Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-11
BRuxH, November -.

By fpecial command OF his maj:ay the emperor
and king, with whofc presence this city has been
favored for feyeral days, the piehdent of the fu-
perior police, baron SDmmeiaw, he's ihued the
following declaration:
/" His majcay the emperor and king never had
more ardent with than Tor the prefervation of
peace. This with lay in the principles of his
reign, as we'll as in his heart. Far from any,
even the mof fccret defgn, of encrsaing his ter.
ritoties, or of aiming az indemnity for the ia
ciififes which he made at LunevilIe aid Ratisbon
For the peace of Europe, he aeGred nothing more
tbau thqt the emperor of the French might be
a6uatrd by tiu liar ipiri, of dncere and humane
policy, and confne limfelf within the limits pre-,
fcrited b. the treaty of Luneyille.
"Whoever with pure intention has intereifea
hirfelf in the fate Of Europe, muf have felt the
juaice and modera ION Of this delire.
g True TO his principles. his maj-sty was e.
yer rcadys during the procrefs of the present var
to offer tie hand Of peace; and ne would have
thought ana acted in the fame manner, under the
mott fpleadio Victories, as under the influence Of
contrary evtnts.
His msjsay thought the great and delifable
moment OF this reconciliation. and Of this regurn
to national Happiness rsaIIy not far diftant, when
fhc emperor OF France, at fundry times, openly
5roefI.d TO entertain iimiiar (entinents arc lpdke
precifcIy in the fame lpirie to his imperial and
royal msje&y's generals, who, BY the fortune Of
war, became his psi.oners.
" Full Of confidence in fuch declarations, and
compelled by the with TO avert from the city If
Vienna, which is 70 dear 10 his heart, the ap.
reaching danger, and from his good ard faith
ul (nbis6ts in general, the prehure of tedious
war, his majesty fent field MARTIAL lieutenant
sount Von Giniey to the French emperof's head
quarters, in his and his allies names, TO receive
the confederation of thole friendly fentimenfs,
and to learn the particular conditions which the
emperor Napoleon on this occatien Would make,
preparatory to a general negotiation for a celia
ton Of arms.
s' But the expectations of biz majesty ~er. nos
fulfilled. AS the bats Of a cessation OF sfms for
few weeks only, the Frsnch emperor dssnsn3s,
That the allied troops return 20 their native
country; that the Hungarian levy be difbande!;
and that the dukcdorn Of Venice and the Ty,ol,
DC put into the posselEon OF the F5ench armies. =
The certfast between fuch demands and the of.
fers heretofore made BY the emperor OF France,
all Europe will perceive.
His majesty the emperor and king has by this
first step fulfilled duty facfed to his hesrr.
But he believes be would have ieverely injured
himfelf, wounded the honor OF his monarchy, the
dignity of his houGc, and the renown of his gsod
and greatest nations, and have impaired the best
interests of state in the eyes Of the prclent and f.
,ure generations, if, Notwithstanding the weighty
Obligations incumbent on him for the prefervatlon
of the whole, he had given way TO his own feel
ings for the temporary heavy opPrefilon OF hl'
people, and conceded with stipuiationa which