GENERAL HISTORY... 
on your journey.” . They pro- 
ceed to mention the maxims 
which he had announced as 
those by which the nation was in 
future to be governed. ‘ We 
are to have no foreign war, un- 
less to repel unjust aggression : 
no internal reaction: no arbi- 
trary acts. Personal security, pro- 
tection of property, the free ut- 
terance of thought, such are the 
principles which your Majesty 
has pledged to us.” To addresses 
like these Buonaparte was ob- 
liged at this juncture to return 
corresponding answers; consci- 
ous, without doubt, that the very 
necessity imposed on him of se- 
curing the new order of things 
by armies entirely at his devo- 
tion, would give him the power, 
if successful, of modifying his 
promises at his pleasure. It was 
probably for the purpose of ingra- 
tiating himself with the party 
attached to liberty, that he pub- 
lished a decree for the abolition 
of the slave-trade. 
The south of France continued 
for some time in a state of oppo- 
sition to the change of govern- 
ment. The Duke of Angouleme 
had repaired at the first alarm to 
Nismes. His Duchess went to 
Bourdeaux, which city, as the first 
place that had declared for the 
Bourbons, might be expected to 
be zealous in their cause. The 
prefect of the department of the 
Gironde published at Bourdeaux 
on March 25th an address to 
the inhabitants, in which he 
informed them that the de- 
partments of the south would 
form one government: under the 
command of the Duke of Angou- 
e; and this was seconded by 
wn address. to the volunteers of 
ol 
the national guard by the council- 
general of the department. Mar- 
seilles, Valence, and some other 
towns, also organized a small 
force to act in the royal cause. 
The attempt at Bourdeaux to ex- 
cite a spirit of resistance to the 
power of the usurper was soon 
brought to a close, notwithstand- 
ing all the exertions of the 
Duchess of Angouleme, who prov- 
ed that an almost ascetic devotion 
had not unfitted her from taking a 
very active and energetic part in 
supporting the interests of her fa- 
mily. After having in vain used 
every endeavour to rouse the 
courage of the officers who wore 
the white cockade, she said, ‘I 
see your fears, you are cowards; 
I absolve you from the oaths you 
have taken!” and turning her 
horse she rode away, and soon 
after, on April Ist, embarked on 
board of an English frigate. 
The Duke of Angouleme in the 
meantime had been trying his 
fortune in another part. On April 
2d his troops gained an advantage 
at the passage of the Drone, the 
consequence of which was the 
possession of Valence, and of 
the course of the Isere, On the 
3d he was informed that Nismes 
and Montpellier had raised the 
standard of revolt and that three 
generals were advancing against 
him, The national guards now 
began to quithim. He left Va- 
lence, and began his retreat, and 
he sent to General Gilly at Pont 
St. Esprit to propose a conven- 
tion for the liberty of passing with 
his corps. The convention was 
signed on the 8th, by which the 
royal army was disbanded, and 
the national guards who remain- 
ed were allowed to return to their 
