nate; without spilling the blood’ of 
our féllow-citizens;' a) war which’ 
is Ovly directed against criminal and’ 
obstinate resistance ! ''May’the se- 
ditiows ifhabitants of the capital’be 
restrained by the fear of the’ most 
justandthe mostterrible vengeance, 
with which their Imperial and Prus-. 
sian: Majesties’ have déclared they 
willoverwhelm that guilty city, in 
case’ ** the’least violetice or ‘insult 
shall be offéred® to the King, the 
Queen, and the royal family; or in 
case thei security, their preserva- 
tion, and their liberty, is not im- 
mediately provided for.” :' 
~ God forbid that infamous villany 
should dare to’ brave these threats! 
If such ‘atrocity—-our very’ blood 
boils ‘and shudders at the thought ! 
—let us hope, rather hope that chi- 
meras are near’a’conclusion; that 
the bandage will dtop from'all' eyes, 
and thatreason will'resume its reign. 
It is our most earnest wish, and we’ 
pray'to the God of Justice''and 
Peace, that the submission ofthe 
factious may spare us the necessity 
of fighting them: butif that neces- 
sity should’ be’ inevitable, if we 
must fight the enemies of the altar 
and ‘the throne, we will invoke 
with ‘confidence the assistance of 
the God of Armies! 
Soe. is.) Ms 
iwen at our Head Quarters, 
near Treves, the 8th Dayof 
DL August, VTI9Q0!. th 
“+ (Signed) ~ 1s 
Louts-SranisLAusXa vier, Mon- 
mm. U eFah 
SIEUR, a Son of France, and 
Brother to the King. 
Cuarces Pui Count p?Ar- 
fo1s, a Son of France, and Bro- 
: ther to the King. " 
Lonrs Antruony p’Arrors, Duke 
'@Angouleme, a Grandson ° of 
rance, 
STAT PA PERS. 
263 
CHARLES FERDINAND 'D’ ARrTois;, 
(‘Dake de Berry, a Grandson of 
France. ° vs Oey 
Lows JoserpHpe Bourgon, Prince 
of Condé: sibel 
Lours Henry Joserpu pe’ Bour- 
Boy, Duke of Bourbon’ ms 
Lours Josrru ve Bournox, Duke 
of’ Enghien. ; 
Exposttion of the Motives on which’ 
the” French National Assembly 
have proclaimed the Convocationof 
* @ National Convention, and ‘pro- 
“‘nounced the’ Suspension of the 
Executive Power in the’ Hands* 
of the King. inf 
PXNE National Assembly owe to- 
the nation, to Europe, and ‘to 
posterity, a rigorous account of the 
motives which ‘have ‘determined 
their late resolutions. 
Placed'between' the duty of re- 
maining faithful to their eaths, and 
that of saving their ‘country, they 
wished’ to fulfil both at the same 
time, and to do all that the public 
safety required, without: usurping 
the powers with which’ the people 
had not entrusted them. 
At the opening of their'session, 
an assemblage of emigrants, formed | 
on the frontiers, kept up a corres- 
pondence with all the enemies of 
liberty that were still to be found in 
the’ departments, or among the 
trdops ‘of ‘the dine; ‘and fanatical’ 
priests, infusing trouble into super- 
‘ stitious minds, sought to persuade 
those deluded citizens that the con- 
stitution wounded the rights of con- 
science, and that the law had con-' 
_fided the functions of religion to 
' schismatical and 
sacrilegious per- 
sons. — hens 
Finally, a league formed among 
R 4 powerful 
