Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-07-26

Iris. and BY the circumstances that ac-
Accompanied the first success OF his attempt
lon the throne of France ?
Q. Whether the offer to sanction the
.|treaty Of Paris, on the S1st Of May, 1914,
lean determine the powers to adopt a sys-
Item different from that which they an
-|nounced in the declaration of tue 18th
|, |of March ;
j 8. Whether it be necessary or proper
Ito publish a new declaration to confirm
. or modify that Of the 18th Of March 2
!. The committee have maturely examin-
, ed these questions, submits to the assem-
IDLY of plenipotentiaries the following &C.
.Icount of the result of its deliberations
! FIRST QUESTION.
4 Is the position Of Bonaparte in re-
lgard to the powers Of Europe altered by
the first success Of his enterprise, or by
the events which have passed since his
arrival in Paris ?"
/ The powers, informed of the landing
|of Boaaparte in France, could only see
lin him man who, by advancing on the
French territory with force and arms,
land with the avowed object of oyerturn-
ling the established government, by excit-
ling the people and the army to revolt a.
|gainst their lawful sovereign, and by u
|surping the title of emperor Of the French,
II(1) had incurred the penalties which all
'|legislationS pronounce against such out
'|rages--s man who, by abusing the good
faith of the sovereigns, had broken a So
Tenn treaty:--a man, in fine, who, by
recalling upon France, happy and tran.
jqu,l, all the scourges Of internal and ex-
Iternal war, and upon Europe, at mo-
iI.nent when the blessings Of peace must
have consoled her for her long suffsrings,
the sad necessity Of new general arma-
|ment, was justly regarded as The inpla-.
cable enemy of public welfare. Such was
the origin, such were the grounds Of the
declaration Of the 18th of March; de-
claration of which the justice and neces-
;|sity have been universally acknowledged,
land which general opinion has sanction
led.
! The events which conducted Bona
parte to Paris, and restored to him for
! the moment the exercise OF supreme power
have, doubtless in fact, altered the posi-
ten inf which he was at the period of his
entering France; but these events, bro't
on by criminal collision, by military
censpiracies, by revolving treasons, can
create no right; they are absolutely null
in legal point of view; and in order to
the position of Bonaparte being essential
lily and legitimately altered, it would be
necessary that the steps which he has
taken to establish himself on the ruins Of
the government overturned by him, should
have been confirmed by some legal IT,
tile.
! Bonanarte lays it down in his publica-
|tions, that the wishes of tie French ma
ton in favor of his re-establishmept or
1.-THE throne, suffice to constitute this legal
little.
1 The questions fer the powers. to eya-
Iinine may be stated as fellows :.-Can
the consent, real or fictitious, explicit
Tor tacit. Of the French nation, to TIE re-
establishment Of Boraparte's power. ore
rate legal change in the position Of the
Halter, in regard to foreign powers, and
form title obligatory on these powers?
| The committee are of opinion tfat such
|canDot by any means be the effect of
|sach consent: and the following are their
reasons
| The powers know too well the prin-
Iciples which ought to guide them in their
relations with an indel eudent country,
Ito attempt las it is endeavored to accuse
them) $ to impose upon it its laws, to
interfere in its internal affairs, topre-
scribe to it form of government, to give
lit masters according to the interests or
passions of its neighbors. (S) But they
also know that the liberty Of a nation TO
change its system of government must
have its just limits, and that if foreign
Ipowers have not the right to prescribe to
lit the exercise which 1t shall make of
that liberty, they have at least indubita-
IDLY the right Of protesting against the a.
Ibuse which it may make Of II at their ex-
, pence. Impressed with this principle,
1.-THE powers do not deem themselves au-
|thorised TO impose government on
France but they will never renounce
1.-THE right of preventing the establishment
lin France of focus of disorders and OF
lsubversions to other states, under the tt
+ tile of a government. They will respect
1.-THE liberty of France in every way in
(which it shall not be Incompatible with