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FRENCH STATE PAPER.
REPORT OF TIE GIN1sTER FOR FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
Paris, September !.
SIRE.
have the honor to propose to your ma
iesty to communicate &c the senate the two
treaties which have placed the crown Of
Snain in your hands, and the constitution
which under your auspices, md enlightened
BY your advice, the jtllta assembled at Bay
onne, after free and mature deliaeratlon,
hare adopted for the glory Of the Span:Ta
name, and the prosperity OF that kingdom
ana lis colonies.
Ifin the arraa eealcn.s made b. your IA
iesty, the security OF France has been vcur
principal care, the interests Of Spain herself
has, however, been dear, and in uniting
the two states, by The most ultimate alliance,
the prosperity and The glory OF both were e
qually the objects proposed. The troubles
which have mani 2sted themselves lave par
tcuiarIv excited the soiicitude Of your ma
ltstv, in acprecating their progress, in toIs-
seeing their sad consequences, il hoping 70
prevent them by persuasive means, and Dy
measures Of WIS, and humane policy. Yotlc
majesty interferedas q ,ntoiator in the midst
Of t}ae divided Spa.liarlss, showing them On
one side the anarchy wilici, threatened then,
aud on the other England ready to profit by
heir divisions and to make use 81 them TO
sait her convenience, and pointing out 70
tacry7 the way by which ,aev might Be saved
from this double dancer, by constitution
even prov;dcn:, proper TO prcvide. ali ii
which thew stood In need, and il unicaa Il
s,eaal ianSe iaterrliSet, Themselves with these
ancient institutions which Spain wished TO
DC preserved.
The expectations Of your majesty haze
been deceived. Individual interests, foreign
intrigues, and the Influences OF foreign COR
rprtioa have prevailed. Why is it 50 easy
to lead nations to their ruin by letting loose
their passions? IN a former rcpor-, have
made your majesty acquainted with the IL
flueacc which Inc English were acquiring il
Spain, the numerous party th2t t!se;- haa
iorr.ed, tae friends whom they acquired IN
tic commercial towns, by holding out 10
them tie prospect OF me revival Of their
trade had pointed them cut to YOU as az
t!lors ct tie sedirion which oveTturarC. the
ti1rone OF Charles. ", aad The iavorers Ct
the popular disorders winch arose atthss E
poch. They had burst through that saluta-
" restraint which keeps the peopis IN sub
mission, by operating upon their interest.
The populacc Q. Spain having shaken OF the
yoke OF authority aspired at governing
English gold, the iatrlgues OF thc accents OF
the ,nqnsition, vino were afraid Of losing
their authority, the influence Of the nune-
rous tribe of Monks in SPAN, who dreaded
a reform, have in this critical moment .occa-
stoned the insurrcceion Of severa, Spanish
provinces, il which the voice Of the more
prudent clas, has been either mistaken or
stiaed, OF whom not few have fallen VIC
TINS to their courageous opposition to popu-
lar tunluit, and a dreadful anarchy has been
seen to difuse itself over the greatest part
of Spain. Will your majesty permit Eng
land to say, SPAN is one Of my provinces,
NY flag driven from the Baltic, the North
Sea, the Lcvant, and even from the shores
of Persia, rules in the ports Of France"
No, never, sire 20 prevent SO much shame
and misfortune, two millions Of brave men,
are ready to scale tire Pyrenees, and the /
English will be chased from the Peninsula. !;
If the French fight fsr the liberty Of the
seas, they must, to conquer, begin by !
wrestling Spain from the influence Of the
t5rants of the ocean. # they combat fer !,