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DECLARATION, 
The Powers who have signed 
the treaty of Paris, assembled in 
Congress at Vienna, being in- 
formed of the escape of Napoleon 
Buonaparte, and of his entrance 
into France with an armed. force, 
ewe it to their own dignity and 
the imterest of social order, to 
make a solemn declaration of the 
sentiments which this event has 
exeited in them. 
By thus breaking the conven- 
tion which established him im the 
Island of Elba, Buonaparte de- 
stroys theonly legal title on which 
his existence depended : by ap- 
pearing again in France with pro- 
jects, of confusion and disorder, 
he has deprived himself of the 
protection of the law, and has 
manifested to the universe, that 
there ean be neither peace nor 
truce with him. The Powers 
consequently declare, that. Napo- 
leon Buonaparte has placed him- 
self without the pale of civil and 
social relations, and that as an 
enemy and disturber of the tran- 
quillity of the world, he has ren- 
dered, himself liable to, public 
wengeance.. 
They declare, at the same time, 
that firmly resolved to maintain 
entire the treaty. of Paris, of 30th 
of May, 1814, and the. dispo- 
sitions sanctioned by that treaty, 
and those which theyhave resolved 
on, or shall hereafter resolve on, 
to: complete and to consolidate it, 
they; will employ all their means, 
and. will unite all their efforts 
that the general peace, the object 
of the wishes of Europe, and the 
constant purpose of theirlabours, 
may not again be troubled, and 
to guarantee against every at- 
tempt which.shall..threaten to 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
replunge the world into the dis- 
orders and miseries of revolutions. 
And although entirely per- 
suaded that all France, rallying 
round its legitimate Sovereign, 
will immediately annihilate this 
attempt of a criminal and impo- 
tent delirium; all the Sovereigns 
of Europe, animated by the same 
sentiments,and guided bythe same 
principles, declare, that if, con- 
trary to all calculations, there 
shouldresult from theseevents any 
real danger, they will be ready to 
give the King of France and to 
the French nation, or to any other 
Government that shall be attack- 
ed, as soon as they shall be called 
upon, all the assistance requisite 
to restore public tranquillity, and 
to make a common cause against 
all those who should undertake to 
compromise it. 
The present declaration insert- 
ed in the Register of the Con- 
gress assembled at Vienna on the 
13th of March, 1815, shall b 
made public. ¢ 
Done and attested by the Ple- 
nipotentiaries of the High Powers 
who signed the Treaty of Paris. 
Vienna, March ¥3, 1815. 
Here follow the. signatures, 
in the alphabetical order of the 
Courts. 
Austria. Prince Merrprnien, 
Baron WeEssENBERG. 
P.GomrEz LaBrapor. 
Prince TaLLEYRAND, 
Duke of Datserc, 
Lazrovr Du Pry, 
Count ALEXx?s 
NoatLizs. 
Great Brit. WELLINGTON, 
CLANCARTY, . 
CATHCART, 
STEWART, 
Spain. 
France. 
Du 
