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STATE PAPERS. 
French princes, and by other emi- 
grants, rebels to the laws, and to 
their country. He declares that his 
Own interests and those of the peo- 
ple, of whom he is the hereditary 
representative, are for ever insepar- 
able; that the government, the exe- 
cution of which is confided to him, 
shall be maintained by him in all its 
purity. Firm in this resolution, the 
King of the French charges his mi- 
nister of foreign affairs to notify to 
all the powers, that, entirely devot- 
ed tothe cause of the French people, 
he will make use of all the force 
put into his hands against the ene- 
mies of France, whatever pretexts 
may be empleyed to countenance 
the armed assemblies of the emi- 
grapts, or to support them in their 
hostile preparations. 
x (Signed) Lours. 
_ (Countersigned) CHAMBONNAS. 
Address to the French, on the Dan- 
gers of their Country. 
Citizens, 
YOUR constitution restores the 
principles of external justice :—A 
league of kings is formed to de- 
stroy it. ‘Their battalions are ad- 
* vancing :—they are numerous, un- 
der rigorous discipline, and long 
practised in the art of war. Do you 
not feel a noble ardour inflame your 
courage? Will you suffer hordes of 
foreigners, like adestructivetorrent, 
to overflow your fields? Will you 
suffer them to ravage your harvests; 
to waste your country by burning 
and cruelties; in a word, tv load 
Behrens with chains dyed in the 
ood of all you hold most dear ? 
- Our armies are not yet complete : 
an indiscreet security too often re- 
= the ardour of patriotism. 
“The levies of recruits urdained, have 
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not been so completely successful 
as your representatives had hoped. 
Internal troubles, added to the dif- 
ficulty of owr situation, cause our 
enemies to give themselves up to 
vain hopes, which to you are an 
insult.—Hasten, Citizens; save li- 
berty, and vindicate your glory.— 
The National Assembly declares, 
that our country is in danger.—Be- 
ware, however, of thinking that 
this declaration is the effect of a ter- 
ror unworthy of the Assembly or of 
you. You have taken the oath, 
To live free, or die. The Assembly 
knows that you will keep it, and 
swears to set you the example ; we 
must conquer, and you can conquer 
if you abjure your hatreds ; if you 
forget your political dissensions; if 
you unite in the common cause ; if 
you watch with indefatigable activi- 
ty yourinternal enemies; if youpre- 
vent all the disorders, and all the 
acts of violence to individuals which 
they excite ; if securing within the 
kingdom the empire of the laws, and 
answering by well-ordered move- 
ments the call of your country, you 
fly to the frontiers and to our camps 
with the generous enthusiasm of li- 
berty, and the profound sentiment 
of the duties of soldier-citizens. 
Frenchmen, four years engaged in 
a struggle against despotism, we ad- 
vertise you of your dangers, in order 
to invite you to the efforts necessary 
to surmount them. We shew you 
the precipice :—what glory awaits 
you when you shall have overpassed 
it! The eyes of nations are fixed 
upon you; astonish themby the ma- 
jestic display of your force, and of 
a grand character, union, respectfor 
the laws, for the chiefs, for the cunsti- 
tuted authorities, courage unshaken, 
—and soon will Victory crown with 
her palms the altar of Liberty: soon 
will the nations who are now arm- 
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