The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-11-07 00:00:00

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• PII9CC.A ATION.
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Shilyt NEAPOLITANS !—Your .I..achim is restored
to yeti. Ile is :leans in the midst of you. His (Inc-
-Roos and yours are terminated. Your King, in an-
nouncing to you his return, does not announce a
pardon ; you never offended him ; hut he renews to
his children the oath he has already snort' to them,
namely, to resider them happy ! lie will never be
perjured, and his heart, which you so well know,
and your own constant fidelity, form your guarantee
that his promises are not deceitful, and that he will
nut, like Ferdinand, prolong the epoch of tram.
Femme. I have lived in solitude, in one'nf Hume
modest as) sums which are always to he (Wand
among virtuous poverty. • There I despised the
poniards of those assassins of Marseilles, of those
trinnibalsoslio, du r leg the whole period of the French
Revolution, steeped themselves in the blood of their
fellow-citizens. I had iesuived to await in my re.
treat the termination of the enti-revalatienery fever
which devoured h'rance, in order to attempt Meant.
quest of my States, and to seek in your hearts a
refuge from misfortunes, and from the most un-
heard-of and unjust persecution, when I was induced
to remove in consequence of the indignation I felt on
reading the letter written by Ferdinand to Lieu.
tenant Field-Marshal Baron Bianchi. I could not
• endure, that a Prince, who calls himself the King
and Father of the good Neapolitans, should conse-
crate by a wirng, monument, the national disho-
nour. I could not endure, that he should style
hostile banditti, that army which was composed of
the flower. of all the classes of the nation—that
brave army of which I. was the creator and the
chief---that army which had given so many, proofs of
courage and fidelity—which had covered itself with
glory--.-ahich had elevated the character of the
Neapolitan people among nations, and which owed
its ultimate reverses solely to hostile Proclamations,
instigating desertion. and to the false reports which
were circulated of the death of its King. I then re-
• tamed all my resolution, I threw myself into a 'mall
• boat and landed in Corsica, where I immediately
found hosiltality, anti at the same time offers of ser-
vice from all the brave men who had formed part of
the Neapolitan army.' S 'cure of the love of my people,
cud -happy thus to read them to my memory, t
formed and have etecuted the plan of re-conquering
vary S:ntes,- and avenging the- national dishonour.--
Soldiers anti citizens ! All of you who possess noble,
hearts, and.are artimatnd by sentiments of patriotism,'
assemble around your King. The offence is common:
to all. Let us state it plainly ! The Prince who
calls the Neapolitan soldiers a hostile banditti, in.
snit the whole nation. Ile has lost his rights of the
throne: and Ferdinand pronounced his abdication,
by the letter which he 'wrote to. the Baron de &-
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myfirave men, my helosed•sitlons, we havel
been injured, and if the offence is common to all, ;
you ought all to assemble around your King, to ea.
pet from your territory so perjured a • Prince—is I
•Filvice who• so often promises pardon, and always
mows himself vindictive. .
May the Casa Lanes, may that monument which I
Ferdinand wished to raise•to the national dishonour,
be erased from its foondations, and on its reins may
there be erected a colutno, bearing an inscription,
which shall inform the present generation, and the ;
most remote( posterity, that in that very place, the
national army, after having gained signal victories,
not being able to resist the number of its enemies,
was compelled to sign •an honourable peace; and
that Ferdinand fur having constructed the said
in the heart of the kingdom, as a monument of un-',
tional dishonour, and for having given the title of
hostile bauditti to the national army, was declared
by the Nespolitaii nation unworthy to govern, and
has for ever lost his throne. Yes, the nation is of.
fended ! What Neapolitan, if this be not avenged,
will henceforth be proud of Out name, and show .
himself in the great society of the world ? To arms,
To arms!! L 0 :t the nation rise in a mss,! Let
every true Neapolitan, who possesses sentimeuts of,
honour, ey to my camp ! Let the Provincial Le.
gions assemble ! Let the army re-organise itself! ,
Lot my brave siiltliers rejoin their standards! Let
the brtive.stid faithful Guard oiliecurity of my good
city of Naples once more save my capital ! fly
-Royal Palace, all the persons and property of that
'lmmense city, are under its protection ! Let the I
brave, the faithful Calabriatis—let the people of
1, of the province of
°Palermo, and iii(Avel.'
let the brave Samnites—let the people, of
and of Terra de Lavoro, who have al ways;,'
me so many proofs of atlaeliment; assembloj
their King, iheir General! Let Ferdinand
nselled to remove from a nation which he hasi
indignantly offended ; let him return to theishind'
ly ! Let us march to deliver the Capitol,antl,l
Ike double standard of the Cross and of Li.
let us give keetlorn to our country, and en.
Jr ever its happiness and its independence. ' •
eithful and courageous Noapolitaiist—Di not
iat the Allied Powers will' again arm them:
against your King. Your Joachim has never
(ed. A military reverse cannot destroy his
to the Crown of Naples. In re.congnering •
Joe, he does nothing more than imitate the •
pie of other Sovereigns, who have re-assumed
Queen and the Royal Family shall be re-
to you : your King, far from •inspiring in
his neighbours with 'fear,' will be their beet
The Emperor of Austria, who, deceived
spent to the true political state of the Cabi.;
Naples, and believing your King to hold a
ipoodence with Napoleon, made upon him so
;ar, will become, without doubt, his Ally.—
turn of your King ought to inspire you with
rehension, since he can no longer entertain
•r6octs of aggrandisement, either on the States
.lope, or on tile rest of Italy. The other So-
gets of Europe have no Interest, is /deglarittg
Ariseltes his enemies. .c

ould he.rio insult to the good faith of the
cab4et, to suppose that it would not seek to
thoesil it has done, in declaring arid making
41 us, when, according to our Coneeniions,