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that, if no other proposition was 

 made to him, he would return lo 

 the Austrian head-quarters. In 

 fact, the court learned, that on the 

 27th of September, at three o'clock 

 in the afternoon, he had taken his 

 departure from Wurtzburgh. Thus 

 ended the negotiation which Austria 

 wished to enter upon, after it had 

 over-run the land of a peaceable 

 neighbour witli a numerous army. 

 This faithful representation puts 

 every man in a situation to judge of 

 the intentions of Austria respectinij 

 Bararia, and even to pronounce, 

 that there was nothing left to the 

 elector of Bavaria, but to throw 

 himself on the protection of the 

 emperor of France, against de- 

 mands, insulting at once to his army 



and the nation. Confidence in 



, God, in a generous ally, in a brave 

 |, army, and a faithful nation, ins-pires 

 courage in a just cause. — Heaven 

 will bless the Bavarian arms ! 



Memorial presented on the Part of 

 the French Government to the se- 

 terai Continental States^ on the 

 Antnixation of Genoa to the French 

 Empire. 



After many vain attempts of the 

 Genoese people to maintain the in- 

 dependent existence which France 

 had guaranteed them, already on 



■ the brink of destruction, they una- 

 nimously rcsojve upon the only 

 BiMsure left them for their preser- 

 vation ; they decree, in the most 

 solemn manner, their union with 



' the French empire, and earnestly 

 implore the emperor Napoleon to 



' receive them into the number of his 



faithful subjects, by a deputation, 



, the members of which were directed 



[ pot to leave Milan till they had, at 

 least, obtained a promise of Lis im> 



perial and royal majesty, that he 

 would comply with their desire. — 

 The most urgent motives induced all 

 the citizens of that republic to 

 make a proposal which entirely 

 changes their political situation; 

 Important reasons invited France 

 not to oppose this wish. All the 

 naval powers could not but favour 

 an union, which, without augment. 

 iug the continental strength of 

 France, enables her, for the benefit 

 of the commerce of all nations, to 

 avenge the maritime encroachments 

 and insults of England. Itmay not 

 be amiss to consider, in various 

 points of view, an occurrence which 

 will soon be placed in a false light 

 by the panegyrists of that govern- 

 ment by whose conduct it was ren, 

 dered irxlispensibly necessary. — The 

 senate and people of Genoa had 

 made various efforts to give them- 

 selves a constitution, but without 

 success. France herself had sin- 

 cerely wished that this state might 

 preserve its rank among the powers 

 of Europe. She had defended it 

 during the war; she had re-con- 

 quered it from Austria; she had en- 

 deavoured in various negotiations to 

 stipulate for its advantage ; she had 

 increased its territory, to afford it 

 new means of prosperity, and had 

 successively ceded to it the imperial 

 fiefs, the valley of Oneglia, Loano, 

 Serravalle, and other districts, in- 

 closed by its territory, which be- 

 longed to France, prevented a free 

 communication, and were injurious 

 to its trade. It is still fresh in the 

 memory of every one, that France, 

 alter she had, in the 8th year of the 

 republic, re-conquered Genoa and 

 her dependencies from the power 

 which had taken possession of them, 

 did not insist on those rights to 

 which she was entitled by this event. 

 She withstood the wish uttered eren 



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