, with the
reasons which hive been stated to you.

" This project is divided under two titles—
" The first offers one of those important institu-
tions which will signalize one of the most illustrious
of reigns ;. the sectaid puts in motion part of that
force establithed by the first ; one is the ground of
action, the other the consequence and application
of it.

THE EMPEROR AND KING.
gl SIRE—The greatest part of your M ijesty's troops
have been called without our territory for the defence '
of the grant interest, which are to insure the prepon-
derance of the empire, and maintain elle Berta' and
Milan deere. s, so fatal to England. The continental
system has scarcely been fifteen months in execution,
and Enylan4 is already at the last gasp. Had not
winds happened, which your Majesty could not have
expected, perhaps in this short period of time, the
prosperity of England would have been instantly an-'
nihilated, and convulsions would have been experi._
enced in her interior, which would have finally thrown ;
into discredit tie war-faction, and called to the admi-
nistration moderate men and friends of justice.
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" person understanding better than' yuttr ma- I
• jesty to • expect from time, what time is to produce
and maintain with unchangeable constancy, a sys-
, tem and plan of conduct from which you have cal-
culated the results, which are infant*.
.1
" During the absence of the greater part of our
troops of the line, the immense number of maritime
establishmenti, strong places, and important points
. of the empire, are guar led by the sth battalions,
and the depots, and by the marine hoops, which is
lattended with the Inconvenience of diverting, by in-
cessant marches, and counter marches, the sth bat-
cations and depoti, from their puiper destination, ;
which is to surlily the active armies. These marches
fatigue the soldier, audembarrass the administration.
Betides, when such numerous armies are seen with-
out the front;er, the citizens who do not understand
the measures taken by the administration for the In-
' terior establithments, may feel some justifiable unea-
Isiness ; these inquietudes are • of themselves, contrary
to the dignit/ of the empire—these roust be prevented
from incteasing, by the establishment of a constitu-
• tional force, for the defence of the territory alone.
44 By our constitutional laws, the .national guard
is specially charged with guarding the frontiers, our
maritime establishments, our arsena4l and sttung
places; bv: the national guard, which embraces the
whole of the citizens, cannot be placed on permanent
duty, but only for a local and particular service.
" dividing the hation4l guard into three bans,

" Let us, bd.( te all, examine the first.
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.rlt separates into three bans the national guard of
the empire; it points out 'Frenchmen, who, according
to the difference ot. their age must belong to one or
other of these three bans ; tt fixes the successive re-
newal of their different stations ; it detetmines the
nature of the services which their country and sove-
reign have a right to expect from them.
44 And now what is the national guard of the em-
pire ? the nation armed--and what nation but that
which extends from the banks of the Baltic Sea to
those beyond the 'Fibre, and whose ancient renown
every day acquires fresh eclat by its successful and
new associations, and by the inimottal glory of him
who'governs it.
" This nation had not received different succes-
sive-laws, but particular organizations only. It is.
going to receive a grand historical law, a general or-
ganization.
" And what a wonderful change is this profound
conception of the Emperor going to -produce !
Order was established at his command, among the
immense number of Frenchinen whose very zeal and
bravery, not regulated by his foresight, would have
led to contusion and disorder ; that admirable and
regular motion is the iesult tit the high wisdom ot
him who, combining with the fruits oi his g, runs the
produce olexperience, tarries his views into future
ages, to give, 'durability to all the monuments he
erects.
44 Burulat is the grand and principal effect
this new institution ? •
.44 The safety of the interior and publiC security.
" Hitherto the safety of the interior of empties was
provided for by armies, who became otlensive.or de-
tensiv..!, accnicituu to the circumstances ot the war
and tile chances•of success.
44 But the security was neither mtire nor durable.
The fear of a revere 'teamed it, bad success might
annihilate it, and what 4 situation was that People thi

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