red by the
population."--"Souvenirs", by PASQUIER (Etienne-Dennis, duc), Librarie
Plon, Paris 1893.-, I., 387.--There were licenses for importing colonial
products, but on condition of exporting a proportionate quantity of
French manufactures; now, England refused to receive them. Consequently,
"not being allowed to bring these articles back to France, they were
thrown overboard."--"They began at first by devoting the refuse of
manufactures to this trade, and then ended by manufacturing articles
without other destination; for example, at Lyons, taffetas and satins."]

[Footnote 12119: Proclamation of Dec.27, 1805: "The Naples dynasty has
ceased to reign. Its existence is incompatible with the repose of Europe
and the honor of my crown."--Message to the Senate, Dec. 10, 1810:
"Fresh guarantees having become necessary, the annexation to the Empire
of the mouths of the Escaut, the Meuse, the Rhine, the Ems, the Weser,
and the Elbe, seemed to me to be the first and most important.... The
annexation of the Valais is an anticipated result of the vast works I
have undertaken for the past ten years in that section of the Alps."]

[Footnote 12120: We are familiar with the Spanish affair. His treatment
of Portugal is anterior and of same order.-" Correspondance." (Letter to
Junot, Oct.31, 1807):--'I have already informed you, that in authorizing
you to enter as an auxiliary, it was to enable you to possess
yourself of the (Portuguese) fleet, but my mind was made up to take
Portugal."--(Letter to Junot, Dec. 23, 1807): "Disarm the country. Send
all the Portuguese troops to France.... I want them out of the country.
Have all princes, ministers, and other men who serve as rallying points,
sent to France."--(Decree of Dec. 23, 1807): "An extra contribution
of 100 million francs shall be imposed on the kingdom of Portugal, to
redeem all property, of whatever denomination, belonging to private
parties... All property belonging to the Queen of Portugal, to the
prince-regent, and to princes in appanage;.... all the possessions of
the nobles who have followed the king, on his abandoning the country,
and who had not returned to the kingdom before February 1, shall be put
under sequestration."--Cf. M. d'Haussonville, "L'Eglise Romaine et le
premier Empire," 5 vols. (especially the last volume). No other work
enables one to see into Napoleon's object and proceedings better nor
more closely.]

[Footnote 12121: "Souvenirs du feu duc de Brogl