The Potowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798, 1796-07-28
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Fran Lon6aa fate,s to MayI7.
CONSPIRACY AT PARIS.
COUNCIL OF Five HUNDRED
I'M .~arL 10.

fed the council to authorize the members OF lhe
central bureau Of each OF the cantons OF Paris Bour
deauX, Lyons, Mericilles, 10 decree mandates OF
afre!, and interrogete PerionS under secutaIicn
in a hours. bis examination be afterwards
trsnmitted, together with accued 10 the ma
GItra1es
Favard conGdered tts& plan as unconiitution4l,
49, accNdtgly demanded the order of the day.
Doqlcet Imported the plan. He poke of he
ceiity of con PreGrg the iactious and OF giving
to the police the means Of experiencing them liz
prof;e ed by this occalon to Ipeak with warmth a
gaint the plots let Oh foot by The anarchills,
the moment " hen endeaeour 1naot lull
the public opinion with refpsct lhe perilS with
which France was Enensced. He pointed The
par'zars of Robetpletre railing heir hesds win
more aodacIy than ever, and propchrg murder,
piIlage, and fire. He called on The counisl TO pro-
nounce loudly agajnie every description of copipi-
rators, and 1vtfer the coaltiu.ion GO be over
turned, under the msik Of patriotilul.
Roger proceeded 10 lay before The council DC.
tail OF the crimes Of The month Of Prsirie. He pro
Poied to the council augment the armed force
TONED without the hall, and 10 compete it Of
battalion of grenadiers, ore battalion Of infantry
TWO tqusdrons OF cavalry, and company Of fun
nets This force 10 receive its orders from the
Prfident Of The council. This propoGtion excited
murraurs. When
ii m95ege Jfom tie DUt2o1 h1ormed lbe essaeA # he
dyt0zry Of
A NEW CONSPIRACY.
"Citzep Ltgi1ators--A horrible plot IN
tended TO be executed 10 morrow, at day break.
Its object overtorn The French cQnilrution.
to murder the Legislative body, all the members OF
the government, the oEcers comp ciloq The itsa u
the army OF the interior, and the conl,tGIed sut *
rites at PATS. That great commune as TO be &c
livered up general Plilage, and tbs mott hor
rid massacre
" The executive directory, Informed Of ,he place
yS,te sc blar
fembled, and where they held their ccnmi,ee Of
revolt, gave orders for their apprehension. SIEVE
raj of them have been taken up and it is with pain
we aPpri(e you, that amoa2!t tham found
OF our colleagues, citizen Drouet, taken in the act
OF conipl-acy.
" The executive directory calls upon you, citizen
legislators, to have the goodneis 10 point the
plan Of conduct it ought to follow on his shon
Ii you Judge that the executive directory ought TO
put 'eals on Dronet's papers, it prsys you TO de-
clare your intention that point.
lSignedl CAkNOT, Pre(dent."
Treihsrd demanded thst the council ihoud, by
reioiution, authorize the putting Of leals Drou
cts papers.
Defermonr obferved, that this mode of procedure
would be Two flow. Imperious eircunhs nces
mand thar meaiure ihoud be init antlY executed.
He demanded, therefore, that the council ihould
PATS TO tho order Of the day on this ground, that
the mandate OF arrett Juitled 1T ltet the placing
of leals on the papers. Adopted
One of the iecretalies then read another nelsaae
from the directory.
" 1t cannot be difsemblsd that the commune Of
Paris is the refort of all the immoral beings of the
Republic. iwarm of diimised tunetionsrics and
diihanded folders Aock it, and the laws in
Efficient 70 reach them. The directory demands
OF the legislative body law, enacted that every
conventonaliit, every diimif,ed funetonary, every
folder not employed, every perlop convicted OF
emigration. and every individual born in
France, unlefs be be attached the diplomatic bo-
dy, ihal be obliged quit Paris in three days. snd
TO withdraw himtelf ten leagues from thence pc
nsty of transportation. The acculed be tried &C
cording the form prelerbed by the law OF n Ger
nins.
A c'mmifloner competed of Treilhard. Matheu,
Camus, Cambaceres, ard Nader, was charged TO
Preient as fpeedily as PolIlble, plan Of reout-
that head.
After an hours fufpen(iou. that is to fey at
O'Clock, the fitting was opened.
Camus, the reporter Of the commission, charged
to examine the metsage Of the directory, declared
the urgency of adopting the propofed meaiure to
defeat the plot which was ready 10 .xPlcde ard to
dilPerle The ring leaders Of the anarchfts, become
more daring than ever