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State Papers.
Britannic Majesty ' s Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons , was pleased to convey to him , dated the 8 th of March . He has it in command to answer it by an exposition of the sentiments and dispositions of the Executive Directory . The Directory ardently desires to procure for the Frencii Republic a just , honourable , and solid Peace . . The step taken by Mr . Wickham would have afforded to the Directory a real satisfaction , if the declaration itself , which that Minister makes , of his not having any order , any ' power to negotiate , did not give . room to doubt of the sincerity of the ific intentions of his Court factif it wsfs
pac . In , true that England began to ' know her real interests ; that she wished to open again for herself the sources of abundance and prosperity ; if she sought for peace , with good faith ; would she propose a Congress , of which the necessary result niust be to render all negotiation . endless ? Or would she confine herself to the asking in a vague manner , that the French Government should point out any other waywhatever , for attaining the same object , that of a general pacification' ? ' Isitthat this step has had no other . object than to obtain for the British Government the favourable which
impression always accompanies' the first overtures for ¦ Peace ? May it not have been accompanied vvith the hope that they would pro " - duce no effect ? - - - ••' " : ¦ - "• ¦ ' - •' However that may be , the Directory , whose policy has no other guides than openness and good faith , will follow in its explanations ,. a conduct . which ' shall be wholly conformable to . them . Yielding to the ardent desire by which it is am-. mated to procure Peace for the French Republic and all ' nations ,- it will not fear to declare itself openly . Charged by theConstitution with the execution of tlie
. laws , it cannot make , or listen to , any proposal that would be contrary to them . The Constitutional Act does not permit it to consent to any alienation of that , which , according to the existing laws , constitutes the territory of the Republic-With respect to the countriesoccupiedby . the French armies , and which have not been united to France ,, they as well as other interests political and coinitiercial , may . become the subject of . a negotiation , which will present to theDirectory the means of proving how much . it desires to attain speedily to a happy pacification ¦ ..
. „ .. . . The Directory , is -ready to' receive , in this respect , any : overtures that shall be just , reasonable , and compatible with the dignity of the ' Republic . ' . '""' . ( Signed ) ' "' - . ' : . BARTKELEML ' Basle , the 6 th of Germinal , the ^ thyear of . ' .,. - .. the French Republic \ 26 lh of March , 1796 : )
NOTE . The Court of London has received , from its Minister in Switzerland , the answer made to the questions which he had been charged to address to Monsieur BARTKHLEMI , in respect to the opening of a negotiation for the ' re-establishment of general tranquillity . This court has seen , with regret , how far the tone and spirit of that answer , the nature and extent of the demands which it contains , and the manner of announcing them- are remote from disposition for Peace
, any . The inadmissible pretension , there avowed , of appropriating to France all that the Laws actually existing there may have comprised . under the denomination of French Territory . To a demand such ' as this , is added an express declaration , that no proposal contrary to it will be made , or ever listened to ; and this under the pretence of an internal regulation , the provisions of which are wholly foreign to all other Nations . - ¦¦ «> . While these dispositions shall be persisted in , nothing is left for the KING but to and
PROSECUTE A WAR equally just necessary , Whenever his Enemies shall manifest more , pacific sentiments , his Majesty will at all times be eager to concur in them , by lending himself , in concert with his Allies , to all such measures as shall be best calculated to re-establish genera l tranquillity , on conditions just , honourable , and permanent , either by the establishment of a Congress , which has been so often , and so happily the means of restoring Peace to Europe ; or by a preliminary discussion of the principles which may-be proposed on either side , as a foundation of a general Pacification ; or lastly by an impartial examination of any'other- way which may be pointed out to nun lor arriving at the same salutary end . Do-sning Street , April 10 , 1796 ,
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State Papers.
Britannic Majesty ' s Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons , was pleased to convey to him , dated the 8 th of March . He has it in command to answer it by an exposition of the sentiments and dispositions of the Executive Directory . The Directory ardently desires to procure for the Frencii Republic a just , honourable , and solid Peace . . The step taken by Mr . Wickham would have afforded to the Directory a real satisfaction , if the declaration itself , which that Minister makes , of his not having any order , any ' power to negotiate , did not give . room to doubt of the sincerity of the ific intentions of his Court factif it wsfs
pac . In , true that England began to ' know her real interests ; that she wished to open again for herself the sources of abundance and prosperity ; if she sought for peace , with good faith ; would she propose a Congress , of which the necessary result niust be to render all negotiation . endless ? Or would she confine herself to the asking in a vague manner , that the French Government should point out any other waywhatever , for attaining the same object , that of a general pacification' ? ' Isitthat this step has had no other . object than to obtain for the British Government the favourable which
impression always accompanies' the first overtures for ¦ Peace ? May it not have been accompanied vvith the hope that they would pro " - duce no effect ? - - - ••' " : ¦ - "• ¦ ' - •' However that may be , the Directory , whose policy has no other guides than openness and good faith , will follow in its explanations ,. a conduct . which ' shall be wholly conformable to . them . Yielding to the ardent desire by which it is am-. mated to procure Peace for the French Republic and all ' nations ,- it will not fear to declare itself openly . Charged by theConstitution with the execution of tlie
. laws , it cannot make , or listen to , any proposal that would be contrary to them . The Constitutional Act does not permit it to consent to any alienation of that , which , according to the existing laws , constitutes the territory of the Republic-With respect to the countriesoccupiedby . the French armies , and which have not been united to France ,, they as well as other interests political and coinitiercial , may . become the subject of . a negotiation , which will present to theDirectory the means of proving how much . it desires to attain speedily to a happy pacification ¦ ..
. „ .. . . The Directory , is -ready to' receive , in this respect , any : overtures that shall be just , reasonable , and compatible with the dignity of the ' Republic . ' . '""' . ( Signed ) ' "' - . ' : . BARTKELEML ' Basle , the 6 th of Germinal , the ^ thyear of . ' .,. - .. the French Republic \ 26 lh of March , 1796 : )
NOTE . The Court of London has received , from its Minister in Switzerland , the answer made to the questions which he had been charged to address to Monsieur BARTKHLEMI , in respect to the opening of a negotiation for the ' re-establishment of general tranquillity . This court has seen , with regret , how far the tone and spirit of that answer , the nature and extent of the demands which it contains , and the manner of announcing them- are remote from disposition for Peace
, any . The inadmissible pretension , there avowed , of appropriating to France all that the Laws actually existing there may have comprised . under the denomination of French Territory . To a demand such ' as this , is added an express declaration , that no proposal contrary to it will be made , or ever listened to ; and this under the pretence of an internal regulation , the provisions of which are wholly foreign to all other Nations . - ¦¦ «> . While these dispositions shall be persisted in , nothing is left for the KING but to and
PROSECUTE A WAR equally just necessary , Whenever his Enemies shall manifest more , pacific sentiments , his Majesty will at all times be eager to concur in them , by lending himself , in concert with his Allies , to all such measures as shall be best calculated to re-establish genera l tranquillity , on conditions just , honourable , and permanent , either by the establishment of a Congress , which has been so often , and so happily the means of restoring Peace to Europe ; or by a preliminary discussion of the principles which may-be proposed on either side , as a foundation of a general Pacification ; or lastly by an impartial examination of any'other- way which may be pointed out to nun lor arriving at the same salutary end . Do-sning Street , April 10 , 1796 ,