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Article DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE SUBLIME PORTE AGAINST FRANCE. ← Page 6 of 6 Article REBELLION OF PASSWAN OGIOU. Page 1 of 2 →
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Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
' The wide contradiction between the above t > , vo communications being visibly a fresh artifice by which to mislead the Ottoman Porte with hy : eyes open , and to gain time until intelligence could be procured respecting the affair of Egypt , the ' result of which had not then come to their knowledge 5 must not this extraordinary event be taken as a palpable demonstration , that the Directors of the French government , to second their own ambition and arrogance , have actually lost all recollection of those laws observed and mainwhatever is to be
tained in every regular government , and that no faith placed in their words and professions . From the tenor of their arbitrary proceedings anel despotic conduit , as too well witnessed from first to hist , it is clear and evident that their project is no other but to banish every orderly institution from the face ofthe world ; to overset human society ; and , by an alternate play of secret intrigue or open hostility , as best suits their end , to derange the constitution of every established independent state , by creating
( as they have done in Italy ) a number of small republics , of which the French is to be the parent mother , and thus to sway and to conduit every tiling after their own will every where . Now Egypt being the portal of the two venerable cities ( Mecca and Medina ) , and the present operations in that quarter bring of a nature affecting all the Mahometan sect at large , the Sublime Porte , consistently with her express declarations to the above French charge d ' affaires , and through her ambassador at Paris , feel ; compelled , - by every law , to resist the sudden and unprovoked aggressions and hostilities committed by the French as above , and , with a full confidence in the assistance ofthe Omnipotent God , to set about repelling and destroying the enemy by
sea and land . Thus to wage war against France is become' a precept of relig ion incumbent upon all Mussulmen . In consequence v . hereof , the aforenamed charge d'affaires , together with the officers of that mission , had been sent to the Seven Towers , to be detained there- as hostages until such time as Aali E fiend i , before-named , and those of his retinue , be arrived from Paris ; and the consuls , merchants , and French properties in Constantinople , and in other parts ofthe Ottoman empire , shall also be kept in deposit , and as a
security , until the merchants , dependents of " the Sublime Porte , with their shipping and properties , as also the public ships , with their equipages , detained in the province of " Egypt ( prisoners of war excepted ) be set at liberty . To repel the perfidy of these usurpers , who have raised the standard of rebellion and trouble in France , is a measure , in which not the safety and tranquillity of . the Sublime Porte alone , but also that of all ihe powers in Europe , is concerned . Wherefore the best hopes are entertained ofthe
cordial co-operation of all friendly courts , as well as of their disposition tp fulfil by every means in their power their duties of friend shi p and of assistance in the present cause . ' i Rebuilahcr , 1213 . (\ 1 September , 1798 ., ) Notwithstanding these measures adopted by the Porte , and the junction of the Russian and Turkish fleets , with a considerable embarkation of troops , destined to act against Fiance , the French Directory and Councils have maintained a perfect silence on the subject ; and Buonap . ' . rtc , on the part of " the French , has repeatedly , since his invasion of E gypt , expressed the n-rcat friendship ofiii . i nati . ; n f > r th-. it of the Porte . Wiiac part , therefore , they mean to act time alone can develops .
Rebellion Of Passwan Ogiou.
REBELLION OF PASSWAN OGIOU .
THE system of innovation , and th . e spirit of" revolutionizing , which have made such hasty strides in countries nearer oui own , h : ve , in some depree diverted the attention of Britons from the rebellion wh ' chhas made such rapid progress in the dominions ofthe Prophet . Passvyan Oglou , the Buonaparte
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Declaration Of War By The Sublime Porte Against France.
' The wide contradiction between the above t > , vo communications being visibly a fresh artifice by which to mislead the Ottoman Porte with hy : eyes open , and to gain time until intelligence could be procured respecting the affair of Egypt , the ' result of which had not then come to their knowledge 5 must not this extraordinary event be taken as a palpable demonstration , that the Directors of the French government , to second their own ambition and arrogance , have actually lost all recollection of those laws observed and mainwhatever is to be
tained in every regular government , and that no faith placed in their words and professions . From the tenor of their arbitrary proceedings anel despotic conduit , as too well witnessed from first to hist , it is clear and evident that their project is no other but to banish every orderly institution from the face ofthe world ; to overset human society ; and , by an alternate play of secret intrigue or open hostility , as best suits their end , to derange the constitution of every established independent state , by creating
( as they have done in Italy ) a number of small republics , of which the French is to be the parent mother , and thus to sway and to conduit every tiling after their own will every where . Now Egypt being the portal of the two venerable cities ( Mecca and Medina ) , and the present operations in that quarter bring of a nature affecting all the Mahometan sect at large , the Sublime Porte , consistently with her express declarations to the above French charge d ' affaires , and through her ambassador at Paris , feel ; compelled , - by every law , to resist the sudden and unprovoked aggressions and hostilities committed by the French as above , and , with a full confidence in the assistance ofthe Omnipotent God , to set about repelling and destroying the enemy by
sea and land . Thus to wage war against France is become' a precept of relig ion incumbent upon all Mussulmen . In consequence v . hereof , the aforenamed charge d'affaires , together with the officers of that mission , had been sent to the Seven Towers , to be detained there- as hostages until such time as Aali E fiend i , before-named , and those of his retinue , be arrived from Paris ; and the consuls , merchants , and French properties in Constantinople , and in other parts ofthe Ottoman empire , shall also be kept in deposit , and as a
security , until the merchants , dependents of " the Sublime Porte , with their shipping and properties , as also the public ships , with their equipages , detained in the province of " Egypt ( prisoners of war excepted ) be set at liberty . To repel the perfidy of these usurpers , who have raised the standard of rebellion and trouble in France , is a measure , in which not the safety and tranquillity of . the Sublime Porte alone , but also that of all ihe powers in Europe , is concerned . Wherefore the best hopes are entertained ofthe
cordial co-operation of all friendly courts , as well as of their disposition tp fulfil by every means in their power their duties of friend shi p and of assistance in the present cause . ' i Rebuilahcr , 1213 . (\ 1 September , 1798 ., ) Notwithstanding these measures adopted by the Porte , and the junction of the Russian and Turkish fleets , with a considerable embarkation of troops , destined to act against Fiance , the French Directory and Councils have maintained a perfect silence on the subject ; and Buonap . ' . rtc , on the part of " the French , has repeatedly , since his invasion of E gypt , expressed the n-rcat friendship ofiii . i nati . ; n f > r th-. it of the Porte . Wiiac part , therefore , they mean to act time alone can develops .
Rebellion Of Passwan Ogiou.
REBELLION OF PASSWAN OGIOU .
THE system of innovation , and th . e spirit of" revolutionizing , which have made such hasty strides in countries nearer oui own , h : ve , in some depree diverted the attention of Britons from the rebellion wh ' chhas made such rapid progress in the dominions ofthe Prophet . Passvyan Oglou , the Buonaparte