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THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
Vol. n.j
GEORGIA. LOUISVILLE: PUblithtd every Tuefday, by AMBROSE DAY, at 3 dollars pc. a„n. payable hall ycatly.
LONDOV, January 6-
(Puhltfhed hy Authority )
Letters from the minifter of
foreign affairs in France, and
from gener! Buonaparte, wi f h
the anfwers to them bv the right
honorable lord Grenville, his
majefty’s principal fecrefary of
Rate for foreign affairs.
translation.
My lord,
I difpatch, by order of gene
ral Buonaparte, firfl conful of
the French Republic, a meflen
ger to 1 ondon : he is the bearer
of a letter fiom the frrfl conful
of the Republic to his majefty
the king of England I requefl
you to give the neccfLry orders
that he may be enabled to deli
ver it dire&ly into your own
hands. This ftep, in itfelf,
announces the importance of its
objedt.
Accept, my lord, the aftu
rance of my highcfl confidera
lion.
Ch. Mait. Tali eyr and.
Pans, the §lh Aivofe , B th year of
the French Republic, Dec , 25,
1799 ‘ u - *
TRANS ATtON.
French Repub'ic—Sovereignty
of the People—Liberty—
Equality.
Buonaparte, fin ft conful of the
repub ic, to his majefty the
king of Gieat-B itain and
Ireland.
Paris, th' §th Nivfe, B th year of
the Republic
Called by the wifhes of the
French nation to occupy the frrfl
iflagiftracy of the republic, I
think it proper on entering into
office, to make a dire6l com
munication of it to your rnajef
ty. '
The war which for eight years
ravaged the four quarters of
the world, mull it be eternal ?
Are there no means of coming
to an undemanding ?
How canthe two moftenhght
fned nations of power
ul and flrong bevond what their
ifrv and independence require,
bn 1 fice to ideas of vain great-
? e s, the benefits of commerce
internal profperity, and the h .pi
pmefs of families ? How is it
that they do not feel that peace
is 0 the firfl neceffity, as well
s of the firit glory ?
Thefe fentiments cannot be
nreign to the heart of your ma-
J -V, who reigns over a free
0 c 10n ’ w *tl 1 the foie view
° rendering it happy.
'onr majefty will only fee in
I >ne C fe^o y! C r
I ?^ihcati on by * 'ftep* fp^dy,
U E S D A Y, Mar c h 11, ißoo,
— pfason and truth imparii ,l uu.Dt. rm wat
entirely of confidence, and dif
engaged from thofe forms which,
neceflary perhaps rod.fguife th«
dependence of weak fl ues, prove
only in thole which are flrong
the mutual defirc of deceiving
each other.
France and England, by the
abufe of their (Length. may
flill, for a long tin r, for the
misfortune of all nations retard
(he period of their being ex
haufled But I will v< nture to
fay it, the fate of all civilized
nations is attached to the termi
nation of a w r which invokes
the whole woild.
Of vout majeflv,
BUON 'PARTE
Doxvning-Jlreet Jan 4, 1800.
Siv, .
Ih ve received and laid before
the king the two Ict'cis which
you have tranfmirted to me, and
his majefty feeing no realon to j
depart from thofe forms which |
have long been eflabltfhed in I
Europe for tranlaFling bufinefs
with foreign flates, has com
manded me to return in his!
name, the official anfwer which 1
1 |
1 fend you herewith cri< loled.
I have the honor to be with
high confider non fit, your
mofl obedient humble lervant, j
GRKNVII IV, |
To the mint per for foreign affairs, \
&c at Pari.,
NOTE.
The king has given frequent
proofs of his finccre defire for
the rc-cfkbiifhmenl of ‘ecurc
and pefmanent tranq ility in
Europe, He H« tther is, nor has
been engaged in any confefl for
a vain and falle glory He has
had no other view than th t of
maintaining, againft all aggref
fron, the rights and happmefs
of his lubjeds.
For thefe he has contended
ag •inft an unprovoked ttack ;
' and for the fame objed he is
1 flill obliged to certend; ro»
'can he hope that this nerefli-y
; could be removed by entering,
at v e prefent momen r , intone
gociation with thofe wh< m a
frelh icvolution has fo recently
placed in the exercifr of power
in France. Since no real ad
vantage can aiife from loch ne
gotiation to the great and defir
able obj<d of general peace,
until it (hall diltindly ap ( ear
that thole caufes have ceafed to
operte, which originally pro
duced the war, and by which it
has fince been protracted. and,
in more than one inftancc re
newed |
The fame fyflem, to the pre
valence of wlrch France juflly
aferibes all her prefent mifcncs,
is that which has aifo involved.
the reft of Europe in a long and
deflnrdive warfare, rf a nature
long fince unknown to the pi r
tier of civilized nations.
For the extenfion Of this <y(.
f em, and fnr the c xtrrm rat on
of all eftabhfh d governmen s,
the rcfources of ’-fanrt h.*ving
from year to year, and in the
midfl of the mofl unpar 11< led
diflrefs, been lavifhed and ex
haufred. 1 o this indifrrimma e
fpint of deftrudion the Nether
lands the United Provinces,
the Swifs Canrcns, (his majefh V
ancient friends and allies] have
lu n rien ly been factifrced. Ger
many has been ravaged : Italy,
though now relcued from its in
vaders, has been made the fccne
of unbounded rapine and anar
chy His majefly has himlclf
been compelled to maintain an
arduous and burrht nfome con
tefl fdr (he indtpendefnc and
cxift< nee Of his kingdoms.
Nor havethefe raLrniticsbeen
confined to Fuiopc alone : they
l ave been extended to the mofl
diftanr quatte s of the world,
and even to countries fo remote
both in (ituaion and m’eicfts
from the prr Tent conteft, chat
the very cxiftence of fucb a war
was perhaps unknown to thole
who found tl emftlves fuddeniy
involved in all its honors.
While fuch a fyflem continues
to prev il. and while the blood
and of a numcious ano
powerful nation tan be lavfffied
in its lupport, expciicnce has
fhewn that no defence hut that
of ( pen and hoflility can
be availing Ihe mofl fokmn
tieaties on<y prepared tb<
way foi frefh aggnfhon; and it
is to a determined refiflance
alone that k now due whatever
remains in Europe of (lability
for prbpeitv, for peifonal liber
ty for focial older, or for the
Fee exercife of icligion.
For the ferurity, therefore
of thefe efkmial obje£fs, his
majefty cannot place hn reliance
on the rrieie re» ewal of general
profi ffionsof pacificHirpofnions.
Such proleffions have been re
p-eatedly held out bv all thoh
who have diredfed
the refources of France to th
of hu-ope ; and
whom the prelenr iulers have
declared to have hern all. from
the beginning and u» ifoimly.
incapable of main'a nmg the
relation s of amity and peace.
Greatly, indeed, will his ma
jefty rejoice, whenever it (ha I
appear that the danger to which
his own dominions, and thole
of his al ie> have been fo h'ng
expolcd has re]ly ceafed ;
whenever he ffia’l be faikfttd
that the cecedity of ichflancc
’* lan rr d : th t after the ex
fr rrcr o* fo mart V c fs of
rmu s and tnifo? ifs. better pur.
\ h* s Have u'fimatelv P‘cvailcd
m Fra» rr ; and that all the gj
g n ir projrft of ,>mb'fion, and
all th- t> ftlrfs fchmeof de
finition which have endangered
the v ry exiflmce of nv*l fori
et\, have a length been finally
r < hrepiifbed !——But 'he cnnvic
tion of furh a change, however
agreeable to hi* majf fly's nifties,
can refu t only ftCm t xpeiierce,
and fiom the evidence of fnfls.
T be ft and rt oO natural
pledge of its redity and perma
nence, wou’d be the reHoration
of that I ne of prince 5 which for
fo many ccnfnrie.s maintained
the French nation in piofpcrify
at home and in confidfation
and re fpr abroad : fuch m
event would at once h ive rr mo
veri, and II at any time remove
all ol fl c cs in the wav of ne
g' cianon o> peace. t would
ronfi m to France the unrm U ft-
enjoym< nr of its anci< nt tcr
rimry ; and it would give in all
the ofhei nations in (mope, in
rranqmhrjf and peace, that (ecu
rt\ which they are now rc in
pelled to let k bv othe means.
Hut d- finable luch .in event
n ull b. , bo h to Frame and to
the woild, if is nor to this mode
eX( lufively ti nt his majefty b
mils the poffibility of f«ctre and
(olid j: ion. FI is majt fly
makes no cam (o preferiK to
Fiance what (hall be fie form
of her g< verm efu, or in whole
hands lie (hall u /I»he authoriiy
necr (Fa y for r < rrdnflinfy the af
fairs of a great and powciful
naticn.
Mis majtfly looks or ly to the
fecmiiy of his own don in ions
ard tho e of his allies, ai d to
the general lafety < f * urope.
Whenever he (hall judge that
fuch lefuriry c n in anv manner
he attained, as refultmg ei her
from the interral firuation of
th t coi nin’, f»om whofe inter
nal fi'ua inn th' danger has
•ibn, o* fn m Inch other ri cum
fl nces of whatever nau*< as
may procure tl e fan e end.
His rmjefly will eagerly * rnbrace
ti e opj o tunny to corner' w ith
his allies the me ns ( f immedi- i
aic and g ntral pacificatipn.
I nhappify no ijtjch fecuiitv
hitherto « xi(J> * no. uffitient
evidence of the prirciplo by
which the new government.will .
hr din hied ; no reafonablc
♦ ■
greu nd by winch to judge of its
(lability. In this ft uanon ic
can for the p'fTent » nlv remain
for his thfy fly to pu fne, in
coryunftiSn tilth other powers,'*
'hole pxemons of 711 ft and de
fer! five raf, Wtrh his regard to
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