The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-04-22 00:00:00

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To raz EDITOR or THE STATESNA.V.

Sitt,—lf the calamities of war are again to be in.
flitted on the nations of the earth, by comman:in,,l
the Sovereigns of Europe—it is the Sovereign 4
Europe and their respective Ministers aho alone
ought to feel the terrible effects of a conteq into
which they seem resolved to plunge the world,
out any legitimate cause or plausible ocean, and for
which they alone ought tohresponsible.
They say the Emperor of Ftt INCE has brolon
faith with them. So said the French of Lou,
XVI. when he violated his oath. to them,
_ and col-
responding with the Courts of Austria, Turin,
drid, Berlin, and London, was endeavouring to ex.
cite a civil war in his dominions, through the eget".
of the Ley and Ecclesiastical Emigrants assembled at
Coblente. The accusation was acknowledged by his
partizans to be well founded, and - in justification of
the breach of an oath solemnly giveneto the nation,
asserted* that he was not At liberty; but under re.
straint, and his oath not bidding. This was the las.
gouge of all the Crowned Heads of Europe, and of
their emissaries at the time, in order to absolve the
hipless King from the guilt of perjnry. The Em.
perm. of FRANCE, however, stands on better groond
than his predecessor—lce was` also tender restraint,
when the 'defection of his confidential servants
; hurried him into an abdication, which evidently
appears, from the official papers presented to
Parliament, would never hate' taken place had
he not been betrayed. Lord trrt.eseAou ac.
knowledge. that the combined perts were not in
situation to force him ; and that the country okay
judge of the valour of the Allied Powers, and of the
wisdom of the Allied Ceencik,it is necessity to remind
it that their army, consisting of 140,000 at Paris—
with Lord W ELIA prwron possessed of Boordesuz and
Thoutouse with another army, which was also sus.
tamed by the Austrians in his rear, did not dire to
, force NAPOLEON to an unconditional •surrender ; on
' the contrary, they were compelled to.submit not only
to a disgraceful compromise with the individual
Whom they have had the insolence and infamy to pro.
ClitiM an OUTLAW, but to the meanness elan un.
&Mantling with him that the BOURBONS shotilanot ha
forced upon the French nation. The question, there.
fore, is, whether they would have attempted to have
proceeded to Paris, unprotected by the foreign
legions in the heart of France, and would the French
hare suffered the discarded family to have profaned
their terfitory, had they not been controlled and in.
timidated by fore, troops in possession of their me.
tropolis ? Louis XVIII.,wag forced on France, sod
Frolics ItIS. a decided rfght.to expel him' if she thinka
proper. NAIH,LMOM iwas constrained to a compromise,'
the conditions of which have been, violated, and be ist
justified in resuming an empire to which tee. French.
have most cordially welcomed him. The very fact,
acknowledged in the official documents laid before
pediment, that they, did' not dare to march!
the Emperor of France, who had only 20,000,'s
they had 1401000 within 40 miles of him in front,
a considerableartsylsv'his rear, speaks vclumes
common sense of mankind, and proclaims,in con(
lion to their sanguinary libels, dignified with the
of Proclamations, that he was the choice of the .
Admitting, however, that the Treaty of Fontein.
Wean has been violates), was not the parson
signed it under restraint and delusion, antis'
plead the same excuse as Louis XVI ? and',
should be cavilled at, in compliment to old It
which, we well know, it is sometimes necessary
repair or pull down, according to the state they
in, it may be asked of those Regal Gentlemen
their loyal adherents, what punishment should'
Aided on those who complaisantly consider ,
selves legitimate Sovereigns, when they break
Treaties they have piously signed in " THE N.
OF TILE HOLY TRINITY," invoking
preme Being to witness the fidelity of
ments, which they are resolved to violate
ever it suits their purpose ? What is
the goose is sauce for the gander ;
mare criminal in the Emperor NAP
neunce Elba and resume dominion in
it was_in the late King of Pausal& to
1795, after having pilfered us of a emu
tidy ; or of the late Emperor of GRRMA.
.0-out of six millions, under the pretext
which he raised under the guarantee of
taro, leaving us his bondsmen to discharge both
cipal and interest of the money he borrowed.
Even the morality of that accommodating
tleman, Lord CASTLEREAGH, must be shoe'
such indecencies in Crowned Heads ; and I a,
It would puzzle his Lordship's talent for equi,
to palliate a deception for which any plebeian
gent would have been sentenced to Botany Ba

" ZounilA, what is become of the hatchet?"
(as one of his Lordship's countrymen lately e;
ed in Dublin) is a question which may well be
when we recollect the numerous instances of
delinquency, which have been suffered to pa:
impunity, since the wholesome exercise of it in
But if the French Emperor is criminal fur I
preferred Prance to Elba, what are we to thi
the incapacity of three Crowned Heads, and,
least, as many dozen of Ambassadors Extraordim
—Ministers and Plenipotentiaries, not having '
proper measures to so secure his Imperial Mi
as to prevent his disturbing the repose of Furl.
they call it—after having given him check-mate,
they thought, but w Lich has proved in the settee
have bven a novel kind of stale-mate, whi
youngest of Ptitcr.toolel scholars, when that
master of tactics was alive, would have blur!
have committed. These mdit, to retrieve thei
den of 1814,-would plunge us, after a short
of twelve months, into blood again, without ti
!minty, or even probability, of retrieving their
and at the hazard of seeing 'their own Gofer
subverted, bould they fail in the iniquitous at
of forcing the Bourbons again upon the
malign. say again ford;, for the Wan
Raga a most unexampled effrontery, and be
'Hittite of shame as of all decent respect for I
who will assert that this unfortunate family did
owe their restoration, not to the general voice
French nation, but to the officious and injt;,
zeal of the Combined Powers, availing them=e'
their combined armies being on the spot, and
session of Paris, to reinstate a falien bro;!lrr
his regal dipities.—lt was a foreign army i 1,31
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e question, there. oat'
ttempted to hare Is ii
by the foreign Jen
mould the French has
o have profaned indi
.introoled and in. Dot
niers of their me• t tve
d on France, sud the
him' if she t hide war
to a compromise,' Boa
Inlated, and be iel PRI
aback tise.French' prof
The very fact, P.
nents laid before
a to march upon pro;
ty 2Q,000, while send
him in front, sted view
ks rclumes to the and(
contratlic• purp
ird with the m a Coeg
nice of the nation. gate.
utty of Fontain. ship
the parson who and
sion, entitled to
? and if this
t to old House:,
nes necessary to
LI
he state they are his
I Gentlemen and ,I
ent should be in•
y consider them- a;
they break the Preto
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nvoking the • • and I
lity of e •
to violate
lat is as is to)rane..
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is wii
in Fein reside,
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int for equivoque
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lately excraire•
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ay well be asked, Moms
stances of Royal alarm
ered to pass with
cise of it in 1648.
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name
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oftill
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could
rs Extraordinary
count
not having take
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Imperial Majesty
here
se of Europe, ea
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in the sequel to
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when that great
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have blushed to
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without the ce ,not
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