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     the former government, and partieularly ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     that part of it which it would be improper 
     
    
   
   
    
     France was a monarchy {its extehtyits 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' Wants,1its, manners, irsnational spirit, Were 
     
    
   
   
    
     invincible objections. to- republiean— 
     
     being everaadmitted into it; without ocea- 
     
     sioning a tbtai._dissolution. w 
     
    

    
     The monarchical power was vitiated by 
     
    
   
   
    
     'two causes ; its bases were‘surrcnndcd'by‘ 
     
     _} prejudices, Ianditslimits were dE'fincd by 
     
    
   
   
    
     partial resistances. "I‘o purify the pr'inci. 
     
     pies, by establishing the throne upon its 
     
     true basis, the sovereignty of the nation; 
     
     to ascertain its limits, by placing them in 
     
     the national representation, was what you 
     
     ought to have done, and you think that 
     
     you havedone it. 
     
    

    
     But in organizing these two powers, 
     
     the'strengthand the success of the consti- 
     
     tution dependedron their equililirium ; and 
     
    
   
   
    
     - you had to guard against the propensity of 
     
    
   
   
    
     your ideas. You ought to‘ha'ge seen that 
     
    
   
   
    
     in the generalopinitin, the poworol kings  
     
    
   
   
    
     is on the decline, and that'the' rights of the 
     
     people are on the increase : thus, by weakw 
     
    
   
   
    
     ening beyond measure that which natus ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     rally tends to annihilation, and by strength. 
     
     ening beyondilllproportion that Which na- 
     
     turally“ tends to increase, you arrive by 
     
     force at this m'clancholly result,- - A IQhN‘G 
     
    
   
   
    
     wr'rnou'r ouruoanx, amount-ammo, 
     
     ' FL‘E'W'r‘riiour Ras'rnam'r. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     By. abandoning yoursol'ii‘esio' thewan 
     
     dering of opinion, you haVe faVoured the 
     
     influence of thémteltitude, and infinitely 
     
     multiplied. pOpular elections. Did you 
     
     not forget that elections incessantly re- 
     
     newed, and thetransient.duration of pow- 
     
     ereare asouree of; relaxation in political 
     
     strength of government ought to be pro- 
     
     portioncd to‘the number of those whom it 
     
     has to provide for, v and whom it ought to 
     
     protecti-e;-*r#‘gw;"~—#**’ A“ ‘ A 
     
    

    
     ' You "have preserved the name of King, 
     
     although in your Constitution, it is not 
     
    
   
   
    
     01111410 lOllgCl’,,,USCfu1,;.bIICC—\L¢D "danger... 
     
    
   
   
    
     You have reduced his "influence'to 
     
     that pointwtwiich corruption may usurp; 
     
     you have in fact invited, him to c0mbat ‘a 
     
     ConstitunoTwhichfiiic‘efia—nflyfihfws him 
     
     what he isflnot, and what he may be. 
     
    

    
     :CEhis, Gentlemen, is a vice inherentin 
     
    
   
   
    
     forgetthatthe. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'WWth‘hfli and f9_rm..!h03tt€rfific 1 what-youihavc 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Buyout—power to destroyi‘Why, alfte‘rwhavt  at a'timfi'tlh'm you endeavour to" .,"  . 
     
     in'g proclaimed the dogma ofalibertj‘in re- A be-gne‘i'ther»; Thus, by; perpetua'iing' the  . , 
     
     ligious opinions, will you suffer the clergy slaveryLoLthewg Wes, youhagefiutrthe " .:_  
     
     ~to be'overwhelmed‘ with persecrft‘ioniigand ' les’srhy your fiGClfiiQQ.IEQCCQngjQQIMS, ~ 5 ‘ 
     
     ,outragesrbecause they do:  your l'attoes, given analarutjtofcornmerce and“ 7 , 
     
     ' ‘ Oplll‘lOflSf’T‘" ' ‘  ' ' ‘ Car col,(lfiift;’T'—;""i" .fl' _,,_._,1 VJ 7. 
     
      rWhy,~~mrhfingconsecratw the prin- Be assured, Gentlemnflhatnnone-of ~ '“ ., 
     
     ciples of‘ individual liberty,: do you sulier theseobservationsescape thefriendsgot' li.   
     
     to exist in yorir bosoms an. inquisition, 'berty: they'demaud  your hands. 
     
     “Which serves as a model and a pretext to the deposit of the puhlier'opinion, of the ’ 
     
     all those inferiour inquisitions. which afac- pub ii: reason, ot‘ywhich you arebut the . 
     
     tious— uneasines has generated lll'cyery'part organpgand which no longer possesses an , 
     
     of the "empire? ' character; EurOpe £9nsideu you wit ‘7 V 
     
     Why do not yOu shudder at’the audaci- . astonishment; liturope,‘r .u’hicht—mayfbo  
     
     ty and the success of . those writers who ishakenjo its .t'oundationby the‘propaga-. 
     
     profane the name of patriots? More pow- tiOn of .your principles, is vexed‘at their 
     
     erl'ul than your decrees, they daily. pull exaggeration, V-The silence ~oft-itsprin» 
     
     down what you erect. You are desirous as may be that of terrors. but. do not 
     
     'of a mo'narchical government, and they ".aspire, Gentlemen, to the fatal honour ., 
     
     endeavour to renderitgdious girYouflare ’ 91rendermgrrlyourselgufireadiul$rexfiéfi'A% 
     
     "desirous tlfifih} people should enjoy liber-A ,- travag'antfinnovations, as dangerous .for -' ‘ 
     
     ty, and they wish to make them the most yourselvesias foriyou‘r neighboursr Open 
     
     ferociourot tyrants : You are desirous of once more the annals of the world 5 callto 
     
     reforming the manners” and they com- your assistancethe,wudotnjohges, ; and 
     
     ‘mand the triumph of vice, the impunity see how many empires'have perishedby 
     
     Aofcri'mes.‘ ‘  ‘ , ' anarchy. ‘ It‘is tinievto put an end mum 
     
     I will not mention to you, Gentlermen, by which we are. desolated, to stop the m ‘ 
     
     your operation of finance; God orbid verifies, the seditious, and commute”; ’ 
     
     that I should invereaae your uneasiness, or and to restorerto us at length. peace ‘and 
     
     diminish your hopes'uponthat ,subjeCt confidence. ~ , i ”   r  
     
     The public fortune «is"‘ye'r"entire in):o'ug"‘ " " 'ToIittii‘nihig 5mm,” end, there id,” _ A“  
     
     hands ;.bi.itir2eollect,  aegowmr-wotrent'od‘e,’"and mafia by-reuitiiié-yéujae. - ‘   
     
     ment is neither powerful nor respected, trees, byiuuituig and strengthening-TEE; W 
     
     therembencifiiemes, credit, nor an powers weakened bydispersion, by entrmt- .- 
     
     ' ascertained receipt z-ni expenditure. ing to the King all the force necessary_;to  7 i 
     
     What form of government can stand maintain thepower-of the lawh'mtlby. " " 
     
     against this new assumption of power of particularly watching over the liberty of 
     
     the clubs '3 You have destroyed all the onto the primary assemblies, vfromiwhieklacq ’ 
     
     POIatiOUSi and the m0“ ($010331 and‘mtish tioni'have, driven all wise and virtuous"? w ‘  I 
     
     formidable“of,aggregatiomisraisingitself citizens.    "' ‘-.‘ - y , j _. “ H 
     
     .._upon_.y.om.laczds,m~tcpthedeflfilcti0WlFWWiWEeTGEWéfien‘I” 
     
     other powers. France at present contains re.estakl.ishmen,t‘of.. the executive power- 7 a  
     
     two kinds of people exceedingly'unliit'e‘. can be the work of your successortgno, 
     
     That consisting of the. [virtuous and the. theLwill,ta_ke_theiugm,_withkugpofiu-r 
     
    
   
   
    
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     ' m’od‘ératc spuitsgia amend-sum: and a- than you possess; therwillibauto acquire 
     
    
   
   
    
     larrned ; whilst men of violentdispoeitions, that popular opinion of which. you have 
     
     of , WhiCh the other consrsts,crowd togetherr disposed 5' you onl are able to Create anew 
     
     estroyed,‘ or tufi‘crerl, to 
     
    
   
   
    
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     vulcanoes' Which vomit forthsuch quanti.  destroygdg, 7 L,  7 _ V 
     
     ttes ofilava. . . , " ' _ You have laidfthe foundation?“ the ii. “" 
     
     You have made a declaratipnirights, berry of ever {reasonable constitution, by i ', 
     
     and that imperfect declaration has spread securing to t epeopletho-right of making , W 
     
     throughout the empire of France numerous their laws, and deterihiningtheir {Mrwwggwt -n 
     
    
   
   
    
     «seeds .91, anarchyanddiwrdcr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . . - .  -' :;.. " r w Agate}!  cfli‘liflfiflmfl  in?“ ’ 
     
     your Constfiutionagfig rictceuluchmilldéii~-r~-£oustantlyhesitztingfietween1hepfifi7 margarita; if you do nofplaco than" " 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     hasten to extirpate It. 
     
    

    
     I will not point out to you. all the faults 
     
     which may‘ be ascribcd to circumstances; 
     
     oFthose you are yourselves aware: but why 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ will you sufl‘erthe evil to exist which it is 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,7,rfgtffljiyfi:£‘g_¥ém_EUW-dO—Dot~—dpk&Whi€h-a—WWHG,WV. 
     
    
   
   
    
     from modifying, and circumstances which 
     
     extort exceptions from you, you constant'y 
     
     'do too little for the public good, and too 
     
     much according to your doctrine. ~You 
     
     are frequently both inconsequent and int»- 
     
    
   
   
    
     under  protect-ion .of '38! actiye and   
     
     gorous government; and despotism aWaits , 
     
    
   
   
    
     us,-~ if Ou continue to reject the tutielaty. 
     
     protecuon.o£.—royaiauthorityrj--~W' * 
     
    

    
     I have collected myet'rength, Genre. 
     
     men, to speak to you the austere language 
     
    
   
   
    
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