The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-17

vain the nachiaval nauGuFres of naughty
Albion tried to weary sut your constaney
aud courage; you have astonished, by
multiplied prodigies Of valonr, the corrlpt
men who fattered themselves, in their
pride. thai they had only to present them
selves ia order to impose on you the yoke,
aud to carry you back again under the
feudal power; you answered to their sa-
crilegious cries Of duty and submission by
the sacred shouts of Liberty and the
Country toaise free or die, was your mot
TO IL always led you In HE path of glory I;
you lived, ystn enemies turned pale, and
fanaticism and fendality broke. their torch
es and their chains In the deadly despair Of
rage and death.
II would be most astonishing specta-
yon, at this day, the blind Instruments Of
tyranny against milton as great as ii is
generous, who, long the admirer OF your
virtues, has dared To march in your foot
steps Frenchmen, we run To you not as
enemies, bat AS brethren we are present
with you, and in arms. Who is there a
rnong you, ii he glories in the French
name, that does not shudder before he
thrnsts the murderous steel, which, to
whatever poirt it may be directed, must
smite free man
THE foreign powers efter having excr-
ted themselves 10 ciface your glory, which
they could only tarnish, dare to command
yon to shame and dishonor. Conuaerors
of Flenrus, Jena, Austertz, and Wagram,
will you suffer yourselves to be led by their
treacherous insBuatons7 VIII you seal
with your blood the infamy with which
they wish to cover you and the slavery of
all Europe VIII 5ou obey the voice of
tyrants To fight against your rights instead
Of defending them; and vii! you only en-.
ter into ranks to deal forth destruction and
death, when they are opened to you by
that ho'y liberty, which calls TO you from
theheight of the tr-colored standard that
waves upon the Pyrenean mourains, and
with which II hurns, tn overshadow once
more your noble foreheads, covered with
50 many honorable sears ?
"Braye men ofetery class of the French
army, who still preserve in your bosoms
spark Of the sacred FIRE, 1t is to you that
we make generous appeal embrace with
US the ma este cause of the nations against
d handful of oppressors the country, hon
or, and your own interest command it.
Come you will find in our ranks every
thing Which constitutes strength, and fellow
conntrymen and companions in arms who
swear TO defend, even to the last drop of
their bloed, their rights, liberty, aud na-
tional independence.
Fire la Liberte! Yire Napoleon II. !,
piDent1es BrdreS %
Grand Head Quarters qfthe .4rms of Free
men, upon he Pyrenean .iounta,ns, the
- duy'QC--, 1879.
MANIFESTO 80 THE FnFncR NATION.
FREHcHMEN The foreign powers
proclaimed in 1915, in the face Of Europe,
that they were armed only against Napo
leon, and that they were DESTROYS Of res.
pecting our independence, and the right
Wff'rh every patton has to choose for itself
government coliforned to its mauHcrs
and its interests.
Nevertheless, in despite Uf declara-
tlen so formal, the armed force Invaded
cnr territory, occupied oar capital, and I'M
posed upon us she law to adopt, without
choice, the government of Louis Pavitr
Stalnst4s of France. In consequence of
such an attempt upon the sovereignty Of
the nation, the vain shadow of Constitu-
ton WAS illegally given us, under the name
OF Constitutional Charter. aad the same
power which constrained Us to accept it,
has IN the sequel, openly neutra5cd all its
effects.
The hatred prcnodnced against Napo-
leon was only a pretcxt ofwhIch the Sore-
reghs OF Europe awaited themselves TO
va fh.I p,hi Of
the great nation was too mighty an obsta-
Gle TO the re-estdblishmentofthc gene,al sys-
TEN Of despotsm canvassed in the Cabinet
ii the Kings il was necessary 70 paralyze
It's action and the only mcans to accom-
pl'sh that point was first TO mslcad and
then to deceive and reduce it; upon these
bases already lna down, reposcd the
Grand Council OF the SoNercigus, under
tho name of the Holy Alliance, but which
cannot be- otherwise explained than by
these words: Coalition of tyrants against
nations. The invasion of Poland, that of
Italy, ard the calauities beneath which
Spain has groantd since the return Of Fer
dinand, threatened in its turn to BE- inya-
ded, are a consequence ef this principle.
For these rcaaona, considering the last
acts of the Chamber Of the Representa-
lives Of the French people, in the moath of
July, 1915?
Considering the law relative to the
rights of the Frtuch nation, of ,sr said
month, and the Constitution of tire State
which call Napoleon IL. 10 the throne of
FRANCE;
Considering the declaration of the
same Representatives, in the Sitting ofJu-
y 9Th, concerning the rights Of the French,
and the fundamental principles of their
Constitution, by which all the powers en-
ahate from the people, seeing that the
sovereignty of the people consists of the
union of tire rights ofail the citizens?