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F 11 A N C T..
COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
25 Thermidor—Auguft 12.
Giiittenmrdet complained of the citlay in
r''? printing' of the report of thp committee
infp'e&ors.
Aitbry fa!d, that the committee thought
•t tlieir dilty to confine- tliemfelves to an ex
trajft of the documents, without p-.ibltffoing
the fgntfmtm ; beeavife, dotibtlefs, it was'
not the intention of the councils who ccm
r.romife, to expose the parties to any dif
gra re.
Johranyme moved, that the council fTiouliT
Confine itfclf to printing the report ; and if
-.'. Ny member wished to consult the docu
ments, the Committee will communicate
them. ,
OsriSr said that the report without Ac
documents was useless; ; he wiflied to print
the whole or none.
Triffael declared, that the documents
might belong to those by whom they were
coramunicittd, and that they were independ
ent of the report He therefore opposed
printing of the documents.
? lontrnajor contended that the documents
ought to be made public.
Vladier called for the repeal of the decree
which orders the documents tp be printed.
Thi? proportion was adopted, after two
appeals to the council, and in spite of the
most violent opposition. But the council
pasTed to the order of the day upon the pto
pofal to repeal the order for printing the re
port.
Aubry rend the definitive provisions of
the resolution concerning the organization
of the national guard. The article relative
to the formation of the corps of cavalry and
the company of artillery, by which the
guard was to have been augmented, experi
enced new difficulties. As it would require
many months, perhaps, to call from ttoe
iftflerent coqjs of the arrmes the horse and
the artillery, the reporter prcpofed to take
the-a out of the 47th division.
Ta'ot asd general Jourdan insisted upon
the literal execution of the article, ant} pro- ]
posed to have the service continued by the
ftrft company of artillery and the firft. regi- '
inent of dragoons ; by whom it had hitherto
been performed.
This proposition produced debates. At
last, however, it wds adopted, with an
amendment of Le Normaod, to the effedt
that the artillery and horse (hould be fubjeft
to the rule enadied in the last resolution.
Willot, in the name of the military, pro
posed to enaft, in addition to the resolution
of the 10th Thermidor, that the disbanding
of the Genfdarmerie, ordered by the law of
the 25th Pluviofe, should extend to all the
oßcersof the corps appointed since that pe
riod, and that the directory (hould give an
indemnity to such officers as had been at any
expense in changing their situation.
26 Thermidor I —Aug- 13.-
The long debates on the tranfa&ions of
the commiiTaries of the treasury with the
company of Dijon, in which the former are
charged with making bargains scandalously 1
improvident, were this day terminated.— !
The council closed the difcufiion, and de
clared there was no room for deliberating
on the motion made for hearing the com
miflarics at the bar. The council declared
the urgency, and adoatfil .the—arcyedk of
I'l.l'. -—a-'.i. TW_&»«r former commiflSrleS"
are difmified, and are to be immediately re- ;
placed ; the dire&ory fhallcaufe them to be
prosecuted before the tribunals.
Bourdon de l'Oife complained that some
soldiers pafling along the Boulevards, had ,
Hepped out of their ranks and aiTaulted some |
citizens, on account of the colour of the col
lars of their c©ats. He said that as the ex
perience of the revolution had proved that
similar conduft had always been the prelude
to civil difientions, he moved that a meflage
(hpuld be sent to the direftory to desire
them to take measures of police to prevent :
the repetition of insults by the soldiers a- !
gainll the citizens on aacount of their drefi.
Adopted.
27 Thermidoj-, Aug. 14. !
Metz rose to speak on a motion which
flood for the order of the day. He an- ]
nounced, that the enemies of public tran- 1
quillity do not ccafe to put in praftice every 1
thing which may tend to spread alarm a- !
mong the citizens, and to inspire them with
a mistrust of the paternal intentions of the
legislative body. In the department of the '
Upper and Lower Rhine, faftious persons
overrunning the country, spread the report J
that the legislative body feck to establish a
reigning religion, to make another Bartho
lomew's Day for the Protestants. They 0
then prevail on them to sign petitions which
they do not understand, filled with declama
tions against priests and emigrants. The 0
orator then related asa ft not less important. "
Although the legislative body has declared
that the pay of the troops fliould have the
prefer"" :e, the troops do not however re
ceive any thing, and they are told to resort
to the legislative body. He moved, that a
meflage be sent to tho directory, requiring
information refpe&ing the delay experienced (
by the troops in the discharge of their pay.
Adopted. *
The municipal adminiftratio* of the com- -
mune of Saintes transmitted to the councih
some new details, relative to the troubles
attempted to be excited by the anarchists t
in this commune on the 27th and 28th ult.
at the fame time a copy of several orders ~
and proclamations which serve to maintain
public tranquillity. They conclude by af
furirig the council, that they may rely on
their attachment, as well as on that'of all
good citizens, who will remain faithful to _
the constitution of the 3d ye?.r.
Duranty denounced an inftilt which he
had received frSm an officer of the guard
of the legislative body, who, notwithiland- /
ing his being a rcprefentative of the people, he
ordered his tjoops to arrtft him, and, on
■ their refufal to obey this illegal order, h;d
: can fed 'them to be puuifted.
This denunciation was referred to the
. committee of infpediors.
FAR I^7July i 9.
From the C/'f du Cebinet.
n The public mind is not become entirely
s tranquil ; for the divisions between the dif
ferent powers Sill exist. We hope, how
j ever, that the ccmmiflion named to make
the report relative to the meflage of the di
,r rc&ory, and which has chosen Thibaudeau
1S for its chairman, will be able,to remove the
, 'alarms of the public. In the mean time,
f. another peace has been signed, public spirit
is improved, and the last Pete has given
d 1 courage to the true republicans. The hopes
If of the royalists and anarchists vanifli, and
the per# e begin to be more attached to
e their government.
From the Republican Francais.
e The report of the removal of the minif
t ters, and the names of the persons by whom
t.iey arc to be succeeded, is confirmed.
;s Ine minister of general police is difmified,
c and is succeeded by citizen Aftier, formerly
I member of the central bureau. The mi
j nifler of marine, it is said, is-fucceeded by
citizen Gourland, formerly direftor of the
. East-India company.
General Brune, who has a high reputa
c tion with the patriots of the south, has
been appointed temporary commandant of
Q Paris, in the room of general Chanez.
c Ihe report of the infpedtors of the hall,
jj read the day before yesterday in the fecrct
_ committee of the council of elders, has for
_ ,ts objeft to inform the legislative body ot
the aftual situation of Paris, and to autho
,f rife the com million to take measures of fe
, curity. The fubjeft was difcufled, but
e nothing resulted from it.
e fion of jnfpeftors tended to offer the pro
. j °f an organic law on the io2d Article
t of the constitution, conceived in these terms
• fh 2 Council of Elders can change the
j rehdence of the legislative body. In this
c cafe it {hall point out a new place, and the
time on wliich the two councils are there to
1 aflemble. The decree of the Council of
_ Elders, on this fubjeifl is irrevocable." Af
'ei_' 'he day on which the decree is passed,
_ J neither of the councils can afiemble or de
-5 liberate in the commune where they previ.
! ou fly The members who (hall contin-
ue their funftions, Ihall be guilty of an at-
tack on the fafety of the Republic.
Such are the formal provisions of the
[ constitution. We do not positively know
whether the Council of Elders, as reported,
is employed in the difcuflion of this fubjeft ;
• we eannot lee in the present circumstances
. the advantage or the necessity of such a dif
r cuflion "which seems to us calculated only to
alarm ar.d difgud the city of Paris, and to
increase the chances of danger to the legis
lative body. If it is threateaed by any per
ils, they do not arise from fitting in this
commune, the immense population of which
if, on the contrary, a security calculated
to impose upon its enemies, and where the
force of opinion by it is surrounded
is a bulwark still more powerful.
j LONDON, AUG. 19.
Although it is pretty generally under
stood that ministers are acquainted with the
articles of the treaty of peace between
France and Portugal, we do not find that
■ can throw a/ldilional light on ilie nature,
- •wtcirt, or value of the facrifices mutually
made by the contrasting powers, and the
situation in which the event immediately
■ plaeei Great Britain. A few days must
make us acquainted with those momentous
arrangements, and enable ns to judge with
some accuracy of the degree of influence
they have on the general politics of Eu
rope.
The objedl of the king of Sweden's jour
ney is not known, nor even guefled at, by
the politicians of the North. He left Stock
holm suddenly, after having entrnfted the
administration of his kingdom to the Count
of Wachmeifter, Baron Sparr, and Baron
Douglas. 7he preparations for this depar
ture have been so secret, that on the very
eve of it, the circumstance was doubted.
From Stockholm he went to CarlfcroH,
where be embarked for Stralfund. Hav
ing reached that city, he made no stay, but
went forward into the heart of Germany.
On the 2d of August he was expefted at
Hamburgh, having crofled the Elbe.
A person on board the vefiel which
brought the last Paris papers from Calais to
Dover, was seized immediately on landing,
and detained in custody; but it was not
known on what account.
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QSoler 27, 1797.
THE different Schools of the University will he
opened on Monday, the 6th of November ; of
which, all who are concerned, are requeftcd to
take notice.
By orJtr of ibe Faculty.
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Philadelphia, oSober 26, 1797.
THE Poft-Office will be removed t«
No. 34, South Front Street, on Saturday
the 28th inft. at half past 12 o'clock, p. m.
and on Monday, the 30th, the letter carri
ers will begin to deliver as usual.
N OTIC E. .
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kill, on the Ridge Road.
September 4. dtf
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apply- Wm. ALLEN, Health-Officer.
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PHILADELPHIA,
SATURDAY EVFMNCI, OCTOBFK 18.
" —■ .nnw^-muU'i— lyrrm, .. ,i .
\ Continuation of Latejl Europtan Nrtus,
received by the It r iHiam Petin.
ROME, Ju'y 24.
u A courier arrived here a few days ago,
e with a letter from the directory to the pope,
in which are mauy strong expressions of ef
t teem and refpedtfor his Holrnefs. The di
n re&ory has also expressed its concern at
s learning that feme French agents had, since
j the conclusion of naacc, levied arbitrary con
-0 tributions in Ombrfa and the Marche, and
therefore directs thata diminutionofyoo.ooo
crowns shall take place in the payment of
the contribution agreed upon by way of in
demnification.
We hourly expeft the fiew minister of
France, Joseph Buonaparte, brother to the
general.
LONDON, August 25 —28.
Storace and Braham have been very un
fortunate in the firft duet they were engage*!
in out of this country. They were imme
diately sent to prison on their arrival at Ca
f lais, in their way to Italy. The joint me
lody of their fafeinating drains could not
supply the want ps a passport.
tn the late quairels on black collars,
r which have now entirely fubfidcd, the in
, habitants of Paris did not take any part.
A curious developcment has taken placg
in the American legislature, on a very ex-
traordinary fubjeft. It appears that Mr.
.Blount, a member of the senate, and others,
entertained the design ofinducing the Brit
ish and the Indians to attack the Spanish
[ fettlemcnts in the Floridas and Louisiana.
Some fay the objeft of this enterprise was
' to furnifh a pretext to the Spaniards for re
■ fufing to give up to the BritiHi certain posts
' agreed to be evacuated. But the political
parties, which run very high in America,
' pretend that the projeft had 3 very different
purpose in view. The English party in A
merica fay, it was entered into in hopes of
1 embroiling either France or England in a
war with the United States ; and the French
party affirm, that it was promoted by the
English fattion to aggrandize this country,
at the expence of Spain. Each charge
the odium of the measure upon their oppo
nents, whom they accuse of being bribed,
the one fay with French, the other fay with
English goIU. It is very manifeft, that if
the Spanish settlements had aftually been
attacked, the tranquillity of the United
States would have been endangered ; and,
whatever might have been the obje&s of the
plan, it certainly was abase, treacherous un
dertaking. The disclosure of it has aston
ished the Americans, by whom it is univer
sally reprobated ; and the mercantile inter
est in London will, no doubt, rejoice at the
failure of a plat, which, at this time, would
have given a terrible blow to our commerce.
Mr. Blount has been expelled from the sen
ate, and impeached. We shall give the
proceeding at length in our next.
The late lord Mountmorres was one of
the most rigid and systematical economists
living. His manner ofpafling a day in the
winter time was nearly thuß : Equiped with
-» Water proof boots, and an
umbrella of huge diameter, he bade defiance
to the inclemency of the season, and whiled
away the mornings in visiting the new shops
in Piccadilly. He took his dinner five
days out of seven at the Piazza coffee-houfe,
and regularly appeared at about half past
eight at one of the theatres, but if the even
ing loured, tie found his way under the
cheap and convenient shelter of the colon
nade, t« one of the stage boxes at Covent
Garden. With these peculiarites, there is ,
reason to believe that he did " more good
by Health," than many who had five times
his fortune.
The posthumous works of Mr. Burke,
which are to be laid before the public in the
ensuing winter, consist of another pamphlet
on French affairs, and a Journal kept by
Mr. B. for many years, entitled, " His own
times which contains many details ref
pefting the political scenes in which he was
an aftor, as well as an observer. To these
the Editors, Drs. King and Lawrtnce,
prefix a life of Mr. Burke ; which, if wor
thy of the fubjeft, cannot fail of adding to
their reputation. The whole will make a
large quarto volume.
It appears by the last letters from Rome,
that the Pope has of late passed some time
at Monte-Cavillo, to recover from the con
ferences of an apoplt&ic fit he was lately
seized with, and which, added to the drop
sy in his chest, announces the impending
difTolution of Pius VI. Peaceable citizens
feel the more uneafiuefs on the approach of
this event, as symptoms of revolutionary
commotions begin already to appear, and
the moment ofthe Pope's death is anxiously (
waited for by Buonaparte to unfold and ,
execute the grand proje&s he has said to ,
have. All perfens able to leave Rome, de
part from thence to avoid being present at
the cataftrophc they dread.
PARIS, August 21.
" LIVE FREE ! OR DIE !
The officers and soldiers of the army of the 1
Rhine and the Moselle, to the executive 1
directory of the French republic. (
" 24 Thermidor—Auguft 11.
" CITIZENS DIRECTORS, ,
" Profoundedly affli&ed by the evil heap
ed upon the republic, and by the progress •
of royalifm, the army of Italy has presented <
addresses, supplicating you to adopt the <
proper measures for consolidating the con- '
ftitution, which is now fllaken .to its basis. 1
Witnesses, and in a manner, the vift'iis of <
the affinations committed by tlje murderers 1
of the fonth, the coiiqnerors of Lodi and 1
Areola befeeched you to protest their rela- j
tions, daily immolated by the daggers of (
those atrocious ruffians, who are armed by
the priests and the fuppor.ters of the antient
tyranny.
" More patient, Vhe army of the Rhine
and Moselle has not hitherto communicated
to you the grief which it has felt. But,
citizens directors, there is a time for every
thing, ntid the measure is now full. We
have heard the eppeal which the divisions of
Angcreau, Joubert, &c. have made to you
—we fuffer like tbem. If, deeply interested
by the dangers of their country, they be
ready to march into the heart of the repub
lic, to flop the effufion of the blood that in
undates it, you may. be/ a (Tared that we
shall not remain indolent fpe&ators of their
labors.
"With the refpecfc that is due to the Gift
magistrates of a free people, we supplicate
you to do justice to our claims, to tfiSJa?
them known to the patriotic members of
both councils, that, in concert with vou,
they may consider of some remedy which
may be instantly applied.
" Having conquered two-thirds of mili
tary Europe, how could it be conceived that
enemies should dare to ?magine they had
gained their cause ? They have, however,
obtained a great part of what they demand
ed. In a short time, the monarchy would
have been established. What a dreadful
profpeft is presented to us by the firft pro
ceedings of the prsfjnt legislature !
" Citizens directors, notwithstanding your
folicitudcs, the children of the republic, its
supporters, are vilified in the interior, and !
are destitute of every thing upon the frontiers
which their courage alone has given to their
country. The obje&s which ought chiefly
to have fixed the attention of our legislators
have been put aside ; and far from following
the' line of eoflduA which the happiness of
the people prescribed to them, they have
dwelt upon the most frivolous topics. Many
of them have been exclusively employed in
gratifying the most odious passions. The
public good, which ought to be the order
of the day, has been replaced by a thirst of
vengeance. All that love of liberty that
charafterifed the former assemblies of the
republic, is extingnifhed. The constitution
and the sacred rights of the people are no
longer refpe&ed—Who knows but, one of
these days, they -will order us to go to mass ?
—-they have already made us fajl !
" Our finances, so much mismanaged,
were almost exhausted. A civil war was
scarcely terminated in the weft, when ano
ther recommenced in the south. Foreign
agents endeavored every where to mislead the
public mind. What has been done to reme
dy these evils ?—More than twenty fittings
of the council of five hundred have been
employed on hearing reports on priejis, on
bells, and on emigrants !—Emigrants and
Priests ! Those who delivered Toulon to
the Englifb, and A face to the Imperialijls—
thofe who have involved us in the war, and all
its miseries, have been recal'ed by a decree, wel
comed and honored.—The bells most be re
cftablifhed, while no plan of finance is adopt
ed, and though the defenders of the coun
try should want every necessary. The pay
of all the armies is several months in arrear,
and no clothes are delivered to them. The
hospitals are not attended to, and our lick
and wounded brethren die for want of pro
per support and assistance. Are the civil
hospitals better supplied 5 What are the bells
to us ?
" The conquerors are naked, and defect
has been profitable only to the vanquished.
In feveralquarters provisions have constantly
and totally failed. If the troops have sub
sisted, it was only by depriving the inhabi
tants of the countries in which they were,
of some of the articles necessary to their ex
istence. What would be thought, then,
if we should speak of the Milliard,
which was promised us with so much ear
neftnefi when our services were wanted ?
None of us can any longer rely on the pay
ment of it : and it even appears, that the
only reward they reserve for us is shame
and contempt.
" But private interest would still be si
lent, were not the honor of the country
concerned. How have the defenders of the
country been treated in the interior? Worse
even than the soldiers of Conde, whom
they have beaten, They have been vilified
in one place, proscribed or assassinated in
another, and every where infnlted, when
they appeared in the most refpeftable uni- 1
forms. No, citizens directors ! we have 1
not renounced the honor of being French '
citizens : we know what is due to us—de- 1
gradation belongs not to our charadter. ]
But even the legislative body, in debating ]
for five days upon the march of the troops
which passed within 12 leagues of them,
have proved that they viewed us only with
terror, we may fay even with horror ? Are .
we then, foreign troops, or enemies of pub
lic liberty, that they treat us with so much
severity ? We founded and we maintained
that liberty, and no power in the universe
shall tear it from us. Ought we not to be 1
astonished when we are declaimed against in ]
the national tribunal by emigrants, the pre- c
tended representatives of the people whom <
they detest. t
" Royal terror has been substituted to 1
an anarchical terror, of which we are equal
ly the enemies, Such are its effefts, that t
the tribnnals every where acquit assassins z
and conspirators, while they ftriice f
pity all wliq are fnfpefted of patriotism, of t
being purchasers of natioaai property, or t
merely of being moderate friends of the t
constitution. In support of wjhat we ad- t
vance, we refer to the judgment pronoun- a
ced in favor of the conspirators Brottier, a
Dunan, and Lavileharnois, the known a- t
gents of Louis XVIII. and that in favor 1;
of the priest Poule, who attempted the life
of the representative of the people Syeyes. c
The purchasers of national estates are every ii
where plundered, and excluded from offices d
of trust ; while the emigrants, recalled by f
new laws, exercise almost every public furic- f
tion. So great indeed is the effedl of this t
royal terror, that when the law upon politi- si
cal and literary aflVmblies was presented to v
| r the council of five hundred, it was paffcd
t I without the necessary forms being observed.
, One member only offered to speak against
z ! that violation of the liberty of the people,
1 j but he was not heard ! It belongs to the
, . present period alone to have produced fucli
f 1 examples.
e i "Ten thousand officers, who have no
f j reward for their services but the wounds
i • which, they are covered, languish in thein
-1 , teiior, without support and without fuc
: ' cour.
- I « What fate, then, awaits those whose
- j zeal has so long and (till detains them under
: the standard of liberty ? We know already,
r that several officers have been replaced by
men who are not known in the republican
t armies, others will soon be,replaced by
-• those emigrants whom they h ve combated
rf Our enemies no longer disguise this plan,
f which they have begun to carry into effeft.
, In the debate upon the Gendarmerie, did
i not several members of the council of five
hundred declare, that it was necessary to
- place at the head of that corps all theoffi
t cers who had served in it before the revolu
-1 ; tion, whatever might be their opinions '
> We are then about to fee the aristocrats
- f androyalnls reiWd to their command—all
' those who fled to the different courts of Eu
-1 rope, a/feing alms of the enemies of their
• country ; those, in fine, whom we have
for fix years combated. It has been said in
• the tribune of the council or" the ancients,
| tllat all those who pojfejfed virtue and talents
waited only for thepropitious moment in -which
i they might return to the fa-vice of their country.
■ What then do ivcpojfefs ? Wounds ! If, then,
• we boast no titled anceffry ; if we have nei
. ther gold nor affeftion for king; : it is not
r kT r" 5 16 j e " J ,° y he b!effin S s of peace ! No
r bie lcoundrels who concealed rhemfelves du
■ ring the war, are about to replace us '
' "We had reason to expeft, from the
, French blood that had been every where
t jhed, and the innumerable facrifices that we
■ have made to our country, a fulid and crlo.
: rious peace : but what enemy will treat, with
: us while they fee us agitated by a powerful
' ta^ lon > which they are convinced will de
' 311 meanß of continuing the war,
, which disgraces us, and would even deliver
r our frontiers to their cohorts; when hence
forth no plau can be formed until the utility
of it is discussed at the tribute ? No ' un
, der these Orcumftances we cannbt have
i peace.
" F^ e / e n we doubt not, wiflt
that the lafb of us should remain upon the
frontiers, and expiate, by his death, the
crime of having vanqsifhed the kings, their
protestors. O country! O defenders of
the country ! you are then about to be de
livered by those detestable being, to the fa
telhtes of tyranny. The despots whom
you have so often humbled, are about to
put their yoke of iron over those brave
heads which have been covered with so ma
ny laurels. Perfidious wretches ! they speak
of their attachment to the constitution,
which they undermine—which they tear
leaf by leaf, while they continue to invoke
it. No, citizens direaors ' we will not '
endure this. We require other pledges
than hypocritical protestations. We are
fatigued with vain promises !"
Mejfage of the executive direßory to the cottn
"f fiy hundred.
28th Thermidor, (Aug. 15.)
" Citizens Reprrfentatives,
You have desired the executive direc
tory to acquaint you with the measures a.
dopted agamft the author of an article in
serted in No. 581, of a journal entitled the
Kedafteur," to cause him to be prose
cuted and brought to condign pumfhment.
I he executive diredory reply to your
message, by transmitting to you a copy of
the report made on this fubjeft by the mi
nister of justice, in purfuanee of their or
ders.
" This report terminates with general
obfervrJions on the necessity of ftemmiW
the torrent of disorder and corruption, pro
ceeding from the licentiousness of the preft
The direftory have thought proper not to
separate these remarks from the report, as
they fully coincide in opinion with the mi
nister of justice on this head.
The dire&ory have further thought fit,
citizens representatives, to inform you, that
the journal of the Redafteur is one of those
public prints which are most in the habit
of publishing the ads issued by government,
yet the e&cutive government take neither
the lead part m the conduaing of that pa
per, nor do they either direaiy or indireftlr
pay its authors. 1
(Signed) " CARNOT, President.
" LEGARDE, Sec. Gen."
Report of tht mhifier of jujlice to the executive
dlrcQory.
" 28th Thermidor, (August ir.)
" Citizens Directors,
« You have direaed me to examine in a
legal point of view au article inserted in the
Redadeur, No. 581, refpeaing which the
council of hvc hundred sent you a ineffao-e
on the til instant (July ,8) and to make ,
report on this fubjea. I ah. going to ful,
fil this duty. 6
" The council of five hundred had judged
this article to be contrary to public orcL,
and to v.olaie the refpea due to the nation
al rtfprefentation ; but it is not this imputa
tion, however serious it may be, and what
ever weight it may derive from the author,',
ty which prefers it, I am here to enquire in.
to : I must confine myfelfto discuss, pursu
ant to your orders, whether there exist law»
again ft the abuses of the press ; and oafe
they do exist, whether the article under con
sideration is to fall within those laws.
" You are not ignorant citizens direa
ors, that there is nothing more excites the
indignation of all good citizens, than the
daily abuses of the sacred right, conquered
from defpotilm, and one of the most precious
fruits of the revolution, to express and mul,
tiply our thoughts, refcycdfrom the inqui
litonal fetters of cei.fure, and to exercifc,
with refpea to the depositories of p„bli p