STATE PAPERS. 
SOLDIERS, you have precipi- 
tated yourselves like a torrent from 
the heights of the Appenines; you 
have routed and dispersed all who 
have opposed your progress : Pied- 
mont, delivered from Austrian ty- 
ranny, displays its natural senti- 
ments of peace and friendship for 
France. Milan is our’s, and the 
republican flag flies over all Lom- 
bardy. ‘Lhe dukes of Parma and 
Modena owe their political exist- 
ence to your generosity. The 
army that with so much pride 
threatened you, has no barrier of 
protection against your courage: 
the Po, the Tessin, the Adda, have 
been unable to stop you a single 
day ; those boasted bulwarks of 
Italy have been insufficient to de. 
lay your progress ; you have sur- 
mounted them as rapidly as you 
passed the Appenines. So mach 
success has carried joy to the bo- 
som of our country; your repre- 
sentatives have ordered a féte, 
dedicated to your victories, which « 
will be celebrated in all the com- 
munes of the republic. Your fa- 
thers, your mothers, your wives, 
your sisters, your lovers, will en- 
joy your success, and boast with 
pride that they belong to you. Yes, 
soldiers, you have done much; but 
does there remain nothing more to 
be done ? Though we have known 
how to vanenish, we have not 
known: how to profit of our yicto- 
ries. Postericy will’ reproach us 
with having terminated our course 
in Lombardy ; but already I see you 
run to arms; a slothful repose fa- 
tigues you. Let us depart! We 
have yet forced marches to make, 
enemies to subdue, laurels to ga- 
ther, injuries to revenge. Let 
those tremble who have whetted 
the poniards of civil warin France, 
Vout. XXXVIIL. 
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who have basely assassirlated our 
ministers, and burnt our ships at 
Toulon: the hour of vengeance 
and retribution is near at hand. 
But let the people remain tran- 
quil; we-are friends to all the peo. 
ple, and more particularly the de. 
scendants of Brutus, of Scipio, and 
the great men we have taken for 
our models. Re-establish the ca- 
pitol, and place there, with ho- 
nour, the statues of the heroes 
that rendered it celebrated; awa- 
ken the Roman people ; debased by 
many centuries of slavery; such 
will be the fruit of your vito. 
ries; they will form an. epoch 
for posterity ; you will have the 
immortal glory of changing the 
face of the finest country in Eu. 
The free French people, re- 
spected by the whole world, will 
give to Europe a glorious peace, 
which wiil indemnity them for the 
sacrifices they have made during six 
years; you will then return to your 
homes, and your fellow-citizens | 
will say, shewing you, this man was 
of the army of Italy, 
(Signed) 
The Deputies of the People of Albe, to 
Citizen Buonaparte, General in 
Chief of the French Army, to pron 
cure Liberty to Italy, 
BuoNAPARTE, 
Citizen General, 
LIKE Frenchmen we wish to be 
free. Yo live under no king or 
tyrant of any title. We wish for 
civil equality, and that the feudal 
monster should be thrown to the 
ground, 
For this purpose we have taken 
‘up arms at the approach of your 
victorious troops, and we come to 
implore your assistance, to break 
the chains which have for a long 
time retained us in bondage. 
R- Worn 
