STATE PAPERS. 
constituents.Ipray youto bear with 
you theexpressions of my sanguine 
hope, that the peace which has 
been just declared will not only be 
the foundation ofthe most friendly 
intercourse between the United 
States and Great Britain, but that 
it will also be productive of hap- 
piness and harmony in every sec- 
tion of our beloved country. 
‘The influence of your precepts 
and example must be every where 
powerful; and while we accord 
in grateful acknowledgments for 
the protection which Providence 
has bestowed upon us, let us never 
cease toinculcate obedience to the 
laws, and fidelity to the union, as 
constituting the palladium of the 
national independence and pros- 
perity. 
Jamrs Mapison. 
Washington, Feb. 
18, 1815. 
Bay of Juan, March 1, 1815. 
Napoleon, by the grace of God 
and the constitution of the 
Empire, Emperor of the French, 
&c. &c. &e. 
TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE, 
Frenchmen !—The defection of 
the Duke of Castiglione delivered 
up Lyons, without defence, to 
our enemies, the army of which 
I confided to him the command, 
was, by the number of its bat- 
talions, the bravery and patriotism 
of the troops which composed it, 
fully able to beat the Austrian 
corps opposed to it, and to get 
into the rear of the left wing of 
the enemy’s army, which threat- 
ened Paris. 
The victories of Champ Aubert, 
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of Montmirail, of Chateau Thierry, 
of Vauchamp, of Mormans, of 
Montereau, of Craone, of Rheims, 
of Arcy-sur-Aube, and of St. Di- 
zier ; the rising of the brave peas 
sants of Lorraine, of Champagne, 
of Alsace, of Franche Comte, and 
of Bourgoin, and the position 
which I had taken on the rear of 
the enemy’s army, by separating 
it from its magazines, from its 
parks of reserve, from its convoys 
and all its equipages, had placedit 
in a desperate situation., The 
French were never on the point 
of being more powerful, and the 
flower of the enemy’s army, was 
lost without resource: it would 
have found its grave in those vast 
countries which it had mercilessly 
ravaged, when the treason of the 
Duke of Ragusagave up the capital 
and disorganized the army. The 
unexpected conduct of those two 
Generals who betrayed at once 
their country, their Prince, and 
their benefactor, changed the des- 
tiny of the war. The disastrous 
situation of the enemy was such, 
that at the conclusion of the affair 
which took place before Paris, it 
was without ammunition, on ac- 
count of its separation from its 
parks of reserve. 
Under these new and important 
circumstances, my heart was rent, 
but my soul remained unshaken. 
I consulted only the interest of 
the country. I exiled myself ona 
rock in the middle of the sea. My 
life was, and ought to be, still 
useful to. you. I did not permit 
the great number of citizens, who 
wished to accompany me, to par- 
take my lot. I thought their pre- 
sence useful to France; and I took 
with me only a handful of brave 
men, necessary for my guard. | 
