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HISTORY OF EUROPE, 
agting conformably to its princi- 
ples. 
The indifference testified on this 
and on some preceding occasions, at 
the successes of Buonaparte and his 
companions in arms, produced both 
in him and them a suspicion, that 
malevolent designs were harboured 
against the republic ; and that, not-. 
withstanding the warmth expressed 
by the numerous majority in its fa- 
your, a secret party was forming 
that consisted of men equally artful 
and persevering, who would em- 
ploy every possible method of de- 
preciating the services rendered ‘to 
it, and who were at the same time 
so thoroughly determined to effect 
their purposes, that no obstacles 
could weary out their patience in 
striving to compass them. 
From this persuasion of theircom- 
mander-in-chief and his officers, 
arose the repeated assurances of in- 
violable attachment and ‘fidelity to 
the existing government. They 
thought them necessary to impose a 
restraint upon its opposers, and to 
deter them from the attempts they 
might be meditating, by letting 
them see how resolutely and effec- 
tually they would be resisted. 
In order to conciliate the minds of 
all people to the republic, Buona- 
parte had been particularly solicit- 
ous, ever since his appointment to 
the supreme command of the French 
army in Italy, to distinguish him- 
self by a punctual observance of all 
those maxims, on which the zealous 
and sincere republicans chiefly 
prided themselves. He cautiously 
avoided al] ostentation, and in his 
* personal demeanor readily put him- 
self on a footing of perfect equality 
with all persons of decent situations 
in society, Hence he had made 
himself a number of friends, not 
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only among the French, but among 
the Italians, who had hitherto expe- 
rienced little of that condescension, 
especially from the Germans, who 
seldom studied to make their autho- 
rity acceptable among the natives, 
The French commanderueveromit- 
ted any opportunity of ingratiating 
himself either in his private or pub- 
lic intercourse, for either of which 
he was equally qualified, by hisedu- 
cation and the politeness of his 
manners. Theinfluence he had ac- 
quired, by these means, possibly was 
not inferior to that which he had ob- 
tained by hisexploits. These made 
him dreaded, but the others procu- - 
red him esteem and attachment. 
The solicitude he had manifested, 
in effecting and eonsolidating the 
foederal union between the repub- 
lics, of which he had encouraged 
the foundation, had, more than any 
other circumstance, raised his fame 
and credit among the Italian poli- 
ticians, who had long wished for 
the revival of such systems in their 
country, recollecting how much it 
had formerly flourished under them. 
In compliance with this disposi- 
tion, which was now become very 
general in Italy, and to give it every 
possible countenance and encourage 
ment, the French commander, while 
on the papal territories, availed him- 
self of that opportunity to take re- 
spectful notice of the little but an- 
cient commonwealth of St. Marino, 
situated in the duchy of Urbino. 
He deputed thither citizen Monge, 
one of the commissioners of arts, 
and a member of the national insti- 
tute, a man of genius and know- 
ledge. The commissioner made a 
speech to the people of St. Marino, 
which seemed to be intended as an 
address to all Italy, and indeed to all 
keurope. He observed that liberty, 
[C 3] which 
