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general , and orders issued to the commirii'd ^ r-f &f ttbWtiB' and forces , and the geneitylis ami principal per-* Oini v # iere invited t 6 send in their adhesion to tttfe measures of the
t T « 5 the-r ^ 6 Jvcs § ofthe Senate the future kitfg > 'is mentioned by his ifaine ; and ; it bfecofrifes a question under what title h 6 shall ascend the thxone . He has been generally called * by those who adhered to him , Loins the Eighteenth , foi * his
brother left a son at his death , tvho , according to the principles of hereditary descent , became Louis the Seventeenthv * and consequently at hi » death the * present ivas the eifrhieeathrof that name . But the unfortunate seventeenth never reigned ,
andlso ikr from being acknowledged as mas&vereign , was treated in the m $ &t * igBaminious manner by those wfapu lookred upon him only as a private citraen . Hence it might be said > that the present king ought to be * BjLoiiis ¦ the Seventeenth : but
* hm * tfee favourers of right by descent , independent of compact , will lament that that descent was infrmg"ecl Upon ^ and the name of the unfortunate Dattphine deprived of his v ^ Jue Jion 6 t * re . However this
n ^ y te * the Senate seems to have ta 5 k ^ B * fespeciai ^ cai * e , that asBuonapaste ' s 'power vtfaa established on the ; attthority of the people , so his dej&i ^ nemcnt sh ould rest on the sanae grounds . ^ His crimes were , iHdtfefei * ' apprelieilsion , the sole cs | i |) se , and no one on his forfeiture
cojuro cJaim the cirowri or receive it , biitf oar tlie single principle , the choice of the people . The 'Senate ifr this case stands fortih 6 a «^ the legitimate organ of the
people , exactly in the same manner 3 ia&ii « oUr kingdom the two hon »« 8 jof ^ f « gisdature , when from a lamented eattee in the 1 person of the « o « ere ^»^ It wto n ecessary to supp ^ ii * fi&jflaiidcfec ^» , made the
arraagefflrei ^ wtiich necessity of iht $ ; ciscsi ^ tii red . It remaincd to ^« l Wtet ^ * rt » itfa « real disposition of ^ lie . pfeo ^ i ^^ Hnxi ^ hjs wasuicmifestcd ^ t oncti , in ^ th& ^ ttougest mann € Y :
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The decree of the Sepate was received vvith joy in every district . Every where the white cockade was raised . Generals an 3 armies sent in their adhesion ; and he , who a few months before gave law to the empire , could not now in any place enforce a single act of authority .
We now turn to the unhappy man , who having possessed such great means abused them , like too many others , for the sake of his own personal aggrandisement . Arms was his profession , and to implicit obedience he was accustomed . He
could not put off the soldier , when out of the field , nor exercise the authority of a king , which implies subjection to law and to wise counsel . He had rejected in a most unaccountable manner the terms
offered him by the allies , which would have left him in possession of a kingdom : he now had to propose his terms , which whatever they were , ended in the unconditional
abdication of his empire . The necessity of this measure was ex * - plained to him in very plain terms bv those about him 3 arid he found that he had no forces on which he
could place reliance . The allies behaved towards him with the respect due to his rank : a considerable pension is settled upon him , and the island of Elba , near Italy , fixed upon for his future residence . From the time that he ceased to command , he remained under a guard at Fontainebleau , and it is now said , tHat
he has been conveyed to his allotted station , May he there enjoy a long life , and be restored to V proper state of mind , that he may iu . the years of his adversity atone fqr tli # evils brought on mankind during ; those of prosperity , explain to posr
terity the motives of his conduct during- his wonderful career of miscalled glory , and be a living lesson to sovereigns and people ,, assuaging the ragings of the latter , and teaching" the former , that by wisdbtn they must reign , and k on justic ^ they m ust found their decrees . ' ' ' _ . ;• .. v * Ptte u ^ wl y elected sovereign of
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State of Public Affairs . 255
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/55/
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