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rent, over your harvests, desolate 
your houses by fire and murder ; 
and, in one word, that they shall 
load you in chains stained with the 
blood of those you heid most dear? 
You have taken the oath to live 
free or die; the Assembly know 
you will adhere to it, and they will 
shew you the example; but it is 
not enough to brave death, it is 
necessary to conquer; and you 
may conquer if you abjure your 
hatreds, if you forget your political 
dissensions, if you rally to the com- 
mon cause. Astonish your ene- 
mies by the majestic display of 
your strength, and of a great cha- 
racter of union, of respect for the 
laws, immoveable courage, and 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1792. 
speedy victory. shall crown the al- 
tar of liberty with her palms.” 
The decree, announcing the 
country to be in danger, was fol- 
lowed by another, restoring Petion 
and Manuel to their important 
offices in the municipality of Paris. 
The assemblies of sections, muni- 
cipalities, and departments, were 
rendered permanent; and it was 
declared that all the citizens, qua- 
lified to bear arms, should be in a 
state of permanent activity: a mea- 
sure, by means of which, the whole 
order of things was soon completely 
subverted; and thus the interfer- 
ence of foreign powers, instead of 
sustaining the shaking monarchy, 
precipitated its fall. 
CHA PE: 
Confederation against Franceof the Empires of Germany and Russia, and 
the Courts of Turin, Naples, Rome, Spain, and Portugal. 
3 -NADUCS, 8 
The Com- 
bined Armies of Austria and Prussia, on the Frontiers of France, com- 
manded by the Duke of Brunswick. Manifesto of the Duke. Federates, 
Jrom all Parts of France, celebrate the Third Anniversary of the Revo- 
lution. Thewhole of Paris overawed bya small Band of Marseillois. The 
Marseillois become a Rallying Post tothe passive Citizens, who gain by De- 
grees an Ascendancy in Paris,and the other Towns in France. Motion 
for an Accusation against la Fayette rejected. The Rejection of this Motion 
irritates the Parisians. Petitions to the Assembly for the Deposition of 
the King. Proclamation of the King to the Nation. The Thuilleries at- 
tacked by an immense Multitude, armed with Pikes and Muskets, and 
urnished with Cannon. The Thuilleries reduced by the Assailant;. The 
Defenders of the Thuilleries, after a gallant Resistance, overpowered by 
Numbers, and the greater Part of them massacred. The King and 
Royal Family flee to the National Assembly. Measures that had been 
taken or advised, previously to this, for the Support of the Royal Au- 
thority. Conduct of the Assembly before, at, and after the Engagement 
of the Thuilleries. Generous Efforts of Individuals for saving the fly- 
ing Swiss. The King suspended from the Royal Functions. The King 
and Royal Family detained in Prison as Hostages. 
hike jealousy and apprehen- 
sion of the court, and of all 
who favoured and sympathized with 
courts and kings, which at this time 
agitated and distracted France, 
were inflamed into terror, rage, and 
hostile vengeance, by the intelli- 
gence that the empires of Ger- 
many and Russia, the courts of Tu- 
rin, Naples, Rome, Spain, and 
Portugal, 
