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the possibility of a refusal; and it 
was his duty to put himself in a 
state to overcome an unjust resist- 
ance. But his Majesty does not 
yet despair of the success of his re- 
presentations: —he has renewed 
them, he follows them up with 
energy, and he has reason to believe 
that more precise explanations will 
occasion more just dispositions. 
Those, therefore, who shall dare to 
disturb the cause of negotiations 
by precipitate steps, by private at- 
tacks, shall be considered as public 
enemies, odious to all the people, 
and obnoxious to all the Jaws in 
consequence. The King orders 
and enjoins the administrative bo- 
dies, the general officers, and 
commanders of the national and re- 
gular troops, to watch with the 
greatest attention, that all foreign 
territory may be inviolably respect- 
ed; to give equal attention that all 
strangers who may be found in 
France, of what nation soever, 
may enjoy there all the rights of 
hospitality, and the protection of 
the laws while conforming to them. 
Lastly, to take the most efficacious 
measures to prevent any altercation 
taking place between the inhabitants 
or the troops on the respective fron- 
tiers—and to quiet them speedily, 
if they should take place. His Ma- 
jesty enjoins all administrative bo- 
dies to repress with all their power, 
and to cause to be prosecuted, all 
those who may aet contrary to the 
laws, or disturb public tranquillity. 
His Majesty besides orders, that this 
roclamation shall be printed, pub- 
ished, and stuck up throughout the 
kingdom. 
Done in the Council of State held 
at Paris the 4th of January, 1792. 
(Signed ) Louts. 
(Countersigned) B, C. Caner. 
Speech of the King of the French to 
the National Assembly, 20th April. 
Gentlemen, 
I HAVE come among you for 
an object of the highest import- 
ance in the present circumstances, 
My minister of foreign affairs will 
read to you the report which he 
made to me in council on our situ- 
ation with regard to Germany. 
[The Minister for Foreign Affairs 
then went up, and standing by 
the King’s side, read the Minute 
of the Cabinet Council of France, 
addressed to the King.} 
Sire, 
When you took an oath of fide- 
lity to the constitution, you be- 
came the object of the hatred of 
the enemies of liberty. No na- 
tural tie could stop—no motive of 
alliance, of neighbourhood, of pro- 
priety, could prevent their enmity. 
Your ancient allies erased your 
name out of the list of despots, and 
from that moment they forgot your 
Majesty’s fidelity. The emigrants, 
rebels to the laws of their country, 
are gone beyond the frontiers to 
prepare a guilty aggression against 
France. ‘They wish to carry into 
its bosom fire and sword. Their 
rage would have been impotent, 
if the foreign princes had not se- 
conded and encouraged their cri- 
minal manceuvres. ‘The house of 
Austria has done every thing to 
encourage their audacity: — the 
house of Austria, who since the 
treaty of 1756, bas found us good 
and faithful allies! ‘This treaty, 
ir, subjected us to the ambitious 
views of this house. She engaged 
us in all her-wars, to which she 
called us as her allies. We have 
been prodigal of our blood in the 
cruel 
