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have shaken off the tyranny of the 
Bourbons as you did formerly that 
of the Austrians; and it isto you 
that these Austrians propose to as- 
sist the accomplices in their hate to 
liberty.—The French do not dread 
one enemy more; they know how 
to resist the efforts of every despot, 
and those of every people who can 
have the baseness to serve their fe- 
rocious projects.—But it is with 
grief they shall see ranking among 
their enemies a nation which na- 
ture appears to have destined their 
eternal ally, 
We will not recall to your me- 
mory what they have done for you, 
and particularly what they did in 
the last century, to force Austria to 
acknowledge your national inde- 
pendence. It is your present inte- 
rest, itis your glory, itis your po- 
litical existence, that we invite you 
to consider. Is it not indispensably 
necessary to your country to be en- 
livened by an uninterrupted com- 
merce with France? What have 
our enemies to offer you as a re- 
compense for the loss of our friend- 
ship? Do you not see that our ene- 
mies are yours? Have you forgot 
the inclination that Joseph disco- 
vered in spite of himself? They 
are hereditary in his house, which, 
faithful to the principles of tyrants, 
still regards Switzerland as its pro- 
perty. ; 
Should your long mistrust of its 
political conduct abandon you in a 
moment that the. great struggle 
which is taking place between des- 
potism and liberty may perhaps de- 
cide for ever the fate of nations, to 
what disgrace, to what dangers, even 
do you not exposé yourselves, if, 
after having by your example taught 
modern nations that the people 
are imprescriptibly sovereigns, you 
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should espouse, against emancipated 
France the cause of a race of tyrants, 
which has constantly shewn itself 
the enemy of all popuiar sovereignty ? 
—Ah ! if ever you should have de- 
clared yourselves against France, 
it ought to have been when one of 
its guilty chiefs had formed with 
Austria the most monstrous of alli- 
ances. Now that this alliance is 
broken, their cause is again become 
yours! Itis particularly so since 
they are become a republic. 
What signifies, then, these jea- 
lousies with which it is endeavoured 
to inspire you on the march of our 
armies, It is not against them, but 
against the French refugees among 
you; it is against some of yourmem- 
bers sold to despotism ; it is against 
wicked men, who separate their 
cause from that of the people, and 
who would impel you to sacrifice 
the general interest of the Helvetic 
Body to their personal ambition; it 
is against these that you should have 
been on your guard. ° 
Our armies have no other desti- 
nation but to drive tyrants from the 
Jand of the French republic, and at 
the same time to attack the coali- 
tion in its own dwellings, They 
will ever respect the territory of 
neuter or allied powers. —They will 
respect property even on the land 
oppressed by the tyrants who have 
provoked us ; and will avenge them- 
selves of those only, by offering li- 
berty to the people whom they hold 
in bondage. 
Substance of Dispatches from M. 
Sainte-Croix, Minister Plentpo- 
tentiary of France at Treces, rela- 
tive to the Dispersion of the French 
Emigrants assembled there. Com- 
amunicated by Order of the King 
to 
