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'' " ; - t ' - V - ' ' ; 1 " ., " u" .-- ' ' - - . . , ' V Citizeai liorifcaUtivcs, - I haTrnot "been abkto'rcccivc the risflsogtr of Aatf difpatched by tbe Couacil of Elders to the Executive Directory. Pbur of the member have fent in their - l .r.iv? ..n.j t j -f r. retiffaation tna una is in cuuoay uy tus orucr ui uc. Uuouaparte. I acre no longer exuts a directory. " Health" and refpeft, , . (Sig ned) '-i LEGARDE. The Council decreed that thia letter fkould be feat to the Council of Five Hundred. -"" ; After the interval of about a quarter of an hour, a tumultous movement was manifclted in .-the, Council, "The arrival of Genet!, Biwvput "ISdianced. He rcqucftcdcTiiiffib iroptrtaat jnformation to communicate. ';' . There wasiniiantly a profound Glence, Buonaparte- ' representatives, of tke people, you re aot in a cimmoa crifii i you tread upon a vulemo ready to deftroy yb. Yefterday'Taris was in the moil profound trarujitiiilyu an nr ait: in the execution of the mcafurcs which you" have adopted " X have given proofs of my devotion to the republic, iid' the couutrr has aothad a more acaloua defeader .and the country has ibaa I have proved. myfelf. " This day, however, I am JTurrounded with calumny, and coverad with reproach and obloquy. ; 4i I hear circulated around me. the words Cromwell, military government, &c. Had I wifhes to efcablim a military government, I fiWld haviong fiace at tempted that enterprize. Since I have returned to Pa ris, I have hetn folicited by Tome factions to ieize up on the authority of the ftatc. I declare evem tkat pro7 pofitiohs tave'been made to me by Barras and Moulin, to overthrow- the government, aad to alTumc the di rection of affairs I refilled thefe infinuationa becaufe I waa of no party, of no coterie I communicated thefe projects to.fcveral , reprcfentatives. .1 united my fcntixicnts to thofc of the Cooocil of Elders, and I have only accepted the commaad cntruflcd to me, with the vie of religning it after having , triumphed over the enemies of the republic. Think not then that , you fee in trie a vile intriguer I know ao great coluic but the French people. people' ma;: nor be "divided rtmthe xontrary-umte formly madeaai particularly it? wr :ater par tjf them el.: r.i- ; Here folUvu the nmmet'of 6 memberi." ad. The legiflative- body create proviGnally an Executive Confular Committee,;' conpofed ofcitizens Sieves aa"ifRogerDacos; Ex-Dlreftors: and Buona parte General.--They Ihall beax the name of ConfuhJ ofthe French republic. " Jt I jT I 3dThlsorarnittee is iavefted with the full powers ofthe Directory, acd fpccially'eomaaiflioned to organ ize order in all parts ofthe admiaiflrstion, to re-eita-blim internal tranquility, and to piocure an hououra blc and o!ipeRce 4th, It is authom?dto T er limited accoring" to its own power. -r-: 5th The legislative body 13 adjourned to the 29th of February. . It is to meet at that period ia full power at Paris. . . j-'iit.- , 6th. During the adjournment of th? Lei'tive bo dy, the members ftiajf prefervc their :i.ac:....i ; , the ir con ft i t u t o nal fecurity. L .l-;::" 7th. Thev may.' without hf ''th?ir qcuitv i rc- ------ M ... t 1. prefentatives of the people, Diplonatic Agc.nts, DclegT.c; . ..t E live Con fular Cbmmittco, arid if all okii. . i t juaionj. They are cvea laVitcd ia the name oi ;;ubic goua to ac ceot them. ' pth. Before their feparation, aud during tnc time CTTieicia?wnaagew-aU-al 'your vrifdpaa, sad whatever your firmnefs fhall decide, S Thai! fee faithfully executed. I ihall be but an arm devoted to ihe latcty ot tnc republic tfic 4iiicty pt li berty and equality!" r 7 1, Enelcr'CAnd tlitcorrflifution." ,..llu jaaparte ThV coaJUtutioaUIs it-no w a ground ot fecur).ty to the Freach people ? You violated it oa the 7 Ich Ff uctiior you violated it on tbe 2 2d Flure al ; ' you vlclited it on tb 30th Pratial. It is nothiag ; t' ah'ecipty fc'sa'd, which, ferves thepuricffi cf every faction. : . ' .. All the rights of the people have been violated. .2 til' time thit yau fliould defend th?m agaxnft." every attack. Coufidcr what ouht to Ue done for the pry ejection cf Jibei ty. If you do nor fay e "ft J you and your childrerT wtirUc difgraccd" in the eyes of poftority YouarcaccouaUble for, its fafety.,4 .i Act, and if the ex ecution of your decrtes be oppofed, I mall appeal to iny brave compaaions in arms, and to my fortune," . Buonaparte left the council. A meflagc from the council of Five Hundred ftatcd that itwas cur.liituted my a iaajoiity. eaCh'Couacil Jhail name hjui anion. their mcmbtrs, a cominittee f 25 men;bcri. ptk. The coair.uttees appelated '.by the two Coun cils, will,- in - caujiiuirtiuu -witk.thcoBimii let ffthe cxecutits foafuUtc, determine upon all i.ibjccts rela tive to the police, iegiliation ahu nntnee. 10th; To the committee of the,, Council of Five H u ndrei wilPucloiig the "rfht 0 f : p ropofiu j - st nd to tkat of th Council of Elders, that wf UnCtioUng them, J. : th. The two comnuttccs Will tho, in ihe order -bove mentioned, regulate the changes in thgfc parts of the conftituticn which experience may hive fhewn to have been inconvenient or vcious. . .f 12. Thefe clinges ean have no other ohject but that lc.QiiifdyatiogJirjd-.paranteetn invtolubl,r the fuve reigaty of the people, the lYpwoiic; oac and idivifiue the reprfentativ fyllem, ihe divifioa of power, liber ty,- cquaUryanalheJOr before The executive confulte committee frii lay COUNCIL OF FIVE, HUNDRED. Nqvcmltr 10. About fix o'clock the Council of Five Hundred canftitutcd themfclvcs, the majority ofthe taembers ha Ting repaire4 to the hall of the fitting. Lucien Buoaaparte took the chair, and invited the Council to refume the deliberations.' 1 ,1 Bdulay "dels Meurthe made in the name ofthe com mittee of li ve, a report on the plan which hsd been ie-" ferired to them.' " ' ' "- : : . ' rV' " The Council of Elders," faid he, ' in ordering tlije iremaral efiiheepilL ... - O ; .v-- its 6bjei to anivc at a favourable gaol for the maintc- 3AaceJJjhcj there exifled great vices in tlie organization of the con 'iiitution. The reprefentatives of the peormull caa-- "lyavOw, thai LexperienceliaMtTctf provejd, thai theft exifl in our organization, vices, which frorh its elab- lifhirtenri have never ceafed to produce detractions in, rthr tepublicand with refpeA to 'the fccurUy of the oonftit utiori, 'it, has .hitherto failed in its bject. Facta "have proved this-": Soinsr- months after-it was put into ciecutioni the Directory were. obliged to make the iS yrui3.iddr, and fpoh aftcrvvards the 2sd Floreal, which Vas afo madejKce choices ir.de at tlie dections.iJ'iliutherewiji ncctfltty of proctcdiug from viola Ihbcki.' "It is time to confidcr of improvement, which ' produce the ncceffity of aproyiional and iateraiediatc ihte, .wich will prepare the means of making the people trljoy their rights in theii full extent."? - ViUiTCard, reporter from the-committee, propofed the" following refolutiou ; - u : ' The Council of tve Hundred, confiderrng the fitua- tionfthc republtcf declares that the buuaels u ur gent, andlldopts' the fallowing refoiutions ;. ; J" Article. 1 1; i irere is no longer any executive direc- xotV. jnd the foUowjrisr perfom are h longer members .!ofhenadtf'nalirepre.ite& account of tho cx- 'iieucs -'.arid the tiijlcnt attempti vrhich they hate u:ii- - . .... ; m fubjects. .. : 14th. The two committees are diargtd to prepatc a civil code , lace of the legiflative body, and they may convoke ex traordiiiarily for ; the ratification ot cuce, or iu cafe of great public dinger. 1 6tii Thefe refolutiont fhIl be printed, snd fent by extraordinary ecuriin to the domrtnienti, atd fo- ltmbly;'publihe and Auck Up'ia ali ihe commute oF the republic. " - . Cabau'a made a foeech, in which he retraced the la bours ci the difiereut legiflative bodies, acd of the ecu vcation, mc alfo the, Lults of thelediftcTcaf 'aifemLiici), aL well as tf: ofe; of the prefent '''''cdunpitlTirieeived that the prefent conftitution opened the duor.to conti nual involutions, which would id in anarchy, which vrak always rollowcd by royalt'y. He, akcrwards pro- pofe'd an addrofs to "the French people uoii tLe dan gers which the natioaal.reprcfcntatives iiicurred, aii' upon the ineafafts of public fafety which wire to be taken. -- ' . ' ' ' At one o'clock the three ccnfuls cr.t.c and took the following cat h : Arena Lai been alfo arrelbrd and fent to the Concierge. riefor haviag wilhed to aiTaffinate Buonaparte. Ge nifTeux and Dpflaiont are imprifoned 'for having crici out that the general ought to b'd outlawed. Qjiirot was fent to tbi: Temple. Santhonax, Charles HifTc, (thci-JViaj f?rincc) and Julian of Touloufe ,arc alfo thero Thaprifoii of Vicconcs is prepariag for tke Other arretted petfoos. ' ..j , " There were laft night iliuminatioas in different parts, and 'couriers were fent off to the different departments to aanouicc the involution. : f - ' It ia fiid that Barras has been arretted and. fent to '"atr-eTaloW-riil3ave.ukcolacc.- n.nVr-fnl antl Cuiiltant have f Icaptd. A Maifei- loll faid yefterday at a meeting 1 at pauberwefneri,' " We-only want three daggers to put-an end to all .1 - it . '- '. i ; -- --. " ' 5" tillS. " ,,v . ' Yefterday citizens TIIeyrard, Rhbiderer aud Vol ney, weie fent fr by the coiiluljwlth whom they had a lung conference- j; A . Council of State was created i-it is to be compa- fed of thefe three citizens. ;. r Championet kas, it i faid, given in his refignatioa cf the cOKrsaLd of the army cf Italy", and tha,t it has $tcn accepted by the Coafuls. fv , A board of udruinlty iv to be rmcd after the man ner of England. "'" . ." J It is faid that Moreau is gone' to the armies of the Danube and Helvetia. - - " . ' M.Iftia has effeetcd his j uneven with Champiccet. PROCLAMATION, IJi-ed -by General Bu$naparte mt ekven oclki prt the riihi 'of tht lgij Bruwairel (Ihvember 10.) ' ,-. 0 11 ui y ret ut u tu Par N, 1 found djfco rd reigaiag a-. mong all tke conftitutcd authorities; and that? they agreed only rejecting one tirjuth uav; "That the Conftitutioi) was half dettrbyednd was'unabk to fare the cauie cf liberty.' , " ; r. . Air parties camo to ine, entrufted me with their dc fighs, diicloletq aic their" fecreu, and folicited my fuppart:--I refund to Lnd nfuppcrt to aaj par ty. - T" " " ' '.The Council, of Elders called .me ! before them I obey ed -thr-calh r A- plan-feneral4xfloratioahad hern concerted fcy-men m'-whirta-the natiott-i accufr tomed to behold the defenders of liberty, of equality, of property. This plan required ii oalm and frde invef tigatiou, unuiafTcd by any kflaewce or by amy fcars Agreccbly to this iiea, the Couacuot ElGeriTefolvcd pfiii transrring .the , k they charged me with the ipilitary force ncceflary to ' protect iheir independence Idcemcdit a duty I owed xny fc Ho w"-cJ tixensTthc" fctdiTTST-w ho are - pcriftiing ia our armies;-and che national jlory acquiicd by their Llowi, to accept tht' command. The Councils afTombled t Sti Cloud : the repub lican troaps watch over their -external fecurity ii but. aflajEfins make tciror prevail in the iaterior. avcral deputies of the Council of Five Hundred, anned with ililcttsu And - piilols, Circulated all around them the : threats atd tenors ot' delh. - .. ... .. .. . . The'ulans. that were to be developed are. limited: J;itirgaarz;J, the molt intrepid ijakers h .1.. ' Fidelity to the'Repubiie, one and iadmuble, to liberty and equality. At three oiock they proceeded to the fcrutiay of the nomination ofthe jBteraradiate committee. The. Pre fident then adjourned the council to the 20th. of February as the ordinary place of meeting, PARIS, November 13. - 7 ejwgfuate" entered, the acth Brumaire ( uth Nov.) on its fuactioos.'r There will not be a'prciidcnT of it, but a eonful for the day. This authority kas nofiricd its inftallation Luxemburg, to the two k?iflativc committees. The" colifTi1ate"iias beenfiTfcVeccirpicd wrthrnotnr na- tmg to the molt important places. Maret, ex-ambafiador at Naples, a appointed fecre tary general of the Confulate.1 " Gaudin, foTmerlyfcommifiloner of the treafury, and fincc corarnifTdry gencrarof the LC.xecuiYedireftor the adtniniHration of pofts, is. miniftcr of finances ; Alexander BcrthierVi rninifter at rir" j Cambaceres , is appointed minifter of juftiee Fouche, of police, and 'Rheinard of foreign auairs. . 7 '' . Thejaw which regulutea lhe prqvifional form of the afw laft" night inJPans with muchT fjlemnity . Although every th ing conti uucs in appearance c'alm, ' the cbnfpirators of theoun cil of . oo do nat conider themfelve as yet defeated. They hold meetings They are preparing pretended proteftation ; but perhaps tb'ey. rely more upon fsmc afTaffiha'tion than-theirotherLina'ocquvres. But the po lice is informed of their meetings, and "watches them narrowly. Th'e.grehadier who faved Buonaparte's life dined withv him yeftcrday.V The wife of jhe Ccmfai rndc htm a prefent of a diamond worth 2060 crowns. Some of the deputies whofe nomiaation has been de e!arc4 nU have bean arrefled. Upon fomc of them of aay tne mijouiy difcoaccitcd. and ilic oroDofal and imitation wife xaciiuji bcciiue uttci iv ufeiefs. I cooiiAuuictiic my iiidignauon and my furrow to the Ccu&c;! of Eldcn ; I requcH to be alioWed to fc cure the execution of thcir-geuerous defigns; ' I rcpre fented to them the calamities of the couatry by which ihcy.hud been fuggelIctL;the joined me in niewteti- raomcs.of their conflaat deteitiination. . , . f appeared '-'in the Council of Five Hundred alone, withcuf arrns, my hiad -uncovered, fuch 'as thcEldcrs had received and applauded fn . I went to remind the,u-.,juiity of th intentions by which they were ani mated, nd to a Jure them that Chcy mijjlit rely their fowr. The lliL'ttos by which thedeputics were meaaced, cere railed againlt him who wifhcd to be their jdehver- t cfITvelit7"a brcaft ; the gu-'nadicra of the legflativc body, whom. , -had--lcft-at-the-doFof the rhallrrah 4jp-and-tkrcwithcmi fclves between the aiTaflius and me ; one. of thefr brve grcnaaters,tamed-Tk to, which pierced hii clothes-tr.oy .cjiriitd uie off. - " At'thefanic ''moment, -tiie ciii'bfuccku'c hiin an out-, law, :werc heard agaiofi the rr.4Uti2i wiilied tf'icfetid, the la,w. It was the frantic cry of tke affaffni- againft ihe force deiliuc'd to rob hira of his prey. Thev liuvnicu 1 ou iid the- prefldeut with threats in " th eir roouthj, a.)u arms in their hands; they ordered him to put the qucliun of outlawry. .'. 1 was informed ot tnis. and accordiiigly fix jr mediatdy alter fo'ie grenadiers vi the legiflative body entered at the, Fjs J w'TTtf intothe lull, tad clear-- Terd-rt itfs to refcuc him from tkiir fury, zVenadters hrouht hira out. Im? - The factious leaders being thus intimidar-d, difperfr ed, and went away. The majority, rtfeued .from.- th'wir attempts,' freely and peaceab ly, returned 6 the hall of.; their fitting!,, and heard the propqftiions which were , to be made for the public fdkty . dcirnerAted upon the ea and prepared the faiutary rciulutior.3, which is . to be--come. the new aud proviiioiial law 'if the republic. V Frenchmen !" you Tfill doubtlefs recognize, m this -conduct, the zeal of a foldier of liberty," and jf a citi zcb. devoted to th: repuWic. - Vir.Ti "directed to coir 1 . 1 1- I: t f :)......f
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