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ing against your constitution, covet 
to unite themselves with you by the 
ties of a sweet fraternity; soon, 
consolidating by a glorious peace 
the basis of your government, you 
will reap all the fruits of the revo- 
lution ; and in preparing your own 
happiness, you will have prepared 
that of posterity.” 
An Address to the Army. 
Brave Warriors, 
THE National Assembly has just 
proclaimed the danger of our coun- 
try ; this is to proclaim the force of 
the empire; this is to announce 
that French youth will soon flock 
round thestandard of Liberty. You 
will teach them to conquer! you 
will point them the road to glory. 
On the signal of danger to your 
country, you will feel your ardour 
redoubled. Warriors, let discipline 
guide your motions; that alone is 
the guarantee of victory. Have 
that calm and cool courage with 
which the sense of your force ought 
to inspire you. A true army is an 
immense body. put in motion by 
a single head, It can do nothing 
without a passive subordination of 
rank to rank, from the soldier up 
to the generals. Warriors, imitate 
the devotion of Dassas, and the 
courage of the brave Pie. Merit 
the honours which your country re- 
.serves for those who fight for her ; 
they will be worthy of her and of 
you. Forget not that it is your 
constitution thatis attacked. The- 
object is, to make you descend from 
the glorious rank of freemen! Well, 
brave warriors, the constitution 
must triumph, or the French na- 
tion must be covered with indelible 
disgrace. From all parts your fel- 
low-citizens are preparing to second 
you. Doubt not of it; there is not 
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1792. 
a Frenchman who hesitates; there 
is not one who, in these days of pe- 
ril and of glory, risks dishonouring 
his life by a base and shameful in- 
action. How unhappy will be the 
man who cannot on some future 
day say to his children and his fel- 
low-citizens, ‘‘ I, too, fought when 
our liberty was attacked; I shared 
the glory of the day on which the 
French arms triumphed over our 
enemies ; I defended the ramparts 
of the city, which they attacked in 
vain ; and on such a day I bled for 
my country, for liberty, and equa- 
lity.” 
The King’s Proclamation on the 
same Subject, July 20th. 
Citizens, 
OUR country is in danger. The 
national assembly has declared it : 
the law has assigned every one 
his proper post. The King presses 
you to repair to it; the country, 
our common mother, calls upon 
all her children ; and they will not 
surely be deaf to her voice. Your 
property and your persons are at 
stake; the safety of what is dearest 
to you, your mothers, your wives, 
your children, are in danger. 
Frenchmen, your constitution and 
your liberty are at stake. — It 
is no longer the time of delibe- 
rations and speeches ; it is that of 
glorious actions. Europe is in 
league against you; unite yourselves 
to be able to repel their etforts. Le- 
gions of foes threaten the barriers 
of the empire: it is thither you 
must march; force must be opposed. 
to force; it is subordination, it is 
confidence in your leaders that 
you must oppose to the discipline 
and blind obedience which consti- 
tute the strength of your enemies. 
It is the unalterable union of all 
good 
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