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make of the Power a property, of which, at pre-
sent, only ihe Administraiortr, !x.ssessed.
"The Romans were most jtii.)us (,f their liberty,
and Camillus Fabius and Cincil..ti.itts ally saved the
country because they relincittis'%ed the power which
had been confided to them it t•or they Ltd saved their
country. But* liberty of Rome perished its soon
I. as Czsar usurp absolut,2 prAvcr."

CA IttiOT cited the eranrk of the t'nited States. '
It was reserved for the New World to spew to the
Old the pr.:Ll:tic:6;l4y of a nation's enjoyin.:; liberty,
and the rising prosperity of the people. 'the desti-
nies to which they appeared to be called Ivit no
doubt remaining of the existence of that truth.
After discussing a variety of general principles,
Carnot made some particular observations. " Will
(said he) the opinion of the public funCtionaries be
the free wish of the whole nation ? Will there not
be inconveniencies attending the expression of an
opposite sentiment? Is the liberty of the press so
much restrained and degraded that it will be im-
possible to make, in the public prints, the most re-
spedlful remonstrances against the proposed arrange-
ment ?" •
The Orator considered the question in another
point of view. He asked, if the expulsion of the
Bourbons at all involved the necessity of a new dy-
nasty I if the establishment of that dynasty would
at pl.er ohstacles in the W of a general peace; if
it would be recognised by foreign powers; :old if, in
case of a refusal to recognise et, arms would neces-
sarily be resorted to, and for an empty title the se-
curity of the French nation would not perhaps be
endangered? This is not the only means niiich the
existing Government has of consolidating itself. The
means of this consolidation consists in adherence to
justice. Far be it front me here to mak•• any parti-
cular application, or to cast any blame on the opera-
rations of Government. Suet; a thought has no
place in my heal t.
" Is liberty then disclosed to man only that it may
never be enjoyed ?—No ! I cannot consent to regard
it as a nitre chimera, and my heart tells me that its
Government is easy. In conclusion (said the Ora:or)
—I am ready to sacrifice my personal opinion to the
interests of my country. My respea fin- the law
will remain unalterable, and I desire above all
things to see every opinion, and every sentiment
united against our eternal, our implacable enemy,
that enemy which is now meditating universal op-
pression. I vote against the motion."
Faure next mounted the Tribune. He applied
himself to the refutatifm of Carnot's speech. He ask-
ed, if he had well manifes e t his respell for the law,
by reminding them that he had on a preceding oc-
casion voted against the Consulship for life, imurtion_
ed by the vote of ;wore than a million of Frenchmen ?
He supported the motion.
Aft:tout° began in the following terms the speech
which he also delivered in favour of the motion :
" What is this fatality which has seized our col-
league, which renders him the passive witness of
the outrages of the Committees of Public Safety,
which carries him to the Diredoey, and cannot fur-
nish him with the means of daing good to the peo-
ple, which on the 18th FruSidor renders him the
eiaim of the events of that day, and does rot per-
mit him to perceive the share which Pichegru then
had in the conspiracy formed against France ?"
Albison, Orman.i Chabot (de L'Allier), Deletre
and Challand, severally spoke in favour of the mo-
tion.
Cation-N:3as refuted the opinion of Carnot.
His speech will be published at the end of the one
he delivered yesterday.
The Tribunate ordered six Copies of the opinion
of the Orators to be printed. •

EXTRAORDINARY SITTING
IZT/1 FLOIL/LAL (MAY 2.)
The Order of the Day was called for the confirm.
ation of the discussion on the motion of Curee.
CHASSISON contended that the intention of the
French had always been to establish a monarchical
form of Government. The wish fortr.al in 1789
was now to be fulfilled, and no person but Bona-
parte could better fulfil this wish, which will consti-
tute the happiness of France and our posterity. He
voted fur the motion, and six copies of his speech
were ordered to be printed.
PER er E formed the wish &dated to him by his sin-
cerity and his conscience. He added a few words
to corroborate what had been said. to prove how well
Bonaparte was worthy the dignity to which the
French people called him. He particuLtrly direaed
his observations to shew what a powerful guarantee
posterity would possess in the hereditary succession
proposed. The latest posts-thy of the head of the
Government, said he, will seek in the history of Bo-
naparte the example which they ought to follow.
They will respell his glory. and never shall our pos-
terity have reason'sto reproach us for the wish which
sse form this day.—The speech WAS ordered to be
printed.
Canner and Det.toxitat joined their wishes to
that of their colleagues. This is not the time, said
Delpiene, when the people were the property of
Rings. The interests of both are now common.
Thew repose, their stability, and their happiness,
are henceforth inseparable.
FAV•RD—u I know that the First Consul, the au •
gust head of the Government, has the wishes of the
}Tench people. The pens of the eloquent are em-
ployed in celebrating his glory ; and posterity,
which is the judge of great men, will only re-echo
the language of the age in which he lived.
04 It is in the nature of things. that if empires pre.
spot under a great man, the moment which de-
prives them of his set vices menaces them with some
dreadful explosion, if the same moment does not
substitute in his place him who is to be his successor.
“This is the objet of the motion under discussion,
and I assent to it, persuaded that if the empire is
the price of the virtues of the great man who is
called to the Imperial dignity, the succession to it
by the family guarantees to France ages of glory
and of repose.
BE tUVA is obtained leave to make a motion of or-
der, the objet of which was-1. 'to declare that the
discussion is closed-2,11y, To decide that the Re-
porter of the Commission shall be authorised to-
morrow to make his motion on Cures's sou Con of
order.
Bolh these motions wete agreed to.