Star.
London, England, 1803-05-26 00:00:00

LECIBLATTY2 BODY, 1101 AV 16.

At the mud! of Citizen Fontaioes. the LegiOativl Body being
formed Into a Secret Committee, Citizen Fontaots (puke
lows
" Bat let not the Bridal Cabinet be miltaken I Let it not mil.
take for weaknefi the modcgatioa worthy of a Great Fetid:. and its
Reprefentative! It is fufSeient.y powerfpl to be patient! It it
fufbriently powerful to he generous, :Au a lc ymrs
entitled it to make every facritice te obtain Peac.: nwirt of !ts d.ini-
ty. The En id\ iii that rcipedi onglit to Ink ad her r-. if, in de-
fiance of that viisherabl refolution, they dare to combat r s. Wdl
then/ l•rance is ready to cover Le& II once more with thrift 71VIS
WIWI& hate Lacquacd Egropt. Franc; prat az declare War i but

The will szteg it w.ithout fun it& kno* hotit to, (oft* itvitt.
fortett.'e. _ _ .

" Woc to the atehitinus !kiloliter who would. elra.7 us kick to
the hid of battle, aired who, envying humanity as.. fh,.tt ifeetval
of r pores %ovoid agalr plunge to boo that raLivli,y
we leave fear ely yet made our elope.
st When the rage of anarchy menaced the repnic of n. h.,:ilsour-
ing nations, they had at halt a frejous pretest for the it alsrms.
" What motives now= the enemy hying forward France, ha
her interior atiosini.tration,bas reltored thofe reguiar and peat:wale.
movement whiekannounie a fpirit of wild= and oaler.:
" She carries in her exteTinr relations a eimilailt which proves
. true ltrength,and doubles tripe& Our Utter rerne:uhrance,. grow
fainter every day.-r Our Coantry is bccoshe once more the centre
of civilized Eurispe—Essehmel cats no longer rL7, that the cl:titm2a
, the ?refersing (o...ern of Sociciy—it is vie that can hold. out that
language, if war be reit-Initial—lt is for as to IVCII`e eye Right:3
nt the People, and the cautaof humanity. by repeilitl: the amts.:
of a Nation that negotiates in order to, decritte.-.who dernardy
Peace to r,ccommence War..,-Who figna Treaties that they may be
broken.
" May. Ingliand no longer liften to thnfe iinprovident CoutiegA
by which the is ntilled it will be twine to abandon
When the cry of national honour Hines from all parts of thiallall;
than it not reverberate to the fatt.Jaea corners of France :,!-Let us'
never doubt of it. When thy !tooth once given, Frande will sJ
by an unanimous movement rauud the Her:, the admires, A
parties which keep frieuee around him will difpute nu longer but iq
zeal Alkt in courage. All fed thiat they kvatit tlic aid of his gcniure,
and in hint the only man who can futtain the weight and grandest,
of etre new deitiny. All at thc moment of dant; wW Orrounst
him with theirvows, and fecond hint with thdreff eta: never, in
• a ward, would any was have been pacts. ..satiorat.
s" The warriors feasted among us now, wilwer in the name eiA
the army for the proslizies of valour which will intialan4Ne ifitn,„
The esils, who have been lately reftored to their copotry..Nviabe.
the fire to defaid it. They will prove, that they never defigosit‘
to attack public liberty, but merely anarchy ; that they k 4
tliwie (+pedlars, and not from the fellow-cit,aeos. in a WACJ,:.
all Frenchmaa united about the fame altars, the Cant: firtfyles,.b4
the (Anse Government. wilt fight for the lame eat*.
t'. 1 atteft the isthalsitants of thole nolsipp7 eountriza, who Intv
ho lam, es prienced C..• (emerges of civil war, and who bar tap
Wells luerned to uudzrit.stei lye politiis of Europe. They bairn
already manifdled thc fArlt welyth asgm,atel then‘ ylbsfetrit
.
will be every where the fame.
•• Repreteutativys of the rcopk, it is your province to, be now
the intenireters and gnaranteds of this tosiv cri kntiment.
Is is ill eonl:aucaxe that the Le:iiiiative Body nut! r,po a ow,
Deptiw t ion to, the lirlt CoMul. This Dec utaeion flat!) be
charged with hearing the exprctlton of nasiu..al at: -_,ehrnent ao4
Jell. ad of aii-oring hint, that if the nertiation or broken silk
cot tiding every day more 11E01107 is their Chief, they will grant
' bins all the refources of Orenstn, union, and credit, Which tham
make the war Punt, decitive ladighsri :us."
The Le-..'flnrive pr%inati?a„.

The Monte met at two o'clock, and Lac stn road
the Mdfage (vith Sv.ta rlycflay/), when the Pte-.
fident thimaddrelled the orators of Government :
4, Citizen Councillors of State, the Legiflative
Body partook of the anxiety common to all French:
men relative to the iffue cf the Nevtiations, which
were opened for the continuation of Peace with Eng,
land. This Body learns with the fentiment which
appertains to its dignity, and with the no lefs fu.
bijou, no lets juft and entire fentiment of coofitlentai
in the (Irength and in the wifdom of Government,
that the Bate of thefe Negotiations affords caufe tq
think they will terminate in a fneedy ruptgre. Hi-
therto the mon cherifhed With of the I..egillativ.g
Body was for Peace, becanfe it appeared to be nee
ceffary for the welfare of nations; but now a mote
urgent and imperious conlideratioo prevails--thae
of fupporting the honour of the IFlrench Nation, which
Great Britain dares to arraign ; and to rumba%
honour is the fupreme law. Citizen Councillors of
State, the Legifiative Body, eager to fulfill its do:
ties under all circumilances, and particularly under
that which the jealeeli, the aushition, and the bad fisit4
of the Bata Cabipet, have now accafioned, will b#
firm, inaccalile to p4ons, and will entertain nq
fentiment but that of the clofell union Wit* Prfcrlir
ment, no intention but that of feconding its effort%
no other defile but that of its pro(perity. Legilt
tors, you have heard it I The Briti(b Cabinet %I/libel
to violate the Treaty of Makin, and is preparing tq
ftipport its pretenfions by means of arms i it was is
vain that the French Government yvincyd (during
the Negotiation, which it opened for the inSince:
nance of Peace) that moderation, which is the cute:
rafterillic of true grandeur, and the defirr. to live
mankind from the evils infeparable from war, g dee
(Ire which copftitutes the firft claim of the Anycic4a
to .the love and obedience of his people ,• tind, iti
fine, that fortitude whiCh fprings from the confcj:
°ends of its frrength, as well as from the jalice 4
the wife it has to defend. En land, ilrfeßril* tq
there great confiderations, and blind to her owl) if:
tereft, willies to renew the fcenes of murder and de,
nruaion which fp lately centred both worlds to grog
I have Paid the is blind to her own in:et-A : in efefl
j were it even true that Fortune could hefitate Inc' it
'few moments, between a nation confining of thirty
I millioni of inhabitants, and one which (cartel,
reckons ten millions, can England, forefea apy it ;
i vantage to be derived in a (ironic, body for bpoyr
I with France ? Moreover, to what nation will a way
I (undertaken for any other cattle but that of it; lcgi:
timate defence) hold out any fubllantial sad real;o,&
vantage, when, in the mida of brilliant griunsph4
i even in the field of viaory, the conqueror has gram
to dig by the fide of his trophies, and to plant the
cypreft near the laurel, (pared by the thunder abate;
tle ? But let us not look to die warlike fpirit ofling:
; land for the motives of her menacing attitude, npr foe
the pretext of het hanslity pretensions i they an tq
be found in her ambition and in her ralotify ; file
fees the French Republic advancing with rapid ma:
!jelly towards the zenith of prorpertty. and of gran;
deur ; the fees our commerce, our arts, and tug Ina
daftly, difplaying thernfelves fo, At to induce is; 41
believe we fliall form excel all our rivals; in One, ibp
i fees that our Government, by liws pmfoutidly 0:
gelled, and calculated to be in union with our meg:
ilers, and by an attentive, a jut*, a fevere, ispd al
wconomical adminiliration, conciliates tile people
over which it rules, and that it is feated on # bido
Ithat cannot be overturned. That is what E.nglan4
'cannot bear. Such is the caufe of the war which the
is preparing to wage spina us, and which tri4kei
her commit her faith, her peace, her political eta,
ence,rather than let its enjhy the blenings of a longer
peace. What mud fuch a natioa be that (hews itfclf
thus i I paufe for a reply—perhaps, were I to 1:11o*
the die.ates of my heart, and the hods: of the (cog':
menu which I read in every eye, I should trefpari
beyond the limits of cirtumfpeaion, strithiq which
the dignity of my eminent funOions tells me meets:
fine myfelf. In all difficult and delicate conjunaoree
the great authorities of the Republic Mould only
(hew forth a dole copneBion with coveranient. and
the men perfei harmony with its env/ Chi f, who
will dire 1, with a head not lefs nrong than capable;
i die &flirty of the Empire; and who, by new trr:
umphs, will enfure to it a peace upt lefs glorioag litag
permanetk!

VA ti et ext —4, Legillators, in the midi of the nu-
merous fubjeas of public and private hope with which.
we are furrounded„whep every thing tends rapidly to
produce national profperity. why limn a peace lb re.
cently Avery be violated ? Can it he broken by a
people who recently received it with loud acclama-
tions ? During the long and fangninary contelt.
which teemed to have terminated, the Englifla Mini •
hers conflantly jetted that they only carried on the
• war fee the pore of' repreffing thoCe dangerous
opinions which i oing from France, as from a volca-
no, @cid themfelves all over Europe, and threaten.
ed all law, religion, and Government. A man arofe
to whom the deflinies of France are entru fled ;—and
every thing was immediately changed. The antient
and fatred bales of the laws of nations relpeoned,
and religion was re-eftablifhed. Is it then againfi the
'author of fo many benefits, that thefe reproaches are
diretted ? Yet, without being deterred by fo fingu-
hr an abfurdity, it has been thought fit to accufe
him, 'who, in Caving France, laved all Europe from
that general conflagration which it was endeavoured.
vi extinguith by force of arms. An 'extraordinary
agitation was form manifelted by the Britillt Minillry, •
and demands injurious to France and her indepen-
dence were made. The Englilh Miniflera dared to
plate the Firtt Magiarate of the Republic between
difgrace and war. But he, who has fo Often difplay.
ed all the greatnefs of a magnanimous foul, replied
is the nation herfelf would have done. Doubticfs,
after hiving furmounted Co many (Attacks, he would
have been able to confirm, bad that been poffible, an
Union which ought always to. exit} between two great
people, to Whom the noble and s'att field of glory pre-
hitt.' Mere noble rivalries than a fanguinary con-
telt Or arins. What Chief of a Nation ever unwed
Mork love for peace, or more eagernefs to terminate
the taiatnitiet of war ? Were it poffible to feparate
the Itifttity of the negotiation of the Chief Conful from.
that of his exploits, we would imagine that we con-
templated the *Sion; of a Magiflrate devoted entire-
It to the Civil Authorities of the State, and who con-
ildettd only the means of confolidating Peace. By
that admirable conslutt he has merited the title of
Paiifrater. 'That conduit. as much as the commu-
Cation of the late negotiations, will convince the
;II
bblic that he has employed the greateß efforts for
itv ding the war with which weare menaced. Finally,
that condo t will render the war truly national. Yes,
Citizens Legiflators. the whole nation will more
than ever rally under the banner of a Chief, who is as
great in the Council as in the field. The courage of
our wartiors will emulate his courage; their warlike
boldnefs will correfpond with his enterprifing adivi-
ty rand fince a new centeß is need...my, he will re-1
gi. to it with a true martial fpirit. I move that a
potation of as Members relent to the Govern-
*bent folemn felicitations omits noble efforts for the
tnitintenance of peace, and the wifdom of the negoti-
ations, and on its magnanimous firrnneis ; and finally
that this Addrefs may be the refult of the uriani- ,
Mous featirnents of the Legiflative Body. I move
that in a Secret Committee, you chance a Commiffion 1
to draw tip the plan of the Addrefs."
The Legillative Body refolved into a Secret Com-
inittee

—.—
The I7th. at noon. the Deputation voted by the
ttgiflativt Body, and compofed of 24 Members, re-
palled *A St. Cloud. and were admitted to an audience
Of tfie CHIOS CONSUL.
Citizen Footfall's Orator of the Deputation, pro-
notinced die folioed:lt &coin fe :
Citizen Chief Centel—The Prendi people can only entertain
food tholepins and heroic folikitents like loan. It has conquer-
ed to have peace : It debits like you; but like you, it will never
fear war. The Mellage that you have adder-Salto the LegAttive
sody ought to redouble the gratitude and teal of the nation The
French Government therein gives to its enemks wimples of wit-
dorn and moderation, as it his given them, more than once, of
energy and courage. How this fimpk dignity and generous frank-
nets direr from that ambiguous and doubtful cowl; that stature
of noldnefs and of nieek-efs, which now cheradtedfes the Britilit
Gwen—lent ! Threatening and fearful at the fame time, it takes
back what It has given, it rebates what it has jalt taken a faced
flute and never knows either to advance or Rand Rill in proper
time or manner. Such mutt be the eharader of a Wilkey who
ntend for the mans ement of pardes. When a ft;te is • prey to
tiet:ors within, its political movements are unßeady. Every thing
cootaidittery in its councils: all is &organised in ha Move.
meets. They neither know how to regulate their force, or eon-
ceal their *rands, Mootefqulea has raid of England—. This na-
tion heated by the fpirk of party. may name caller he eendutted
by die nano= than by realm. It would be tidy to thole who
govern it to inadertake enterpriks contrary to iti Woe interelle—
Fhla danger which the Author Oldie Spirit of Laws fears for Bog-
:v:4 threatens France no longer, new that the member t f away
f. oinbed by him who governs. They knoW that Birk ef fee-
tie can nutter his co null ; they look at his, and are ridgy to
tale arms If honour requires it. ready to lay them down if hosiesir.
;transit. are tranquil, and rely equally on the Contretni
Ina Pacificator of Europe. May the tranquillity of the world nelt
be troubled !—May the nations Isencefoeward &pea the
glory stf the ads and then-ingot* of indultry I but lithe tepok of
the Continent cannot be borne by infular ambition, if to Moab
again they heap isfulia upon us. certainly Frenchmen will not be
menaced in vain. No obliaelle can indnaldate them. ' ngnad,
who thinks berfeif fo well pmtedind by the meas. perhaps has fora
gotten that the world foroetiost • produces an extraordinery man,
while genius executes that *hien 'was before deemed impoffible.
And if one of thrift sows has appesrod, Mould Ow imprudently pro-
ioke hiss, sod force him to obtain from his foresee all that helms
i right to erne from I a hi a Word, a great poiple is espial of
every thing with agr t man, from whom its glory, its latorona,
ikall la \winds are iofcpar.ble !"