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have laid down, the solution 

 of the question, it. seems to 

 me, is more likely to be re- 

 tardedfthan advanced. 



7. I protest to the utmost of 

 my convictions against your 

 proposals. They involve not 

 only the recognition of a 

 Government which the French 

 Republic has expressly de- 

 clared that it will not recog- 

 nise, but an offensive and de- 

 fensive alliance with this 

 Government. 



This is the first and a very 

 grave infraction upon what I 

 believe to be the instructions of 

 our own Government. 



8. In reality we are throw- 

 ing down the glove, not only 

 to the three Powers which 

 have declared war against the 

 Government of the Republic, 



first proposed could not be ac- 

 cepted, and I should have been 

 sorry if they had been ; among 

 others, that which consisted in 

 having the military service of 

 the city performed jointly by 

 our troops and those of Rome. 

 The general in command was 

 very anxious that this should 

 be done, but I have always 

 declared that I regarded this 

 as a danger, because it would 

 involve us in questions of 

 Roman administration to a 

 greater extent than I deemed 

 advisable, and because it would 

 entail our taking upon us a 

 part of the inheritance of the 

 present executive. 



7. In my proposals there is 

 not a word as to the recogni- 

 tion of the Roman Republic, 

 and that is so true that they 

 are regarded by Mazzini him- 

 self as inacceptable, and as 

 containing in reality nothing 

 more than the substance of 

 General Oudinot's first procla- 

 mation before Civita Vecchia. 

 I was instructed to negotiate 

 with the people and authorities 

 of Rome, and in doing so I 

 have merely conformed to the 

 written instructions of our 

 Government. 



8. By our conduct here we 

 are in no way throwing down 

 the gauntlet to the three 

 Powers which have declared 

 war against the Government 



