Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-07-21
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I Ehe foNoWibS osStai~asss y. ~ "''~S'
: issued at the breaking OF OF the nego-
eia;icns q, Cas,iIlon about the middle
III March, We have seen frequently
aauaedto in The English paasrN ee,
the declaration itself We have never
there met with. II was publishes IN
3 Paris immediately AFTER the entry OF
the allies, aud sought after and read
with great Ay;aity We have lately
met With il in a Gle OF Paris papers
with which We have been oblig'nglF
furnished. End take the 6est opportu-
nifty 10 lssuscri5e it tor tue pubic ]
Fr: "a fAe " Jossaai dc psrss" If Sa.
rtsraGY, .dersl s.
DECLARATION.
The Allied powers eve il to them.
selves, 10 their subjects, and 10 France,
- announce pablicly,sat toe moment OF
the rupture OF the conferences a, Cha
tiiloa, TIE motives which have led them
10 cutter into nesoeasion snh the
Freach government, aud the causes OF
The rupture Of that nesocsstoa.
Military eSea,s, tor which the history
OF other times presents 40 parslie',over
threw, La the month OF Octoocr last, thu,
moas,rous clrfce eoalpsissd under the
denominaticn IL the French Empire 5
npllpc.a edssice, founded upon the ruin
of states once independent aud happy,
enlarged by PROVINCES torn from ancient
rnoRarchies. Supported at the price OF
ihe blood, the fortunes, aud the welfare
oi a whole generation.
Conducted by victory TO the bank OF
the Rhine, Toe allied soyereigns thought
il their daiy 70 declare anew TO Eurupe
the principles which form the basis Of
their allilnce, their wishes and their de
ierminauons Far from all views of am
bitten and conquest; animated by the
single desire OF seeing Europe re esta-
bsished upon just scJle OF proportion
among ;he powers; resolved not to lay
DOVE their arms until they bad attained
this noble object of their effortss the
manifested tse coDstancy Of their inten
tons by public act. and they did no
hesitate in The very face OF The hostile
government to explain then,el'es in a
sease contormaels TO their immuiable
resolution
The French government took adyan-
,aK,e of these free disclosures OF the al
lied courts to exhibit pacihc DISPOSE
tons. Ii was undoubtedly necessary
that il should borrow the semblance OF
such disposition 10 order to Justify in
tee eyes OF IT'S people the new efforts
which ii sill continued to demand of
them. Every thing, however proved to
the allied cabinets Il bad no design but
20 open an apparent negocia,ioD IN the
iope Of disposing the pubic opinion in
i,s favor, add that peace with Europe
was yet far t'om its thoughts.
The powers, penetrating its secret
views, resolved to conquer IN France
tiI4t peace wG,ch- was SO mucb desired.
M eerels ar.nies crossed the Rhine /;
Lasdly bad they passed the first barriers
when the minister of foreign relations
Of France presented himself at their ad-
ysnced posts.
Atlthe measures of tae French GO.
sernment had from that time no other
sohioct than TO give change to opinion,
Co hscinate the eyes oi the French peo-
pie, and 10 endeavor 10 throw upon the
allies The odiam of the evils inseparable
from war OF invasion.
The progress of events had at this
epoch, given to the allied courts know
ledge of the whole strength IT the Eu-
ropeab league. The principles whISn
presided ever the councils of the sove-
reigns from their first uniting for the
common$ssfety, had received their full
deyelopement there WAY now no ob
staels TO their declaring The condition
necessary To the re>estabhshment ct the
social edi6ce; these conditions ougb
not, after SO many victories, &c
form any obstacle TO peace. England
the only power called to throw into thr
balance compensations forF ance, could
announce in detail the sacrifices she wa
ready 10 make for general pacihcaion
The allied soyersigns might hope al
last thae the experience of what had re.
cen,iy passed, would have some inilu
enee upon a coaqueror who was an ob.
jeet OF the represches ola great nation
: aud s,tness for the FRS, time. in hi
very capital, OF the evils he bad brought
Upon France. This experience misGl
have taught him ,ha, the prese, yaiion Of
thrones is essentially connee'rd with
moderation and justice. However. the
allied sovereigns, convinced that the es
saythey were about to make, ought not
! TO puta stop 10 he course OF military
! operations, agreed that these opera,ians
shosid continoe during the negoii .tion;
the history of the past, and heir own Ia
tai experience had demonstrated 10
them the necessity OF this step Their
plefiposentiaries met that of the French