Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-02-02
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CONSERVATIVE SENATE.
Sitting Of tke lstA Eeo.

CuhpCciior OF Tie empire
Count Dejesn in the name of the committee
TO whom WIS referred the senatus 5consulian
putting 100000 conscripts a, the disposal of
the minister OF var. reports rs follows
NY Lovds and Senators,
You referred to 4 special committee
the project OF scnatus coEsultum presented
to yea OF ,hn12th inst. by the councillors of
state, ora.ofSf the government, the purport
OF which is to put 1t the disposal OF governs
mcnt 100000 conscripts, taken out Of the clas-
ses Of the years II, IL. l3, IA, 1906. 1907, and
The committee hr, the honor OK submitting
to you the result OF its inquiries.
csuatofs, s =, =
However painf;it it IL to call to the field
classes which had been previously liberated,
your committee thinks that circumstances corn
mand this measure. h,
i;y thu. means YOU will be able to rank i'm.
mediatelyunder the Frepeh eagle, men who,
uniting strength To courage, will be capabie of
supporting the fa,igues OF war, -;val in every
thing. our old phaianxes, leaving time Tor the
Young CONSUMPTION to acquire IN the service OF
places, and IN that OF the armies OF reserve,
that ,igrr which is still wanted in them TO s,ip
port the ne ntim@pts With which they ere aTinin
red. and finally To facilitate and accsl- rate the
return 10 their FIRE sides of the nationa guards,
whose armament has SO hOnorahy prevented
These words ofthe memorable speech of the
Empress, Delivered in this sncosure g" know
better than any body what our people would
have to apprehend if they suffer themselves to
be vanquished," have echoed throughout the
empire.
The address from every cityt her majesty
the empress queen and regent, may have con-
WINGED yon that all France is disposed to make
every sacrifice commanded by glory ard the
fety nf H.. hor tnfqY -.
France knows what she owes to her sovcr
eign and o the honor OF throne sloriousiy es
tabi-hed, OF thronr which TO the palladium
Of her indenendencs & Of her existence as IA
II n. She is not ignorant Of the Let that would
b i.er, were She to succonb to the present
contest.
To save the country, to keep from its bosom
the lures OF war, 10 preserve our fine countr es
from coi.asgra;ion and pi;laEe, and to force our
eni.in;es TO rms OF an honorable peace, sue;
Is your wish, senator's, and such is also that of
all Frenchm.
France and ali Europe need peace and wish
It. bit the French want none but an honorable
peace. add worthy the glory we have acquired
and to obtain which, they are ready 10 dis
play a. much ardor to defend themselves, as
coalesc, Europe against them exercises in at
lacking them
The committee, therefore, propose the adop-
lion OF the project OF the senatus cons iltum.
"a The senate, by majority OF votes, approves
the seslatus consultuin.
Napoieon, by The grace Of God and of the
constitutions, emperor Of the French, King of
Italy, protector of the confederation of the
Rhine, mediator OF the Swiss confederation n,
&c. &c &c.
To all present and to come, greeting.
The Senate, after having head the orators
Of the council of state, has decreed and order
ed as follows:
Err racf from the Register ofthe Conser-
vafiys SeraTe, # Monday tic l5th
.VoU 1873.
The conservative senate, being met to the
number Of members prescribed by act 90 Of
the act Of the constitution Of Dec Is, 1899 !;
Considering that the enemy has invaded
the frontiers Of the empire on the side of the
PyreneeS and the n nth, that those OF the
Rhine and beyond the Alps are threatened /;
After having heard, upon he motives of
the project OF the sepetns tonsul,um, the
orators of the council eewtate, and the re-
port of the.special committee appointed at
the sittings8 the 18th inst. &c.
DEGREES.
AT I. Z hree hundred thousand conscripts,
taken rom the classes Of the year IL. 70 10,
IA, 1906, lfu7, aud the years following to
1914, inclusive, are put at the disposal OF the
Minister at war.
2. One inbred and fifty thousand shall
be levied without delay, to be immediately
put in activity.
= The remaining one hundred ard fifty
thousand niep shall be left in reserve TO be
levied in case the eastern frontier should be
invaded.
The conscripts who shall be levied within
che oath department. which, confof mably
20 the sehatus consultum, OF Aug. %, 1914,
have supplied the army Of Spain, shall fol
SOW the same destination.
VI 8. There shall he Termed armies OF reserve,
which shall be placed az Bordeaux, Mentz,
Turin and Utrecht ard at any other point
where they may be thought necessary to
guarantee the inyiolabiity OF the territory oS
The empire.
8 The consoripts married anterior to the
publication ofthe present senaus consultuir,
shall be excused from concurring III the for
snaticn e the contingent
s. The present senaius cCnsHltum shall be
transmitted by message to his majesty the
emperor End king.
d The President and secretaries.
CAMDAcEREs.
Singned Count Del APPARENT.
CoLcHKN.
Seen and sealed,
The Chancellor Of the senate,
Sigued.
Count LbPLAcR.
We command and order that these pre-,
scnts. inserted w the bulletin Of the laws, be
f,rJaFded 10 all the courts, tribunals and
administrative authorities, &c.
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