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feats in the synagogue, and greetings in the
market, and to be called of men. R|bbi !—
Who Glut up the kingdom of Heaven against
men, who neither go in tbewfetoes, norfoffer
ihofe that are entering, to go in—and who
(train at a gnat, and swallow a camel. —
Fr^^^^ Rev. Clergy,
of late, has plainly proved, that they do not
possess that spirit of meekness, which the
Saviour of mankind poffefled —they have
difeovered a difpolition, to hind heavy bur
dens, grievous to be borne, and lay them on
mens-shoulders; but they themfclves will
not move them with one of their fingers —
they make broad their plylaaeries, and en-
Parge the borders of their garments.—Their
coodu^t has favoured so much of tyranny
and despotism, that the friends of liberty be
gin to query, are they really honest men i
Do they not with to have such a kind of
government eftahliihed as will belt secure
them in their livings andfalarites, and which,
will bind the confidences of their fellow
citizens, and oblige them to subscribe to
their tenets, however they may confcienci
pully differ in sentiment. What else would
have led them from advocating the simple
truths of the gospel, to come forward as the
champions of tyranny and despotism ?— By
their fruits ye Jball know them.
WEDNESDAY, %.4N.^.
Several memorials agaipft the Alien, Sedition,
and Army laws, from New-Jersey; were read and
conimrtted, ; as were several private petitions.
$.Mr. Nicholas's motion, for disbanding the Na-
TOnal Army, was taken up, in committe of the
witofe. : °
-,^ Mr. Morris in the chair.
Mr. Bayard spoke against, and Mr. Gallatin in
fapport of the resolution. At the usual hour of
adjournment, a motion therefor was loft—49 to
-46.
' Mr. H. Lee then spoke, at length, againfl the
resolution. Motion was made for the committee
to rife.—Negatived 52 to 40. Mr. Nicholas re,
plied to the gentleman wfto had spoken againit his
resolution. motion for the committee's riling,
again negatived—so to 44.
Mr. Macon then spoke in favour of the motion ;
after which Mr .Egglefton again moved the com
mittee to rife ; he hoped that gentlemen, though
they Were in the majdritf, would not lose fight of
that civility which ought to characterize them.—
It was an old adage lfe faidmat “ hunger made
nferipeevfflr.” He conceived, from the manner
gentlemen had treated^ solicitude that the discus
sion might be postponed, that it was verified in
them. He hoped the present motion for poflpone
incnt would not be treated with the fame incivil
ity ;' if it was, probably he (Mr. Egglefton) might
obtain the fame peevish fpirlt, and though at that
late hour, might be induced to speak on the quef
tiun. ~
The ayes were 48, noes 46.
So that the committe rofeand obtained leave to
fit again, ana the house adjourned at a quarter
pad five. •
.&.: ;
4 THURSDAY, 3 ANQ
"Mr. Thatcher presented a petition from Na
thaniel Pelican, ffating his claim for procuring
the condemnation ofa vessel employed in the-As-
Zican Have trade. ^...,
, Referred^o the Secretary of the Treasury.
mir.Galiatin presented the petition of David
i cries arid William Rogers, Brigade Chaplains in
ie late army, praying for the grant of donation
lands. Deferred to the com.-of claims.
, TtehQbfe then resolved jtfelf into a committee
on the motion of Mr. Nicholas for the reduction
the army. '
Mr. Morris in the chair. - 4
I<Mr. Nicbolfon spoke at length in favouri of the
motion, ..HeMas followed ^by:.Gen. Sheppard a
'gainst the motion. Mr. Robert Williams adv. -
catfd a's 'did also Mr. Raridolj^. Mr. Otis
rp^ketn ahfwer to Mr. Randolph, and againft'the
tool on. 4 He Was succeeded by Mr. Claiborne ori
the fame fide. Mr.-Harrifomand Mr. HilL spoke
fyiopppfi,ion % <t
; Jud befyfe 49'clQck Mr. Alflon moved the com
mittee tfr rife; tepott progress and elk leave to fit
again. This wasgrantCT, 51 :rifingin the affirma
tive. <.4) ^ ^; t Adjourned.^ ^'
YE^S—Meffi-s.. Alftpn, ^ey, Bartlet, Bayard,
Bird. Brace, J. Brown^C^afoDlQGopper^Pana;
J. Davenport, F; Davenport, Dennis, Dent, Dix-
Edmond, tvans, & Foster, D. Foster, Free
man, Glenn/ Goode, & Goodrich, E. Goodrich,
Gordon, &ifwold, Grove, Harper, Hartley, Hen
derson, Hill, Hpgar, . Imlay. Kittera, & Lee,
S' Lee, Lyipan'ifon; Marshall, Morris, Nott,Otis,
figeb Parker; Plhtt, Poweft; Read, Rutledge,
Sewall'; Sheaffe, Shephards . Smith, Talliafefri,
IhatchfrJ. G Thomas, BtWomfy Wadfwortli,
Wain, L. Williams, WoM^o,Q D
' "fflES—Meflrs. Bailey,Biflipp, R, Brown, Chris
tie, Clay, Claiborne. Condit, Davis, Dawfen, Eg
gle&M, Eluraudor'ph,: Fowler, Gallatin, GfMy,
fyegg, Hanna, Heister. Huhnes, Jackfan, Jones;
Kitcliel, Lieb, Lyon,,Macon, Muhlenberg' New,
&cfolas. Nicnojion, Randolph, Smilie, Sandford,
St6rie, SUmptet, Thompson, A. Trigg, J. Trigg,
Vari, Cortlandt, VarnuriT, R. Williams— 39.
I.,And then the house adjourned until Monday
morning &i o'clock, fy . f „&
Samuel Cabell, CM; from Virginia, appeared
this day was qualified; and took his feat.
, Mr. Smith presented a memorial of Paul Benta
jflu,nd pther merchants, of Baltimore, owners of
reihieAPra, Rating that they had, previous to
Bt puffing of the a&fufpending intercourse With
ince, anti her poffetiioris, dispatched laid vessel
a vbyqge,o the Isle of France : 4hkt upon her
WTIO the United States,an^ .entry at the port
otßhfW'W, ur the state of Massachusetts, foe
Was seized, mid detained bf die collator of that
porrt ffi/revery fetimty whs oftredfor perrriif
ftuuof%M vessel tocame vote# to the port of
fakunerg, thatfoer cargo might be ,difp,fed<of,
to wdsrtfufed„haL application was then ^nade
;B^^^
. tbtet by ilibunhwhA detention, tile metodriblifts
tad faffeced a loss ofs^o dollar's and praying
&ffil, e We£in the p#pffi W may be seen fit—
^^i^^he committee of commerce aud nwi
lfa@fyw eg ate famtfr >%&,
1 he report of the secretary of war which is very
lengthy, recommends the establishment of the fol
lowing military inflitutibns—ift, a fundamental
school, tor the indruftion of engineers, mineers,
&c. the present plan of imitating artillery and
engineers, the secretary conceives incomplete, and
recommends their'feparation—2d, a school of ar
tffifry. 3d, a school for cavalry and infantry,and
4th", a school of the navy. Each to be governed
by a Dictator, &c. The feite of the school of ar
tillery to be in the vicinity ofa foundry of can
non, the manufacture of small arms, &c, that of
navy in a situation where practical experiments
may be made. ,
The message and report were referred to the
committee of defence ; and ordered^ be print
ed. ,
The house went into a committeeof the whole
on the bill to repeal part of an act irtitled “ An
aft for mitigating or remitting tteforfeitures,
penalties, and difabilitief accruing in certain cases
therein mentioned^Mr. Morris in the chair, when
the bill was agreed to without amdidment, and
ordered to be read a third time to morrow.
Adjourned
-> , „
i y^NUAbr 14.
Mr. Varnum presented a petitipnfrom some in
habitants of Massachusetts and New-Hampshire,
praying the establishment of a poftroad ; refer
red to that committee.
Mr. Griswold, chairman of the committee of
revifal and unfinifhed business, made a report that
an aft to suspend the commercial intercourse with
France would expire on the 3d of March next,
and as that law was essentially connefted with the
GUcm of, defence established in consequence of
French aggreflions, which in the present date of
things it would be improper to change, they there
fore submitted the following resolution,
Refolded, That a committee be appointed to
prepare and bring in a bill to continue in force for
a limited time, the att entitled, " an aft further
Ito suspend the commercial intercourse between
the United States and France, and the dependen
cies thereof,"
The resolution was referred to a committee of
the whole house for to-morrow.
Late foreign intelligence,
By the arrival of the brig Halcyon, at Boflon, Capt.
, -Samuel Gale, in 35 days from London. Dates to
December 14.
. , HAMBURGH, NOY. 21.
In a supplement to our last number, and in this
I day's paper, we have given vefy circumstantial de
-Itails of the lite important events which have taken
• place in Paris, from the 9th tothe rgth inst. dur
ing which period the whole Government of France
I has been overthrown, the National Reprefenta-
:tion appended, and the CanftithtiOTrofthe 3d year
set aside. All this has beeri effe&ed without blood
died, and with fcarcdly any opposition, so- greatly
1 bad the violent party (who by this new revolution
.appear to be entirely crulhed) loft their influence
atid popularity in France.
These important events have given' rife to gene
ral rejoicing and triumph among the people of
Paris, instead of occasioning those bloody conflicts,
that tumult, agitation, and anxiety, with, which
Imod of the other occurrences of a similar nature,
which have marked the French revolution, have
I been attended. ' ,\ ' {'
The French have dearly bought- experience to
< ferve them as a guide in ihe adoption of another
' form of government, which is ty te prepared for
Ithem1 them by their newly elected consuls, Buonaparte,
, Sieyes, and Roger Dtfcos, and the Conimiffion fe
: lefted from the tWo Councils.— Great hopes are
lentertained1 entertained of an approaching peace from the well
,known disposition of Buonaparte to pacific nego
ciations, while the reiteration of internal tranquil
ity in France, and a return to principles ofjullice
and moderation in thtft cotiritry, are expetted
Ifrom1 from the enmity of late evinced by Sieyes to those
I men who have ever been the abettors of ? fyflem
;of violence and revolutionary oppression. The
most noted of these Anarchies as they are called,
.are now excluded from the Legislature. The, re
maining ^members are'to be convoked whenever 1
I they may be required to ratify a peace, or when
any important pecuryence @|l @for the aid of
their councils or their fanttion. ''^<
The feleft commission of twenty-five members
ofteach Gouncil^are to prepare a new - tonftitu
tion, and a new code of laws, during the suspen
sion of the Legislature, in concert with the trium
virate, Buonaparte, Sieyes, and Roger-Ducos,
who tire fyeclaH, invested, ad interim, with the
whole uncontrouled Executive power. •
Nr. Otis, from the committee ofridence, made
a^eportin part, proposing the adoption of a refo
hition forfufpendmg the recruiting tertice, until
n the opinion of the Prefidentjim,fa£ danger
of inyafton Shall be deemed to exw/Vltich Was
ordered to lie on the table.
Mr. D. Foster from the committee of claims, to
whom were referred the petion ot&rge Farra
cut, with the report of the fecretary^f war made
thereon, reported that, in the opiuitp of the com
mittee, the report of the fccretary, vhich is unfa
vourable to the petitioner, ought tobe adopted,
and the fame was concurred in by tty house.
Mr. Platt presented a petition of Jfob Mead, of
the county of Oneida, late of the county of Dutch
efs, State of New-York, dating thatwhile in the
office of enlign of a militia regimen, during the
late war, he had received a wound which at this
day prevented his getting a liv^jtad by his pro
teffion, and therefore praying allowed a
pension, which was read and referred to the com
mittee of claims. i '
On motion of Mr. Read the report 6f the secre
tary of war, on the subject of the national armour
rY> at Springfield, Massachusetts, yhs referred to
the committee of defence for gonfideration and re
port by bill or otherwise.
Mr. Macon laid, he wiflied early in the session
to call the attention of the houfeto a fubjeft which
his constituents anxiously looked up to; it had
been already twice difepffed in this house ; and
however uufuccefsful, he conceived it his duty to
renew it ; he therefore laid a resolution on the
table for the repeal of the fecund Section of .the
aft commonly called ttye fed',ion law.
A written message was received from the Presi
dent of the United States, by his Secretary, Mr.
Shaw, in the following words :
Gentlemen of the Senate, and
Gentlemen of the houje of Representatives,
A report made to me on the fifth ot this month
by the Secretary of war, contains various matters,
in which the honour and fafety of the nation are
deeply interested. I transmit ittherefore to con
gress, and recommend it to their feriotis consider
ation. JOHN ADAMS.
United States, fan. 13th, 180%
— LbNDOW, NOV. 21.1
[aft night were received Paris Journals to the
,17th ioft. ipcinlive. By these we learnt that femel
of the expelled deputies have been arretted,hind
one paper reports that Barras has been carried to.
the temple. -Arenafwho attempted to flab bis
countryman Buonaparte in the Council of 500,
is in thatprifon, with the Prince Charles-de He&
Santhouax, Qiinot; Geniffieux, and others. Go
bier is at his own hoofe ; Moulins has escaped.—
Some opposition seems Still to be apprehended a
gaintt the late Revolution + The Council of Five
Hundred, although adjourned and dispersed, is
fufpe&ed,of forming it.
The Committees of the Councils have begun their
fittings. The Commissions aflembled on the 12th,
in the Palace of the two Councils.—After having
communicated to each other their meetings, seve
ral messages palled, in order to concert in what
manner the labours of each Should be equally di
vided. There are to be five Commiflions in each
, Council : One for the Police—a Second for Legif-
Ilative purposes, third for the finances, a* fourth'for
framings civil code—-and, a fifth, for organizing
the Laws of the w Conftitffiffi^Lebrtm is named
President of the Gommiflion in the Ancients —Lu-
cien Buonaparte in the Legislative commission of
Five Hundred.
Ij The Consulate also is installed, there is no Prefi
: dent, but each Consul presides for the doy in his
turn. These inaugurations topk place the day af
ter the Revolution, Noh it. The chief business
, which has employed the Legislative and the Exe
cutive Powers in Commission, has been the patron
age belonging to their refpe&ive appointments.—
The Domination of proper persons to fill the great
offices of the regenerated Republic, occupies all
their care ; and no measure of a public nature
seems as yet tahave come under their deliberation,
if we except a proclamation of the Confols of the
French and another from Buonaparte individually,
aligning the motives of his public conduft.
The French Consulate has proposed to the Com
mission of Five Hundred the repeal of the law re
lative to the forced loan : and the homage law,
which is universally obnoxious, has been repeal
ed.
In one of the Paris Journals it is asserted that
the Constitution of the third year has perished, that
it was dntrinfically bad, neither capable ofpro.
testing itfelf, nor of maintaining the rights of the
people, The French are called upon to take the
Same oath as the Triumvirate, in which Liberty is
' very appositely maintained, as well as the indivisi
bility of the Republic, but not one word of peace.
This Manifefto is dated the 12th of Nov. The
Legislative body also addrefled the French two
days before from St. Cloud.
. PARIS, Nor. 10.
Yefierday, on motion of Cornet, the Council of Ancients de
; creed, That the Legislative body (hould be (this day] transferred
: to St. Cloud, (two leagues from Paris) to hold their fittings in the
Palace there :—That Gen. Buonaparte ihould be inverted with
the military compand of all the troops in and near Paris, for
the proteaion of the National Representation :—That he liquid
take an oath in the midst of the Council,&c. This decree was
ordered to be printed, and sent to all phts of the Republic
The following Address was also decreed:
The Council of Ancients, to the French.
“frenchmen!'
" The Council of Ancients exercises the right, delegated to it
by the load article of the Constitution, of changing the residence
of the Legislative body, it exercises this right, in order tofupgrrfs
thefaflions which aim at subjugating the National Reprefrntation,
and in order to restore internal Peace. It exercises this right, in
, order also to RESTORE THAT EXTERNAL PEACE, which hu
manity, and ,our lengthened Sacrifices demand. The common fafe-
:ty and common prosperity, are the objeas of this constitutional
measure. They shall be accomplished And do you, Inhabitants
of Paris, remain tranquil; the presence of the Legislative Body
' will soon be restored to you. Frenchmen ! The results of this
; day will soon Shew whether the Legislature be worthy and capa
ble of preparing the means of your happmefs.”
I Gen. Buonaparte yefterda, appeared at the bar of the Elders,
accompanied by Generals Berthier, Lefebre, Moreau, Macdonald,
&c. and made the following Speech := *.
"Citizens Reprefentativee, - /1 ' ?
" The Republic was perishing—you knew this and your decree
has saved jt. Misery to thole who wbiild trouble and disturb it.
Aided by Generals Berthier, Lefebre, and all my companions in
arms, I Shall arrest them. Seek not, in the part, examples which
may retard your progress ! Nothing in hiftory resembles the close
of the 18th century ! Nothing in the termination of tlmt centu
ry referable, the prefect moment. Your wisdom has passed this
decree—our arms jhall cxecuteit. We will 4 Republic fcuuded on
true Libbrty—on civil Liberty, and National Teprefentation. We
will have it—l SWEAR IT.—I SWEAR IT IN MY NAME, and
that of my companions in armaj”
Lively applauses proceeded from the galleries—The President
called them to order —The Council remained tranquil The
President made the fubfcquent reply t® Gen. Buonaparte :- ~
."GE NERAL. '
', The Council of Elders receives your oaths, and entertains
no doubt of their sincerity, and your zeal; tty fulfil them'd, He
who never, in vain, promised victories to his counrry, must exe
cute with fervour his new 'engagements of fer vice and fidelity."
The Conncil broke up, amtaft cries Os Five la Republic 1 Five *
la Cmjlihiian ! and adjourned to meet at St. Cloud.
'= _ - --
: COUNCIL OE FIFE HUNDRED.—Nov. 9 .
The Decree or the Council of Elders was read, and the Prefi-,
det adjourned the fitting to meet tomorrow at St. Cloud. On
breaking up lie-exclaimed Vive la Xepublique 1 foe la Constitution
de Can 3! :
Nov. 10 :,t St. Claud,. .
The Council passed a decree of urgency, of fifteen articles —
The Ift : ABOLISHES-the EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY, and
EXPELS from the National Representation SIXTY-ONE Members,
toongrt whom are the distinguished Jacobins, Gen, Jourdan, ^er
trand (of Calvados) Briot, Bontay-Paty,, and Stevenotte ; —
The ad appoints an Executive Consular Committee; compos
ed of Buonaparte, and the Ex-Direftors Sieyes and Roger Ducos
I who aid inverted with the plenitude of the Directorial authority.
By tlie sth art. the Legislative Body is suspended until Feb.
' 10, aSoo. ~# *
By the Bth and 9th, Two Committees of twenty-one members
are to be formed, from each Council. ,'
By the 15th thcCouncils may be extraordinarily convoked for
:the ratification of Peace, or in case of public danger.
A most violent debate ensued ; during which a letter was re
chived from the Diredor Barras, in which after complimenting
Buonaparte, whom,he ftilcs “ the illuftrigus warrior," he adds,
he fall return with joy, to the rank Os a simple citizen, convinc
ed by. the, deration of that General, that the perils of liberty aro
now surmounted, and the interest of the armies secured..-
Gert. Buonaparte entered the Hall. A great tumult instantly
larofe. The Members in Springing towards him overfet the feats,
upon which the grenadiers advanced, and carried the General off.
The tumult continued—The President (Lucien Buonaparte—the 1
General's brother) attempted to freak. A prompt decree ofout
lawry against Gen. Buonaparte was moved ;—Talot cried out,
1“ Let the Council go in their rob^s against the foldiers."—"
and to Paris ,' cried another member. Lucien Buonaparte de
nram|ed to resign,, but the 1 Council refufed—Confufion enfUed ;
and the Grenadiers carried the President out Os the hall. A-de--
tachm^nt of Grenadiers beating a charge, entered the hall at quick'
Step, and ,with fixed bayonets, drove the members out of the hall
'in prefcnee of Gen. Buonaparte. He immediately harrangued
the foldicrs'who Surrounded him tad testimonies of the m^ft
:lively attachments .One of tire Grenadiers saved him from the
thrift of a poignaed,inade at him b, one the members.
[Y^c fv/taei^ PROCLAMATION wfyto After tfued b, Gen:
Buonaparte.]
' rtf BOONARARTP, PROCLAM.CTION.
On my return to Paris l.fyund difeord reigrung among the
Constituted Authorities, and that they agreed only, rejecting , one
truth, viz. " That the Constitution to half destroyed and was
unable to save the cause of liberty.)
All parties came to me, edtrutted me with their defigiis, dif
)doted to me thelt secrets, and Solicited my support. I refufed
-to lend myfelf to Any parry. ~'- 'ft: ^
j% fa CounciLof Elders called me before them. I obeyed the
I call. A'plan of general reftowton had been concerted bv men
!£?&,; ti*.,,frte a•#.,^B^.Q>+!
3 •., ^' ''a:'.
Iln whom the nation is accustomed to behold the defenders of :i
--bf y y#of equality, of property. This plan required a calm and
fr@ e ihvertigatiofl, unbiased by any indueuce or by any fear
A&eeable to this idea, the Council of Elders resolved upon tiaus
j fitting rhe legislative Body to St. Cloud ; they charged me with
tiM: anildary-force necessary to protea their independence I
deemed'it a duty 1 owed my fellow-citizens, the Soldiers who
are perching in our armies, and the national glory acquired bv
their blood, to accept that command.
' Trie Councils assembled afSf CT)ud j the rtepubflcan troops
watch over thelr external security ; butaifaffiru make terror pre
vail in the interior. Several Deputies of tacCouncii of Five Mun
dted, armed with flilettos and pistols, circulated all around them
the tin cat and .terrors of death.
The plans that were to be developed are limited ; the ma
jority disorganized, the mod intrepid speakers difcvocertcd, and
the proposal aid Citation of any wife meaftue became utterly
ufclefe.
I communicate m, indignation and my sorrow to the Corn
eil ofTldcrs ; I/equett to be allotted to Secure the execution of
their generous designs; I repitrented to them the calamities of
the country by which they had been fuggetted; they joined roc
jn i&R testimonies of their courtant determination.
I appeared in the Council of Five Hundred alone, without
farms; my head uncovered, Such as the Elders had received and
^applauded me. I went toremind the majority of the intention
|by which they were animated, and to allure them they might
rely on their power.,,
•The stilettos by which the Deputies were menaced, were im-'
mediately railed against him who wished to be their deliverer.—
^Twenty assassins darted upon toe and aimed at my Lreaft ; the
/Grenadiers of the Legislative Body, whom I had left at the door
of the Hall, r.n up and threw themfehes between the affaflins
and me ; one of these brave Grenadiers, named Thorne; receiv
ed a blow of a Qiletlo, which pierced Ids cloths—they carried me
off.
At the fame moment, the cries of " Declare him an Outlaw,"
were beard againd die man who wished to defend the law.—
I It was the frantic cry of the affaffirt against the fotce defined to
rob him of his prey.
They thronged round the President with threats in their
mouths, and arms in their arms ; they ordered him to put tie
$ question of Outlawry. I was informed of this, and gave orders
to refeue him from their fury, and accordingly fix grenadiers
brought .him,out. Immediately alter some grenadiers of the Ix
•.giflative Body entered at die Pas de Charge into the Hall, and
cleared it.
The.factious leaders being thus intimidated, dispersed and
went away. The majority, refeued from their attempts, freely
and peaceably returned to the Hall of their fittings, and, heard
' the proportions which were to be made for thy public Safety,
deliberate upon them, and prepare the Salutary refolutrou, which
is to become the new and provisional law of the Republic.
; , Frenchmen I you will doubtiefs recognize in ths conduct
• the zeal of a Soldier of liberty, and of a citizen devoted to Uie
Republic. Views direfted to conservation to protection, to like,
ral purposes. will resume their influence by the dilperfion of ire
cendiaries who oppressed the Council, and who, tho' they render
ed themfclves the most odious, neve) chafed to be the null con
temptible of mankind, (Signed) BUONAPARTE.
The CONSU^—Tthe TRENCH.
" Paris, Eighth year of the French Republic
one and indirfbte,
" The Constitution of the third year has perifti
ed. It knew how neither to protest your rights,
or support itfelf. Multiplied attacks deprived it
forever of the refpe& of the people. Heinous and
,ambitious factions divided the Republic between
them. France at length approached to the hit
term of a general disorganization.
“ The patriots have made themselves heard.
Every thing that could injure you has been remov
ed. Every thing that could serve you, every thing
That remained pure in the Nationalßt,refentatiou,
is united under the banners of liberty.
" Frenchmen ! the Republic re-ettablifhed and
re-placed in Europe in the rank which flie never
should should have loft, will proceed to realize all
the hopes of citizens, and will accomplish its glo
rious dettinies.
" Take with us the oath which we have made
to be faithful to the Republic, one and indivisible,
founded upon Equality, Liberty, and the Represen
tative fyflem.
" By the Consuls of the Republic.
. “ROGER DUCOS.
"BUONAPARTE.
(True Copy) “ SIEVES.
" Hagues Bernard Matet, Sec. Gen.
The firft duties of the “ Consuls of the Repub
lic" are, " to organize all the parts of the Aduaia
iltration, to re-ellablilh internal tranquillity, and
to procure a solid and honorable peace."
ADDRESS,
;FROM THE LEGISLATIVE BODE TO THE
FRENCH PEOPLE.
"FRENCHMEN,
f " The Republic h^s again escaped the rage of
faftions ; your faithful Representatives have brok
en the poignard in the hands of the paritides ; but
after having averted the blows with which you
were menaced, they felt it their duty to prevent
an eternal agitation, and taking counsel from their
duty and their courage only,jhey prefumc to hope
that they hire ffiewn themselves worthy of you.
% <'Frenchmen,- your liberties torii; still bloody
with the crimes of die: Revolutionary Gov
ernment*, we fall seek an ailylum in the arms
of a Couftltjuioii which promise's at least some re
pose. \
"But the fed'tous have attacked without ceaf
tinfc the .weak paits ot our Conftittitton and the
|Conftitutioiial Regime has been but a continuation
jof the revolution in every fe^fe in which the <lif
ferent parties themselves have interpreted it.
;Thofe even rato wished the most Sincerely to
/maintain that Constitution, have been forced to
violate it at every infant, that they might save it
Trom periling.
"From this date of ipffobility of the govern
.merit, has resulted greater irritability Still in Legif
(lation, and the rights, the most sacred of Social
/man, have been delivered up to the capriceof fac
tion and events. . ' ! • *
" It is timerfp pnt an end to thisfumult ; it is
time to give a fetid guarantee to the Jimty of
the citizens, to the Sovereignty of the Pec pie,
to the independence of the constitutions! pos
ters, to the Republic itfelf, of which^the name
/has too often Served to consecrate the violation of
all principles: It is time that the„Great Nation
.Should have a Government worry of itfelf ; a gov
ernment firm and wife, which can give a Speedy
'and solid peace, thdt you may enjoy true nh:pi
.nefs. For , the purpose of arriving more rapidly
at this end, a provisional Government is inflit tired.
Ffenchmen ! rally rpnnd your magistrate, ; Sol
diers of Liberty, pursue the cdurfe of four |ifto
*ries, you will atchieve the conquest of Peacf, that
you may soon returnto the midst of youclreth
ren, and receive from the public gratitude the
honors and rewards referred for your glorfous la
bours." ,/
MEMBERS. EXPELLED,. I
•PARIS, Nor.ll.
One hundred .and fifty members of heTwn
Councils have been expelled. The l.egtfbti,e;m
jhorft, is now invadl in Two Commitfa' of 2 t
•members each. , ..,
Citizens Extras and Moulins have been arrested,
charged with having attempted to uforp U^ fov
ereigh authort/,'and "to divide the Repii'ilie. Th^fr
, the two DiteQors offered ty dividfi^ K^m^ht
'with Buonaparte ; bin the General refund.