The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-28 00:00:00

and encouraies
46 The ditreient sects of Christianity, founded
on the morality of the Gospel,. atikkil useful to

society. • ~
" The Lutherans of the Fasabootg St. Antoine,
whose itymber amounts to 6,000, had no temple,
and, from time immemorial, exercised their worship
inithe Swodish chapel. Their church has been ac.
• • kaostiedgnti ; their Ministers have been appointed
by the Emperor, andare maintained at the expellee
.' of the We.
" Asahoal of Cilvinhtic Theology has been
established at Montauban.
" As to tie religion which is that of the Em-
peror, of the Royal Family, and of the immense
majority of the French, it bas been the object of
the most assiduous cares of Government. New
seminaries have been formed; in all, funds have
been created for the youth destined for the church ;
the edifices for public worship have been repaired;
sod the number of ',occur' sides augmented. The
Public Treasury, by taking on itself to pay the
Ministers, has honourably exonerated them from
bring dependent on aim Fontnunes. A subsist-
ence has been secured, withlibasality, 'to Curates
and Ministers, when age and infirmities may ten-
der them necessary. In fine, his Majesty has
summoned several Archbishops and Bishops to the
Senate and COMM' of the University. He pro.
poses to summon them to his Privy Council.—
(Conseil d'Etat )
66 His M ijcsty has had some differences with
the Sovereign of Rome, as a Temporal Sovereign.
Constant in his resolutions, the Emperor has de.
fended the rights of his crown, and of his people.
He has done what is required by the great political
system which is regenerating the West ; but with.'
out touching spiritual principles.
" Every one knows the evils caused to religio4
by' the temporal sovereignty of the Pope! -With-
oat tails, half Europe would not bejeparated frit*
As Catholic Church.
" There was but one mean of saving, her for
over (coil such Out dangers, and of reconciling
the interests of the State with those of religion.
It was noodfnl that the successor of St.Poter shonid
be a pastor like St. Peter, who, solely occupied
Frith the salvation of souls, and with spiritual
interests, might cease to bs agitated by worldly
ideas, by' pretensions to sovereignty, and by die.
pates coisaeroing boundaries, territories, and pro.
vi noes.
" It is a benefit, then, to separate religion from
what is a stranger to her, and to have replaced
• her in het state of evangelical purity.
" This Concordat, which established the reli.
gion of France, was faithfully observed ; nay,
the Empetor went beyond his engagements. The
Pope should, therefore, have on his part aho full
filled its conditions.

It Whenever no personal blame attached•to the
Archbishops and Bishops, named by the Emperor,
►e should' hare installated them without delay.
This condition net being complied with, the Con.
cordal became void, and we were placed in the
sane situation as we were previous to the Concor-
dat of Francis 1. and Lee X. ; this situation or
regimen is founded on the Pragmatic Sanction of
St. Louis, su much regretted by our churches, by

the College of Paris, and by the Parliaments.
" Incendiary writings and bulls, inspired by ig-
norance, and the most criminal dere'ictieu of the
principles of religion, were ha • ked about in dif.
. forint parts of the empire. These productions
were every where recrived with contempt and dis-
gust. The facts spoke too loud for themselves ;
i; thirty millions of Frenchmen, eighteen millions of
Italians, and so many people on the banks of the
Vistula, the Elbe, and the Rhine, hear witness to
the solicitude with whicl► the French Government
Opted, the religion of our fathers.
14 The foresight and wisdom of our ancestors
sheltered us from the iufringemcuts of Gregory
VII. and of those who cherish his opinions. The
Surbonne, the College of Paris, and the GalHeim,
church, nrvcr acknowledged any of tl►osc mon.

strong princilo.cs.
" Kings are only acconetable.to G-od; and the
Pope must, according to the, principles of Jesus
Christ, give, like otherp, fo Cagier, what is due to
COM. teNporaiscyown and the sceptre of
this world were hot pet into• his hands by him
whose *ill it was that he should call himself the
• sereant of the servants of God, sad who recom-
. 'mended to him, at all stimei, charity and humility.
" As ignorance favours, Witticism), his Majoty
hordered, that the principles of the College of.
Feiss sad of the declaration of the Clergy of
:111 11. shall be taught in the sominarivw. He wished
=the influence of a 'sound doctrine, to
cyof the weakness of malt, which in.
to turs.lhe most sacred things to the ad.
vailltidet the vilest interests.
" His • y has done mach for religion ; his
intention do still more ; sod, according as
the thirty millions of ecclesiastic pensions beenme
utiuct, inteudi to devote that sum to the hens.
it of the church. One sole obligation has been
imposed by the Divine Law, which is, that priests
should live by the altar, and be attentive to such
thirty only u CODCera their holy functions.
WAR.

46 While the Emperor was thus pretgaring all
the improvenients, which every year of his reign
secures to France ; while' the annual execution of
the laws, which relate to the conscription, with.
*litany difficulty or obstruction, kept onr legions
complete ; our enemies, who are his, were about
to try his gigantic efforts. But we have al.
rincly called it to your recollection, that short.
4111/ after having opened your Session of lgots,
list Emperor defeated toe Spanish armies, en.

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Madrid, and placed his, ,brother ea. the®
By a sudden and skald tnarlift hp;
the English troops to advance, and then
. them, without allowing the least breath-
'me, -to the frontiers of Gallicia, made a
aumber of prisoners, and took their hospi.
baggage, and ammunition.lle then el/tensed
,nowledie of the treaty, by which the Court
'krona engagal-to supply the Juntas of the
rgents with 100,000 stand of arms. lie also
' that Austria was taking up arms, and
annawents had already spread the utmost
consternation through the States of the Confedee
racy. lie immediately suspended his triumphant'
march, left his armies in Spain, and thought that
his presence would be suicient to destroy his ene-
mies.
" Surrly, his Majesty never gave to Europe a
more striking proof of the greatness of his cha.
racter, and the power of his genius. Eighty
regiments of those veteran troops, who hael con-
quered at Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, and Friedland,
remained in Spain, and he put himself at the head
of the troops of his allies, and of his recruits.

" You recollect,tientletneti,the uneasiness which
we all felt, and which gained so much ground,
when Eu rope su pposed,for a moment, that a nation,
which had been so frequently defeated, and which
owed its existence to the generosity of our Sure.
reign, would defeat our allies, and penetrate intu
our territory. The Emperor of Austria, with an
army of 500,000 men, the prodigious and mire.
callous effort of paper money, fancied he was
marching to a certain victory. Bavaria and Italy
were invaded, without any declaration of war,
and men were slain without knowing that they had
enemies to combat ; a conduct, which will be
branded with the severest censure by posterity.

POLITICS.
8g The first measure would have created dange.
roes discussions, and alarmed some consciences.
The Emperor has rejected it. The second was
the exercl4e of rights, which are inherent to his
Imperial Crown, and fur which the Emperor is
accountable to no onn. Tho-Emperor has adopt.
ed it. • Neither the Pope, tar any other Priest
in that Empire, ought to enjoy any temporal so-
vereignty.
" Never shall the Emperor acknowledge the
right of the Triple Crown. He acknowledges
only the spiritual mission given to the Pastors of
the Church by Jesus Christ, and which St. Peter,
and his pious successors, have so bulily filled, to
the great advantage of refigion.
" The Kingdom of Naples, during the present
year, has acquired a neir consistency. 1
" The King has evinced peculiar attention in
the organization of his dotivinions. He has re-es.
tablished order in all the branches of administra.
Lion. 'He has repressed peculation, and his peo.
pie, from the highest class unto the lowest, have'
manifested sentiments which constituted their I
praise, and, at the same time, the praises of the
Sovereign. The Clergy of Naples, composed,
like that of France, of enlightened men, has de.
served the est aim of the I.:yip:4w. The Archbi-
shop of Naples has been the only Ecclesiastic who
refused the oath which lie owed to the Sovereign.
In vain have the theologians endeavoured to con-
vince him. Ile has persisted in his error. His
uncommon ignorance has been the subject of sa-
tire among those by whom he had been raised to
so elevated a rank.

41 Holland is, in fact, but a portion of France.
This country is defined by saying, that it is the
allaribis of the Rhine, of the Meuse, and of the
Scheldt, that is to say, of the main arteries of
the Empire. The nullity of its Custom-houses,
the dispositions of its agents, and the spirit of its
inhabitants, which tends continually towards a
fraudulent intercourse with England —all have
combined to render it a duty, the interdiction of
the traffic of the Rhine and of the Wester. Hol-
land thus bruised between France and England, Is
deprived both of the advantages contrary to our
general system, and which she must now renounce,
as well as of those she might now enjoy. It is
time that all this should be restores/ to its natural
order. His Majesty has been pleased to insure
also, in a conspicuous manner, the advantages of
the Act of the Helvetic Confederacy, by annex.
ing to his other titles that of Mediator of Switzer.
land. It is enough to say to the Swiss, that hap-
piness will be lost to them the moment that they
touch this palladium of their independence. The
Pont de Ball has given frequent opportunities to
the French troops for violating the Ilelvetic terri.
tory ; it was necessary to them in order to cross
Ow Rhine. His Majesty has just ordered the
building of a permanent bridge at Hunningue.
" The Illyrian provinces cover Italy, afford it
a direct intercourse with Dalmatia, procure us a
point of immediate contact with the Empire of
Constantinople, which, for so many reasons and
ancient interest, France was desirous of maintain.
ing and protecting. Both Spain and Portugal are
the theatre of a furious revolution ; the numerous
agents of Eiegland stir and feed the fire which they
had lighted. The strength, the power,,and the
dale moderation of the Emperor will restore to
them days of peace. Should Spain lose her cold.
uses, it will be through her own inclination. The
Emperor will never oppose the independence of
the Continental nations of America ; this inde-
pendence belongs to the necessary order of events;
it Is connected with the interests, well understood,
of all the Powers. France has established the lode.
pendeoce of theilnited States of North America.
France has contributed to its augmentation several
provinces; she will always be ready to defend her
work. Her power dues not depend un monopoly ;
the has no interest corktrary to justice. Nothing that
can contribute to the happpiness of Ainerieacan be
against the prosperity of France, who will always
be rich enough, when she will see herself treated
upon an equal footing by all nations, and in all
European markets. Whether the people of
Mexico and Peru wish to be united to the mother
country, or whether they desire to erect themselves
into an exalted and noble independence, France
will never oppose it, provided these people du'
not form any connection with England. France
has no tared to vex her neighbours, not to
,impose
tyrannic laws on them to ensure her commerce
and prosperity. We have lest the colonies of

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RELIGIOUS t . •z,•,.. ' great nu
" The Government, itsv ;,.
~."( con- tats, bet
sciences, has nut deviatedifroOr et Mat it • the kno
had traced nut to itselt ii4olwi with re- 'of Vien
'pee to religion have hail balk ...cation this
• • s• -.01. . I non rget
year, as in the preceding. id 1. learned
" It does net confine itsoWßAts toleration of that her
all kinds of religious forms if worship, it honours constern
and encourages them. racy. 1