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having the courage to declare war , will at length receive the reward of its demerits . But it is necessary too , that those who , have shewn themselves its accomplices should also share the same fate . _ The Sardinian Government has been the associate of its perfidies , and a similar fate awaits it . Its guilt , as an accomplice with Naples , is manifest from a thousand circumstances ; its sentiments , its language , and even its actions , in proportion to its means , have been the same , and its artifice and
hypocrisy exactly resemble those of Naples . It Would be difficult to account for its recent conduct towards France , if history did not , in all ages , make manifest the cunning and versatile politics of " this Court , constantly occupied in fomenting war amongst its nei ghbours , in taking a part in all the wars of Italy , and in shamelessly deserting its allies , in constantly joining that side which appeared most strong , in order to oppress the weak , and in gratifying its revenge , its ambition , and in offering its suppc . rt for sale to whoever
was incuned to purchase it . Independently of every other cause of complaint , who would believe that the treaty which we designed to conclude with the Court of Turin , anel which they ought to have considered as a signal favour , has not yet been published in all the States of the King of Sardinia ? The Agents ofthe Republic have in vain requested that this might be done : their resistance has been invincible , and the most futile reasons have been assigned as a pretence for this delay , or rather for this refusal . In fait they have
never ceased to make war in every way which their imbecility and their cowardice suffered them to put into execution . - Our most cruel enemies , the Emigrants and refractory priests , have constantly met with a welcome reception in his dominions : there they have been suffered lo give free vent to their hatred , and to the expressions of their barbarous wishes against the Republic . They , have been able to excite the people against the French by the most atrocious calumnies . ' .
This is not all ; from the moment in which peace was signed , the French , almost under the eyes of" their ambassadors , have been assassinated in colei blood , and'that chiefly by the regular troops . . These assassinations have been committed almost daily , and the number of them is dreadful , when the total amount shall be known . Some of them have fallen by the stiletto , some have been mutilated in the most dreadful manner . A volunteer of the
6 Sth Demi-Brigade was buried alive , after having been barbarously wounded . He was seen coming alive out ofthe grave in which he had been buried . He was destined to escape in order to offer a proof of this dreadful cruelty . The Agents cf ' tlie French Republic have expressed , in the name of the Republic , the most energetic indignation ; but they have been unable to prevent these crimes from going unnoticed or unpunished . Some banditti enrolled under the name of Barbets , whose business it is
to rob and pillage , but whose amusement is to kill Republicans , far front being dissipated by the public authority , appear to be encouraged by it . Their theirs on the Piedmontese were forgiven , in consideration of their murder of the French . On this subject a long negociation was entered into , which was considered by the Sardinian Government as a public calamity , the object of which was not to obtain the suppression of , but . the mere promise to repress these banditti . On this condition the support of our arms was
promised to them . But the Sardinian Government was unwilling to obtain tranquillity at this price , and . after all would not consent to-issue a law against stilettos and concealed arms , so fearful were they that the French should by any means be secure in their States ; and during the course of the negociation , and in spite of the formal promise to suspend a proceeding in which the most serious passions were manifested , several Frenchmen , who were implicated it " an-tinhappy aifair , were shot without pity .
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having the courage to declare war , will at length receive the reward of its demerits . But it is necessary too , that those who , have shewn themselves its accomplices should also share the same fate . _ The Sardinian Government has been the associate of its perfidies , and a similar fate awaits it . Its guilt , as an accomplice with Naples , is manifest from a thousand circumstances ; its sentiments , its language , and even its actions , in proportion to its means , have been the same , and its artifice and
hypocrisy exactly resemble those of Naples . It Would be difficult to account for its recent conduct towards France , if history did not , in all ages , make manifest the cunning and versatile politics of " this Court , constantly occupied in fomenting war amongst its nei ghbours , in taking a part in all the wars of Italy , and in shamelessly deserting its allies , in constantly joining that side which appeared most strong , in order to oppress the weak , and in gratifying its revenge , its ambition , and in offering its suppc . rt for sale to whoever
was incuned to purchase it . Independently of every other cause of complaint , who would believe that the treaty which we designed to conclude with the Court of Turin , anel which they ought to have considered as a signal favour , has not yet been published in all the States of the King of Sardinia ? The Agents ofthe Republic have in vain requested that this might be done : their resistance has been invincible , and the most futile reasons have been assigned as a pretence for this delay , or rather for this refusal . In fait they have
never ceased to make war in every way which their imbecility and their cowardice suffered them to put into execution . - Our most cruel enemies , the Emigrants and refractory priests , have constantly met with a welcome reception in his dominions : there they have been suffered lo give free vent to their hatred , and to the expressions of their barbarous wishes against the Republic . They , have been able to excite the people against the French by the most atrocious calumnies . ' .
This is not all ; from the moment in which peace was signed , the French , almost under the eyes of" their ambassadors , have been assassinated in colei blood , and'that chiefly by the regular troops . . These assassinations have been committed almost daily , and the number of them is dreadful , when the total amount shall be known . Some of them have fallen by the stiletto , some have been mutilated in the most dreadful manner . A volunteer of the
6 Sth Demi-Brigade was buried alive , after having been barbarously wounded . He was seen coming alive out ofthe grave in which he had been buried . He was destined to escape in order to offer a proof of this dreadful cruelty . The Agents cf ' tlie French Republic have expressed , in the name of the Republic , the most energetic indignation ; but they have been unable to prevent these crimes from going unnoticed or unpunished . Some banditti enrolled under the name of Barbets , whose business it is
to rob and pillage , but whose amusement is to kill Republicans , far front being dissipated by the public authority , appear to be encouraged by it . Their theirs on the Piedmontese were forgiven , in consideration of their murder of the French . On this subject a long negociation was entered into , which was considered by the Sardinian Government as a public calamity , the object of which was not to obtain the suppression of , but . the mere promise to repress these banditti . On this condition the support of our arms was
promised to them . But the Sardinian Government was unwilling to obtain tranquillity at this price , and . after all would not consent to-issue a law against stilettos and concealed arms , so fearful were they that the French should by any means be secure in their States ; and during the course of the negociation , and in spite of the formal promise to suspend a proceeding in which the most serious passions were manifested , several Frenchmen , who were implicated it " an-tinhappy aifair , were shot without pity .