Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-02-12

4. That II shall be occupied in Our name with.
or6 delay, and be placed under the charge of q
eomTnissa-y general. who snail have charge o;
it's administration for the remainder of the year
s. All the ministers are charged with the exc.
cuGon Of this decree.
(Signed)
NAPOLEON.
(Countersigned)
| h B. Dute Of Bassan9.
The duke of division, Caesar Berthier was sp-
pointed TO enter upon the charge OF the depart
ment o. SimPion.
RePort az the minister Of f5r<ign reia.
tons to his majesty tie embe,or
and ENG.
SIRE.
Your msjes'y has raised France
70 the highest pitch of grandeur, The
victories obtained over five successive
cosiiiiops, all fomentc1 by England.
have produced these results aud il
may be said hat for he glory, the
power OF the great empire, we are IN
debt-d TO England.
On all occhaions, YOUR majesty has
offered peace; aud withors euquiring
VII ther it would be more advantage.
oas than war, you considered, sire,
only the happiness of the present &C.
neration; & you always showed your.
selereadY to sacrifice to il the most
promising future prospects.
1 was thus that II e rreasics Of peace
o. Campo Formio, of LDnevi.lc and of
Amieas, and subsequently, those OF
Presburg, of Tilsit, aud of Vienna,
were concluded ir wgs thus that your
majesty FIVE times sacrificed to ueace
the greater part Of your conques,s.
More DESTROYS of making voar reign
hlnstFious by the public happins SIS, III, u
of extending the dominion OF your EN-.
pre-, your majesty put limits to your
own grandeur, while England, reSind
ling necessarily the flames Of war, ap-
Peared to conspire az inst her allies
and against hersel., in order 10 make
TINS empire the greatest that has exist
ed within twenty centuries.
At the peace of 1888, the power of
France was strengthened by the fanni.
~ compact which firmly attached TO
her system of politics Spain and Ma
pies.
Atihe period fthe peace of Aniens.
the respective strength of three great
powers was increased by twelve milh-
ons Of inhabitants oil Poland. The
houses OF France and Spain were es-
sentiaily enemies, and the peopIe or
tbose nations were still fareher seua.
rated by their manners. One of he
greater eontinentsl powers had los,
lie strength by tie annexation Of Bel
GUM 10 France, than she had acoa;r.
Ell by the pc session of Venice and
the seculasisations of the Germanic
body had still further increased the
power of cur rivals.
Thus France. AFTER the treaty of
Ariens. had strength relA lively less
than at the peace of 1888, and much
inferior to that which the victories Oh.
tanned during the wars, Of the two 6rst
coai,t ons gave her The right to claim,
N ttwiths andins, scarcely was the
treaty concluded, when the jealousy
OF England was evid nifty 10 a hieh
d. gree ex ired. She was aIarned ar
the cons ant increase of the internal
riches and prosperity OF France, and
she hoped that a third coali ION would
snatch from our crown the provinces
OF the Rhine, and ItaIJ and Belgium.
The peace o. Amiens vas violated. A
third coalition was foraed---.,bree
months afterwards II was Dissolved bv
thu tesf, Of Presburr.
England was all her hopes frustsrt-
ed. Vsnice, ID lratis, Issawria an the
Goa IS ct the Adria is, aud those of
he kingdom Of Naples. came under
toe French doninions, The German
b dy, established upon principles con
tlary % those which founded the
~ ngh empire, fslI 70 piec s, and the
81 stem # the Rhine converted into
i1'il. e and Necessary allies the SAM
psoplr, who, 10 the two lorsr or coli J.
ohs, had marched aggias, France, and
md ssolubly unHed them 20 her bv
Coz mon Interests.
Tue peace of Arnirns then became
IN England the obje Of The regrrts of
AZ her statesmen. The scausi.
tons Of Frarce whieh thenceforth
they had 10 hope oi ravi3binq from
her, dered them more seusible of
inc fault which hey had COMMITTED. /
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