Show th tho 0 ProP proposed european congress napoleons napoleon letter inviting this coll congress 0 less is a t curiosity it is a compound ot of hlll supplication P li cation of defiance of egotism and ul lmh hilll hole it is is most moat high and Pill ices and fice cities composing tile most ost serene confederation ol of germany in ili plesence pie of tile the events which adise and pless each day I 1 deem decin it indispensable pen sable to make known my lily whole mind naiia to the cigus to whom is confided tile the destiny of peoples whenever profound pio found shocks have unsettled the bases and displaced the bound of states solemn transactions transaction have taken place in iii older to co ordinate the now new elements and to by ic them the transformations cn such lias lias been the object of the alie theaty of westphalia in ill the seventeenth con century tury and of the negotiations 0 ot of vienna in ill 1815 it is on oil this latter basis that the political edifice of europe now rests and yot yet you yon abc not of it it is ia cia nibling 0 on all sides if we consider attentively tile situation of diffrient dinci coun countries bies it is impossible not to recognize cognize ic le that on oil almost all points the treaties of vionna vienna are arc destroyed modified disowned or inen menaced aced hence duties without re regulation gu lation rights 0 without title and pi oten without ic le dang danger C or the boic to be dica ded inasmuch as the improvements produced by civilization aaion which lias has united peoples one with another by the of material would make war still boic destructive bicio is matter fur serious meditation lot let us not w wait a it in ill older to corne come to a ic solution till sudden and irresistible events disturb our judgment and ns its in spite of oui solves selves into opposite directions I 1 come the therefore lefore to propose to you to regulate the pic pie sent and to ia secure the autnie in a con Congi g i ess called to the throne by providence and tile the will of tile fience people but trained in ill tile school of advel adversity sity it is poil laps less allowable for me tha i another to ig noi 0 tile flip lights of sovereigns and the legitimate aspirations peoples tims thus I 1 am loady without a system tem to c illy cany into an international congress contell the of moderation and justice ordinarily ordinal ily the portion or of those who li lui a ve vc I 1 endured so many various trials if I 1 take the inia tive in ill this ture I 1 do not yield to an impulse of vanity but as I 1 iun till a to whom tile the alost ambitious project k arc ard attributed I 1 have it ut at beai t to prove by this fi fiack auk and loyal step that my lily sole object is to an I 1 ve without a shock at the cacir pacification of europe in case tile the princes allies and friends of F franco aalice should doom deem it suit suitable I 1 ba c to enhance by their plesence the authority of the de libel actions I 1 would be proud to offer them my cordial hospitality europe would aps see sonic some advantage vanta c in ill the capital whence tile signal for subversions sub versions lias has so many times issued becoming the conference destined to lay the basis of a general pacification I 1 take this occasion to renew you you tile the assurances of the sincere attachment and lively which I 1 take in the fill pios purity of the states of tile confederation ahei most high and alli N cly illustrious in inces sovereigns I 1 and fice cities composing ti alie 10 most selene confederation of germany I 1 play pi ay god to have yon 01 in ill ills his holy and protection written at paris palis nov fth in ill tile the year of grace 1863 NAPOLEON called cato to the throne by provid providence once anil and tile will of ille F fience I 1 elbell people ay god and dihope know that to bo be false |