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w,., , , . . ;:. . '- 1 . : Tuesday February;! i, 1806. "yy i -VK-'' ' : ":V;- LljT- I VOL 1. 4 - ' , ... 1 ; " ,., ,.. . ... REVOLUTION IN 'FRANCE. frenv Loodoa Paper to Not. ai, rtceived bytke Swperb, arrived at Charleftoa. COUNCIL OF ELDERS, iSth Bramaire, Nov: 9. Cornet (du Loirt in the nimc of the Committer of Iafpettion, on CftJrur of Courtoii. Ftbrei, Ba- illnn: nrl RcauDuii. elefted on the i6th of Oaober, gve in re port, of Which the ioJloiflrixi i M copy : -rv4- I :' , ' RpTefettivw of th People, The confidence which you have placed in yoiir Committee of Infpe&or$ ha impeitd on it the duty of watching for your individual fecurityy which is iafeparably connefted with the, fafety of the Republic For whea the ReDiefentativesof a nation are menaced! ia their perfons, when they do not eajoy iaf their deliberations the molt abiolute indeJ pendence, when the ads that (bould emnat tffom them have no that chara&er, Liberty isnomore, the Republic is at anend. Thi isoft alarming fymptoms -Jiave manifefted themfelvts for fbmc days paft; the raoft fi' diler reports have been made to us: if fowe meafures -are not talcen, if the Council f Elders do not place the country and liberty in a ftate of fecurity from the very reat dangers 4 that ftill threaten thtm, the conttagraoon will become general and we (hall, no-longer be able to arrctfits devouring effects. It will alike involve mends and enemies ;; me cohq try will be con fumed, and thof a who fhafief cape the flames, will pour out bitter, but un availing tears on the alhes which it may leave behiad in its courfe. You are yet able, Re prefentativesof the People, .t avert tHis fate. A iuftant is fufficient; but if you do not f'eize it, the Republic will havecxifted, and its Ikeletoa will be in the talbhs of vulturej coatending ; f err its mangled limbs. " Your Committee of Infpeftors are iwate thafc-conftiirators are renairin? inrcrowd' to r r 0 --- i Paris; that thofe who are there already are waiting for the fignal to raife the poignards airainlt the Keprelentatives of the Nation, againft the members of the firft authorities of the Republic. It has, therefore,, convned this extraordinary aflemb I y to inform you dn the fubjecc. It has coticeived it right to jn- vtte the Wtliberatioas of th Council on the part which it may'be proper to take in this great crt s The Council of Eldrt potTcffes the power 'of favlnt the country and Liberty. It would be fo doubt its profound wifdara to fuppofe that it will not feize the opportunity of executing it with its ufual firmnefs and energy.1' Cornet concluded the report with pjopohng that thciCouneii ihoald Dafs the followiriff decree: - 1. The tegiflative Body fhall be trans ferred to St. Cloud, where the two Councils will bold their fittings in the two wings of the palace. - - a. They fhall repair thither at noon of to morrow, tUe 19th Rrumaije (loth Vov.) Any continuation of their funttions or deli berations elfewhere, and before inat time, is . prohibited. . v j ' 3 General -Buonaparte is charged with the execution of' the prefent decree. He fhall take every rneafare neceuary for the fafety of the National lieprefentation. The General commanding the' j 7 th m tiury di vifion, the guard of the Legiflative Eodr, the Vftationary National-Guards, the troop i ef the line, who hiay be within the commune of - Paris,-- the conftitutional diftridt, iand the whole extent cf the ftation of the t7th dtvi- lion, are put direcxly under his orders, and. conmaaded ro acknowledge him in that ca pacity. All the citizens fhall affiA hira wih al! their ability, when called upon fo to do. 4. General Buonaparte fhall be called into the midll of the Council to receive a copy et the prefent decree, and to take an oath: He tkxl confult with fhe Committee of Infpec tJon of the two Councils. , ( ' - 5. The prefent decree fhall be forthwith eommumcaicd by meflage to the Council fj l ive Hundred and the Executive Dire&ory; it fhall be printed, potled up and tranfnaiued to all the communes of the Republic by ex traordiaary.coariers. " The Councilof Elders alfo de fcreed the following addrtfs 'to the 'French- People :, THE Cpxfifcii OT BI.DI&S To tie Frenib Nation ! " French ran ! . ,, The Council of Elders exercifes the right delegate to it.by the jotd arucle of ithe Contntution, of changing the refidence of the LegiQative Body . it exercifts this right in order to fupprefs thjt factions which aim at lubjugatmg thf National Re;efentation, and in order to reftore internal peatfe. It exercifes thisjjrigt, ia order alfo to refttre that externaipeace5 which humanity ,and jour lengtheaed-farifices . demand. . The common ialety,'and common prafperity are ne oojectr or this, conftitutional meafure. I. hey fhall be accomplifiied. And do you, inhabitants ot PrU, remain tranquil j the prefenceaf the Legiliative Body will foo be icltored.to you. Frenchmen; the refults of this day will foan fhew whether the Lesin- v ,urr be worthy and capable ol preparing the weaas o your happiaefs. Live the People, -by whom, and in whom exifts the Repubtici1! 71 he prefent addrels (hall beprint- ted, proclaimed, and " along with the decree transferrin o the refidence of the Legiflitiv ody, and as forming a part of it. r A-mers had announced ta Ruona . 1 'v- . j Jir t fHitr RwrlirJ II This haritipuc was coldly thus ddreffed thft Council : - II 5econaea i occota; f. : . ' it Rw.J' vrIiimH ' number of i 4ie - Republic was perilling. You knefthis, aad your decree uas laveo it. MifXto thofe who would trouble or difturb it. Aided by Genera Berthier, Lefebvre, and,(il y cooiaaiona in!armsf I will arreft thf: SeeaVot fr H paft, examples wHch may retard your progrefa! Nothing in hiry refemsles the clofa of the itth cen- k - ' - ' ' - - ? - r . akles the prefent moment. Your .'wif- . T- 1 3 . m A.. 11 1 BIS panes iis eccrcc, our iiidi ukiu Cll. CUt II- - 'C Kill niiiiV ivuuwii tr liberty, 9h civil liberty, and nanonal orfentatioa.i We ftall hava it I fwtar t -I fwetr it ia my name, and that of my COUNC I L O f f IVE HUNDR ED. Sitting at St. jClott-dV Nov, 10. Lucien BuoniparU, Pjejident In purfuancelqf the decree pafled yefterday by the Council of Elders. the v fitting wai held iatfthegGreerr Houfe of the ci-devant cattle ot bt. Cloud . The neceuary.preparations for the receptions of the Council re tarded the opening of the fitting till two o'clock. p ; A violent and flormy debate took place. The Prefident put dh his hat, but could not prelerve order. Several members rofe to demand ther reafons of the removal of the Legiflative Body, but were ftlenced by the clamour ot .the Aiiembly. Tranquillity; being at length relto red, a: Secretary Jread a letter from Barras, in, which he gives in his re fienation. While fome of the members were making obfervations on thrtetterof Barras. the doors ot the hall opened. General Buonaparte appeared, accompanied by an efcort of between twenty and thirty , perfons. and walked up towards trie Prefident. A vehement agitation arofe among part of the members, who darted precipitately from their feats to wares mionaoarte, lurroundcdhim, and puflied him back with violence, j In the midlt of this tumult, a per- 11 fon was heard vociferating the cry of Outlaw him! Outlaw him." One or two voices were heard ex claiming, " This is the'moment to deliver Fxancei" A member attempted to flab him with ja dagger, but the blow was warded-tffF by a grenadier. Buonaparte flepped back firmly, and ordered the grenadiers to with draw. He went along with them out of the hall. j The tumult encreafed to .the noil violent pitch.fi Ail the members .quit ed their feats, and walked through the hall in drforder, con verting w?th the greatefl: warmth and vehemence " The tribune was ch baked up by; a croud of members. By degrees order vyas reftored. The Prefident" The extreme agitation which has appeared in thss II afiembly, doubtlefs is a proof that jr the love of: the Republic, that the paflion, for liberty inflames every heart. But in feeinr the General ft . of the Guard of the Legiflative Body appear in this hall, you ought not to have fuf peeled him of any odious defigns. You ought not thus to have mildewed the laurels of a man who has rendered fignaf fer vices to n-is country.? lie came to inform you of the critical fituation m which the; Republic is placed. He came :to difcharce the y duty which the characler with which he is ireveftedimpoles on him. I move that every enquiry be made calcu lated.-to remove the difquietudes of 1 y-t -a.k tne council." A member with vehemence. m w - Uuoniparte has tarnifhed his clo ry. I devote him to ignominy, tb the execration of. Republicans, and or every frenchman." Another member. - I move that the Council fhall inftantly decide how far the fanclity of their place of meeting, "and the police ot the two Councils lhali extend." Bertrand. ' When the Council of Elders transferred the National Re prefenution to St. Cloud, they ex crcnea a riant Which bv the (Jon. t thofc who wottW troublt or difturb rhtvcventurcd'opcnly Id viohte the 1 j icwgth obliged to yield ftitution belonged to tnm v But pnd pf them who was atth tribune when they appointed a Commsn- exclaimed!, ' What ; are J yoil, fol dantotehe Guard of the teeiflatiye dierls? Are yc'.ativthixiir' eUe Ihairtf 3ody, they extended iheir rights uu incir power 1 tney opemy in fri n ged the Con ft it u t ion . move Ihs t ydtLahriul : this nomination as 11 . l . . - - - .-.- i ' .jiu ;uiivvuututipnai. ana 1 1 you tai.nim .inc laurcif w nicrr Your 1 1 o 1) I'- - Talot. The Council of Elders have ven t u red ; openly td viol ate the Conititution hyapomtng theUom- mindantTof yont" Gird.yThey have fenfeus to! deliberate in the wtidft of irmed rripnl It: U noij that I dread the brave Hefnders by whob we are ftirroutided. ttHir bajronets are terrible onlyJei enerhies of liberty. .7 But I cptit-rrid that; here we have no indeoendence. I .con tend that Buoria parte is not orh mandantfoflhif Lcg'flature. I move that a rn$Kgtfyi fent to the Coun cil of Eldersj to rcquejl them to repeal. their decree, and permit us to return to Pans; and far from dreading thr foldiers by whom yo" are furrour.ded, I move that you decree, that the whole armed force by. which we are furounded is the Guard of the Legiilative Body." j Bravo, Brave! exclaimed a num ber'of members riling and waving their has. Vivent the defenders of thr country Vivent the Conftitu tion." I Lucien Buonapatte left the chair, and proceeded to the tribune : Cha fel took it in -hii (lead. 41 I entreat 7t he Council calmly to refleft," faid L. Buonaparte, " on the commotion thai has mani fefted itfelf ?it may not be needlefs to represent - - - Here he was interrupted Sy a loud voice, who faid, do riot attempt to amufe us." " I propofej" continued L. Bu- onapare, " that you lummon tpe General who commands your Guard to appear, before you." . ' We do not acknowledge him," exclaimed feyeral members. When cool eonfideration," bb ferved Lucien, will have tilled in your breafls Ihe extraordinary emo tion which you have' teftmed (mur murs) you will perhaps be fenfible of the i injultice done to General Buonaparte.. Whatever may be the event, I now. in vour prefence. s w lay down on the altar of Ithe country the badge of the magiftracy with which the people had inverted me On faying thefe words, he laid down his badge of ofHce on the Pre- h dent's t-ble; upon which the doors of the; hall were opened, and twenty grenadiers entered. They advanced towards the Bureau, took L. Buonaparte into cuitodyt, and placing him in the midlt of them, they conducted him out of.the hall. The Council was feixed with ex treme . agitation. Cries, vocifera tions, j and tumultuous confufion arole if rom thei members fuddenlv quitting their places. Not a word could be diltmctiy heard. Grandmauon, : Bhn, Delbrel, Bignofret. Sherlock, and a doxen other -members, prcfied forward -foV I wards the tribune. Sherlock1 made an effort to fpeak, but could icarcely make himfelf be heard amidfl the tumult. ' I move," laid he, that you call back your Prefident, whofe refignation you have hot accepted."! " He could have , done nothing betterjf ' exjclaimed feveral members, 11 thahto have given it in." Meantime, at a diftance Was heard the found jof drums that, beat the j.-.JL..r nf.y thirds time, the doors, of the hall were thrown open ; and a third time the fpettatoraendeav cured pre cipitately o efcape by leaping out of the windows. j . ; Ah officer came forward, follo wed by a numerous guard, triB exclaimed with a lould voice, General, Buo naparte, orders the hall to be clear ed. Upon which the troeps ad vanced injtb the nearer half the hall k 4he further part remaineoc cupied bythe deputies who had not retired.. The foldiers fufpehded their mar eK for a moment, in, order to afford ijitnt for the hall t4 be eva cuated;' About a dozen ' members! among wom was Blin, remsined It near the tribune, or at the bureau. 1 1 guardisns! of the National Repre- it Mentation r Ana 00 yon aare to me- II nace its . Ufety . V to eh Croat hj ori its J independence ? Is it thus then that ll ' -"-.' HftenerJ This haraneue was co to bv the to fliers, wn advanced If into the hall ith dru is beating. 1 1 The members who ftp riear the bureau and the tribute, were at 1 v a- . 1 length obliged to yield kheirf places I to the who 1 01 of Hiem. As thelatterkdvantea'in ff BE TlUllOlllUU the hall, the members Ventr out atsiicrrea to tnem; ; : the oppofite'-ext'emity':ja.af 'wordifr4'TheCiuie. ef ShUrs,Ma the hall was completely eleated in a dering themovil of tfcC LegiC lew mmutci.. It was tnen xvye Clock. U . U I . r --T SeVveral members let ptLti lmtTilf-P d'atrly for Paris. Others remaine,UofHhe Copllitutiftn, Th Rrprfl. u 'vea at St. Cloud, to oblervetjie deliberat f the Peopie muft candidlyjivow, tbatexpe- Hont.he Council of Elders, an4.vl the extraordinary moyementiamong. , the troops, who filled the iquare pt fhe palacei From time to time r were heard the cnes of Vive Buo j ; napartc! Vive la Repubbque! j) falo esec?luon,tb Diredtory were obliged : General Buonaparte, ,on Reaving J, toake the igth F.uaiaor. and ioon after ihe Council' of Five Hundred, ad- J WJiris the tad FloreaL which was aHb made vanced towards the foldiers, and bneceffary by the nature ot the choices rr.ade. harangued them. He entreated them to remain calm, and to re it a flu red that the good caufe j (hould triumph. They anfwered by fhouts of Vive Buonaparte ! COUNCIL OF ELDERS, i ; November 1 . ; A letter was received from the Secretary General of the Direftory, to the following effecl: L ' Citizens Repreftntativei, I have not been able to receive the Mef- fenger ef State difpat.hed by the Coun -il of Elders 10 the Executive Directory.! Four of the raetr hers have fent in their RcGgnation 'Ihe' fifth is in cuftody, by order of Cen. Buonaparte. There bo longer exifts a i re&ory. Health and rel'pea, Ltbr KU-. TheCouncil decreed that 1 his let ter fhould be fent to the Council of Five Hundred. After the interval of about a quar ter of an hour, a tumultuous m ve ment was manifefted in the Counctl: The arrival of General Buonaparte was announced. He requefted per miflion to fpeak, having important information to communicate. There was inftantly a profound hlence. Buonaparte fpoke as follows: " Reprefcnt&tive f the Pepl( You are not in a ebmaaon crifis; you tread ; upon a volcano ready to detiroy you. Yefterday Pans was im the molt profound tianqaillity. I have united alljn brethren .in arms in the execution of the aaealures which you have adopted. I hare given proofs of my devotioa to the Republic, and the country has no' had more xealous defender than I have proved myfelf. T his day, however, I amfurround- ed with calumny, and Covered with reproach and obloquy. "I hear circulated around me the words Cromwell, military government, fcc. Had I wilhed toeftablilh a military government, 1 Chould iongfince have -attempted that enter prixe. Since I returned to Paris, 1 have been foliated by feme factioas- to feize upon the authority of the ftate. 1 1 declare even that proportions have been mads to rae by Rarras and Moulin, to overthrow the Go vernment, and to ailume the direction of stfairs I refifted thefe iniinuatioHS, becaufe J was of no party, of no Club. I comRiu aicatcd thefe projects to feveral Reprefen tatives. I united my featiments to thofe of the Council of Elders ; and I have only ac cepted the command entrufted to me, with the viewof refigning it after having triumphed over) the enemies of the Republic. Think not then that you ftt in me a vile intriguer I know ao intereft but that of the French people. . Bat I declare that the Keprefentanves of II the People muft not be. divided on the con- 1 1"7 tJ Idof'lnt 7 firmnefs-lhalUacide, I fhall fee faithfully executed. I fhall be but an arm devoted to the .Fafety of, the Repubuc, the fafety ef liberty and equality." . Inglea And the Conftitution." The Conftitution! (continued Buona parte) Is it now arouad of fecurity to the French people f. You .violated it on the t8th fruChdor; you violated it on the iid lo cal 1 you violated u en the teth Prairial. It ia nothing ; but an empty found, which Cerves the purpolc of every tattidh. , AH the rights of the people have Keea violated. It is time that you fhould defend them againft every at ack, Confider what oueht to be done "for the protection at liberty. If you da not favel, you aad your, children will be dilgxaced in the eyes f portentr? You are aecountable for its fafety. AcVand if the execution of yoir decrees he oppofed. I fhall apaeal to my bravt companions in armti and to my fortune;?:' : Buonaparteleft the Council :y& meflage trdm the Gouricil-of'FfVe Hundred ftated thit it was corifti- tuted by a majority; t COVNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED, November io. About fix o'clock , the Council bavin g repaired ta lh halt of th0 littine. i-,ucin fuayiv- va chir$ and invited the Council to pumc in8 ac 1Bcruu. , . .1 1 t t I : . - . c.35 y tte ia irtqe ae, m the nttie of the ComtnUtee; of t Five report on iric piaxi ich had been id he, " in flative Body 1 , -f e .xu liberty'. -They have baeacovrnced Tstk there exited great defects in tfceorgataviirs urar . tro iti " .eftala "hae never cealed to produce , diftraftions in theRepublic. And w.th ref- v pel to the fecurity f the ConftiU'rin, has hitherto failed l m its object ; racu . ave at the elections 1 hus there was a neceflity of proceeding from vio!atiotto violatu ,,, a it were by mocks.; It is t. rue to tr,fiJer of improvement, which produces he neceuity of a prvvffional and intcrrtiedi; ta ftate. which will prepare the people to enjoy their, rights in their full extent Villetard, Reporter frorfl the Cbmmittee, propoled the following1 refolutions : - The Council of Five Hundred, cen fideringthe fituation of the Republic, declares that the bufincf is urgent, and adopiu the following resolution : ' Article lit There is no longer any Fxe cutive Directory, ana the .following ftrlonS are no longer members or the. National Heic fe ulation, on account of the exec Acs and the violent attempts which they have uniformly made, and particularly the greater pari e them in the fitting of this morning:. - Here follow th name of fixty-ene member, a id. The tegifiative Body cisSates provi fionally an Executive Couiulaf Committee, compoicd of Citizens Si eyes and Roger Du-cos-Ex-Directors, and Bucnaparie, .vGene ra4- They Cbail bear the name ofcCenluTsof , the French Republic. fc 3d. This Uommitue is inverted with the tuft powtrs m the Directory, and Ipettn.iy commiffioued to organize crdrr in all pans of the aomiaiftration, to re-eilaifii internal tranquillity, and to procure an honourable and foti 4 peace, t , 4th. It isauthorized to fd delegates with a power Ij raited according to its own power. , 5th. The Legiflative Body is adjourned td the aoth ot February - It is to meet at that period in lull power i Pant; . ' 6th- .During the adjun ment of the Legif lative SoJty, ihe members fhall prelerve their inSefr nity and the r tomiiiutiona! fecuniy. 7th They may, without loirngHhe it na lity as Repiclentajives ot the People, be tm ployed as - imfters. Diplomatic Agents, De legates oi the Executive Confular Committee. and in all other civil functions. ! They are even invited in the name of the public godt4 to accept them. - 8th. Before their feparation, ,and during the time of their fitting, each Council fhsll' name troaa among thtir members a Com mittee ot a$ members. ; ' ; 1 ih. The Committees appointed by th-a two Councils, -will, in ionjunftiot' with the v-orammre 01 tne r.xecutive Vonlulate, de termine .upon ail urgent objects relative to the police, legiflatian and fioat'ce. x; 10th. To the Comn Ittee at the Council of Five Hundred will belong the fight ol pro- poung, and to that or th Couitctl of.Eider that of fanclioning thtjn y?, f ,. Ilth. The tw Committees will alfo. ir' (he order above msntiontd, regulate, the charges' in thofe pans 'of the" Conftitution which experience may have fhewn to have vyaicn ma occn if !2tb. Thefe chances caa have other -,t'tf t ii Mn.n.iiinui oi VIL1UU9. k .j 1 1 , objcftliut that of cenfoii dating a d sua ran - "4. teeing inviolably the fovereigt ty of the peo pie. the Republic. ona and iudlyifible, the Kepreientative lyftcm, thed.vjfion of power, iibeity and edwality, aad the fatety ofprai 3ta. The Executive Confulate Commit tee may lay before the other Comnnitees theif Views upon thete lubjects J 1 The two Committees are chareed td prepare a civil code. 15th; Ther fittings will be held at Pari.. in tht palace of the Legiflative Body, and they may convoke extraordinarily for the r tification of peace, or in cafe of rreat nuhlLc danger. ' - ' r itth. Thefe refolari and fent by extraordinary couriers rathe , -,F panments, and ledemnly paWiftied and ftuck- yAi ! tne commanes et tlie Kejhibiic. . ,r The above , pro po fi t ions- if ere' al A 1 gfetd to; aftervyMeh ' . .V-A Cabana made a fpechWiwhick I hi retraced the Uhon.oj$$&;:&A runt I(rifl4l'iir. : Ur'i . f-J- XJonvehtiojn, and alfrv the fajVlts otSl iV lucic :uneexi(j lenipuesas wel t 'U as thole ,;;crp Tre!nlV9Pnci "Mi ne !Ae.weo;iiU;-dtAepreieut;;Co2ifti-'a tution pebtr .m revolutions, itit&iWtti&? m :Ak anarchy,- and waalwiyrfdHbfl t . 11 ny xvovaiiv - ricarieT.warii i sed-an addrels tb'tbfrtrviyi( tipQeart uonaiRreleHt "-'-1 I r V1 t I in mc7hi appointment a it Comnitat if V.UW Mi j VI AIT ryy: fi s , . tywi:f waouc f 11$' m m-zy v..- yyy:yym,v y : y y -Ay:- :&m'teMr :Jy , yi ' fymy . w
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