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II The allied Ccui'sS so"'"N.N -.
experience Of twenty years, that IN ne
,oeia,ion with the French cabinet APP
ncarances should be caretslly distin'
suIshed from intentions, substituted Tor
mi, proposition that OF immedlatei!
sieuioy pseliminaries of peace. This
signature gave France all the edvan'
,as.s Of an armis,icc, without subjcctlng
the allies TO the dangers OF a suspension
os arm. |, happsned however ,ha,
somc partial successes marked he hfst
moysmen, of, an army formed within
thc walls of Paris, out Of the cite oil the
present generation Qa generation actu,
ene) the last hopes of the na''on' ana
the remains OF a million OF brave men,
who had persisted on the field OF ba'tie'
or had been deserted on the great routes
from Lisbon To Moscow, sacrificed 10
Interests foreign 10 France.
Immediately the conferences OF Cha
tllon changed their characters. ne
French plenlpoten,iary was lett without
Instructions, and was unable to answer
the propositions Of the allied courts.
rhsy charged their plenipolenlia'ies to
suhsit plan OF the preliminary treaty
containing all The bases which they )nog-
ed necessary for the establishment OF
he political equilibrium, and which, a
few DAYS before. had been offered by The
French government itself, at a moment
when no doubt it believed It's existence
j opasdizea. The principles OF the re
rgapi-a,ion of Europe were established
in the project.
France restored to the dimensions
which ages of glory and prosperity, an
der the dominion of her kings had as
,ured to her, was to share with Europe
the advantages Of liberty, national inde-
pendence and peace, 1t depended only
an her government, by single word
TO Dot an end to the suflerings OF the
nation, to restore to her with peace kcr
colonies, her commerce, and the Tree
exercise of her industry. Could she
wish for more? The powers had offered
t. discuss in a spiil OF Cancellation, her
wishes c,ncerning objects of possession
Of muteal convenience which were not
included within the limits OF Francs, be.
fore the war of the revolution:
Fifteen days elapsed without any re-
DIV on the part Of the French govern
mcnt. The plenipoten,iaries of the all
lies insisted upon peremptory term for
the acceptance or refusal of the condi-
lions Of peace. Libery was given to
the French picnipoleotisry to present a
contre hrojet. provided it were such as
TO be reply to the spirit and substance
Of the conditions proposed by the allied
courts. The 10th of March was fixed
on as the term, by general consent
The French plenipotentiary produced,
at the expiration of the term, only pro-
D srigs t,r discussion. Far from APP
proximating the object, they tended on.
~ 10 proiong fruitless negotiations.
A new term of "a few days was grant
ed at the request of the plenipotentisry
nf France. Finally, on the 18TH of March,
his plenipotcntisry offered eontre-
hrjet, which no longer left it in doubt
that the sufferings of France had not
chan ged the views of its government,
Reyoking then what 1t had itself pro-
posed, the French government demand
ed in new proposition, that people TO.
reign to the French spirit, whom ages
Of domination would not confound with
the French nation, should yet make part
Of France. France must preserve d.
mansions incompatible with the esta-
blishment of system Of equilibrium,
and out of proportion with the other
great Political bodies in Europe, she
must preserve the posts and offensive
points, by means Of which her govern.
ment, to the mifortuncs of Europe and
France, has occasioned the overthrow Of
so may thrones, and wrought SO many
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the reigning
family must be placed upon foreign
thrones--the French governments, in
fine, taat government which has sought
to reign over Europe, not less by discord
than by force of arms, must remain the
arbiter Of the interior relations and Of
the fate of the powers of Europe.
The allied courts, in continuing the
negotiations under such auspices would
have been wanting in every thing which
they owed to themselves; they would
have from that moment renowned the
glories which they had anticipated for
Themselves; their efforts would have
been only turned against their own peo-
pie. In signing a treaty upon the basis
of the French contre.proiet, the allied
4 powers would have placed arms in the
hand. of their common enemy, they
would have deceived the expectations
of nations and the confidence of their
allies.
| II was al a moment so decisive for the
safety of :he world, that the allied sove-