The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-05-13 00:00:00

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its 16th Article, IMPORTANT' ST'ATE PAPER:
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COPY OF A DISPATCH FROM THE DUKE OF OTnAnTsi
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to in the name i TO PRINCE sarmen s lan. •
MY PRINCE,—Every event has confirmed what I
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predleted sit thonthi ago. You were too preoccu-
pied to hear me; hearken to me now Kith attention
Ratifications of the and confidence; We may, in the peculiar (sitcom.:
ri of his Court. is
:hth wide of the
stances and the imminent si•uatiotai in which we are .
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jesiy i invited to Placed, influence, in a powerful matit,6r, the op.: •
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terstood a= bidding preaching and rerhapt eternal destlniet of Fiance;
natural sectirity, to of Austria; nod of Europe. i
con Bonaparte, in You are deceived respecting what is eolog On; and
':ay; bat is not to what is prepalieo in the midst of uc. You will Joke
ty to prosecute the of the reports of a roole risti and Whiffed by the
toy particular Go. misfortunes which strike without the [mote to ea.
' lighten them.
may be to see hilt "
Y tit are given to understand at Vietini That Na;
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one, ni.d Itoy ever
wit!, hi. Ani„. to peleon bus beet' brought hack to the throne by thl
ins lihnfelf called army alone; that there are mote onhis side but a
Er,e of the If:diet:l. Soldiery drunk With war. But forthwith you still ;
to h 6 .]eat Chris- know that our army has not been recruited in public- •
comformity to the houses. Generals, t.,avtallis, soldiers, all tire chi wit
vot hos invariably entirety from the i;. eta of the nation; and for
twenty-five pars cm. . rmv has executed almost al.
•se are my re. ways their wishes and the laws by the most brilliaut
victories.
explicit decla- flow dare elm tell us that it iii the army alone
combined force which mos for Napoleon ?-otir legions do not
ers of Europe, ranee themselves more promptly under their toloors c
cod to join of than the Nation itself /roped his proton and hit
.son of him ;:ho throne. Almost every where on his route, the pa.
h Governoicot• pular insurrections in his fat our preceded Me pre. .
nmence but by since of Napoleon. The Bourbons, redurk.l to seek
• east, three par- in every pine a Vendee; have not foetid it even in • ' j
'et be fully at- La Vendee itself. Of an Mail armies of Solon- : •
what extent or teers, which they said they had in the Smith, not one 1. i
is formed ; and though some little bands trembled
pport the actual while they had at their head the Duke of Angooteme, k! I
shall support it, they are become intrepid by passing under the ttitco•
F. field, with ca- loured flag. •
re pledged as a ' The power of the nation consists in its talents as .
;Ivry means are much as in its armed foice. They think now, or
admit of limits. they express themseltes with respect to Napoleon, . ••
lidepencknce of in the same manner in the towns, in the academies,
and in the camps. Without doubt, liberty has. been ••
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toil head of the much restricted, but it has never been destroyed,. . i
ty a force which Glory, it least, was a compensation for France : , 4
ti which it is to she desired riot aggrandisements of which we abjure
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taining its Ludes the abuse ; but she was not able to support the
against the des abasement when she had thrown off the government
of the Bourbons.
;ses as Sovereign ' The French people feel the extreme want of peace,
'aris, the 4th of they wish it as they wish for happiness; but if they
if peace, the in- be forced into a war, they believe that, under Na-
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rigid respect for poleou, they will not suffer disgrace:
Is. And both IVe do not wish, say the Powers assembled lit
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luncil of State, Congress, to oblige France to take the Bourbon!
ared their de. again ; but Napoleon will not be recognized by•ue.
of Paris, May France must choose another Chief ; for, to refrict 4..
all which is de- her, they add, we shall have, if necessary, 800,000 ' 1
e Ist Article.— men. i
int with the ex- I -shall not stop to discuss here the principles of
t, though at so the rights of nations ; it is too evident that they are
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all violated by a similar pretension. The Emperor
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wished that all Napoleor may demand from the Emperor of Russia,
ower, could be from the Emperor of Austria, from the King of . .
• Yet Prussia, in what manner he has merited from them a
stilt breed." i 'ratio," so ri,,lei,r, as to_ cause them tq belie... -'Teat..
• It ii th evi. they owe Roth:rig to the justice saniCO is due to all
I the consequent other men, and that in consideration of their per.
1 basis of peace ' sonal hatred to Napoleon, they are authorised to
rob the French of the sacred right of their ludepen.
r March, incor- ' deuce, absolute and without limit, In the choice of
y, overleaps all , the Chief of the Empire. t
ist the person of i Vt •
ictory has several limes placed the political el- ..s
istence of the Pawers of the North at the mercy of
o previsions for , the Emperor Napoleon, and he has not wished to)
of it, under the' erase any oue.of them from the list of nations. It
'lf' without cams it the wish of Alexander, whose name is revered • ;
• i among u3,,t0 dispense with our •rendering to his tiro
idable is t:',l kil tugs the homage which they merit ? Does the Em-
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against FirAN'operor of Austria, i'i dethroning, contrary to his in.
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hat moment and terests and those of his monarchy, his soe-in-law
•of them. This and his grandson, wish to prove to the world, by •
" Par gaunter , the must astonishing and authentic of all examples, ,
that among the most hideous of all the sentiments of
t that wherever' human nature, hatred is that which has the greatest
e full honour of sway over Kings? The people are not disposed to
believe it; and in this age of revolutions, it might by
and exclusively' better to take care to dissuade them from it. In
short, my Prince, when it shall yond doubt
rffer thus much : that France is resolved to dispk ' er forces, to
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4 the interest of expose all her destinies to sop his thrbne the
ulicy of our Go. man who is the object of her pride, who alone seems il
red,at all events, to her capable of guaranteeing all the existences and
but in no other all the relations proceeding from the Revolution; .
France any par. ' will the Princes at the Congress make the attempt,
e thing. It may perhaps, a vain one, to tear hint from his throne, at ~e''..
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?clations, but it ' the price of all the torrents of blood which this newet./,:--f4.i'At•••
other objects of , war will cause to be spilled ? '
ith the hope of 1 What pretexts will cover so many outrages on
did. reason, on jus;ice, and on humanity ? , .
They pretend that Napoleon cannot offer any gua-
:APEL LOFFT. rantee with respect to the durability of the peace of •
Europe; but what a strange mode of seeking this
in. Gonne CAN- i guarantee, to commence their research by replungirer
t of Ambassador Europe in al! the fury and horrors of war!
On the contrary, every Oil% announces, every ,
ois was sent to thing establi'.hes, that any Prince inEurope,.at the
ugh the provinces present time, cannot give this guarantee of peace iii
otiment, and for the same degree as Napoleon.
s lately returned 'No one has experienced so many dangers and vi.
4 a work for the cissitudes of war, so many unexpected and terrible
'gee that will re- reverses, as Napoleon. • I
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an early connec- It is, in fact, a new life, as well as a new reign, 0
?w Spain, whose which the Emperor Napoleon commences, after haw- t,
ipain. ing understdod, during a year, in the Island of Elba,
consequence of as in a tomb, every tt.itig which' truth as well ns
n the Hall of the hatred, has told in Europe, respecting his first reigu ~
Messrs. Wall ice and his first life.
he Bar, a meeting I In fine, my Prince, France has given herself a new
,'clock this morn- Constitution which wilt not be a vain charter. It is
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ner attended by no longer Tiossible to use subtilty and deceit. The
• Bennet. After force of things' n ill ;necessarily bring order arid jus.
Vallace received a tice into social life. ,
titiated the affair, Our Constitution constitutes two Chambers. The
ground perfectly sittings in both will 'be public. Thus France unit
it) Europe will understand evory thing which will be i •
'ralee Assizes, in said on peace and war ; arid every war, which than ~.. . ...,
is Defendant, fur not be one of justiee and evident necessity, shall pee, '1.4
irriage, and Cap- ralyse with terror the man who would kiudloit iss„'k.ltr'
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its. This verdict Europe, already•bleeditig from so many wars.
in Dublin, with The Coalesced Powers plume themselves on !Sic •
immense number of men Which they can cellect.-e-
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