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When the courier who brought the news of the birth of the King of Rome, still exhausted by the rapid ride from Nancy, entered and held up Champagny's letter containing nothing but these words, 'Eh bien, le Roi de Rome est arrive! every one cried, 'Is not the hand of God there? The wonderful man has the son he wished for.
Their activity had ceased with the pacification of Ghent; but the devilish spirit which had inspired them still lived in the persons of the Jesuits, and there were now more Jesuits in the obedient provinces than there had been for years. We have seen that Champagny's remedy for the ills the country was enduring was "more Jesuits." And this, too, was Albert's recipe. Always "more Jesuits."
The sentence is taken from a letter which he addressed to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, May 1, 1812, when he had received the recent British Order. He pointed out how astutely this step was calculated to undo the effect of Champagny's letter, and to weaken the American Administration at the critical moment when it was known to be preparing for war.
The rampart had been left very weak at many vital points. A single upturned wagon was placed across the entrance to the important street of the Beguins. This negligence was to cost the city dear. At daybreak, there was a council held in Oberstein's quarters. Nearly all Champagny's directions had been neglected.
Champagny's letter, it is true, was published in the official paper; but, besides being in form merely a diplomatic letter, it bore the signature of Champagny, whereas the decree bore that of Napoleon. The Decree of Rambouillet, then less than six months old, was clothed with the like sanction. Even Pinkney, usually so clear-headed, and in utterance incisive, suffered himself here to be misled.
The 'authorities had been assured that the troops were necessary for the protection of their city, but the magistrates had learned, but too recently, the nature of the protection which Van Ende, with his mercenaries, would afford. A detachment of states troops under De Yers, Champagny's nephew, encountered the regiment of Van Ende, and put it to flight with considerable loss.
Religious and political sympathies and antipathies in the seventeen provinces Unanimous hatred for the foreign soldiery Use made by the Prince of the mutiny His correspondence Necessity of Union enforced A congress from nearly all the provinces meets at Ghent Skirmishes between the foreign troops and partisan bands Slaughter at Tisnacq Suspicions entertained of the State-Council Arrest of the State-Council Siege of Ghent citadel Assistance sent by Orange Maestricht lost and regained Wealthy and perilous condition of Antwerp Preparations of the mutineers under the secret superintendence of Avila Stupidity of Oberstein Duplicity of Don Sancho Reinforcements of Walloons under Havre, Egmont, and others, sent to for the expected assault of Antwerp Governor Champagny's preparations the mutineers Insubordination, incapacity, and negligence of all but him Concentration of all the mutineers from different points, in the citadel The attack the panic the flight the massacre the fire the sack and other details of the "Spanish Fury" Statistics of murder and robbery Letter of Orange to the states-general Surrender of Ghent citadel Conclusion of the "Ghent Pacification" The treaty characterized Forms of ratification Fall of Zierickzee and recovery of Zealand.
That the Director of Customs at a principal seaport should understand them to be in force, nearly four months after the publication of Champagny's letter in the "Moniteur," would certainly seem to imply some defect in customary form; and the ensuing measures of the Government would indicate also something misleading in the terms.
On Champagny's being appointed a Minister of the Home Department, the embassy at Vienna was demanded by Bourrienne, but refused, as previously promised to La Rochefoucauld, our late Minister at Dresden. When Rheinhard, in a kind of disgrace, was transferred to that relatively insignificant post, Bourrienne was ordered, with extensive instructions, to Hamburg.
In substance, this well-timed State Paper challenged Champagny's letter of August 5, 1810, and the American Non-Importation Act based upon it. Both these asserted the revocation of the French Decrees. The British Cabinet, seizing a happy opportunity, asked of the world the production of the revocation, or else the justification of its own course.
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