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of the French. <A good and free 
eople take up arms with regret; 
but they take them not in vain; 
they triumph, or they break them 
in their hands. The tortures and 
shame of an eternal servitude 
would not sufficiently punish a na- 
tion who should suffer their liber- 
ty to escape them, after having 
conquered it. 
And what object can be more 
worthy of your courage? The 
period is passed, in which French 
warriors, the docile instruments of 
one man’s will, armed themselves 
only to defend the interests, the 
caprice, or the passions of kings. 
At present, yourselves, your chil- 
dren, your own rights, are to be 
defended. We must conquer, or 
return to the dominion of feudal 
privileges, of arbitrary imprison- 
ment, and of every sort of taxation, 
oppression, and servitude. Your in- 
dividual happiness, the happiness of 
allthose whoare dear to you, are thus 
nearly connected with the safety of 
the country. But those are un- 
worthy to defend it, who do not 
add virtues to courage. The men 
whom we fight to-day are our 
brothers ; to-morrow, perhaps, they 
will be our friends. Intrepid in 
battle, firm in misfortunes, mo- 
dest after victory; generous to 
prisoners,—such are a {ree people. 
Crimes, notwithstanding, have been 
committed! The laws will punish, 
in their just severity, all outrages 
against the rights of nations and 
the sacred rights of nature. Re- 
wards, on the contrary, will at- 
tend faithful warriors; their names 
will obtain for ever the gratitude 
and the homage of all the friends 
of liberty; and, if they die in 
battle, their children shal] be the 
children of the country, 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1702. 
As for us, immoveable in the 
midst of political storms, we shall 
watch over all stratagems, overall 
the enemies of the empire. The 
world shall see whether we are the 
representatives of a great people, 
or the timid subjects of certain 
kings in Europe. We have sworn 
not to capitulate either with pride 
or tyranny: we shall keep our 
oath, —‘* Death— Death——or Victory 
and Equality!” 
But, to assure victory, it is ne- 
cessary that discipline should regu- 
late all the movements of courage ; 
and that distrust should never sus- 
pend or destroy them. There can 
be no triumph without the absolute . 
obedience of soldiers to their offi- 
cers, to their generals, without con- 
stant and fraternal union. The 
enemies of the country know that 
you will repulse with horror him 
who would lessen your civic zeal, 
your unalterable fidelity ; but it is 
even in your virtues that they 
seek the means of seducing you. 
Affecting to share your patriotism, 
they mingle with the expression of 
it, both in their conversation and 
writings, the insinuation of a sen- 
timent, which produces, at first, 
but a slight uneasiness, and ends 
in the most blameable distrust. 
They talk to you only of treason 
and perfidy. Observe attentively 
those who hold out this language, 
and presently you will perceive 
under what name they may shel- 
ter themselves ; that they are ge- 
nerally only the emissaries, or the 
hired writers, of the enemies of 
French liberty. 
Warriors, observe the second 
battalion of Paris; the 6th regi- 
ment of chasseurs, ci-devant Lan- 
guedoc: the 3d regiment of hus- 
sars, ci-devant Esterhazy ; and the 
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