tional Guard, preach indiscipline to
the army, and sow sometimes diltruft,
sometimes discouragement.
"As for me, gentlemen,who espous
ed the American cause, at the very
moment when its ambafladors declar
ed to me that it was loft* ; who thence
forward devoted myfelf to a pei fe
vering defence of liberty, and the f'o
vereignty of the people ; who, on the
nth of July, 1789, 011 presenting to
my country a declaration of rights,
dared to tell her—For a nation to be
free, it ir fufficient that Jhe wills it; 1
come now, full of confidence in the
justice of our cause, of contempt for
the cowards who defer: it, and of in
dignation against the traitors who
would fully it ; 1 come to declare that
the French nation, if she is not the
inoft vile in the universe, may and
ought to refirt the conspiracy of kings
formed against her.
" It is not, undoubtedly, in the
midst of my brave army, that timid
fenliments are permitted ; patriotism,
energy, discipline, patience, mutual
confidence, all the civil and military
virtues I have found in it. In it the
principles of liberty and equality are
cherished, the laws respected, pro
perty sacred ; in it neither calumnies
nor factions are known ; and when 1
recollect that France has several mil
lions capable of becoming such sol
diers, I ask myfelf to what pitch of
debasement would an imtnenfe peo
ple be reduced (till stronger in their
natural resources than in the defences
of art, opposing to a monstrous con
federation the advantage of combi
nations directed to a single object, for
the base idea of facrificing their/fove
reignty, of covenanting for their li
berty, of fubniitting their declaration
of rights to negociation, to appear
one of the possibilities of the ifl'ue
that is rapidly advancing upon us.
" But in order that we, soldiers of
liberty, may fight with efficacy, or
die with profit to our cause, it is ne
cessary that the number of the de
fenders of our country be speedily
proportioned to that of their adver
saries ; that (tores of all forts be mul
tiplied, and facilitate all our motions :
that the comfort of the troops, their
equipage, -their pay, the provisions
for their health, be no longer exposed
to fatal delays, or pretended Pavings,
which always tnrn out the direct re
■verfe of their objedt.
_ " Above all, it is neceflary that the
citizens rallied around the confuta
tion be allured that the rights which
it guarantees will be refpecfted with
a religious fidelity, that shall drive
its enemies, concealed or public, to
despair. .
" Reje<fl not this wifli t it is that
of the sincere wish of the friends of
your legitimate authority. Afl'ured
that no unjust consequence can flow
from a pure principle, that no ty
rannical measures can serve a cause
which owes its force and its glory to
the sacred bails of liberty and equa
lity, wake criminal justice relume its
constitutional courle ; make civil e
qnality, and religious liberty, enjoy
the entire application of their true
principles.
" Let the royal power be untouch
ed, for it is guaranteed by the confli
tution ; let it be independent, for its
independence is one of the springs
of our liberty ; let the king be rever
ed, for he is inverted with the natio
nal majesty j let him have the power
of chufing a ministry that wears not
the chains of a faction ; and if there
be conspirators, let them peri/h by
the sword of the law.
" lii fine, let the of clubs,
annihilated by you, give place to the
* The Editor has been favored with ihc follow
ing rcmiiks on this partage :
" There is one unfortunate phrase in M de la
Fayctc's Letter to the National Affcmbly, which
refpeft (or his person and charafler induce* a be
lie is an error which a Translator might readily
fall into — M de la Fayette speaks of << the verv
moment when its AmbafTador, declared to him
mat it (the cause of Amn ica) was loft."
The American Coinmiflioners were at th*>
time alluded to, ft,led in Pans, Hinifires des EtJ,
Vms. The French Ministry were called Us Mini/
tres without addition, and Us Mi,nJ} res , as URo
could or.ly mean the French King and French
Ministers. That the French Ministry thought th
cause loft, is known ; but it is hardly poftiblc thai
the declaration instanced, could have been made
by the Ameiicin Comm.doners It is therefor
fuppofed that the article befofe the noun wa, Us
which would make the sense comnleat and con'
fiftent with truth ; but the article fes, obliges th,
J ranflator to denominate Ministers, Ambassador
and the aiKecedent confines their quality to Ami
reign of the law, their usurpations to
the firm and indeperident exercise of
the constitutional authorities, their
disorganising maxims to thetrue prin
ciples of liberty, their delirious fury
to the calrti and steady courage of a
nation that underltands its rights and
defends them : in fine, their factious
combinations to the true interelts of
our country, which, in this moment
of danger, ought to unite all ihofir to
whom her fubjiigation and her ruin
are not obje<fts of atrocious joy, or in
famous speculation.
" Such, gentlemen, are the repre :
fentarions and the petitions fubrtiitted
to the national assembly, as they are
to the king, by a citizen, whose love
of liberty will never be honestly ques
tioned ; whom the different factions
would hate less, if he had not raifecj
himfelf above them by his difinterefl
ednefs ; whom silence would have
better became, if, like so many others,
he had been indifferent to the glory
of the national aflembly,and the con
fidence with which it is of importance
that it should be surrounded ; and
who cannot better rectify his own
confidence, than by laying before it
the truth without disguise.
" Gentlemen, I have obeyed the
dictates of my conscience, and the
obligations of my oaths. I owed it
to my country, to you, to the king,
and above all, to myfelf, -whom the
chances of war do not allovy to port
pone observations that I think ufefDl';'
and who wish to believe that the al
fembly will find in this a new homage
of my devotion to its constitutional
authority, of my personal gratitude,
and of my respect.
(Signed) FAYETTE
July 10.
resignation of the ministry.
M. Joly now rose, and fignified in
the name of all the ministers, " that
having come intoadminiftration with
the express intention of serving the
(late, and feeing it to be impossible
to be of any further advantage to it,
they had all given in their resignati
ons."
(Loud and reiterated plaudits from
he Galleries.)
STATE OF THE EMPIRE.
M. Lamourette proposed :
ift. To order Arms, Provisions, and
Ammunition to be got ready imme
diately for 450,000 men.
2d, To fend Commiflariesto the Fron
tiers.
id, To Decree jointly with the King
an a<il of oblivion relative to the
Commotions of June 20.
July 12.
Extraordinary Tribunal in theCaftle
of the Thuilleries.
Complaint having been made to
the Aflembly, that several judges of
the peace had exercised an unconsti
tutional authority in the pa
lace, the Executive Power and Accu
fateiu* Public were de(l red to report
the steps taken, in order to bring
them to justice.
BADGES OF DISTINCTION.
In confeqitence of a report from a
Committee, it was resolved that the
members of the Aflembly, and the
adminiflrators of the diftri<fl* and de
partments, should wear, while on du
ly, certain charafteriftic and emble
matical badges, in order to dirtir.guifti
them from their fellow citizens.
LETTER FROM THE KING.
" M. LE PRESIDENT,
" I have inftrnrtcd the minister of
jiiftice to transmit to the National
Aflembly, in compliance wiili the
Vlllth Article of the lid Sedion of
the lVth Chap, of the Constitution,
the Proclamation iflued by me, in con
sequence of the Arret of the Depart
ment, in regard to the provisional
suspension of the Mayor and Procu
reur de la Commune of Paris.
( si g n ed) " LOUIS.
(Counter-signed) "DeJOLY."
M. P E T I O N
Now appeared at the bar, amidst
the acclamations of the members and
the fpe&ators.
He demanded that the AfTembly
mould judge ngoroufly between him
and his persecutors. The depart
ment, conscious of its own unpopula
rity, a„d envious of the confidence
which the people reposed in the mu
nicipality, had always atuleavored to
mor ti f y the magistrates of the people.
It had continually opprefl'ed and u-
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furped their powers, and had ever
been ambitious to be the creatures of
the Court, rather than the servants
of the Nation.
Hatred and vengeance were com
panions in every paragraph of tne
'late Arret : it was filled with calum
ny and untruth ; it has accused him
of negligence, and libelled the inha
bitants of the Fauxbonrg St.
as a set of men fufpe«Sed of robbery !
Of what had this department to
complain ? Had a single person fall
en by the hands of ihe people What
did it lament ! That a martial law
had not been proclaimed ? That a
croud of citizens had not perilhed ?
That a civil war had not taken place ?
As to the confirmation of their sen
tence by the King, M. Petion said,
110 one need be altonifhed at it, for
the department had supported the ex
ecutive power, and the executive
power in its turn, now supported the
department. (Loud plaudits from all
parts of the Aflembly.)
M. Petion was admitted to the ho
nors of a Seance.
July 18
THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
j A letter was read from the French
minifterat London, containing a note,
in which his majesty declines the inter
polation of his good offices with his al
lies on the continent, in regard to
the affairs of France, but promises,
for his own part, to observe the ftritfl
eft neutrality.
Evening Sitting
The secretaries read the papers sent by the
department tie I'Ardeche, from which it appear
ed, that M. duSaillant, and a Count de Combet,
were agents to the French Princes, and that
their bufmefs was to create infurre&ions in the
Southern Provinces. The Catholics were to
rife against the Protestants; the Royalists, who
are for the old monarchy, against the Patriots ;
and in (hort, the whole of the Southern Provinc
es was to become an immense burying ground.
The letters of the king's brothers, directed to
M. du Saillant, left no room to doubt the exis
tence of this conspiracy, which is now entirely
laid open. The generals and commanders are
named. Theirditferent tasks are allotted them,
and the routs they were to take delineated.
The Princes inform the confederates, that one
of them is immediately to set out for Spain,and
from thence to advance to take the command
of the army of the south, with a view to restore
the old monarchy,and alio the priests and nobles.
A decree was parted to fell all the episcopal
palaces with the gardens and grounds belonging
to them. This is expected to produce eleven
millions of livnes. The bishops whohave taken
the oaths are to receive a compensation in mo
ney.
The AiTemblv sent a deputation to attend the
funeral of the celebrated American Pau l Jones,
who died yesterday at Paris. It was objected,
that he was a Calvinift, but the opje&ion was
orerruled.
July 2t.
The order of the day called the attention of
the AfTembly to the discussion of the denuncia
tion,againft M. la Fayette.
M. Lacource, after a violent declamation a
gainst the condu<sV of that General, concluded
with demanding that he should be put in a state
of accusation.
His speech was demanded to be printed.
The Affeinbly upon deliberating, refufed to
comply with the requeil. A scene of noise and
tumult followed.
M. Tournay gave his opinion for the accusa
tion of M. la Fayette, whom he regarded as a
traitor, or at least a conspirator who wilhed to
domineer between the people and their enemies.
It was demanded that the discussion Ihould
be closed.
M. M. Fauchet, Baziere, and Chabot, oppos
ed the demand.
The debate became tumultuous; the spec
tators took part by applauding and and
by encouraging or reviling the speakers, as they
favored or disapproved of their opinions.
The tumult encreafed. The President com
plained that there was a (peculator, who hided
behind him, and demanded that he fhcruld be ar
rested. The tribunes instantly were all in con
lufion. The I'refident put 011 his hat, and or
der was (lowly reflored.
M. Briifot demanded the prorogation of the
discussion.
M. Fauchet demanded the adjournment till
M. I-uckner ihould have given an explanation
on what had been alledged, that M. la Fayette
had proposed to him to march their two armies
to Paris.
M. Gaudet read forne information to this
pyrpofe, which he had gathered in the conver
sion with M. Luckner, whom he affirmed to
have said, " I do not deny that it was proposed
to me in the name of la Fayette, by M. Bureau
de Puzy, who had been thrice President of th{
Conftitueut Aflemblv ; I replied to M. Bureau,
that M. la Fayette was master of his conduct
and might do as he ehofe, but that if he march
cd to Paris, I should march after him, and coun
teraft his designs by force ; M. Bureau replied,
But the life of the King is in danger."
M. Gaudet depolited the note containing this
information on the Bureau, and signed it.
The President announced, that some citizen"
alarmed for the fafetv of the Aflembly, demand
ed to be admitted, and likewise that a croud
were advancing to the Tluiilleries.
M. Petion appeared, and said, that he saw no
thing in the neighbourhood of the Assembly to
occasion alarm, and that those cit-en
wilhed to enter the Thuilleries, had' promln
to remain quietly at the gates
The adjournment was pronounced till t
ther information should be obtained refoeftl!!"'
the new denunciation. '
1 July 22.
\ M. Lacroit obferve'd, that the Affemblr
:not terminated their diftnffion of the acJati'n
which had yesterday been made against M
Fayette, and demanded that Messrs, Luckner
and La Fayette ftiould be bound to make posi
tive declarations relpefting thefaft which had
been brought forward; and M. &,r e au ftontd
he Jummaned to the bar to give the neceffarT
information of which,he was in poOc/lion.
This motion was. adopted.
LONDON, July jp.
' • /•
The Turks. We learn f/om the
ronners, that 'he Ottomans have cut
to pieces 2ao Austrian foldieis, who
had marched to dispute with the
Turks the harvest of a field that they
had Town. If France had money to
throw into the lap of the Sublime
Porte, it might not be very difficult
to spirit up again an irreconcilable
hatred, only IMed by the exigencies
of the time.
At Coblentz a Prussian soldier hat
been (hot for having taken it into his
head to preach liberty to two citizens,.
His body served afterwards as a stool
on which the two citizens received
each jo blows with a stick.
The expences for his majesty's civil
lift for the last half year, ending July
the sth, as nearly as can be ascertain
ed, are 946,538!. Bs. ?d. ! ! !
The Ruffians called ;he Defenders
haye lately committed many outag
es in Ireland. At Dundalk a dange
rous riot was apprehended, when the
Ipeaker, accompanied by the gentle
men of the country, a troop ofhorfe,
and a company of foot, attended, or
dered the riot ai r t to be read, and ex
horted the populace to disperse. This
was ineffectual, and the soldiers were
pelted with (tones, &c. They were
then obliged to fire in their own de
fence, when fix ofthe insurgents were
killed, several wounded,and ten made
prisoners. The remainder inltantly
dispersed, & tranquility was restored.
A lerter from Cohlentz, dated 71 h
July, has this pa/Tage ; " The day
before yesterday the Duke of Brunf
wick dined with Monf. Count d'Ar*
tois and the Prince de Conde. Mar
fiials Broglio and de Caftres were of
the party. His serene highness said
wirh m uch modeftj , ' 1 never expect
ed to have dined with three generals
who beat me, and still lels to have
the honor of commanding them."
M. Dufaillant, the rebel arillocrat,
has been driven from his fortrefs by
the regulars, under the command of
M. Delbignac, who ordered the vil-
lage of Sr. Andre, in the interest of
M. Dufaillant 10 be burnt.
If we listen only to the fears or
hopes of some, we mult anticipate
nothing less than the arrival of the
Prussians at the gates of Paris. They
will not amnfe themselves, fay the
people, with besieging fortrefles ;
tlieir march will be diretS, and their
purpose executed with promptitude.
The President of tlie National Aflembly, in
ljuft so many word?, told them the other day,
that Anarchy had reigned long enough, and that
the rule of the Laws was now arrived. We
are glad they have at length made the discove
ry, and hope it is not made toolate to profitbvit.
The Duke of Brunfwick arrived at Coblentz
011 the 3d inft. and the Prince of Nassau, with a
;reat part of the army on the day following—
the Prutfian Army under the command of the
Duke of BrtUlfwick, at Coblentz, comprises
51,870 infantry, and 23,098 cavalry—the third
column of the Pruflian Army, at Frankfort,,
consists of 6,501 infantry, and 1,464 cavalry—
the fourth, at Manheina, of 7>477 f° ot > an( *
3,042 horse.
No situation can be conceived more embar
rafling than that of a Minister interrogated by
the Legislative body in Paris. —If his replies
are circumstantial he is tedious—if they are
brief, he holds them in contempt —ii he willies
to obtain proper information before he replies
then he refufes to anfwerthe representatives ot
people.
" I had rather be a Dog, and bay the Moon,
44 Than such a Minister."
The salary of Dr. Willis, for his attendance
on the Queen of Portugal, is ioool. per month.
The cafe of the Queen of Portugal is not yet
given up for loft, though the expeftstions of
her perfect recovery are not very sanguine at
prefer^.
Two/hips are lying at Depfbrd to take 011
board such American Loyalists as are golpg fct
t'ers to Upper Canada, and they are invited to
embark bv public notice from government.
The-fe veflels wiH fail for America without aoy
delav, as soon a r tJ~?y get on board their dated
number of palfengers and their baggage.