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stiDulations ofthe treaty. But scarcely was
/ that compact concluded, when the first con-
/ sal, at the very time that his majesty was
surrendering to France and Holland, the
great and numerous conquests ne had made
from them during the war, began a new
sortofhostility upon the weak and defence
! less states on the continent OF Europe J;
Piedmont a country equal to all Scotland,
was added to France: Holland, which had
at the making of the peace, been reconciled
! as an independent nation, become, more
! than ever, the object of French rapacity and
despotism, was compelled to furnish chips
and stores for French expeditions, and to
feed and clothe French armies; the only
use of which was to keep her in a state OF
slavish subsection, and torender her shores
an object Of serious alarm and real danger
to Great Britain Switzerland was invad-
ed by French army, which compelled the
people of that once free and happy country,
tosubmit to a government framed at Paris,
the members Of which government were
chiefly composed of men, who had betray-
ed the liberties of their country, and who
were nominated by the consul himself. -
Notwithstanding, however, all these and
several osher acts ofaggression and tyran-
NY, some of which were highly injurious to
Great Britain, and were shameful violations
of the treaty Of peace, still his majesty ear
nestly endeavoured to avoid recurrence
to arms but the consul, emboldened by
our forbearance, and imputing to a dread
of his power, that which he ought to have
imputed solely to our desire to 1--we at peace,
manifested his prohdious intentions, again
10 take possession of Egypt, whence we
had driven him in disgrace again to open
road to our possessions in India, there TO
destroy one of the principal sources of cur
wealth and our greatness.
Not contented with thus preparing for
our destruction from without, endeavoring
to cut off our intercourse with the rest OF
the world, shutting as far as he was able, all
the ports of other countries against US /;
gradually destroying our navigation, COM
merce, and trade hemming us up in our
own Island, and exposing our manufactur-
ers, artiZans, and laDorers, to che danger
Of starving FOR want of employment not
coatented with the malignant endeavors,
and seeming to regard us as already with
in his grasp, he audaciously interfered IN
the manage Of cur domestic concerns !;
required us to violate our laws by Danish
ing those subjects of the French monarch,
who had fled hithcr for shelter from his
unjust and tyrannical government; demand
ed of us the suppression OF the liberty of
speech ard of the press, and in a word,
clearly demonstrated his resolution not
leave US a moments tranquility, until we
had surrendered our constitution, until we
had laid ailour liberties at his feet, and un-
til, like the Dutch, the Italians, and the
Swiss, we had submitted to be goyernedby
DEGREES sent US from France.
Besides the motives Of ambition, the desire to
dcnireer over, and to tfalnple upon all he rest
of mankind, the first consul has reason, pecu.
Ear to himself, for wishing reduce us to state
of poverty, weakness, submission, and silence
which reason will be at once evident, when we
consider the origin of bis authority. and the ma
tuSe Of his government. Having succeeded, thro'
| long course;of perfdious and bloody deeds, in
usurplng the Throne Of bis lawful sovereign hav.
ing uoder the name Of F7uaFy, established in
his own person ard family, a government the
most ponPous and expensive, while the people
are p!olng with hunger, and in rags; having,
with the word Liberty, continually on his lips,
erected despotlsm tie most oppressive, the most
!, cacriceus and the most cruel that the Almighty,
in his wrath, ever suffered to exist; having, by
such means, obtained such an end, he feared,
| thar while there renamed upon the earth, and
especially within few leagues of France, peo-
( PIE enjoying, under a Md and legitimate sovc-
reign, all the blessing of freedom; while there
remained such people, 50 sitnated,> and dreaded
j and not without reason, that their sentiments and
their example would, by degrees, penetrate thro'
his forest of bayone,s, his myrlais st SPIES and