CONTENTS. 
the Support of the Royal Authority. Conduct of the Assembly before, at, 
and after the Engagement of the, Thuilleries. ‘Generous Efforts of Indi- 
viduals for saving the flying Swiss. The King suspended from the Royal 
functions, The King andR. Family-detained ‘in Prison as ix ..30 
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Causes that involzed the Dissolution of the French Monévchy. The Founda- 
tions on hich the Monarchy was established.) These removed by a Change of 
Manners, Three Eras or Periods of the Revolution. The proximate Cause 
of the final Dissolution of the Monarchy. . The Community of Paris takes 
the Lead in Public Affairs. Change of Ministers. General Elections. 
Arresteand Domiciliary Visits. Walking Commissioners. Prisons full of 
Victims. Massacres at Paris. Cruel Treatment of the Roy. Family. The : 
Meeting of the Nat. Convention. Their Proceedings, Theu abolish Roy- 
alty. Court the Favour and invite the Aid of Philosophers. Amass in 
their Treasury as much Gold and Silver as possitle. Prepare for a Mock 
Trial, and the Execution of the King. Efforts of Roland to sooth the 
public Mind, restore Order, and Industry. Without Success. Absurdity | 
of the great political Principles. on which he acted, and Extracagance of : 
his Eapectations. No general Change of inveterate Habits effected bynew 
Laws. The Ejjicacy of Laws depends on Activity of human Passions..47 
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Tnsurr ection in the French W. Indies. Internal State of the Islands previous 
to.1789. Division of the Inhabitants. Form of Government. Univer- 
sal Oppression. All parties discontented. Threatening Aspect of Af- 
fairs. Convulsions evidently near. Disposition of France towards the 
Colonics. Society ‘of Les amis des Noirs. Its Proceedings. St. Domingo 
sends 18 Deputies to the National Assembly in 1789. Suppression ofan 
Insurrection of the Mulattoes.. The Legislature of France wisely resolve 
not to interfere in the Affairs of the Colonies. The General Colonial’ As- 
sembly of St. Domingo meets at St, Mare’s on the 10th April 1790. It 
is opposed by Mauduit and the Royalists, who gain over the People of Co- 
lour, kxtracagant Plan of a new Constitution, voted by the Assembly on 
the 28th May. Both parties prepare for War. The Deputies embark for 
France, to justify their Conduct before the King and the National Con- 
vention. Proceedings -of the Jacobins in France, They precail upon 
J. Ove to under takean £ Expedition to St. Domingo, in favour of 
his Brethven, » His Character, Rebellion and Death. Hostile Disposition 
of all Parties in France to the West Indian Planters. Reception of the 
St. Domingo Deputies. Murmurs in the Colonies. Murder of Mauduit. 
- Decree of the Nat. Assembly for placing the People af Colour on a Footing 
with the IVhites. Its Impolicy. Its dreadful Effects in the Islands. Re- 
beilion in Guadaloupe and St. Lucia. If is proposed at Cape Francois to 
deliver up the Colony te the English. Meeting of the new Colonial As- 
sembly at Leogans on the 25th of Aug. Insurrection of the Mulattoes. 
They gain ovcr the Negroes, who risen a Mass. Their dreadful Atroci- 
ties. They destropevery thing with Fire.and Sword. Consternation at 
Cape Francois. Measures pursued by both Parties.. Negro Barbarity. 
Peace restored by a Treaty between the Whites and Malatteas's 3 in which 
the Decree of the 15th of May is agreed to by the former Repeal of 
that Decree by the Nat. Assembly, and Civil War renewed in St. Domingo. 
Battle of Cul de'Sac. | Mutual Cruelties. The Commissioners from the 
National Assembly arrive in December. They are universally hated and 
despised. 
