The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-08-02
OFFICIAL COakESrOADHAtE.

" PANS, Aug. 3, 8oo.
SIR, MlNIsTER-.'h the confidential note
which your excellency did me the honor to
address to me on the July 27th, from lou
louise, reached me on lst August. Whilst
employed in answering it, yesterday re-
,ceived your note of the Goth July from Bor-
deaux.
:" If the first Of those papers was Vt ma
ture to make me expc, iencc and anticipate the
regret that the emperor my master would feel
when perusing It am rejoced at the man
ner in which my communications of the 2sd.
July last, were received by his majesty, the
emperor Napoleon. What powerful impress
sons must not questions, such as those adj
dressed TO him from Toulouse, create on the
mind of sovereign whose character is emf
nently pacific. who IS attained to the true in
terests Of his people, and steady to those poll
teal measures which are SO conlnrmable 10 his
true interests The emperor cannot but re-
greet, that the many proofs, given to France at
critical moments; SO many steps taken TO
cherish the most intimate relations with her
and the new assurances that had been G ven OF
his constant adherence to the pi ncipes which
governed his continental policy, SHOULD have
been g.ven way to the first impression, which
rrmors created and ampficd by ma'evoence,
had evidently nlsde upon cabinet, with which
all lis inclination, 4 him to unite, upon
powerful ally, whose friendship never can be-
come matter o.. indiifere@ !, since it is found
ed upon interests reciprocal * common 10 both
empires.
g la, frank, plain, & uadisguised cx,3,ana.
tons, Which ! bellows TO ae atone worthy of
the emperor Napoleon, have had in part, the
effect | tx. ected. Oppose to them at this
tim. IRE the .uliors q. cuiaedat Topii'z, Car
le,bal, hgca am without uneasness res
pec;ing these. The reports, forged in the COT
Ice houses o. Europe, must contradict and eE-
tice themselves. have caiy to remark to
your eyceilency, THAT they are not the rumours
Of Austria. N'ne tenths of the inhabitants of
those places are strangers. laxative because
they have 40 attachment & settlement in "A
cspnsry which they only temporarily inhab.
II s,lcn is the evidence Of foreign influence, it
is proved to be a nudity By the places and BY
the distant Il ontiur where II is exercised His
maj .sty the emperor may be a,sured there
exists 20 such influence in the councils Of The
emperor Francis, and that ali prejudice and de-
&c, t!on are equally remote from them, The
pat ou.ht to Grove this, the present and the
future VII. convince hm Of H.
g Your excellency has mentioned sort of
riot at iriestc, ard Inc stoppage of two court
ers N Groa'l.-facts, OF which until now had
no knowledge. would TT greet them, as { DO
every event contrary - tine public order, &
contrary 20 the obvious relations that should
-ex!st between ne ghLours and fiends, if thy
did not furnish to my court new opportunity
10 prove to his majesty the emperor Napoleon
that l!e never will be deceived N his eXpecta
tons OF redress, for acts this ind, to as great
an extent as lie hims II would afford it if they
had been committed in his own dominons /
promise your cxcellcncy the most severe pm.
slshTnents OF the guilty.
" FASTENED to transmit to Vienna the last
oNnnnlcatlon Eo,a your eycclency-and,
havln.5 no cabinet courier at command, gave il
in charg. to count de Mer. The reasons for
desiring al answer, which your exceliercy
communicated to me, viii greatly contribute
10 induce me emperor TO retura PROMPT reply,
which will be drawn up according 10 The ann
cable intentions which govern him. Those in
tentions are too we'll known. to leave any doubt
but that the proof, which his majesty will fur
nsh France. VIII be transmitted without any
other delay than that which must of necessity
t; ke place.
6 That confidence, which your eycellency
has SO long possessed, Will not allow me To
Cnnccal my WISHES, That til. emperor may
suspend, until the return of my coulter, any
measures calculated to confirm, more dian
at present, the apprehension OF speedy rup
ture BET "een France and Austria. { perfectly
accord with the very just remarks, which you
have ma e In your + cent communications
respecting theImproprlety of measures, which.
in spite OF the wishes OF sovereipns. or their
min stcrs, Ali the most wise among the peonl,.
Often 4oi odlcc the e. eaiest misfo. tunes a,nDnp
Inank'nd. Let US not, then, raise the homes
oil our common enemy, BY exhibiting hostile
appearances. which. IN Austria as well as else.
where, can bar have an unfayoursbIe eject
npon 'he pubic, deprive ed of all knowledge &C
the tru: sate of alta rs, and which on onr s,d.
as on the other, may place the courts in an
attitude, as cootrary 10 the wishes of both
emperor as to those of both nations, -, ~.
Tot furnisa the malevolsns, thoss 10 are really
anxious for war, with those new wranons.
which they may covewly hurl again. us both
Noining IS more easy, and unhapplly nothinu
IS more common, than to Sc that offered as
Jealous support, which has motion Of v.,x
different character.