Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-10-21

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L have the honor to be, with the high
est considerations, Mr.. President, you
excellency's most ebeaient humble ser
want,
{signed)
DAUXl0N LAVAYssE.
Translated for the ~ York Columbian
Report to the King on the internal situa.
ton of France, Gu the Relations wi til
Foreign Armies with respect to Order
and Pacilication-by the Minister OF
General Police.
SRE-The ravages of France are al
their height, the allied powers destroy
and devastate her, as if we had neither
peace nor accommodation to hope for
The inhabitants are flying before licen-
tious troops; the forests are filled with
the wretched, who run there to seek out
a last asylum-the haryests are about to
perish On the fields-despair will soon
hearken no longer to the voice of any
authoritv-ahd this war, undertaken to
assure the triumph Of moderation Il JUS
tee, will equal the barbarity of those la
inevitable & most cruel insasions, whose
history cannot be recolleeted without
horror.
The allied powers have proclaimed
their doctrine too loudly for us possibly
to doubt their magnanimityi What be-
nefit can be drawn from so many use
less caIamities I? Is there no moreb onds
Of laith between nations /? Would they
retard the reconciliation of Europe witt
France One Of the views Of the sove-
reiens would appear 10 be to strengthen
your majesty's government, and its au-
thoriiy is increasingly compromised by
the state ofimpotence to which they have
reducal it. Its power is even render e;
o,lious Nv the evils of which il seems II
be the Sccemplicc, because it cannot
hinder them. Your majesty signed tn,
treaty of May 25, rs an ally, and wa
is waged against you in a manner tn.
most direct.
The soyerefsns know the state OF
knowledge in France; no reasoning, n,
species of defect, nD kind of incense
quences escapes the penetration Of Thu
people--aIthough humbled by necessit,
they yield to it with courage. Has MT
your majesty performed for the intere I
of the powers and for peace whatever de-
pended on your efiGrts Bonaparte has
been not only disposscssed, but is in the
hands of the allies; his family too ar,
in their power, since they are on their
territory. The chambers have been dis
solved, and speedily there will be none
i'm public functions but friends of peace
and duty. The Bonapartists were fear
ed, though none of them can be DANCE
|rous any more-your majesty, in the
mean tune, have granted every thing OIL
this point which the executive could re-
Iquire!
If, having conquered France, it be
pretended that it yet remains to punisI
her, this language, which ought not t.
be listenedlfo atter~the promises of the
should exact serious deli
beration on all its.consequences. Whers
fore should they punish usl Is it Tor
'ns to expiatc the ambition of a singh
man !? the evils which il has produced !
were its first victiIns--we have deliver
ed Europe from it twice. Ills not IL
foreign countries, it is in France, that
terror always troubled his rerose, aad IN
spite of his power he could never rendel
the war national: instruments are not
accessories and who is ignorant tha'
he who exercises despotic power always
ipds in the multitude force sufiicienl
to make him be obeyeds We are X !
preached with his successes. They re-
ialiatc sufficiently by our reyerses.-
What image brought the news of victory
to France if it is not that of the con
scriptions, which the sword OF war went
to reap anew? We have saved ourselves
like all Europe, by the same woes ant
misfer,unes.
The army has submitted to your ma
jesty, but it still exists. We ought t,
explain ourselves with frankness Oh this
head; while the army exists it can bel
attached Only to pacifcation and publici