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Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
jo-norant amonrst the people , pretending to reduce mankind to the state of the brute creation ; and ' this , . to favour their own private interests , and render the government permanent in their own hands . _ ' _ ' Actuated by such principles , they made it their maxim to stir up ancl corrupt indiscriminately the subjects of every power , whether distant or near , either in ueace or at war , and M excite them to revolt against their natural sovereigns and governmentWhilston one handtheir minister at
. , , Constantinople ? pursuant to that system of duplicity and deceit which is their custom every where , made professions of friendship for the Ottoman empire , endeavouring to make the Sublime Porte the dupe of their insidious projects , and to forward their obieit of exciting her against other friendly powers ; the commanders and aenerals of their army in Italy , upon the other hand ,
were engaged in the heinous attempt of perverting tlie subjects or his Majesty the Gr : incl ° Si :-nioi-, by sending agents ( persons notorious for their intriguing pra-tices ) into Anatolia , Morea , and tlie islands of the Archipelago , and by snreadiuo- manifestoes of the most insidious tenor , among which the one addressed bv Buonaparte to the people of Macrio , - with several others distributed by the same , are sufficiently known to the public . Upon the Sublime Porte's comnlainimr to the Directory of this conduct of their commanders and the of their officers
erenerals , their answer was , that all proceedings on part , contrary to frier-. di'hip , were not with the consent of the Directory ; that the same should be prevented , and their officers warned against it ; the wish ot the French government being to strengthen more and more the ancient friendship subsisting with the Sublime Porte . ' _ 'In consemierice of" this answer , delivered officially on their part , it was expefted that the said generals would have left off their seditious pursuits . Butneverthelessno change appearing in their conduit , and their
per-, , severance in such insidious practices being greater than ever , it became obvious that the answers ofthe Direaory were only fictitious and deceitful ; that the mtrimiing attempts of their agents could not but be cleared by the instructions which were given them ; and , consequently , that any farther complriut would be of no avail whatever . Notwithstanding these traiisaflions ; however , the Sublime Porte , in the hopes of the Direitory altering its system , of conduct , and laying aside the senseless pursuit of wishing to overturn the in from the harassed
universe ; in expectation of seeing things France , situation of that country , at length take a different turn , by the people refusing to bear any longer those intolerable evils and disasters which have been ' brought upon them from the personal views of a few upstart individuals since ihe commencement of the ievolution ; and with the view ot preventing secret enmity from producing an open rupture ; she did notaiter her course , but preferred keeping silenceIn the beginning of the war with the other
. powers , the French government had declared , that their intention was not to acquire new territory ; -but , on the contrary , to restore every such conquest as might have been made by their arms during the contest : contrary to which , they not only have kept possession of various extensive provinces , * i ,.. nrh « -l hv them from the belligerent powers ; but , not content with this ,
profiting of the changes which hsd prevailed among the allied coiirtstbrough their intrigues , have init off the mask entirely , and , developing their secret views , without reason ' cr justice , have fallen upon several free and independent republics and states , who had held themselves neutral , like the Sublime Porte-, invading their territories when least provided with tlie means of defer . ee-, and subjecting them to their will by open force and hostility . ' Thus , no one beiivglef ' t to ccnirr . ul them , they tore the veil off all decorum at once ; and , ' unmindful of the obligations of treaties , and to convince the world that friendship and enmity are the same thing in their eyes , contrary tc VOL . xi . 1 z
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
jo-norant amonrst the people , pretending to reduce mankind to the state of the brute creation ; and ' this , . to favour their own private interests , and render the government permanent in their own hands . _ ' _ ' Actuated by such principles , they made it their maxim to stir up ancl corrupt indiscriminately the subjects of every power , whether distant or near , either in ueace or at war , and M excite them to revolt against their natural sovereigns and governmentWhilston one handtheir minister at
. , , Constantinople ? pursuant to that system of duplicity and deceit which is their custom every where , made professions of friendship for the Ottoman empire , endeavouring to make the Sublime Porte the dupe of their insidious projects , and to forward their obieit of exciting her against other friendly powers ; the commanders and aenerals of their army in Italy , upon the other hand ,
were engaged in the heinous attempt of perverting tlie subjects or his Majesty the Gr : incl ° Si :-nioi-, by sending agents ( persons notorious for their intriguing pra-tices ) into Anatolia , Morea , and tlie islands of the Archipelago , and by snreadiuo- manifestoes of the most insidious tenor , among which the one addressed bv Buonaparte to the people of Macrio , - with several others distributed by the same , are sufficiently known to the public . Upon the Sublime Porte's comnlainimr to the Directory of this conduct of their commanders and the of their officers
erenerals , their answer was , that all proceedings on part , contrary to frier-. di'hip , were not with the consent of the Directory ; that the same should be prevented , and their officers warned against it ; the wish ot the French government being to strengthen more and more the ancient friendship subsisting with the Sublime Porte . ' _ 'In consemierice of" this answer , delivered officially on their part , it was expefted that the said generals would have left off their seditious pursuits . Butneverthelessno change appearing in their conduit , and their
per-, , severance in such insidious practices being greater than ever , it became obvious that the answers ofthe Direaory were only fictitious and deceitful ; that the mtrimiing attempts of their agents could not but be cleared by the instructions which were given them ; and , consequently , that any farther complriut would be of no avail whatever . Notwithstanding these traiisaflions ; however , the Sublime Porte , in the hopes of the Direitory altering its system , of conduct , and laying aside the senseless pursuit of wishing to overturn the in from the harassed
universe ; in expectation of seeing things France , situation of that country , at length take a different turn , by the people refusing to bear any longer those intolerable evils and disasters which have been ' brought upon them from the personal views of a few upstart individuals since ihe commencement of the ievolution ; and with the view ot preventing secret enmity from producing an open rupture ; she did notaiter her course , but preferred keeping silenceIn the beginning of the war with the other
. powers , the French government had declared , that their intention was not to acquire new territory ; -but , on the contrary , to restore every such conquest as might have been made by their arms during the contest : contrary to which , they not only have kept possession of various extensive provinces , * i ,.. nrh « -l hv them from the belligerent powers ; but , not content with this ,
profiting of the changes which hsd prevailed among the allied coiirtstbrough their intrigues , have init off the mask entirely , and , developing their secret views , without reason ' cr justice , have fallen upon several free and independent republics and states , who had held themselves neutral , like the Sublime Porte-, invading their territories when least provided with tlie means of defer . ee-, and subjecting them to their will by open force and hostility . ' Thus , no one beiivglef ' t to ccnirr . ul them , they tore the veil off all decorum at once ; and , ' unmindful of the obligations of treaties , and to convince the world that friendship and enmity are the same thing in their eyes , contrary tc VOL . xi . 1 z