_ gagements. 
coc SDATE PAP ERS)“. 
quence dreadful and: repugnant: toi » 
informed) of: this state of things, 
theecommon interests of socievy. 
Anepursuing the developement of 
the declaration, at the conclusion’ 
ofthe, assertions. which. inculpate: 
the: progress and the whole of the 
operations.of ‘the present diet, are) 
found):particulan complaints: which 
betray: the stamp) of the same insi- 
dions insinuations that have aggra-: 
vated; the nature of them. . 
'The:sending of) an) extraordinary 
legation to, Turkey: is represented 
asihaving had for its:object an. of- 
fensiveileague against Russia. It is 
natorious that, this mission: had re- 
ference tothe same: period, and. to 
the:same: motives, as all the others: 
deereed: to the greater pare of the: 
courts: of) Europe, that of Peters 
burgh included. If the nomination: 
of thissiastewas) fruitless, the fault, 
itds well known, lay not with; go- 
verament. —The. common. object of : 
thesesmissions;was toomake known 
tovallythe courts, the spire and the: 
pacitieobject of the indispensable: 
operations of the diet, tending) sole- 
ly-to the amelioration of the: inter- 
nal government.—The same. spirit 
dietated:the instructions with which. 
Count Potocki was furnished for: 
Tairkeys) Tbe negotiations. into: 
whielx, be: afterwards entered were 
negpart of his original instructions, 
Being arrived at. Constantinople, 
heofound the Ottoman ministry. 
clearly disposed, not only to: renew 
anctovcultivate’ the; amicable: con- 
nexions with Poland, but evento 
addvto them -by more - positive: en- 
y Pressed as they were 
_ byrthe arms. of Russia, the Otto- 
+ mans would have been: glad toifind: 
ausefuldiversion in an-alliance with 
Poland: ‘They: accordingly: made) 
theirs advances, accompanied with) 
offérsithe: most seductive. 
hove 
343» 
-The states of the republic, being 
having) to: demand: the enjoyment 
of indulgences,’ the most important 
to commerce, founded on ancient 
treaties, did not think it adviseable 
to reject, by an absolute refusal, 
these: first. overtures, which opened 
/a-prospect of means and arrange- 
To! 
ment! advantageous to Poland. 
‘the mean itime, the instructions to! 
this effect, sent to the minister of ° 
the:republiec, were restricted by all’ 
‘the: reservations necessary to secure 
the interests of Poland, without 
compromising those of her neigh- 
bours.. Accordingly, the whole of: 
this negotiation, in. which the Ot" 
toman)' ministry shewed as much’ 
eagerness: to: draw’ the minister of 
the republic’ into their views as he ' 
opposed circumspection, offered ra- 
ther! proofs of regard for ber Ma- 
jesty the Empress, than just causes 
of complaint. — 
The circumstances of the evacu+ 
ation of the magazines and the 
Russian troops, set forth with aggra- 
vation» inthe declaration, will also 
appear tobe much softened, by 
recollecting the period’ to which it 
belongs. 
‘It was, in fact, that in which the 
republic saw herself at the eve of a 
crisis ‘which: might: long disturb. her 
internal tranquillity. Official re- 
ports from different’ parts of the 
kingdom, almost atthe same’ time, 
had announced the‘ indications of a: 
general dispasition, to revolt among 
the: peasants: of the Greek commu- 
nion, united and not united. »Soon 
after, multiplied advices confirmed 
the» successive unfolding of » this): 
baneful:germe-of sedition. ‘The im-=-! 
mivence of) the danger called for: 
ptomipt and vigorous measures: as. 
surances:were obtained, by the uni- 
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