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3 } Proceedings of the national affembly after the new law had cftablifbed fome 
order and fecurity in Paris. Apply clofély to the vat mafs of public buf- 
| ntfs upon their hands. Political annibilation of the tava jirft orders of the 
frate. New laws for regulating elePions. Appellaticn of ative citizens, 
to whom applied. Much trouble fill with the provinces, to bring them to a 
_ Surrender of their peculiar rights and privileges, France at length divided 
_ into eighty-three departments, and the term Province expunged from the 
 danguage. Creation and organization of municipalities, Letters de cachet 
| abolifped. Gabelle, and others of the moft obnoxious taxes, abolifeed.  Affer- 
ee by eater iato tbe intricate bufins G of finance; augment the pay of the army; 
@nd oftablifh anew bank. Grand fcheme far yeizing the oftates of the clergy, 
and offering them as a prefent ta the nation, to ferve as a fund and fecu- 
rity for the difcharge of the public debts, and to anfwmer uiher important 
_ purpyfes. Some difficulties and obftructions, which appear in the way of car- 
tying this fcheme into execution, are far out-balancea by the vaft advantages 
swhich it is capable of: producing. Decree paffid, which declares all the: 
_ eeclefiaftical eftares to be at the difpofal of the nation, Stipend allotted for 
the maintenance of parifh pricfts, Sc. Difcontents rife to the highe/t pitch 
amongft the clergy, many of the bifbops, and nearly all the chapters in the 
“kingdom, proteft againft the decree. Combination of the canons, and endea- 
 wours ufed at Rome to draw the maleditlicns of the church upon the national 
_ efembly. Great prudence.and addrefs difplayed by the afembly in its tranf- 
| Gétions uzith the court of Rome. Sovereign pontiff foems to be fatisied with 
their proteftations. France fwarms. with publications of every fart, in 
| profe and in verfe, againft the national afimbly, its proceedings and defigns, 
» Several of the parliaments attempt to be troublefime, and prote? againft the 
decrees of the affembly 3 Lut having loft all influence with the people, are 
obliged to fubmit reluctantly to their fate. Parliament of Bourdeanx con- 
” tinues longer in a flate of turbulence than any of the others, and endeavours 
to excite an ails in the fouth. Stories of plots and confpiractes neces~ 
Sary to keep the minds of the people in conftant agitation. Various accuya- 
againft the king’s minifiers, and a greater number againf the ariftocrates 
g ner al. Animoyities fa viglent between the remaizing noLles ia the af- 
fembly, and the derrscratical leaders, that frequent duels ave the confe le 
Nation, in gencral, fcid to be unanimous in fupporting the afembl), and 
10 raife three millions of foldiers in defence of the new conftitution. Sitna- 
tion of the captive king and of the'royal family in the palace, now flate pri- 
fin, of the Thuilleries. Il] effedt produced at home and abroad, and worfe 
confequences likely to enfue, i the king’s captivity, when bis free fanc- 
4 mis neccfary to give validity to their laws, caufes great uncafinefs in the 
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ational ajembly. Scheme formed to obviate thefe difficulties, by inducing the 
mg to appcar to come voluntarily to the national afimtly, to declare bim- 
ely fully fatisfied with all their proceedings, and that he confilers himfelf 
i leing at the head of the revolution, Liberal conduct of the afembly with 
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