Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-05
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PARIS.
CONSERVATIVE SENATE,
S;tix. Of the 10Th Dscem6er' 1870
Rroort of the minister Of foreign relations
to his majesty the emperor ADD king
SIRE,
Your majesty has raised France to the
biohrs, pitch cf grandeur. The victories
drained over five successive Coalitions, all
fumen,,d BY England, have pfoduc' q these
results and it may be said, that tor the
glory, the power Of the great empire, We are
indebted to England.
On all occasions, your majesty has offer.
ed peace; and without enqulr'ng whsthes'
it would be more advantageous than war,
you considered, sire, only the happiness ot'
the present generation and yod always
Showed yourself ready to sacrifice to 1t the
mos, promising future prospects.
1t was thus that the treaties ct peace OF
Campo Formio, of Lunevilic, and OF Ami.
ems, and subs, quen,iy those OF Pre"earg, ct
Tilsi,, and Of Vienna, were conc ;uled; u
was thus that your majesty Ave times sa.
criGced 10 peace the greater part or your
conouss,s; more desirous of making your
reisu illus,rious by the public happiness.
than oil extending the dominion OF your en-.
pire, your majesty put limits to your own
grandeur. while England, reminding incrs-
a., II
spire against her allies and against herself,
in order to make this empire the greatest
tina, has existed within twenty centuries.
At the peace Of 1888, the power Of
France was strengthened by the family
compact, which firmly attached to her sys-
tam of politics Spain AMI Naples.
A, the period OF the piece OF Amlens,
the respective strength OF three great pow
ers WAS increased by twelve millions of in-
habis ants of Pnlard. The house, OF France
and I;pain were ess n:ially enemies, and ,h-
peopb. OF these nations were still further
Separated by their manners. One OF the
greats.t contlnsn ial powers had lost less
strength by The apnexs,ion of Belgian
10 Franc, than she had acquired BY the PTS
session Of Venice and the secularisstiuns
Of the Gcrmapic Eody had still further ia.
creased Tive power of our rivals.
Thus F.aucs, after the treaty Of Amient,
had a strength relatively less than at tbs
peace Of 1888, and much inferior to that
Which the victories ob,aiped during the
wars of the two f. S; coalitions gave her the
right to claim.
Notwithstanding, scarcely was the treaty
concluded, when the jealousy OF England
was evideatiy in high degree exs.ted.
She was alarmed at the constant jncreass
of the internal riches and prosperity of
France, and she hoped that third COAL
ton would snatch tron you- Gown, Bel
giam, the provinces or the Rhine, and Italy.
The peace or Amiens was violated. A
third coalition was formed three months
afterwards it WAC dissolved BY the trsA y
OF Fres5urg.
England saw all her hopes frustrated.
Venrct, Dalmatia, Istria, all the coasts of
the AID ialic, and those of the kined.m of
Naples, Came under ia: French doninisn.
Toe Gsrmanic body established upon prn.
ciples contrary &c rhese which founded the
french empire. fell to pieces, and the sys-
TEN OF the confederation of the Rhine con.
yertcd into intimate and necessary allies
he same people, who, in the two fsrmer
coalitions lad marched against France, and
lndissoiuoiy united thsm 70 her by common
inter>s.s.
The peace Of Aniens then becam. in
England the object oi the regrets of all her
s:alIsmen. The new acquisitions OF France,
which thencelorth they had no hopes oil
ravishing from her, rendered them ne.e
sensible Of tnr fault which they had com.
mi,ted, aud demonstrated the full exten,
IF it.
A man vho, during the short interval ol
the peace OF Aniens, bad come to Paris
and had learned IL know Fran and YOU.
ma;es,y. came 10 the head OF affairs in Eng.
land. That map oil genius compre hended
the situation of the two Countries. He san
that it was no longer within the ability Of
anv power to make France 60 back, and
that true politics cousi.ted in stopping her
He felt, that by the succe sses obtain,d a.