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plecge of your happiness, our na- 
tural and nearest friends; and we 
rely upon it as the bond of paternal 
union to the liuman race, in which 
union our own nation will'surely 
be one of the first to coneur.—Our 
government has still the power, and 
perhaps the inclination, to employ 
hirelings to contradict us; but it 
is our real opinion that we now 
speak the sentiments of a great ma- 
jority of the English nation. The 
people here are wearied with im- 
posture, and worn out with war. 
They have learnt to reflect, that 
both the one and the other are the 
offspring of unnatural combinations 
in society, as relative to systems of 
government, not the result of the 
natural temper of nations, as rela- 
tive to each other’s happiness.— Go 
on, legislatots, in the work of bu- 
man happiness. The benefits will 
in'part be ours, but the glory shall 
be all your own: it is the reward 
of your perseverance; it is the 
prize of virtue. The sparks of li- 
berty preservedin England for ages, 
like ‘the corruscations of the nor- 
thern Aurora, served but to shew 
the darkness visible in the rest of 
Europe. ‘The lustre of the Ame- 
rican republic, like an effuleent 
morning, arose with increasing vi- 
gour, but'still too distant to enlight- 
en our hemisphere, till the splendor 
of the French revolution burst forth 
upon the ‘nations in the full fer- 
vour of a meridian sun, and dis- 
played in the midst of the European 
the practical result of principles, 
which philusophy had sought in the 
shade of speculation, and which ex- 
perience must every where confirm. 
It dispels the clouds of prejudice 
from ‘all people, reveals the secrets 
of ail despotism, and creates a new 
character in’ man.—In this career 
of improvement your example 
APPENDIX TO 
will be soon followed; for na- 
tions, rising from: their lethargy, 
will reclaim the Rights of Man 
with a voice which man cannot 
resist, 
Signed, by order of the Society. 
SEemMPiIt, Chairman. 
D. Apams, Secretary, 
Nov. 9, 1792. 
WE are also commissioned to 
inform the Convention, that the 
Sosiety which we represent has 
sent to the soldiers of liberty 
a patriotic donation of 1000 pairs 
of shoes, which are by this time 
arrived at Calais; and the Society 
will continue sending 1000 pairs 
a week, for at least six weeks to 
come. We only wish to know 
to whose care they ought to be 
addressed, 
Jort BARLow, 
Joun Frosr. 
Paris; Now. 2, 1792. 
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The President's Answer. 
BRAVE children of a nation 
which as given lustre to the two 
worlds, and great examples to the 
universe, you have addressed us with 
something more than good wislies, 
since the condition of our warriors 
has excited your solicitude. The 
defenders of our liberty will one 
day be'the supporters of your own, 
You command our esteem, you will 
accept our gratitude. The sons of 
liberty through the world will never 
forget their obligations to the Eng 
lish nation.—The shades of Pym, 
of Hamden, and of Sydney, are ho- 
vering over your heads; and the 
moment cannot be distant when 
the people of France will offer their 
congratulations to a national con- 
vention in England. Too long has 
the torch of discord inflamed the 
English and the French; while the 
ambition 
