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your plains, and purchased treasons 

 on ih'; frontiers. 



When the event of battles shall 

 put in your power either Ehglish 

 or Hanoverians, bring to your re- 

 membrance the vast tracts of co>;n- 

 try iingiish slaves have laid waste. 

 Carry your view to La Vendee, 

 Toulon, Lyons, I andiecies, Mar- 

 tinique, and St. Domingo, places 

 still recking with the blood which 

 the atrocious policy of the Englifh 

 hiis shed. Do not trust to their art- 

 ful language, which is an additional 

 crime, worthy of their perfidious 

 character and raachiavelian govern- 

 ment. ■ Those who boast that they 

 abhor the tyianny of ***'•■**, say, 

 can they fight for him ! 



No, No, republican soldiers, you 

 ought therefore, when victory shall 

 put in your power, either English- 

 men or Hanoverians, to strike; not 

 one of them ought to return to the 

 traiterous territory of England, or 

 to be brought into France. Let the 

 British slaves perish, and Europe be 

 free. 



Prorldmation of ike canton of Bertie, 

 in Sivitzerland, August, 1794- 



WE, the Avoyer, the little and 

 great council of the city and 

 republic of Berne, ike, make known 

 by these presents — public fame has 

 sufiiciently informed us of the de- 

 plorable scenes which have over- 

 whelmed the city of Geneva. That 

 republic, in whose prosperity we 

 have constantly taken an interest, 

 resulting from long and intimaie re- 

 lations as allies, and the habitual 

 connections of neighbourhood, is 

 delivered up to unheard-of calami- 

 ties, of which it is not possible to 

 foresee the extent, the duration, or 



the consequences. At tiie moment 

 that we had reason to hope for tlie 

 return of peace and tranquillity, by 

 the establisliment of the new order 

 of things, which the government 

 had solemnly announced to us, tlKr 

 same as had the canton of Zurich, a 

 band of tumultuous men attacked 

 and overthrew by main force, pub- 

 lic liberty and personal safety ; they 

 violated private houses, arrested in- 

 dividuals, and dragged them to pri* 

 son. These violences were com- 

 mitted even against the ministers of 

 religion, in a manner such as seemed 

 to announce the intended proscrip- 

 tion of religion, in a city hitherto 

 remarked as its great sujiporter. Ci- 

 tizens were sacrificed even against 

 the will of the majority of voters. 

 New victims were pointed out ; 

 new attempts were made against 

 pL-rsons and property, even in des- 

 pite of oaths, of forms established, 

 ■ and the laws of the state ; and 

 Geneva Jiwaits in consternation the 

 fate which the sanguinary men, who 

 have usurped the right of disposing 

 of the lives and fortunes of all the 

 citizens, are preparing for her. 



We see with extreme grief the 

 sad destiny of a city whosehappiness 

 has been at all times the object of 

 our cares, and which, by its proxi- 

 mity, so nearly interests our own 

 state and that of all Switzerland. 

 But the knowledge we have gained 

 of thecrimina! participation of many 

 individuals of our own country ag- 

 gravates still more our grief and in- 

 dignation. Ourpa;ernal solicitude 

 for the safety and honour of our 

 country not permittiug us to tole- 

 rate on our territory these men, sul- 

 lied with crimes, we, by the pre- 

 sent publication, interdict their en- 

 trance into our territories; and will 

 that all those of our subjects who 



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