Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-05-29

restoring tranquility to Eurose
that state of things, he hop d pttf rs sl9
was prepared to take prop mn Me nass
reservipg its judgement on har; sasares
siderations till they were re,ular1 vF Con.
municated to it. By optinss CON- q.
course, he fattered himself that this
bors of their deliberations would VT be Ia.
siderably abridged. lie con.idero 1e Con.
ever, that he should not discAaroes bb; H.
ty, if he was not to take that o C. mis o'.
submitting to the house some fartIal'nd
siderations, and to relieve both tla er con.
the public from many misrerreseptaa,.:a aid
and delusions, as to the causes ~ st:
had placed Europe in its present cs winch
stances. 1t had been thought tb bn'a n
arrangement at Fontainbleaa was ' IT.. Inc
out of pure generosity to an enem maae
/ the power of the allies: and that n" IN
sideration of policy influenced Their =; con- 9
eisions, which was attributed to - s ue'
counsels. This was the opinion If 's .
greater Part of the persons with wb VI 'le
had conversed on that subject, uI le
conceived the allies had acted uny;' nno
and improvidently in granting from mel
ciples of generosity an asylum to R "'a'
parte in the Island of Elba which he ~.'
liable to abuse. 1t was no reprca,b It rs
the custom of mankind that their Quincy; n -
should be Influenced by their Interests
but instead of imputing to those who W..
responsible for the treaty outainb sa'
any breach of engagement thew shonIS
attribute the recent events to the conduct
OF that man who had a thorough contemrt
for all treaties and engagements (Hsor
hear. He felt he had SO fallen IN II,
scale of human characters, thsthe SET
nought all arguments, and placed him.
self on the only pedestal on which h.
wished to stand-the pedestal of author.
ty, by whicht he hoped to sublusate all
mankind to his will, and impiously ven.
tured to call himself, by the grace of
God, Emperor of the French. CLAIMING
to himself an unlimited monarchy, not at
all impaired by those treaties into which
lie had entered. He did not return IN.
on a new summons, but.upon that broad
principle of right arising out of his for.
mer authority. Whatever danger might
arise from the present situation Of affairs,
he, for one, could not regret, that all
those who bad acted together in the
public cause, could only be accused Of an
excess of Difference of the feelings Of the
French people, and a great desire #
conciliation. Ifthey had been guilty of
error, it was on the side Of national gene.
rosity, and that was an error which he
conceived a British Parliament would
not lightly condemn. He conceived that
the French, as well as every other nation,
was entitled to expect generous treat
ment from US, unless they should volun-
tariIy place themselves in such situation
that We would not be generous to them
without being unjust to ourselves
France could, not now suppose, that
tie nations of Europe had any deliberate
wish either to injure her or to do any
unsracious act revolving to her feelings.
-he was allowed to preserve her ancient
limits, and her boundaries were in some
points extended. Whatever might Lave
been the rights which the war had given
tie Allies, no srevious military contrlbu-
ton as imposed upon France. Every
thing Lad teen done to conclliate the
Frelch ration: aud in orGer TO soothe
their feelings vEicl Ii ust Lave been woun--
ded by tie presence q al loshle army,
taey were ever suffered to retain tEose
monun ents Of tie arts, which were tie
signs of their tormer triumpEs, AID which
they Lad obtained from tie llundero oil o.
ther countries"
LONDON. April 6.
This day we received a large supply
of Brussels papers to TIE so inclusive
From tie subjoined extracts it VIII De