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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 [No. r 8.