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Monthly Chronicle.
and , the King of the Two Sicilies . In this state of things , - to summon the French troops to evacuate the Roman territory , the defence of which is en . trusted to them , is to violate the right of nations , which allow not solemn aggressions of Government against Government , until after a declaration of war . It is to assume the parr of an aggressor , and to be answerable for the events of , a . war which can merely tend to the detriment of humanity , These , General , are the observations to which 1 expect your answer . * COPY OF THE ANSWER OF G E N f . R A L MACK TO GENERAL CHAMPIONET , NOV . 24 .
* General—I declare to you that the army of his Sicilian Mnjesty , which I have the honour to comm . md under the King in person , passed yes . erday tlie frontier , in order to take possession of the Roman State , which has been revolutionized and usurped since the peace of Campo Formio , and has never been recognized or acknowledged by his Sicilian Majesty , or by his august Ally , the Emperor and King . 1 demand that you will cause , without the smallest delay , all the French troops stationed in the s . tid Roman State , '" to retire into the Cisaline
p Republic , and to evacuate the places occupied by them . The Generals commanding the different columns of his Sicilian Majesty ' s troops have received , the most positive orders not to commence hostilities if , the French troops withdraw in consequence of the notice which shall be given fo them , but they are also ordered to have recourse to force in case of opposition . I further declare , that I shall consider it as an act of hostility , should the French troops enter the territory of the Grand Duke of
Tuscany . General , I expect your answer without the smallest delay , and request you will dispatch Major Reischact with it , whom I send to you , within four hours at farthest after the receipt of my letter . The answer must be positive and categorical , both with respect to the demand of evacuating the Roman State , and of not setting foot in that of Tuscany . A negative answer will be considered as a declaration of war , and his Sicilian' Majesty will be enabled to carry into effect his just demandswhich 1 state to in
, you his name . ' . Lausat , in the Council of Elders , declaimed against the perfidies of the King of Naples , impressed in strong terms on the minds of the Council the humiliating condition to which he reduced all the French in his dominions , Complained of the . assistance v , hich he gave to the English to accomplish the destruction of the Republican fleet , and predicted new triumphs over the
miserable JS-ingor Syracuse , wnicli would serve tor examples to posterity . After these pieces had been read , and Lausat descended from the tribune , the Council of Five Hundred adopted a resolution , that war should be declared against the Kings of Naples and Sardinia . This resolution was immediatel y sent to the Council of Elders , which approved it , and passed it into a law . So promptly were the measures adopted in consequence of a declaration of
war against Sardinia put in execution , that on the 16 th the Executive Directory sent the following message on the subject to the two Councils : _ ' The French army is master of Turin . All the arsenals and magazines ot Piedmont are in our power . All the strong places ai e occupied b y our troops . The Piedmontese and Swiss troops have hoisted the National cockade , and have joined the Army of Italy . A Provisory Government has been established at Turin , and the King has retired to Sardinia with his family . '
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Monthly Chronicle.
and , the King of the Two Sicilies . In this state of things , - to summon the French troops to evacuate the Roman territory , the defence of which is en . trusted to them , is to violate the right of nations , which allow not solemn aggressions of Government against Government , until after a declaration of war . It is to assume the parr of an aggressor , and to be answerable for the events of , a . war which can merely tend to the detriment of humanity , These , General , are the observations to which 1 expect your answer . * COPY OF THE ANSWER OF G E N f . R A L MACK TO GENERAL CHAMPIONET , NOV . 24 .
* General—I declare to you that the army of his Sicilian Mnjesty , which I have the honour to comm . md under the King in person , passed yes . erday tlie frontier , in order to take possession of the Roman State , which has been revolutionized and usurped since the peace of Campo Formio , and has never been recognized or acknowledged by his Sicilian Majesty , or by his august Ally , the Emperor and King . 1 demand that you will cause , without the smallest delay , all the French troops stationed in the s . tid Roman State , '" to retire into the Cisaline
p Republic , and to evacuate the places occupied by them . The Generals commanding the different columns of his Sicilian Majesty ' s troops have received , the most positive orders not to commence hostilities if , the French troops withdraw in consequence of the notice which shall be given fo them , but they are also ordered to have recourse to force in case of opposition . I further declare , that I shall consider it as an act of hostility , should the French troops enter the territory of the Grand Duke of
Tuscany . General , I expect your answer without the smallest delay , and request you will dispatch Major Reischact with it , whom I send to you , within four hours at farthest after the receipt of my letter . The answer must be positive and categorical , both with respect to the demand of evacuating the Roman State , and of not setting foot in that of Tuscany . A negative answer will be considered as a declaration of war , and his Sicilian' Majesty will be enabled to carry into effect his just demandswhich 1 state to in
, you his name . ' . Lausat , in the Council of Elders , declaimed against the perfidies of the King of Naples , impressed in strong terms on the minds of the Council the humiliating condition to which he reduced all the French in his dominions , Complained of the . assistance v , hich he gave to the English to accomplish the destruction of the Republican fleet , and predicted new triumphs over the
miserable JS-ingor Syracuse , wnicli would serve tor examples to posterity . After these pieces had been read , and Lausat descended from the tribune , the Council of Five Hundred adopted a resolution , that war should be declared against the Kings of Naples and Sardinia . This resolution was immediatel y sent to the Council of Elders , which approved it , and passed it into a law . So promptly were the measures adopted in consequence of a declaration of
war against Sardinia put in execution , that on the 16 th the Executive Directory sent the following message on the subject to the two Councils : _ ' The French army is master of Turin . All the arsenals and magazines ot Piedmont are in our power . All the strong places ai e occupied b y our troops . The Piedmontese and Swiss troops have hoisted the National cockade , and have joined the Army of Italy . A Provisory Government has been established at Turin , and the King has retired to Sardinia with his family . '