The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-23

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Sir (. baristt said" That in the present stat
ct affairs. such message was insulting the PEG
fe.'At the request OF the chancellor of the exche
quar-, the discussion oil The bill was postponed I'll
The next day.
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tns All Dee. To meet again On the ID Of FebrnSry
The Ao7,r'an armies n Upper Hungary and Gal
Gcia, have been considerably augmented.
Troops are also marching from Hamburg, Bre
men. Ne TO join ger ST. Cyr, who has recovered O
his wound.
PARIS. December 90.
This day (SundAy) at IL O'Clock, the cmpero,
grand dignitares, cardinals, minister's, grand on
cers, and bearers of the Eagle of the legion of hon
or, &c. received the members of the senate, who
were introduced to his majesty by the grand master
OF ceremony, and his aid, and presented by bis Sc.
rene highness the prince vice.sr,nd eieetor: His
exceilcncy count Lacepede, president, addressed hi:
rnaie.ty in these words:
SIxx-The senate, at the foot of the throne Of
yonr imperial and roynl majesty, hasten to preseo,
the homage of its Fluctuations on the hsppy ,rriy
OF your majesty in the midst OF your people.
Your absence, sire, has ever been viewed AS a ma
fiona, cniamity-your presence ss with JOY aud
confidence the whole OF the Fren ch pco,,le
Your imperial and royal majesty mas laid all th.
basis necessary tor the organization of your vast EN-.
pre but there still remains to your majesty many
OBJECTS to consolidate and to accomplish +; and the
least delay in the npeton of fe rent insti.
buttons, is considered a national misfortune
Whilst your majesty was 500 leagues from your
capital, at the head of your victorious armies SONS
men who had escaped from the prisons, WHITTIER
they had been sent, through the clemency of your
majesty, in lieu OF being punished with de ath, whch
they richly merited for past crimes, attempted
to disturb the tranquility OF this great city. They
have been made to feel the effects of their new at.
1empts.
Happy France whose rnonarchcaI constitution
stands as shield against nefarious attempts to create
civil discord, attended with sangunary hatred OF
parties and all the horrible scenes which re,olu.
lions generally bring with them.
The senate, first council of the emperor, is
established for the preservation of this rnosars,v
and the hereditary rights ot your maesty's throne
and our fourth Dynasty.
In the commencement of our ancient tlyna site s.
SIRE, IT was more than once that the monarch
previously administered but one solemn oath te
Frenchtnen Of all ranks who had claims to the he
retitary rights OF the throne and sometimes, when
the age of the young prince would admit of it. a
crown wac placed upon his head, pledge of hi,
1osure authority and sy mbo OF the perpstuity
the government.
The affection which the whole nation feels for the
hing OF Rome, proves, sre the attach,Nent of the
Freheh pcOple for the blood OF your malssty-it il
sentiment which cheers every citizen, and causes
hm to behold, IN that angsnt infant, the safeguard
OF his fortune, and nviucb,e obstacle those n-
ternst dissions, and civil and political eom m otons
whieh the sreatss. evils that affct a pes-
pie.
Sire, your majesty has displayed the French ca.
giles on the towers of Moscow. The enemy could
not arrest your ba6l- yoir projects,
but by having recourse such horrible deeds as are
Praetised only by despote governments by con-
vertng into decerts all his fronters carrying fire
into his different provinces, and in reducing to ash
es his capital, the centre of his riches and the pro-
duet OF So many centuries.
Those who renewed the barbarous tactics of their
savage ancestors, possessed but little knowledge OF
your maJesty's heart: youR ajesty would doubtless
have renowned aii claims to trophies Which wers
90 cost SO much human blood.
The alacrty manifested by the soldiers who
we're called from the different departments by the
senatus- consutum Of ,st September is a sample of
what your majesty may ever expect from the zeal
patriotism, and martial arfior of the French people
IN arrestin, the iaauence of our enemies in
the different quarters Of the continent, and to
obtain by conquest an honorable and lasting peace.
Accept, SIRE the tribute of acknowlede iuen,s OF
the love aud invioiabe fidelity OF the senate and
French people.
To which his Majesty replied:
SENATORS, ,.... g. -
What you have said is TO very agreeable I
have at heart the glory and the greatness of France.
My first thoughts directed to the perpetuity OF
Internal Tranquility, and to shield my people forever
from the evil results of faction and the horrors of
anarchy IL is in those enemies of the hsppines= Of
the people that have, with the will and the love
o. the French people, founded this throne, to which
1mid and dastardy soldiers cause the less Of in.
dependence to- nations; but pusilianimous mags-
trates destroy the empire OF the laws, the rights OF
The throne and sociai order itself
The most noh. Of oil aea...s *si.i1 5s thai III
Soldier who persisted in the field of honor, il the
&eath of magistrate pershing in defending his 50.
yereign the throne and the laws, still more
glorious,
=, The which sustain against Russia, ic pol
stca war. waged it without anlmosity. / would
Eingly have saved her from the evils she has b,ot
upon herself. could have armed the greater part
OF her population against herself, hy prociain,ing
liberty to her slAves---I requested to do
by number Of villagers but when became "a
quanted with the brushness of that numerous class
OF the Russian population, ! refraned from
such measure. My army has exterienccd some
losses but ii was owing to the rigor of the sea-
accept the sensnhen which you have expressed
towards me.
After this a1iience. the counsellor Of state was
presented 10 his majesty b. the arci-chene sl!or of
the Empire.