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Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
zealously direct your attention to secure to the inhabitants of our Imperial residence the necessary quantity of daily supplies of provisions ' ; and you will keep a watchful eye over every thing till the Grand Vizir arrives . We shall bestow our whole attention on your operations ; and we pray the Alnd ghty God to accompany our enterprises yvith his favour , and to assist us in the defence of our cause . ' . On the nth of the same month , the Sublime Porte formally declared war
against France . As this Declaration exhibits the conduct ofthe two Governments since the French Revolution , and as it completely developes the cause of a rupture between two Powers so long bound in close amity , we shall present pur readers with it entire . '
' It is notorious , that the peace and good harmony which , since time immemorial , have existed between the Sublime Porte and the Court of France , bave never been interrupted by enmity and misunderstanding ; but that , on the contrary , until this period , the Sublime Porte has made it her uniform and constant study scrupulously to maintain the treaties , to fulfil the duties of amity with care , and upon every occasion to give proofi of her sincerity and friendship . At the time when the revolution first broke out in France ,
six years ago , when most ofthe powers in Europe confederated against that country , the Sublime Porte , although a witness to the improper proceedings of those who held the reins of government by usurpation , chose rather , in observance of her ancient amity with the French nation , to remain neutral : and though she had been several times invited by the allied courts to join with them , and to break with France ; although the troubles of that couimy had become more and more violent at that particular period when an army had reached near Paris ; whilst , soon after , the fortresses of Valenciennes , Conde , and Qnesnoy , the keys of " France on the Northern side , were taken
by the Austrian arms ; Toulon , the only arsenal ofthe French , in theMediterranean , had fallen into the hands of the English , with the ships of war which were in it ; and , by an increased party of royalists in their provinces , the situation of the government had become more critical , and perplexity and distress prevailed on every side ; yet , the Sublime Porte , notwithstanding that it depended only upon herself to join with the other powers , nevertheless , giving way to her known principles of justice , did no ways consent to deviate from the line
of a neutral conduit . On the contrary , considering that , if under the circumstances of a strong famine , by which France , blocked tip by sea and land , was afflicted , the Sublime Porte had also broken off her connection , their distressed situation would have been such as to throw " the inhabitants into total desolation and despair ; she abstained from that measure ; and she hereby asks , whether it be not a fact , that the liberality which she has shewn to them , from time to time , has brought
complaintsagainst her from other powers ? The extensive advantages which the French have reaped from the Sublime Porte ' s remaining neutral , during the courser of the war , become clear and evident by a moment ' s glance at the events of the war , and the public transactions during that period .
' Whust , therefore , in consideration of the uniform aits of condescension thus observed towards them by the Sublime Porte , they , on their side , ovsghft also to h . ' . ye been stead y in preserving peace ; yet , those among them , whofound the means of assuming to themselves the reins of government by favour of the revolution , began to devise various pretences , and , under an illusive idea of liberty /—a liberty so called in words , but which in reality knows no other laws but the subversion of every established government ( after the example of France ) , the abolition of all religions , the destruction -of every country , the plunder of property , and the dissolution of all human societyw . occupy themselves in . nothing but in misleading ami imposing upon the ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
zealously direct your attention to secure to the inhabitants of our Imperial residence the necessary quantity of daily supplies of provisions ' ; and you will keep a watchful eye over every thing till the Grand Vizir arrives . We shall bestow our whole attention on your operations ; and we pray the Alnd ghty God to accompany our enterprises yvith his favour , and to assist us in the defence of our cause . ' . On the nth of the same month , the Sublime Porte formally declared war
against France . As this Declaration exhibits the conduct ofthe two Governments since the French Revolution , and as it completely developes the cause of a rupture between two Powers so long bound in close amity , we shall present pur readers with it entire . '
' It is notorious , that the peace and good harmony which , since time immemorial , have existed between the Sublime Porte and the Court of France , bave never been interrupted by enmity and misunderstanding ; but that , on the contrary , until this period , the Sublime Porte has made it her uniform and constant study scrupulously to maintain the treaties , to fulfil the duties of amity with care , and upon every occasion to give proofi of her sincerity and friendship . At the time when the revolution first broke out in France ,
six years ago , when most ofthe powers in Europe confederated against that country , the Sublime Porte , although a witness to the improper proceedings of those who held the reins of government by usurpation , chose rather , in observance of her ancient amity with the French nation , to remain neutral : and though she had been several times invited by the allied courts to join with them , and to break with France ; although the troubles of that couimy had become more and more violent at that particular period when an army had reached near Paris ; whilst , soon after , the fortresses of Valenciennes , Conde , and Qnesnoy , the keys of " France on the Northern side , were taken
by the Austrian arms ; Toulon , the only arsenal ofthe French , in theMediterranean , had fallen into the hands of the English , with the ships of war which were in it ; and , by an increased party of royalists in their provinces , the situation of the government had become more critical , and perplexity and distress prevailed on every side ; yet , the Sublime Porte , notwithstanding that it depended only upon herself to join with the other powers , nevertheless , giving way to her known principles of justice , did no ways consent to deviate from the line
of a neutral conduit . On the contrary , considering that , if under the circumstances of a strong famine , by which France , blocked tip by sea and land , was afflicted , the Sublime Porte had also broken off her connection , their distressed situation would have been such as to throw " the inhabitants into total desolation and despair ; she abstained from that measure ; and she hereby asks , whether it be not a fact , that the liberality which she has shewn to them , from time to time , has brought
complaintsagainst her from other powers ? The extensive advantages which the French have reaped from the Sublime Porte ' s remaining neutral , during the courser of the war , become clear and evident by a moment ' s glance at the events of the war , and the public transactions during that period .
' Whust , therefore , in consideration of the uniform aits of condescension thus observed towards them by the Sublime Porte , they , on their side , ovsghft also to h . ' . ye been stead y in preserving peace ; yet , those among them , whofound the means of assuming to themselves the reins of government by favour of the revolution , began to devise various pretences , and , under an illusive idea of liberty /—a liberty so called in words , but which in reality knows no other laws but the subversion of every established government ( after the example of France ) , the abolition of all religions , the destruction -of every country , the plunder of property , and the dissolution of all human societyw . occupy themselves in . nothing but in misleading ami imposing upon the ,