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tlie pensions, salaries, orolher grants, 

 they may have in any other, even 

 should it beofamihtary nature; and 

 the amount of all such deductions to 

 continue no longer than two years 

 after the termination of this war, 

 shall be paid from the respective of- 

 ficers into my chief tr.*asi::y ; and 

 moreover, my counsellors of state 

 having represented to me, with ihe 

 most ardent and patriotic zeal, that 

 the deduction in their salaries mi^^ht 

 be 25 per cent., since, convinced of 

 the justice and necessity of the war, 

 they were ready to makt, not only 

 such a s-icrifice, but to extend it 

 even to their lives and fortunes. — 

 I have thought expedient to accept 

 this loyal and generous lAtar ; and 

 in consequence, the deduction of 

 25 per cent, shall be made from the 

 salary of every individual counsellor 

 of state, upon the same terms, and 

 under the same restrictions and du- 

 ration as the deduction of four per 

 cent, afore-rnentioned from the sa- 

 laries ot all other placemen and pen- 

 sioners. 



Second. With the advice of his 

 oouncil, &c, his most Catholic ma- 

 jesty decrees — " That no minister, 

 person orpersonsofauy class or con- 

 dition \vhatsoever,shallreceive more 

 than one salary or stipend, although 

 they may possess various employ- 

 ments under the government; their 

 salary, during the existence of the 

 first decree, is left to their option." 

 The decrees are six in number, 

 dated in August last, all tending to- 

 wards providing an adequate fund 

 without the aid of new taxes on the 

 po.)r, for the continuance of the 

 war : the clergy (with leave of his 

 holiness the pope) are assessed seven 

 miUions of rials annually ; a crea- 

 tion of paper money to the amount 

 ai 18,000,000 of dollars was to take 



place on the 15th ot September, and 

 the appropriation of a redeeming 

 fund of two millions of dolbrs an- 

 nually was to be applied in dis- 

 cV.aroe of inter.st and principal 

 of botii the present and preceding 

 issues oihilL'ts rcales. 



Address to the Spaniards, puUiihed 

 early in October, 1794. 



B.ave Spaniards, 



A T a time when I only wish to 

 J^\. declare to you certnm truths, 

 which may serve to quiet your 

 minds, and when I only require of 

 you to hear me, my ur. rem it ting 

 attention to the concerns of the 

 public entitles me to your atten- 

 tion ; and your own interest in the 

 public tranquillity assures me t 

 shall obtain it. 



I am well aware that venal and 

 infected writers will employ them- 

 selves iu describing the events of 

 this war, in terms of desperation, 

 and that slanderers and audacious 

 people will represent the force of 

 the enemy as irresistible. I know 

 also that traitors to God, the king, 

 and to the pubhc, will neglect nu 

 means of spreading their detestable 

 principles, and represent them to 

 you as practicable ones. I know 

 also that there will not want many 

 corrupt spies, who will represent, 

 (as things easy to be obtained) dit- 

 iiculties wtacli are insuperable ; but 

 at the same time I am fully con- 

 vmced of your loyalty, and the 

 king is convinced of it too, and he 

 relies on it as a defence against 

 the impetuous torrent of their mad- 

 ness. 



Do you know the real state of 

 our forces ? They arc sufficient not 



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