STATE PAPERS. 



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abaterrs'^nt or reservation, to be 

 watchtul in observing all the infrac- 

 tions which those against whom 

 they liave been pronounced may 

 attempt, and to apply the penalty 

 auRxed to all such attempts. It 

 has at the same time enjoined the re- 

 volutionary committee to invest 

 with the same powers the ordinary 

 tribunals, whenever the revolu- 

 tionists shall think proper to break 

 up the said committee. 



Revolutionary citizens, no\y that 

 thecrisis of the revolution is passed; 

 now that the vengeance ot the peo- 

 ple has been exercised, the ideas of 

 the citizens ought to be directed to 

 the means of securing the prosperity 

 of the nation. To attain this end, 

 each citizen ouglit to use his best 

 •ndsavours to convert the revolu- 

 tion itself to the advantage of the 

 people. For this purpose you have 

 a revolutionary authority to which 

 this charge is intrusted : its princi- 

 pal duty being to determine on the 

 restitutions to be made by the ene- 

 mies of the people, and of course on 

 the contributions which the country 

 has a right to exact from every ci- 

 tizen proprietor. It is to make a 

 iust application of the sums which 

 may result from this measure, by 

 appropriating them to public esta- 

 blishments, agricultural rewards, 

 manufactories, &c. This plan de- 

 mands the concurrence of all the 

 citizens, who are well informed on 

 any of these heads : and the country 

 accordingly puts them in a state of 

 requisition. Be confident, revolu- 

 tionary citizens, in the issue of the 

 revolution. Confine yourselves at 

 this time to the customary vigilance 

 it behoves every citizen to observe; 

 resume your civil duties ; retwrn to 

 your manufactories and avocations ; 

 and say to yourselves, that next to 



the love of the country, the love of 

 industry is your chief duty. Re- 

 collect that tyrants employ two 

 principal means to enslave nations 

 — idleness and corruption. Men 

 who aim at being independent al- 

 ways become so ; and there can be 

 no republic where debauched and 

 corrupted men are to be found. 

 Tlie country requires that in thid 

 revolution all the virtues should be 

 displayed, and morality, both pub- 

 lic and private, prevail in all the 

 actions of the citizens. It demands 

 a complete regeneration ; and be 

 confident of it, revolutioaai'y citi- 

 zens, you v/ill in vain have brought 

 about a revolution to crush aristo- 

 cracy, and all its vices ; you will in 

 vain have repressed the abuses of 

 riches, if you nep;lcct to proclaim 

 justice, probity, and virtue, not by 

 words, but by deeds and good ex- 

 amples ; you will otherwise, sooner 

 or later, witness the return of cor- 

 rupters and corrupted. The mem- 

 bers of the tribunal return into the 

 class of simple citizens : in that 

 quaHty they hasten back with ear- 

 nestness to their fire-aides, and unite 

 themselves in every particular to the 

 revolutionary citizens to defend the 

 equality, the liberty, and the inde- 

 pendence of the republic. 



Patent for the opmlng of a loan in a 

 coin of infirior money, to tht 

 treasury of his Fntssian m-ijesiyt 

 published by his govirnincnt, 



W£, Frederick William, by the 

 grace of God, &c. it hav- 

 ing been submissively proposed and 

 represented to us, tliat the present 

 considerable expences in small mo- 

 ney, x^hich arc occasioned by the 

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