[96] Before the rupture of the peace of Amiens ("Moniteur，" Aug. 8， 1802)： The French government is now more firmly established than the English government." - ("Moniteur" Sept.10， 1802)： "What a difference between a people which conquers for love of glory and a people of traders who happen to become conquerors！" - ("Moniteur，" Feb. 20， 1803)： "The government declares with a just pride that England cannot now contend against France." - Campaign of 1805， 9th bulletin， words of Napoleon in the presence of Mack's staff： "I recommend my brother the Emperor of Germany to make peace as quick as he can！ Now is the time to remember that all empires come to an end； the idea that an end might come to the house of Lorraine ought to alarm him." - Letter to the Queen of Naples， January 2， 1805： "Let your Majesty listen to what I predict. On the first war breaking out， of which she might be the cause， she and her children will have ceased to reign； her children would go wandering about among the different countries of Europe begging help from their relations."[97] 37th bulletin， announcing the march of an army on Naples "to punish the Queen's treachery and cast from the throne that criminal woman， who， with such shamelessness， has violated all that men hold sacred." - Proclamation of May 13， 1809： "Vienna， which the princes of the house of Lorraine have abandoned， not as honorable soldiers yielding to circumstances and the chances of war， but as perjurers pursued by remorse. . . . In flying from Vienna their adieus to its inhabitants consisted of murder and fire. Like Medea， they have sacrificed their children with their own hands." - 13th bulletin： "The rage of the house of Lorraine against the city of Vienna，"[98] Letter to the King of Spain， Sept. 18， 1803， and a note to the Spanish minister of foreign affairs， on the Prince de la Paix： "This favorite， who has succeeded by the most criminal ways to a degree unheard of in the annals of history. . . . Let Your Majesty put away a man who， maintaining in his rank the low passions of his character， has lived wholly on his vices." - After the battle of Jéna， 9th， 17th， 18th， and 19th bulletins， comparison of the Queen of Prussia with Lady Hamilton， open and repeated insinuations， imputing to her an intrigue with the Emperor Alexander. "Everybody admits that the Queen of Prussia is the author of the evils the Prussian nation suffers. This is heard everywhere. How changed she is since that fatal interview with the Emperor Alexander！ . . . The portrait of the Emperor Alexander， presented to her by the Prince， was found in the apartment of the Queen at Potsdam."[99] "La Guerre patriotique" (1812-1815)， according to the letters of contemporaries， by Doubravine (in Russian). The Report of the Russian envoy， M. de Balachof， is in French，[100] An allusion to the murder of Paul I.
[101] Stanislas de Girardin， "Mémoires，" III.， 249. (Reception of Niv？se 12， year X.) The First consul addresses the Senate： "Citizens， I warn you that I regard the nomination of Daunou to the senate as a personal insult， and you know that I have never put up with one." -"Correspondance de Napoleon I." (Letter of Sept.23， 1809， to M. de Champagny)： "The Emperor Francis insulted me in writing to me that Icede nothing to him， when， out of consideration for him， I have reduced my demands nearly one-half." (Instead of 2，750，000 Austrian subjects he demanded only 1，600，000.) - Roederer， III.， 377 (Jan.24， 1801)： "The French people must put up with my defects if they find Iam of service to them； it is my fault that I cannot endure insults."[102] M. de Metternich， II.， 378. (Letter to the Emperor of Austria， July 28， 1810.)[103] Note presented by the French ambassador， Otto， Aug. 17， 1802.
[104] Stanislas Girardin， III.， 296. (Words of the First consul， Floreal 24， year XI.)： "I had proposed to the British minister， for several months， to make an arrangement by which a law should be passed in France and in England prohibiting newspapers and the members of the government from expressing either good or ill of foreign governments.
He never would consent to it." - St. Girardin： "He could not." -Bonaparte： "Why？ " - St. Girardin： "Because an agreement of that sort would have been opposed to the fundamental law of the country."Bonaparte： "I have a poor opinion，" etc.
[105] Hansard， vol. XXXVI.， p.1298. (Dispatch of Lord Whitworth， Feb.21， 1803， conversation with the First consul at the Tuileries.) -Seeley， 'A Short History of Napoleon the First." "Trifles is a softened expression， Lord Whitworth adds in a parenthesis which has never been printed； "the expression he made use of is too insignificant and too low to have a place in a dispatch or anywhere else， save in the mouth of a hack-driver."[106] Lanfrey， "Histoire de Napoléon，" II.， 482. (Words of the First consul to the Swiss delegates， conference of January 29， 1803.)[107] Sir Neil Campbell， "Napoleon at Fontainebleau and Elba，" p.201.
(The words of Napoleon to Sir Neil Campbell and to the other commissioners.) - The Mémorial de Sainte Helene mentions the same plan in almost identical terms. - Pelet de la Lozère， "Opinions de Napoléon au conseil d'état，" p.238 (session of March 4， 1806)： "Within forty-eight hours after peace with England， I shall interdict foreign commodities and promulgate a navigation act forbidding any other than French vessels entering our ports， built of French timber， and with the crews two-thirds French. Even coal and English 'milords' shall land only under the French flag." - Ibid.， 32.
[108] Moniteur， January 30， 1803 (Sebastiani).
[109] Hansard， vol. XXXVI.， p.1298. (Lord Whitworth's dispatch， Feb.21， 1803， the First Consul's words to Lord Whitworth.)[110] "Memorial." (Napoleon's own words， March 24， 1806.)[111] Lanfrey， II.， 476. (Note to Otto， October 23， 1802.) -Thiers，VI.， 249.