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STATE PAPERS. 
form the National Assembly whe- 
ther they may rely on peace, orif I 
ought to propose to them a war. 
(Signed) Louis. 
(Counter-signed) Durorr. 
Letter fromthe King to the National 
Assembly, respecting certain “Re- 
ports of his Intention to leave Pa- 
ris, Feb. 17. 
Gentlemen, . 
I HAVE already mentioned to 
some of you the reports which are 
spread about my pretended leaving 
Paris; I thought that what I men- 
tioned of it would have been suf- 
ficient for discrediting these re- 
ports; but as evil-minded people 
continue to propagate them, in or- 
der to alarm the inhabitants of Pa- 
ris, and to calumniate my inten- 
tions, I will explain myself clearly 
on my way of thinking. 
I know the duties which the con- 
stitution imposes upon me: I will 
always fulfil them; but I also know 
the rights it gives me, and I will 
never refuse myself the power of 
making use of them. Nothing 
keeps me at Paris but my will 
of being there, as I think my pre- 
sence necessary; and I declare, that 
I will and shall remain there: and 
whenever I may have reasons to 
leave it, I shall not disguise them. 
I have to add, that if a person is 
not quite deprived of the use of his 
senses, or incurably perverse, he 
cannot entertain the least doubt of 
my inviolable attachment to the 
welfare of the nation and the in- 
habitants of Paris. 
(Signed) Louis. 
Letter from the King to the Nation- 
al Assembly, respecting their 
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Complaints against the Minister 
of the Marine, Feb. 29, 1792. 
Gentlemen, 
I HAVE examined the observa- 
tions which the zeal and solicitude 
of the National Assembly have in- 
duced it to address to me upon the 
conduct of the minister of the ma- 
rine, J] shall always receive with 
pleasure those communications 
which it thinks useful to make 
The observations which have been 
sent me from the Assembly, appear 
to me absolutely to come within the 
number of those subjects upon 
which it had declared itself incom= 
petent to deliberate. I at that time 
gave an account of those answers 
which M. Bertrand had presented 
against these various complaints ; 
and my judgment coincided with 
the Assembly. Since that time, no 
well-founded complaint has been 
made relative to the different de- 
partments of his administration ; 
and all communications from the 
colonies, from commercial bodies, 
and from the naval departments, 
present testimonies of his zeal and 
useful services. In a word, as he 
has been reproached with no breach 
of the law, I should think myself 
unjast were I to withdraw my con- 
fidence from him. ‘To conclude, 
ministers know well, that the only 
way to obtain and preserve my 
confidence, is to cause the laws to 
be executed with energy and fide- 
lity. 
(Signed) Lous. 
(Counter-signed) M. L. Duport. 
Letter from the King of the French 
to the King of Hungary. 
Sir, my Brother and Nephew> 
THE tranquillity of Europe de- 
pends on the answer which, your 
N 4 Majesty 
