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State of PuhUc Main m OHoler 1S05. 



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Inip<?rial Majefty has conduOed himfelf on 

 the firft departure of the French Republic 

 from that treaty, in refpeft to the concerns 

 of the other Republics, While thefe changes 

 were alcribcd to the neceffity of fecuring 

 from all danger the difclofure of the plans for 

 'the reftoration of monarchial government in 

 France, his Mjjefty made Jio difficulty to re- 

 cognize the ftace of things which, towards 

 the end of the year 1802, was eftablilhed in 

 I'aly. His Majeity's confidence in the views 

 of the Firft Conful w.is coufirmed by the 

 obligations wliich the latter owed to the Ita- 

 lian Republic in his character of Hrefident, 

 by his frequent and folemn alTurances, before 

 and after his elevation to the Imp::rial dig- 

 nity, that he was far from entertaining any 

 plans of farther aggrandifcment or of en- 

 croichment on the independence of the Ita- 

 lian States ; — in fine, by the pledges which 

 he had given to the Emperor of Rullia, par- 

 ticularly with refpeft to the indemnification 

 of the King of Sardinia, and the general ar- 

 rungelticnt of the affairs of Italy. 



'* All thefe confidcrations concurred in ex- 

 citing and cheri(bing in his Majefty's bofom 

 C+ie hope that the confolidafion of the new 

 Empire of the French wuuld fpeedily bring 

 back the policy and proceeoings of govern- 

 ment to a fyftem of deportment compatible 

 with the balance of power and the fafety of 

 Europe, and fome time after, when the firit 

 reports of new me.litated changes in the States 

 of Lonib.irdy, induced the ambadador from 

 the Court of Vienna, at l-'aris, to demand ex- 

 phnalions upon this fubjccfl; his Majcfty, 

 by the official aflarance conmiunicated in the 

 name of the Emperor Napoleon, was con. 

 firmed in his hopes that the Italian Republic 

 would net be united with France, and that 

 1,0 innovation fhould take place which might 

 prove injurious to its political independence. 



" His Majcity the Emperor of ihc French 

 had made a pacific overture to the King of 

 J.ngland, in terms wliich pretended to pre- 

 clude the latter from the right of taking any 

 concern in the import mt intetefls of the con- 

 tinent. This re:iri£tion, combined with the 

 relations exiiling between the King of £»;;- 

 land and the Court of St. Peterlburgh, in- 

 duced his Britannic Majtfty to have rscourfe 

 to the mediation of his MajeOy the Emperor 

 0/ Ruflia. Notwilhllanding the fufpenfion of 

 all ofhcial relations with France, his Majefty 

 did not hcfitaie to employ his mediation, to 

 difpatch an ambalTadcr for that purpcfe, and 

 to make application to the fovcrtign of France 

 Co furnifh him with palVports. 



'' The hopes, however, to which th'.fe pa- 

 clfit fteps gave birth, fpeedily vaniOieJ. At 

 the very momenC when the rtquiruc p.ilFjJC/rts 

 Were tranfmitted to the Rullian negociator, 

 to enable him to proceed en his journey to 

 France, frerti aitacks were made on the poli- 

 Acal exifteiiceuf other independent btates in 

 Italy. From that inllant the Emperor Alex- 

 andi;r conc^ivgd tUaC Ikii charadtvi muft have 



been compromifed as a mediator. On the 

 other hand French armies were rapijl;,- alTem- 

 bled in Italy, without any regard to the pro- 

 mifes given that no military preparations 

 fliould take place in that country. An en- 

 campment of thirty thoufand men in the 

 plain of Marengo was fpeedily followed by 

 another encampment of forty thoufand men 

 on the frontiers of the Tyrol and Auftro- 

 Venetian provinces. His Majefty thus found 

 himfelf under the neceffity of providing, 

 without delay, for his own fafety. He was 

 now convinced that his pacific, friendly, and 

 moderate fentimen's were not met by fufh 

 fentiments on the part of his Majcfiy the Em- 

 peror of the French, as to pcrn.it him any 

 longer to negle£l taking the necefljry mea- 

 fures for afierting his juft ri;;hts, and main- 

 taining the dignity of his empire. 



" 'I'his is the cuife of his prefenC arnja- 

 ment The fame di.'"pofi:ions, however, 

 which made his Majefty fo anxious to avuid a 

 recurrence to fuch meafures, have alfo deter- 

 mined their precife objeft. The Emperor 

 arms not with hoftile views j he arms not to 

 operate a diverfijn againft a landing in Eng- 

 land. Befides, the execution of this dcfcent, 

 after two years menaces, does not feem to be 

 exaiSlv calculated for the moment when France 

 provokes Auftria and Ruflia, by ehterprizes 

 which have no relation whatever to the quar- 

 rel with Great Britain. The Emperor arms 

 for the maintenance of the peace exifting be- 

 tween him and France. He arms for the 

 rr.aintenance of thofe pacific ftipulations with- 

 out which his peace would become illufory, 

 and to attain that juft equipoil'e whi;h de- 

 pends on the moderation of all the powers 

 interefted, and which is calculated to fecure 

 the balance and the permanent tranquillity 

 of Europe. 



" The ftep by which his Majefty has at 

 the fame time invited ail the courts intereft- 

 ed to renew the negotiations which have been 

 broken oft", is direfled to the fame objedt.— . 

 The unexpected rejeflion which his interpo- 

 fition has experienced en the part of his IA3.- 

 jefty the Emperor of the French, does not 

 prevent him fronj renewing that invitation. 



" He has been more fortunate in his ap- 

 }>Iication to the Emperor Alexander. This 

 monarch, who fills lo honourable and diftin- 

 guiftied a place in the fenate of the powers of 

 Europe, whofc equality and general profpe- 

 rity form the objctt of his conftant folici- 

 tude, teftifies in the anfwer which he has 

 tranfmitted, and which is here annexed 

 [^■'idefupra^, a fimilar wiih with that of his 

 Majefty, for the conclufion of a juft and mo- 

 derate arrangement. He is alio convinced of 

 the necefiity of an eventful armaiueiit ; and, 

 on account of the diftance which he ha* to 

 pafs, in order to fupport the ciufe of juftice 

 and the iliue of his moderation, he feels it 

 to be liis duty to caufe a part of his troop« to 

 advance, for the purpofe of conferring 011 

 the faid ms^i<»UM> all the jtnporunce and all 

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