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PHI LAD ELP HIA ,
TtIfiSDAY RVENIN.G, NOVEMBER 7.
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Th? J-'cmbcrs of the First City TroDp
of Horse,
•ARE reqnefted to ho'd tbemfelvesin rea
diacfs, to efcnrt the Prefident'of the United
litotes, oi) his return to the Sent of Gov,
ernmtnt, which will he in a few days.
The e:r!ieft notice will be given of the
time. The place of parade will be at the
Hotel, between Arch and Race streets, in
Tenth street.
JOHN DUNLAP, Captain,
The Members of the Troop of Volun
teer Greens,
A RE requeued to hold themselves in rea
diness, to escort the President of the Uni
ted States, on hisreturti to the Seatof Gov
ernment, which will be in a few days.
The earliest notice will be given of the
time—Tiie place of parade- will be at the
Hotel, between Arch and Race-streets, in
Tenth-Ureet.
JOHN MORRELL, Captain.
T'n the Militia of Philadelphia.
AN order from the adjutant-general of
■the militia of Pennfy'vania announces, that
in confcquence of an intimation only from the
Governor, some of you are to be called on
to parade in honor of the President of the
United States! In thus honouring the firtt
roagiftrate of a free people, we honor our
selves. It is not necessary to enquire from
whence the power was derived, for issuing
this order. The Governor ie conftitution
aiiy, the commander in chief ; to the con
stitution he is amenable ; and ncirie but tray
tors arid parricides will question, oroppofe
his authority in this refpedL Like him we
are free men, and fubjeft to the laws and
the constitution ; but that ConttituJon has
given him a to command us, as a part
of the militia of the Rate. No friend to our
country will dispute that authority ; fncl\
opposition will be setting up an authority
unknown to the laws and the'conftitution,\
which is worse than to revert to a state of
nature.
The obje£t of this order is to {hew our
refpe /t to a magistrate of our own electing,
our attachment to {he constitution of the
United States, and that the feat of govern
ment possesses equal patriotism with other
parts of the union, which have paid fiich dif
tinguillicd honours to the patriot whose pub
lic services meiit every acknowledgement of
a grateful people.
Are you not men, citizens, soldiers!
i Rave you not righss, privileges, property
and honor to defend ? Is not the constituti
on your own work ? Are not the magis
trates, the guardians of that constitution,
those rights and privileges yourown choic ?
At a mom 'lit when the demons of anarchy
<tnd confufion would lay every thing pros
trate, are not your countenance and sup
port necessary to encourage and animate your
public officers, to stand firm in the support
of that independence, peace, liberty and
fafety which the constitution was adopted
to secure ? Citizens, this is an honourable
teftitnony of your attachment to your gov
ernment. The wretchss who inculcate a
contrary do&rine, would make you Haves
inderd.
What has the President done, has been
afl<ed by a contemptible organ of the fafti
on ; that faction, which has done nothing
but degrade the country for the last /even
years. What has he done—consult the re
cords of a long and arduous life. A life
of labours for the public good. Consult
the written and printed annals of your coun
try. They are replete with testimonials of
the most important benefits evercoaferred by
a'nv individual on a country.
When the illustrious Waftiington was re
ceived with the civil and military honors of
the city, the fame parricidal arts were em
ployed to'arreft the noble and independent
testimonials of your attacfiment to the fa
ther of his country- but the efforts were
blasted—they were vain. The head of the
fa&'oii funk abalhed.
It ie for the fonsof sedition and fa&ion
alone, to fay that they will spurn the or
ders of government ; full well have they
experienced the bitter effects of their anar
chical principles. May they continue to
drink deep of the cup of chagrin arid mor
tification. Believe it, fellow-citizens, your
honor, peace, liberty and property are se
cure, only in proportion as such persons are
without influence.
The service proposed, is a voluntary ser
vice. It can be grateful only on that idea.
Independent however of every other consi
deration it is a duty of policy. Philadel
phia, adds an honourable testimony to those
of the Eastern states, of her attachment to
the government, by paying public refpeft
to the President. She conciliates the good
opinion of the other members of the union ;
'and demonstrates that she is worthy the ho
nor and privilege of being the feat of gov
ernment. Her citizens have been diftin
guiflied for their federalifm ; and it has
been her peculiar good fortune generally to
baffle the designs of that junto, whose efforts
■re perpetually diretted to her degradation.
MR. FtNSO,
The following inferiptions are to be met
with on a public road, in the county of
Northampton, in Pennfylvama :
" Thii'e brige. was. built in. the. year -
'795 over Hokendoky: kreek 15 mils:
from ; Eailown Conrad Dieter
Thife. brige. was. built, in : the. year,
of. our. Lord. 1795 : commitioners. to. it.
was. John Prodi'man. and. Jacob Heller :
and. fohn Horn ; and the builter of it.
was. Michael Langenb-ch."
It is much to be wifned that those who
undertake to write ir.fcriptjonj for our pub
lic bridges, might firft I'ca'rn something of
spelling and pun&uation.
' Yours, &e. A Constant Reader.
i>y this cia'y's Ma J.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 7.
Yesterday arrived here the ihip Mary,
Capt. Allen, in 45 d?.ys from London.
By this arrival we are furnilhcd with
LONDON PAPERS as late as the 18th
of September, from which the most im
portant ictelligence is extracted. '
A gentleman who came paffihger in
forms, that he saw a Loudon paper at
the? Downs, of the 20th Sept. in which
it was announced that the negotiations at
Lisle had been abruptly terminated, and
that Lord Malmcfoury was returned to
England re infeEla.
Phis eyent is rendered highly proba
ble by the tenor of our accounts of the
14th Sept. this day publilhedfrom
which it appears, that a categorical ati
fiver had been required of his Lordship
to the laji proportion. The purport cf
this propoiition we do not know ; but
it was probably one to which the Englilh
mini ft er had refufed previouflv to accede
—and as he is not of a character to be
dragooned into a compliance, we think
his return indubitable. (N.Y.Gaz.)
LONDON, Sept. 12.
We enter on the duty of detailing the ex
traordinary event that occurred on Monday
last in Paris, with emotions which it is not
easy to describe. It is a proceeding which
in every view, either of gigantic interest in
its confequeuces, or of audacious charafter
in its design, has scarcely a parallel since the j
commencement of the revolution itfclf, and
it is impoffibleto speak of it in the language
which applies to ordinary events. It may
be r.ffertfd that there are occasions in the po
litical as well as the physical combinations
of life, when all principles must yield, to im
perious necefiity, and when all the rules of
moral condutt are set at defiance. The ad
fniffiori of this axiom is all that the most !
odious tyranny demands for the juftification
of every excess ; and it is certain that it is
fufficient to take from the most fettled fo
cietv every assurance that it can frame for
its own independence 1 . With this Ihorl ob
servation, we preface the narrative of the
new revolution in France. We (hall faith
fully lay before our readera every thing that
the Triumvirate has said in juftification of
the measure it so secretly contrived, and vi
gorously carried into execution ; our read
ers will thereby be able to decide whether
the circumstances of the republic were such
as to create the pretended necefiity which
fupercedes all law ; or whether it was mere
ly a cabal of pcrfonal interests, in which a
struggle for ascendency is exalted into a
.ftioek for the deliverance of the people.—
The genuine friends of liberty iii every
country of the world, who are the steady
and impartial fpeftators of this astonishing.
r cene, and a severe posterity, free from all
the paflions which blind the performers, will
pronounce judgment on the aft. It for us
to furnifh the materials.
The blow was struck between three and
faur o'clock on Monday morning the 4th
September. The confufion of dates from
their new division of the year, made our cor
respondent call the 17th Frudtidor, the 4th,
when it ftwmld have been the 3d of Septem
ber. We yesterday morning received the
following letters up to the 21ft Frudtidor,
or Thursday last, the 17th inclusive.
Paris, 19 FruSidor, Sept. 5.
The explofio* has at last taken place.-
The events of yefterdey are of the greatest
importance. lam going to relate them in
order as they happened :
Duringthe night df the 17th, the com- ,
million of infpeftors, with several members ,
of both councils, had assembled in the hall 1
of 500 at the Thuilleries. At midnight 1
General Lemoine (others fay Moulin) ap- ]
peared at the gate of the Pont-tournant, ]
which leads into the garden of the Thuille- 1
ries fronj the square of the revolution, at
the head of a confidcrable detachment, and 1
demanded admittance, which was refufed <
him by Ramel, commander of the guard of 1
the legislative body. But upon the gene- '
ral's ordering two pieces of cannon to ad- '
vance, and the grenadiers at the fame time 1
declaring against their commrnder, the gate
was opened and Ramel arretted. The gen.
then proceeded to the Manege, where the
members' were deliberating, and found there
Rovere, Bourdon de l'Oife, Pichegrn, Wil
lot and several others, all of which he
immediately arretted. Pichegru and Willot
made some resistance, but were immcdi- t
ately fcized and disarmed ; and it is even t
said, that Pichegru is grievously wounded, f
At the fame time Barthelmy was arrested at
the Directory ; but Carnot had contrived to e
make his'efcape. ;
Before the execution of this blow, the i
Direftory had taken care to have all the c
bridges, the square of the revolution, the ,
avenues leading to the Thuilleries, and the :
mofl considerable posts of the city occupied
by strong detachments of troops, with canneii. c
In the mean while general Angereau re- t
paired to the barracks where'the grenadiers t
of the legidative body were quartered, and, <
having assembled them, alked them if they (
would follow him : to which they all an- t
fvvered with one voice Yes. They <hen de
manded to fee their ci-devant commander (
Ramel, and degraded him by pulling off his 1
epaulets, and then marched to offer their
services to the Direftory, c
The walls were covered with different pa- a
pers posted up by order of the Dilcttory ; e
copies of which you will find in the inclosed c
Reda<3eur.
At seven the arrested deputies were con- }i
veyed in fix or seven carriages to the temple, a
At 12, in consequence of an adverrife- p
merit, polled on" the doors of both cojiicils, (1
the council of jco aiicmbhd at the OJeon, t
the ancient French theatre near the di recta.
r y> and. the elders at the, fchpol.of Surgery,
not f ar f rorn thence.
The Fauxbourgb St. Antoine, well arm
ed, evidently by preconcert, came and of
, iered their serviceS to the direftory and both
councils. They were thanked, and invited
to repaid to their refpedtive occupations.—
before they returned home they drew up in
1 the Rucdes Francs Bourgeois, where gen.
■ Angereau pafild along the line, and was re
ceived with the loudest acclamations. They
afterwards retired very peaceably. •
During the whole day the bridges and
chief polls were guarded by the troops ;
the ftreetp, especially about the directory
and the councils, were crouded with incre
dible numbers of inquifitivt persons, who
seemed to be guided by no other motive
than curiosity. Not the lea!l outrage was
.an'd' the ntrnoft order and tran
■ quillity reigtied in e-very quarter of the city.
At 6 in the evening the directory an
swered the meflage of the council of five
hundred, by fending papers relative to the
conspiracy. [These papers we have already
mentioned.]
During the night the commission of five
made report on the measures to be adopted
in the present conjundture, and proposed a
projedt of a resolution, which you will find
in the Moniteur.
The only uncafinefs now entertained is
from the friends of the constitution of '93,
or if you will, the Mountaineers; but it is
affVired that the diredlory has positively re
fufed to join them.
The barriers still remain shut. It is pre
sumed that there are 12 or 15 thousand
troops at Paris, while all the issues from that
city are completely blocked up by 25,000
men, distributed around at the distance of
5 leagues, so that it is impossible for any
j person to escape.
No news hitherto of Carnot. Some fay
he has (hot himfelf, while others pretend he
was killed by some people who attempted
to arrest him.
It is now one o'clock. Every thing is
remarkably quiet.
From the Stnllnelle.—" One Perotteau, a
gun-smith, Rue Croix-des-prtits Champs, has
j been arretted. This villain has confeffed,
on his examination, that the royal commis
sioners of Louis XVIII. had purchased
from him 700 muskets, on bons, signed with
the initial letters R.. .e. The whole has
been seized and confifcated, and the proofs
and papers are now at the Bureau Central."
20 Frudtidor, Sept. 6.
Never since the beginning of the revolu
tion was a plan carried on with more cau
tion, or executed with more celerity, than
the famous measure taken by the diredlory
on the 18th infl. This will appear evident
to any person who considers that the majo
rity of the diredlory, while they were pre
paring every thing for such an important
blow, had to baffle the vigilance not only
of their colleagues, Carnot (a man of su
perior abilities) and Barthelemy, but also
to deceive the numerous spies employed by
their enemies in both councils. So great
was the secrecy with which all their mea
sures were concerted, that they had adlu
ally marched a considerable body of troops
(some fay 10,000 men) into Paris, sur
rounded that city on every fide at the dis
tance of 5 leagues, occupied every import
ant pott, and arretted their enemies, within
the space of two hours, without any one's
having had previously the least suspicion of
the matter, and almost without noise. ■ It
was not known till every thing was over.
It is true that the anti-diredlorial journalists
had repeatedly denounced to the public a
plot, refemhling in some few particulars
the plan executed by the diredlory, but as
they had been ofte'ri obliged to retradl their
assertions, and to invent reasons in-order to
explain why the execution had been defer
red, they at last fell into the predicament
of they lying (hepherd in the fable—Nobody
believed them when they told the truth. So
minute were the preparatives taken by the
diredlory, that the prisoners of the temple
had been removed the day before, and that
house of detention cleared for the reception
of the members who were to be arretted.
Gen. Moulin, and not Lemoine, was
the officer who, on the night of the 17th,
or rather on the morning of the ißtb, ob
tained admittance into the garden of the
Thuilleries, through the gate of the Pont
Tournant, and arretted the members then
aflfembled. >■
The fame day ( 18th) about 12 o'clock,
Lafond Ladebat, president of the ancients,
aud Simeon, president of the council of
500, followed by some members, appeared
at the doors of their refpedlive councils,
and demanded admittance, which being re
fufed them, they adjourned to a house in
the Rue St. Honore, and drew up a protes
tation ; but the fear of being arretted soon
forced them to disperse.
That day the theatres shut up, but open
ed the next. This evening, pursuant to an
invitation given from the diredlorv, the
adlors of the opera eelebrated the victory
obtained by the Republic over the attach of
Royalty, by giving the OJfrande a la Liberie
and the Marftillafc.
The law annulling the eledlion of several
departments, and •rdering the emigrants
to quit Paris, &c. having passed through
the necessary -formalities, has been promul
gated to da'y, and polled upon the walls ;
so that it is txpedled very few emigrants will
be found in Paris to-morrow evening.
Carnot has not been taken as yet, some
fay he has been killed ; others, that he ha 6
killed himfelf.
It was reported this morning at the coun
cil of ancients, that Dumourier and Bouille
are at Paris, that the latter has been arrett
ed, and that every precaution is taken to
discover the former.
No. 8 of the democratic conftitutionel
has appeared to day. He violently inveighs
against Merlin de Thionville for having pro
posed that Antonette and Felix Lepelletier
should be included in the decree of transpor
tation, and accufis that member of attack
ing the true patriots under tlie liatae of ariar- <
chifts. I ills makes forae peopte imagine '
that the Mountain is beginning anew to' '
rSife its head: But it appears that the di- '
redlory and a majority of both councils are j
resolved to keep it down. Tims will tell. c
In the mean while it seems, that the vidtori- i
ous party is resolved not to spill one drop of t
blood, and to use as lenient meafurts as the '
r.ature of circumstances will permit. 1
What will serve to confirm our former»ob- !
fervations on the trade of this city, is that
the public inferiptions which on the eve of i
the explosion were so low as seven, rose the t
two days following to 13, a rife ascribed to
the firmnefs and vigor displayed by the go
vernment This day at two o'clock they 4
fell to 10, owing to some appehtnfions of a
new commotion. .
Amongst the different persons spoken of j
as being to fill the two vacant places in the "
direflorv, the molt remarkable, are, Merlin, >
minister of jltftice; general Jourdan, Robert 0
Lindet, Garat and Talleyrand Perigord. I •
21 Fruftidor, Sept. 7. j)
Among the different objedls seized in the ;
place where the members of the commission a
were arretted by general Moulin, were a con- c
fiderable number of swords and daggers with '
hilts half red and half black, several packets
of cards signed Rorere, a new dress for the
deputies, and a chest containing 40,000 li
vres. | j
! The prisoners of the temple dine toge- t
ther, and communicate freely with one ano-; !
ther ; but are allowed no communication
| with the outlide.
They -ppear very airy, especially general
Pichegru ; Bourdon de L'Oife is the only j
one amongst them that appears dejedled. I a
Those not included in the transportation lift • 1
, have been set at liberty. It is ever, allured i '
i that Thibadeau was at the fitting of yefter- 1
I day- t
By a decree of yesterday evening, the
journalists whose arrest had been ordered by '
the diredlory, have been condemned to be |
transported, and the diredlory authorized to :
make domiciliary visits in order to discover '
the retreats of such as have not been arretted. '
From the Ami des Lois, citizen Betami, '
living in Rue St. Logare, No. 1 79, has writ- \
ten the following letter, dated the 18th : c
" Yesterday, about 3 o'clock, a man c
whom Ido not know, came to me on the r
part, as he said, of the brother and secretary L
of general Pichegru, and offered me a muf- 1
ket,-piftols, a sword, and a good reward,
provided I would afiift at carrying off Pich- j
egru from the temple. I told him that I t
would consider about it. They told me t
they were very numerous and sure of fuc- {
cess. He teazed me very much, but to get j
rid of him, I answered yes. He wrote
down my name, and said he would call again.
They know me, at I served under Pichegru,
and went to fee him from time to time. But
I will never betray the republic."
I'rom the Journal des Hommes Libres—
We read in the declaration of Duverne de
Prefle the following remarkable passage :
" There is a foreign party *vho expedl
the future afiiftance of Spain. At the head
ot this party are M. M. dela Vauguyon and
d'Entraiguts. I will give their means of
eorrefpondence with the Interior. The
members of this party think the king of
Spain is for them, and among other particu
lar*, the marquis de las Cafas.
" Now we mud observe, that of the in
dividuals mentioned in the above phrase, La
Vauguyon has been at Paris this long time.
His intrigues were known by the diplomatic
body, and he himfelf is not fignified /.mong
the conspirators lately fallen. Another, viz.
Las Cafas, remained in England notwith
standing the rupture with Spain, under pre
tence of an illness that has laflcd till novu, and n
arrived yesterday in Paris in high ftilcj at the a
Hotel d'Orleans, rue des Petits Auguf- f
tins."* v
Barruel Bauvert, author of the Adtes des „
Apostles, and Richer Serezy, aufher of the n
Accufateur Public, have been arretted. The a
ex-deputy Chiappe, attempting to get into f
the temple in order to speak to general Pich- ''
egru, was sent by general Dutertre, com
mandant of the temple, to general Ange- '
rau's head-quarters, and then arretted and [■
sent to prison.
The report of the arrest of Bouille and r '
Dumourier is not confirmed. ''
The day before yesterday the constitution- f
al circle held a meeting at the hotel de Mont- J
morency. p ,
Yesterday the barriers were opened, and >'■
the troops withdrawn from the bridges.
Places of public resort, such as the Palais 01
Royal, the Champs Elifees, the Garden of -J
the Thuilleries, &c. are as crouded as ever j hi
coaches and cabriolets roll about the streets e <
as usual. In fliort, every thing wears the
afpedl of the greatest tranquility.
Ihe Journal des Hommes Libres, fays 0]
that the diredlory has ordered 12,000' men di
more to march to Paris. . P
if c can from perfvnal t/wzi lei. e flats tb'ts ajjicrtion
tohifiilfc, i 'he M trquit De Las CaJat is Jlill in Eng- i|
land. The Chevalier tie Las Cafas has moji certainly . n
htcn dja ned by ilnefi, and be tcent to Paris only ivith '
the lafifjint hope of cvnfultirrv a German pbyf eian, ivho , '
is eminent for the cure of bis particular disorder. IVt Lc
lieve It it too far gone for any hvntan aid. '
We have given this aecount of the pro- u!
ceedings, because it is more particular than di
any we have seen in the few journals which "
have been fuffered to pass over into En- U
gland. The Mom'teur gives the fame nar
rntive very concisely. The Redadleur is th
still more brief in its relation of the manner ry
of the arrest of the members, and the (hut- w
ting up of the Councils. It" makes ample a
mends, however, by furnifhing us with all 1
the documents upon which the Dirc&ory : pu
have grounded their proceedings. They !
are too important to be curtailed. —
Morn. Chron. X ™
( The documents will be given in future papers.) Rl
COUNCIL uFTTvT UNDRED. , T).
Sitting of Sept. 7. j
ADDRESS
of the LegiJlative Body to the French natict;-
Sept. 7. I
The council of five huudred. taking into
I
conliikration the extraordinary and critical
circumftir.ces in which the Kcpublic is placed
. and deeming it the duty of the Initiative bo
dy to make known to the French people the
plots which have been formed for the purpose
of en flaring them and subverting the republi
can con!!it,.tic nof the Third Year—l» declare
its own sentiments and hopes, and at the fjrne
time time to put the nation on its guard against
the manoeuvres which may be attempted to
mifltad it by the accomplices of the conspira
tors, has therefore agreed to the folUwin? re
felution : 6
Article I—" The leyifhtive body concurs
in an address to the armies and departments
the purport of which it as follows :
" French MEN ,
" It is encumbent on us to declare (he truth
to you, and we proceed to acquit ourselves of
that duty.
" A conspiracy which hid for its object the
eftabliihment of a throne in France,,and of
privileges and grievances a thoufandtimes more
«dious th ( an thofc viiith had been aboliflied by
your will—a conspiracy always unmifk d,but
nrvcr deftrJyed, had again brought the RepuS.
I lie to the lirink of ruin. The government, by
. irs wiidom and firmnefs baffled the execution
j «f it at the very moment that it was on the
point of breaking out But one hight more
and our couuiry would have been plunged into
eternal mourning—but one night more,and ar
bitrary despotism would have raised her hideout
head, and eredled her ul'urpation on the carcases
of those, who, more or l«fs, hadfervedthe
cause of iiberty.
icn who had thirfled for the popular
power wirhthefole view of exercising it again*
the people wcr e for a l<-'*g time engaged ill
; planning the execution of that execrable projedt.
1 he greater part, (Chiefs of the insurgents of
j Vcn emaire) emboldened by imDunity, had re
•irr.edl ihrir plots. They corresponded more
judacioufly with the agents qf the pretended
Louis XVIIIr The donfeflions of one of these
j agents, (Duierlie de Prefle) prove it. Their
I ! ! ' rs eile< ' 3l Venice, th«ir communications
j with the emigrants and the principal rebels
proven. All the documents aro made public.
1 . "?" ns b y *hich they promised to execute
their deligus were—i. The annihilation of all
public and nationalfpirit.—j. » l,e afTatfirution
of every one whom they treated as fuddled of
patriotifilß, and impunity to be grained to the
afiafiinj by tribunals fold royalty.— 3. The
extinction of th« financial refourcM of tfie Plate.
fbajement r^e government andi
republican lnflitutions.-— j. Acivil war lighted
up in different parts of the Republic.— 6. The
of internal security, and the inter
ception of all communication through the
country.—7. The diftrefsof the landholder,the
mechanic and the soldier. 8. A vigorous f a .
brication of all laws subversive of the cenftitu
tion.
This objetfl and these means will not sur
prize, when you shall learn by the authentic
pieces which have been found, that their ap
pointments, previously ordered and regulated
by counter-revolutionary officers in almost ev
ery department, proceeded from a general plan
formed and organized under the name of the
society of Legitimate Children, a focieiy,
one of whose laws was the most absolute and
•the blindest devotion on the part of it 3 members
to the erders of their unknown chief.
« We will not remind you citizens of the
deplorable success which has resulted from their
combinations. In April, a Peace, an honorabl.
and solid Peace smiled on oht wishes—it is re
moved 'o a greater distance. Could it have
been raised on a land convulsed and ready to
cover itfelf with blood and ruins ? The nation
al credit began to acquire confifltncy ; the
public creditors were on the point of being
paid, there were no arrears due to the armies,
when ftiddenly qiifery and penury returned and
spread themfelvas ever France j the ftockholdtr
was in despair, the infot.ipriotis at 40 livres fell
to to, the armies wire without pay orcloathing.
Those armies which triumphed over Europe,
were, O fhameful and forrowful reflexion !
compelled to fubfifl, cither by requifitiont, or
by the produiSl of their courage j and yet a
hideous laugh escaped from the lips of the par
tizans of the counter-revolution ; they every
day law the cmbarrafsroents of the government
increase, and they every day increased it them
selves. The moll far-fetched explanations,and
the m»ft impudent perfidy were deemed good
means, for the attainment of t|ieir end.' The
adherents of fanaticifin were recalled, a fhame
ful and public traffic of the erasure of emigrants
was declared ; the citizens terrified at their
proceedings, met together, but that right was
prohibited. Arms were diftribiited, poinardj
marie, fcveral were fcized with rallying orders,
and regiflers for enrolling names were opened!
0 Country ! O sweet and noble sentiment of
liberty, generous incentives of honor and of
national pride, what became of you ? O names
to often prophaned, of jufticr, morality, huma
nity, of social and public virtues, where did you
take refuge ? They existed with the armies !"
(The address, after dating the egeSt refilting
irom the inference of the armies with the transac
tions cf the 4. h infl. and entreating the public 0-
pinion not to be milled with refpeiSt to the conduit
of tha direAory, which it afTerts has finally etlab
limed rhe constitution *f the third year, and put a
period to th* revolution concludes in thu follow
ing manner:)—
" With refped to you, Frenchmen it depends
on your union and on your confidence to encour
age us to proceed. Reltored shortly to our eut
tornary hbors, all our cares shall be employed in
hea ing treachcs which it was the business of our
enemies to widen.
" The restoration of the finances, of commerce,
of ineiuftry, and agriculture; the relief of the in
digent cl 3>s, of the hospitals, and the creditors
01 the slate ; the debts due to the imaiortal defen
ders ( .four country shall claim our firft attention..
Peace also, that confuting peaee, obtained hy vic
tory will also come, we hope to consolidate all
our triumphs and repair aj our leffts. But if on
the contrary the enemy fhuulj persevere in accele
rating his own definition, let the union of all
good citizens and their attachment to the confli
tu'ion of the third year produce in him despair,
and prove th« pledge of his approaching ruin '
•' Frenchmen, the unity of adion is re-eflab.
lifbed between the two • reat powers ; not that
0! """y which might result from the depen
dent <- f 'he ore upon the other, hut thut which
is produced hy the harmony of reciprocal K 's,
\Vc have laid before ypu our coudixt a „d our
prmcples Our lives ,- r v.holly devoted to the
mains nance of the republic : we fhal! not tell you
that we are ready to I-jfe them in comfca-insj eiw
ry faction, but ivefolemnly fwcar to you that we
will overcome them/'
Article It —» The law of the sth shall be an
nexed to this refoluti .n, and proclaim,,! wlth it
in a t the departments and in ,he armies of the re.
public.
SITTING OF SErr. ?o.
A f'Cond message ti oni the directory announ
cing to the council, the receipt of the following
ktrer from Central Moreau, addressed to citizen
Barthekmy :
Tic General in Chief of the army ,f tl , Rlml w
felle, to CitiTen Barlhclemy, member of tlx Exuytn,
Btrcflory of the French Republic.
" Headquarters at Strafburgh, rn,h Fruc
tidor (September 5,)
" CITIZEN DIHECT®R,
'• You will no doubt recollea, that on my last