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111 i ii 'i " J I III ' I ' I iiBwmmm il . miiiBlliim r ii. iihiiimi i jrT1 """ 1 ' - i' ' n ' '"' ' ' ' " '" '' V n i li ' ' ' ' ' 1' ' : ' "'" ' '' '' "-;'-rf- 1 " ' :px.-w-:3i4'-' - ", ' -' '. " .' 'V-"' ' . ' MlE I 3 TBD LA D VER T. I S E R. Z, G . PnuLtSHEi) eve 6y TUESDAY by HODGE and BOYLAN. .. t. Vol. IV. "NTJMBTt877 an- v . - FRENCH JfiFMRS. . SPEECH of Citiztn Sikybs, PrefidcDt of the En . curiTB DnECTORy, on the celebration niverfsry of Augufl; po. , . DAY of juftice and glory, which the dedtniea of . France fcleaed for eftabliihing national independence - 7 the rinijof the throne. 7 1 falute thee in . the name of all the French 1 On the roth of Augult royalty was erturned in France: It will, never again rife. Such is the oath which you cor raved on the wallg pfjhis pa- '' ' 7laccl(ilhe mome,nt,even when you expclledLthe lafb of the i rant.Thus difapp eared, that long) facceflion of kefpotsKoJcdke iyKflJaca4ejy.jJC ygeicgaxes .or, jiea ven, - to .appreiA., wita more leeantj-tpe eartti ; wno conlidercd , trance as their patrimony, the French a their fubjc&s, the laws the expreffion of their will ; aiTd whofe hereditary inflqerici had, familiarized us with t his ridiculous law ; rage that perhaps, veven at prefent, it does not ftrikej our cars with fufEcient alloniuSmcnt. In this laft ftrugL gltMlinM city and bafenef3 of a corrupted courtpcrridyj info lence, and the deceitfulaid of fervitude. It, had ifor adTeifaiica, courage,' determined refoltitiani the enthu 4afm f infant liberty, and the generous virtues it in ' .pires. The combat could not be of long duration ; the victory could not be doubtful. jBut along with, royalty it ws itnpoflible to annihilate in one day, all, the intercfts it.had'afTociated, all the iaftitutions which wete too much indenlified with it. , In republican ranee, royalty retained them both friends an J aveng- rs. ' Tiie one did not even djiguife their efforts to rc vive it, founding their hopes on I know not hat fra ternity of thrones, -'and the moil intimate alliance be tween the throne and the altar ; they armed around us apart of Europe ; they re-kindled in themidll of u the torch of fartaticifm. The other, more perfidious, ndtfy dcclaimers againfl royalty,! but the fecretandno. carrying miiafine(3;-m they are not republicans ; thofe, who, thro' their de magogic language, fofTc-r to appear the fliamtful prtdi ledion which they retain lot royal fuperftitiohs, and i'cem at every moment to tfcll you that fince a king was attacked,-thty may with more juflice attack the ma giltratcs of the people. Mo ! thofe men are not repub licans, who can ptfrforni no other Dart but that nfrvl. tmpracable eirtmrestihtewrroM adopted every kind of langiiag jae.fi, and indulged in every excels, with the double y ,Ij6c of avengrng the throne on its real deiiroycrs, and ..eLmakiiigJt..le.regretted'vcn by th fe who had moit applauded its fall. Thus the republic was coaitantly : ths butt of dire (ft agreffions, and of .indirect -attack? quatry'JWmiditIe.i Ciiizens, it is not tJevraimg from Jbe fpiricJofjhisfeftiva id by your reprclcntatives and'your -magillrates to tri ll mph over fo many obllacles, and to unite .by thefe. ineans -your patiiotifm . wrtrj'theTr' "eTFoTts". This U a! ' ways continuing to (trikc royalty rhisjs coritinuiiir in fome 'mcafure; -to complete; the vidory of the ioili of ' Augult. To the open er.terpiizes of royalty, the re public oppofed without relaxation the whole of the na tional forces ; it oppofed mercilefs laws again It the de ferters of their country ; fevere nseafures againfl all the communes agitated by loyalifm ; indefatigable "vigil . anee to detctt intrigues end the manoeuvres of thofe whoated -to-fpeak of its return. And thofe who at this moment mould deny either thefe means, or the rc publican fpTrit of thofe who directed f,hem,lpsn be only madmen or men void of faith. To ukiired't agreffi. oris might'have been oppofed rcpreflive meafures : they .are autfiorizedby the la vs and the conftitutioh : Bu becaufe your noagi Urates arc-' lining" republicans, becaufe 'they know that in this: clafs lot arerefrors there are f renchmen hurried away even by thtir. love for th f republic, and it would be wiih'Hnconlol ib!e retiTet thct they would find the-mfelves reduced to the nectfiity of ' Viewing themfelve'sfevere. towards; thofe whomighterve lie caufc of lib'eity, they wifh rather id reclaim therfl Dy premng ana traternai advice : tor they cannot aban don the hope of bringing back to the rcfal intf idts of 4 ni.ucli inofc" profound than theafelvcs, at theaffl.'dina It !! ' I I- ' i " l .' ' I r ' s t ' .- . i .' i . - - . . . me puoiic, men wnoie actions may nave appeared doiiDt- ful, but whofe intention f have remained pure. w' It is to - thefe, therefore, that we addrefs biirTehcs, to point out "to thern the vfnicll number cf falfe patriots by whom ' they are agitated and tormented, and who .fill their .;fmitfds with the moll abfurd ideas, at.d their hearts with ' extravagant or criminal hopej. The prefent circum fil antes inn pofe this on me as a duty. I am now going 'to difcharge jt.- Citizens, whoever thefe men may bt, ''" hoKTi'ii in -believing lb be few in number, to 'Teigners or natives, paii by the enemy, or obeying the impulfe of their owapaflions, defiring the ffpeedy re turn of royalty, or preferring the reipti of that terror fojudly abhorred by the French, I fliall faymall cx ; laimT3cwaf of confidering as republicans thofe who hive ietn in the ovei throw of the. throne, hot the means 'f clUUiming'a -new government defired by the nation, but.lte. rkht. f ovei turning at all times every thinir Thoilr vvho believe, that to Vtliblilh is always baie, to rfeltroT always a glory J wio being inveterate enemirs if rvery ti:ig tnat is oraer, or waicn na me appear- iacS pf wTderrwilh to goveri by noiic, and, not by the Mir amidtt tnc ttormnher- witrcotDbareil the bubHc j.Joesiijrvuauntcdana; uocesung i;..jyQt9',J&9wivit9 by, rolled j you 4.nek.calaaujTator .attack I ;titgaws cruel anaunvdrjtty laws, who would tear to pieces with their own hand ISomjent they ha jt rierafelves Jorvcd;. becaufc a goverrtTnent, were it flfeir"n" work, could never accomplifii according, to their fatiefadioo, all the plans of their ambition, all the dreams of their raadncfa. No, thefe are not republicans ! Thofe who cannot refolve forgive t he fpldettraBdimd ftrinwrruptihlc frisnds A)f liberty ; vho infult them even in proportion to the confidence with which they are honored by the nation, Pf jhelcrvices xheiy ftav performed. Coiratrerors of c Ancraiaorr ab, ip you to whdta tbtcongra luianons or tnis 3ay areiJd nor,,Dceu oie;td .etcapeJp niih every, glory ; Tnofe are not republicans, whofe fertile fouls cannot conceive that the founders of .liber tynd the republid aejpu the delirious jnfults of the fame cbuTt which the lotrt of Auguft revet fed, and which they avenge fince they become its imitators, dill endeavor to impute to theni Uhe-objectifiheir Xecrt wiflusI-rkiawnot wrhai FnatoJjl9.f " kig, led round in turns o all thcf whom they wilh to deftroy frantic tletraftots or by pociites, who, (hatting iWir eyes againfl: all evidence; perlilt to be ignorant that the men above all moll frc' quently attackc-i by this abfurd aicciifation, have, a thoularid time and at the vry beginning of the Vevo. liition, manifefttd their ardc.it defire, that the man, whom I will hot even name, hid always remained' he Md hjj agen by their own tidife, they do not lofe fiih? of that othe clafs of rpyalifts, djftingliiflicd hy an incurable phj;cjofy, fighiilg for thevreturS of Inifttrrealirnff hin v?uh their utoibft vows, their, ,utmotl efforts ; jullly.includ ing among, the number of their auxiliaries all, of wiat ever defcription they may be, who at prefent threatea :t'.e ; caiiilitution rand the "governmctThey; declare" tlut they will be equally inflexiole againft all the enc- mifi of the jconftitution;thav-f Jdanger, eildDliflied rder ; thufe men who in former times ih'a'i It neceffary and proper to pu'hiu'wiih death all thofj wn nau uurir, venture not to oe content ; thole men who wouid confidcr prac03a"irevTTi wJh hid regret victory,- who calculate upon, qqr djfaflers, as the means of encicf Gig thtir influence j thofe men who rcpofe ih'eir hopes Upttrr tnteniaf 3frlTcVfWr- nefs but ia animc-Tj :ps."' They denounce with audacity bctnre the multitude, but flirink back when they are called upon to ligti the denunciation. .Thiriling "for vengwanwe, they exclaim again ft the" falut'ary delays which the law precnVs both to fave innocence, end to teud with more certainty to reaci the guilty. Thefe men are not republicans, who by the frantic vioien-ce of their provocations llrike d if may. to the hearts of the fber citizens who dry up the lources of public wealth, give a mortal wound to public credit, annihilate com mcrce, and paralife ailinduilry. SVho inceflantly fpeak of our calamities, and ytt at their caprice encreaie the number of the wretched ; call therafelves the ..friVnds of the people, and only exafperate i.iilead of fervingjhem ; inrlueiice each other agaiali the foreign enfmy,"finr,ly deterraiuetl, however, not to erpofc thcmfelrcs in the combat. -:. ' v. whicl) (he conllitStfon of the 3d I year has armed them.1 and that immenfe majority of citizens, whp. jire 'firmly determined to fupport it to yield Fobcdieuce to law alone, and at every moaicnt to rally round the ffuardi au authorities, ,t . t , la repaktifw.- T R U E-L J B E R T-Yrr- .:.M.htY. tiuthf fall into the. mind, s . many good feeds fall into the ground aud lie there without fp rout ing. T Take aa example The power of the people, ;when it is abufed, is not liberty, and is fuie, like all other power, to be abufed, when It is left uncontroiil edl - f- ' T.- If then,' the fa&s afiumed by the Jacobins, were 31 true as they are falfej if (he French people ierc as much -the a'uthois of the public meafures. as thev are the vtr. i msf H rwvll ri tdthe--- would prove that true liberty is'-wanting : that the fu prcme power is" not controuled. ard that it is abufed. Uncot.trouled power is tyranny, andrit would be hard to tell why tyiaiiny fiiculd be dmiable, becaufe nofeody knows who is the tyrant, becaufe it is avery body's folly or, prejudice, or rage that acls, and nobody's fenfe or virtue that retrains. :ln Aich cafes the mafs Hhr people onlylcmlo arc m tact, not agents, but mitiuments 1 hei ir ShalP it then be, jthat becaufe they repeat with more noi'e the real emotions ot cur common tadination re againll the dilapi'ditors and traitors, that they hope to ie. ' jjrnppfc Upon .you i but have not thc ytople, in their. cawy experience jearnr, uui u is not trie rneri. who I eaic the loudetl, who arc th: nwrt free frorh '.'reproach ? That may denounce cnly that they may net be de nounced ; and whom (hall they perfuadc that thofe who overn i.ot icci a civic r:ct much more fmcere. Ipectacle ot the injuries done to our cotintn j at the moment too when they art called upoti to find a reme dy ? Have they given a greater guarantee of their mor rality and their civifm ? Do they enjoy a purer reputa tion ? Are they more auflere in their manners, more (if citizen ? AmI if-their indignation bcTtal, inftead of thefe clamours which are only a'ddreflcd to the ;paf fions, and will prcited the criminal, becaufe thty in volve them with the jnnoccn.twh.y do tjiey not wilh -to ajffitl , the uftful operation of the laws, in multiply ing! n augmenting' the refearchel in collecting th proofs, aad , in fine, in enlightening the magillrates ? Butwhy Ihbuld t hehtate to fpeak it boldly, their ob jel unqucftionably. is not. juftice ? What they wifli is -to millead the public, by exciting. diftrull to over, whelm men's minds with Oonfufion and d'fmay ; to drive the people of France to despair j to gain poffef-' fion of all authority iri the convulfion ; in a word, to Firm:hwfffi7yTreOT f-goYct iratevery" txprnccT" how they gove rn I The Executive Directory knows 'all 'the ireoi?ei who ..arenpirtng(aattitt thefepublic. In the mjdlt of thefe agitators,, who in truth are but feio'Wmber, -'but who" fcem to multiplyrthejf iice Dow er is their phyfical foce which dejlroys, if it obeys, .. their own blind impulfe, and enflaves, if that irapulfe ' be. imparted or directed by demagogues.; Liberty is a treafurc that requires keepers, and regular government isasnecefi'ary tj its fcciirity as locks and watchmen to 3j.H-J?i tlT of Caftle Ifland, fhoidd happen to be the watchmen," or (hould be the directors f the bai;ks,rw'liatw6nld befic fe curity of the goods and treafure ? French fecurity. The power of the people of France, admitting they have it, niight augment our abhotrence of them,', by llicwing that their difpofitions are as bad as their pro ceedings, and that the crimes of the rulers ate the crimes of the natTcrf; but furely no republican is bound to confidei it as his affair, or the caufe of Franccas our caufe." The difference between our republicanifm and -that of the French, would ft ill be the whole difference between liberty and tyranny. All forms of govern- ' meht arc fufccpt'ible of tyranny. Why mould we love -French tyrauny better than Pruflian ? Theyjire both. though not alike, lupported by the lword. The Dey of Algiers, and the Divan, of Conllantinople, loftcn Ljthe terrors of their defpotifm by mingling with It the iii.uuciitc 01 (ujid iiuiun, iijus rcHciriing it lets OdlOUs and more Lfting. Let it beconceded to the declaim ers upon liberty, and equality that "the defpotifm in thefe go vein m t n t s is t he proper ofejeel of our hat red. Let them in .tiiru admit, that the degree of. liberty enjoyed in others (and all the .European governments have fome) is the proper object of our affectionate at tachment. Confeffedly England has the mod, next to France. This.thc Jacobins cannot very(well deny, If they will nqt-admire and love the Engliih govern ment, as the Eoli(h themfclves dp wih paflion, and, as in llrid eonfiftency with their pretebded principles, the Jacobins ought lo .do,, at leall they ought to for bear to hold up the caufe of France as the qaufe of 'A- -merican rcpublicanifm. The fuccefs ef French tyran ny is not our caufe. Any other tyrann'y as much dc. ferves our good will. . . " . ; - ., , But the idea of popular liberty, beirg Jonkcpt out of the clutches of lipllart tyrants smd demagogue, it incorrect and contrary to experience We fee liberty" -in Francc as its worll" enemies would wilh to fee it, bu ,fy to make itfclf odious and dcfenceltft. jThe main- " fpririg oRthe French government has been.moved by .fewer hails, aiid the people have hfs to do with if, firjv the king was dethroned than before, : Barras it now mote a king than Louis was. He will hot be king fo long, hut he will have a fucccflbr. The, next great .villain in Franco, -is the heir aDoarent. ' . .y :. ; ; Such, a (fat ef things exitts in Fiance, as Renders li berty impofiir(le. It would be eafier to govern Algiera by a.tdwh meeting. Itjs a flander of our libertyi to fay, that our chance depends. on their good fuccefs.. 'Y SoTrJVpmitithcir the fecuntici J " i'W-.i ;t -".. . ? .St'' .' -if- 4v -J: I ,rl . - .j
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