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Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
could , in faft , have been produced in our favour , when it was in such a state that it could not proteit itself against the Beys ; when it was compelled to suffer three millions of Egyptians , whom it called its subjects , to become the miserable victims of a foreign yoke ; when its Pacha was treated in Egypt as the lowest of slaves ; when the Grand Signior was insensibl y despoiled of the ri ghts which he held on the land ; and , in fine , when the contributions were withheld which had
been paid from the time of the conquest of Egypt by Selim If . Every tiling demonstrated that the sovereignty held by the Porte over these countries was nothing more than a vain title ; and , after all our fruitless efforts and trials , it would have been idie to expeft from the Porte an effectual interference for us , when it did not dare to interfere even for its own interests . _ ' There remained nothing , therefore , but for us to do ourselves justice , and , by our o . wn arms , to make those vile usurpers , hired by the cabinet of ****** , expiate the crimes which they had committed against us .
' The French army presented itself on the tst of July . It was received at Alexandria and Rosetta ; and on the 23 d of the same month it entered Cairo . Thus these odious usurpers will no longer defile this ancient and fruitful territory , which time has not exhausted , and which every year grows young again by a sort of miracle—where vegetation has a spontaneous and almost incredible aftivity , and where
there grow at the same time the richest productions of the four quarsers ofthe globe . . ¦ 'Let it not be said that this expedition was not preceded by any declaration of war . To whom should this declaration have been made ? To the Ottoman Porte ? We were far from wishing to attack this ancient ally of Franceor of imputing to her an oppression of which
, she was the first vittim . What , is it to the insulated Government . of the Beys ? Such an authority i . either could nor ought to be recognized . We chastise robbers , but we do not declare war against them . Therefore , in attacking the Beys , it was England , in fait , which we reall y went to combat .
' 1 he republic had therefore a surplusage of ri ght in putting herself in a position promptly to obtain the immense reparations which were due to her from the usurpers of Egypt . But she does not wish to conquer for herself . Egypt was oppressed by robbers ; the Egyptians shall be avenged , and the cultivators of these fruitful countries "hall enjoy the fruit of their labours , which was ravished from them by the most stupid barbarity . The authority of the Porte was
entirel y despised . The Pone will recover , through the triumphant arms of the French , the immense advantages of which it has been so long deprived . In fine , for the well-being of the whole world , Egypt shall become the country most rich in its produce—the center of an immense commerce , and , above all , the most forminable post against the odious power of the English in India , and their usurping commerce . ' ... By this account it appears that they profess to entertain , at present , no hostile intention toward * the Ottoman Porte . It is to chastize the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Description Of Egypt: With Observations On The Expedition Of Buonaparte;
could , in faft , have been produced in our favour , when it was in such a state that it could not proteit itself against the Beys ; when it was compelled to suffer three millions of Egyptians , whom it called its subjects , to become the miserable victims of a foreign yoke ; when its Pacha was treated in Egypt as the lowest of slaves ; when the Grand Signior was insensibl y despoiled of the ri ghts which he held on the land ; and , in fine , when the contributions were withheld which had
been paid from the time of the conquest of Egypt by Selim If . Every tiling demonstrated that the sovereignty held by the Porte over these countries was nothing more than a vain title ; and , after all our fruitless efforts and trials , it would have been idie to expeft from the Porte an effectual interference for us , when it did not dare to interfere even for its own interests . _ ' There remained nothing , therefore , but for us to do ourselves justice , and , by our o . wn arms , to make those vile usurpers , hired by the cabinet of ****** , expiate the crimes which they had committed against us .
' The French army presented itself on the tst of July . It was received at Alexandria and Rosetta ; and on the 23 d of the same month it entered Cairo . Thus these odious usurpers will no longer defile this ancient and fruitful territory , which time has not exhausted , and which every year grows young again by a sort of miracle—where vegetation has a spontaneous and almost incredible aftivity , and where
there grow at the same time the richest productions of the four quarsers ofthe globe . . ¦ 'Let it not be said that this expedition was not preceded by any declaration of war . To whom should this declaration have been made ? To the Ottoman Porte ? We were far from wishing to attack this ancient ally of Franceor of imputing to her an oppression of which
, she was the first vittim . What , is it to the insulated Government . of the Beys ? Such an authority i . either could nor ought to be recognized . We chastise robbers , but we do not declare war against them . Therefore , in attacking the Beys , it was England , in fait , which we reall y went to combat .
' 1 he republic had therefore a surplusage of ri ght in putting herself in a position promptly to obtain the immense reparations which were due to her from the usurpers of Egypt . But she does not wish to conquer for herself . Egypt was oppressed by robbers ; the Egyptians shall be avenged , and the cultivators of these fruitful countries "hall enjoy the fruit of their labours , which was ravished from them by the most stupid barbarity . The authority of the Porte was
entirel y despised . The Pone will recover , through the triumphant arms of the French , the immense advantages of which it has been so long deprived . In fine , for the well-being of the whole world , Egypt shall become the country most rich in its produce—the center of an immense commerce , and , above all , the most forminable post against the odious power of the English in India , and their usurping commerce . ' ... By this account it appears that they profess to entertain , at present , no hostile intention toward * the Ottoman Porte . It is to chastize the