The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-29
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
THE PRoC4.AaaAggeN

OF KING LOUIS
 tsThe gates of my Kingdom are at length opened to me; hasten to re- claim my Y1isied subjects; to alleviate the evils that I wished to prevent, to place myself a second time between the allied armies and. the French, in ! the hope that the respect of which suppose myself to be the object will become their safeguard. This is the only manner in which I wish to take a part in the war. I have not per nak6ted any prince Of my family to appear in the ranks of the foreign CTS, and have restrained the courage of those of my servants, who would have taken part in the contest
 Returning to the soil Of nay coun- try. take pleasure in speaking with confidence to my people. When I reappeared among them I found contrary passions On every side perceived my difficulties and Ob- stacles. My government was liable to errprsr peEhapsy 1t has Raanrnitted err TOTS We i've In time when the purest intentions are not sufficient to 5as astray.
 Experience alone can teach us; it shall not be lost. I wish for every thing that can preserve France
 My subjects have learned by cruel proofs. that the principle Of legiti- macy of sovere4gns is. one of the fun damental basis of social ordery the only one of which upon a wise and well regulated liberty can be estab 1ished among a great people. This doctrine has Just been proclaimed as that of all Europe had previously consecrated it by my charter and I intend to add to that charter all the guarantees that can secure the beEe- fit of it.
 The union Of the ministry is the strongest that T. can offerS Intend that 1t shall exist and that the open and firm proceedings of my council shall secure all interests and calm the uneasEness of ak
 There have been rurnors of late, of the re establishment of tytf1es feudal rights That fable Invented by the common enemy need not be refated.s T will not be expected that the king 2 e France should condescend to dis prove calunnies and lies; the success their source IT the purchasers of national domains entertained appre- hensions, the charter should have been sumcIent to reassure them. Did bers and cause sales to be made Of that property That proof of my sincerity admits of no reply
 Recently, my subjects of all classes have given me equal proofs of love and fidelity [ wish that it should be
 
 ed By thA1ns and 1t is among the French generally that I shall delight in choosing thosefwho are to ap- proach my person and my family.
 wish to exclude from. my presence those persons only whose renown is a subject of grief to France and of terror to Europe Tn the plot that they contrfved, I perceive many of my sub5ects led astrays and some cu1pable. promise. I who never promised in vain. Gan Europe knows have been IuisIed everything that has occurred from the day when quilted Ids1e amidst so many tears until sth e i day on which now re- enter Cam bray amidst so many acc1agnaticns.
 But the blood of my children has flowed in consequence Of a treason, of which the annals of the world present no example. That treason has called foreigners Into the heart e4 France. Every day reveaIs to me n new disaster. owe 1t then to the dignity of my throne, 10 the welfare ] of my people. to the repoSe of Europe to except from this pardon the 1nsei- gators and the authors Of this horrf- ble Conspiracy They shall be pointed out to the vengeance of the laws. by the two Chambers. which intend to assemble immediately,
 Frenehmen, such are tfae eenti- rnents entertained upon my return among yepz by him whom time has fortune has not been able to, weary. and when Justies ha4 not been able *o abase
 6signed1 LOUIS.
 The Prince De Talljeyrand,
 Cannbfay, June 28, 1915,