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

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tahied powers or the otherkand, h.
Esisting on this very condition, OILY y
rise right which its impa She tss
test to them, unless II be ma, ntsinesS
1.-THE most sacred conpacts cen be r;ra.
led, as suits the convenience Of eitrs,
1.-THE CONTRACTING parties.
Thence follows. that N,e viii ofs
ipeople Of France is t,y no m sars ,uafr..'
to re-establish. in a lacaisease, 9 s.r,
ment prescribed by :9ismn en-
ments which that very people entered
TO with all the powers Of Europe =.
that they cannot under any p.ete,t - !.
validity as against these powers n a
right Of recalling to the throne him w,0
Exclusion was a condition pre:insipsrv
|every pacific arrangement with Fran.
the wish af the French people, EVENT. !,
were fnIly ascertainsd, void net b. =.
less mill and OF 70 eject in regard 10 e.
rope towards re-estabiishing power
|gainst which all Europe tas been n
state Of permanent protest from he s,s|
of March, 1914. up to the 18th Ct Mani
1875; and in this view the rosiio, II
Bonapartc is precisely at this dav sh,,
it was at tire last mentioned periods.
SECOND QUESTION.
Should the offer to sa,~ti;a TIE Trcy.
Of Paris change the disposition ofe.I
Porers /?
France has had no reason 70 eompI,;,
of the treaty of Paris. THIS treaty 70
conciled France with Europe il satlssr3
all her true interests, secured all herr,
advantages, all the elements Of proSveritr
and glory, which people called to or.
of the first places in the European system
could reasonably desire, and only toay
from her that which was to her, undert.
decetful exterior Of great national eclst,
an inexhaustib!e source If suEelincs. If
ruin, and of misery. This treaty was E.
ven an immense benefit for a country. re.
dueed by the madness Of its chief to tie
most disastrous situation. ~
The allied powers would have BETRAYED
their interests and their duties, if as the
price Of so much moderation and genera.
|sity, they had not, on signing the treaty.
obtained some solid ADVANTAGE; but The
sole object of their ambition was The
peace of Europe and the happiness Of
France. Never in treating with Bonaparte
would they have consented to TIE con.
ditions which they granted to govern.
ment, which," while Offering TO Europs
pledge of security and stability, re.
lieved them from requiring from France
the guarantees which they bad demanded
under its former government" {5). Tbi,
clause is inseparsbls from the treaty d
Paris; to abolish it, is to break this treaty,
The formal consent of the French ration
to the return of Bonaparte to the throD:
would be equivalent to a declaration Of
war against Europe :for the state ofpeac:
did not exist between Europe and France
except by the treaty of Paris, and tie
treaty Of Paris is Incompatible with tbs
power Of Bonaparte.
If this reasoning had need Of furtI {,
support, it might be found in the very Of
fer of Bonaparte to ratify the treaty .!
Paris. This treaty had been scrupulouslE
observed and executed ; the traRsacti@:
of the congress Of Vienna were only il
supplements ard Developments; and
without the new attempt of bonaParts, II
would have been for a long series Of yesn
one of the bases Of the public right OF Eu
rope but THIS order of things has given
place to a new revolution & the agents
'of this revolution, although they p'oc'ain
necessarily " that (6) nothing has beer
changed," conceive and feel thsmsei'ei
that all is changed around them. ilt
questionis no longer the MAINTENANCE" 0
the treaty Of Paris, but the HsakinS q Z
afresh, The powers find Themselves
with respect to France, in the coad'tGI
in which they were on the slst OF MaFcA
1914. It is not to prevent war, 'e
France has in fact rekindled it, 1t u
terminate it that there now oRers itsei
to Europe state Of things essential!
different from that on which the pea''
|of 1914 was founded. Inc queS''n
then, has ceased to be a question . I.
political calculation and foresIS0'; i
which the powers have only to corsr,' !,
real interests of their people ahd w
common interest of Earcpe.
The committee thinks it may olsFs"s'
with entering here into an exposition :
the considerations which, uraer u, y.
last view, have directed the nessn'es !. y
he governments. 1t will be suae!sn' !; !
recall to notice, that the man FHo y
Cow Offering to sanction the treaty !"
Paris, pretends to substitute his slalS.