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it mow added Romagna, for the 
purpose of forming a larger com- 
monwealth, and assented to the pe- 
tition of the people of the Milanese, 
and the other districts of Lombardy, 
who were eager to follow that ex- 
ample, by framing a republican 
compact on a similar plan, 
The union of interests, which 
would, for many years, indissolubly 
connect these two republics, was 
the best security that they would 
__ make acommon cause against the 
__ festoration of either the Austrian or 
_ the papal power ; both which were 
equally inimical to their newly ac- 
No opportunity of reducing them to 
their former yoke. The French go- 
vernment, having resolyed to ac- 
cede to no pacification that. should 
~ replace these countries in the pos- 
session of two such inveterate ene- 
mies as Rome and Austria, was 
_ "equally studious to enable them, by 
proper arrangements among them- 
selves, to. acquire a degree of 
strength. sufficient to maintain the 
_ fepublican government they had 
- erected, against the efforts which 
' would be made to subvert it by 
any Italian power. ‘The population 
_ ofthe countries on the north and 
“weards of four millions. This was 
amply adequate to their defence 
against, their neighbours, without 
e requiring the assistance of France, 
__ which would only be needed to pro- 
iS 
Cara . 
oy fe republics, was computed at up- 
~ tect them from the hostile designs of 
Austria; and in this case they would 
shortly be in a condition to co- 
Sprrete effectually in resisting them. 
us the influence of France, in 
Italy, would henceforth be esta- 
blished on the surest foundation, the 
HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
quired Jiberties, and would neglect ' 
“south of the Po, that composed the ° 
‘French government. 
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necessity of adhering faithfully to it 
by those states that depend on it for 
their preservation. 
In addition to these measures, 
others were taken, not less condu- 
cive to remove the charge of inhu- 
manity against the French govern 
ment, than to prove of utility to it 
in other respects among the Italians. 
As the. laws enacted in France 
against the refractory clergy,though 
condemning, them to banishment, 
did not forbid their residence in the 
countries conquered by the French, 
Buonaparte, who sought upon all 
occasions to adopt measures of 
lenity, availed himself of the pow- 
ers with which he was invested, to 
issue a proclamation in favour of 
these exiles.’ Herein he granted 
them a formal permission to reside in 
those parts of the pope’s domi- 
nions, that had been subdued by the 
armies of the republic. The French 
troops were strictly forbidden to ill- 
use, or insult them, and the inhabi- 
tants. of the country of all descrip- 
tions were laid under the-same re- 
strictions. These refugees were‘to 
be provided with all the necessaries 
of life, at the expence of the con- 
vents appointed for their residence. 
They were in return enjoined to 
take an oath of fidelity to the 
This per 
mission extended not only to those 
emigrant clergymen who’ had al- 
ready taken refuge in the papal ter- 
ritoties occupied by the republic, 
but also tothose remainingin France, 
that were desirous of availing thems 
selves of the like indulgence. 
This regulation was highly con- 
ciliatory to those numbers of eccle- 
siastics, who, though disapproving 
of the changes effected in politics 
and religious affairs in France, still 
cCoy could 
