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Give it its primitive impulse, to 
put all its parts in motion, to cor- 
rect the vices which had crept 
into the administration of public 
affairs, ts the work of peace. Re- 
ligious worship must be re-esta- 
blished, the hydra of anarchy de- 
stroyed, the regal authority be 
restored to ail its rights, before we 
can execute our intentions of op- 
‘posing abuses of all kinds with in- 
vincible firmness; of secking them 
with diligence, and of proscribing 
them with decision, 
The implacable tyrants who hald 
you in subjection alone retard that 
happy moment. ‘They do not 
attempt to deny that the time of 
illusion is past; and that you feel 
all the weight of their ignorance, 
their crimes, and their depreda- 
tions. But those fraudulent pro- 
mises, of which you are no longer 
the dupes, are succeeded ‘by the 
dread of punishment, which they 
alone have deserved. After having 
robbed, you of your property, they 
represent, us tp you as an enraged 
avenger, who means to deprive: 
you of life, the only good that you 
now have left. Dismayed by the 
reproaches of their conscience, they 
wish to make youw partake of their 
fate, that they may profit by your 
despair ; they endeavour to inspire 
you with false alarms, that they 
may be able to quiet their own 
apprehensions. But, know the 
heart of your sovereign, and leave 
to him the task of preserving you 
from the machinations of your 
enemies. 
We shall not only forbear to 
magnify errors into crimes, but 
crimes themselves which have ori- 
ginated in error we shall be ever 
ready to pardon, All Frenchmen 
who, abjuring pernicious opinions, 
shall throw themselves at the feet 
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of the throne, will be received : 
all Frenchmen, who have only 
become criminal in consequence 
of being misled, far from finding 
in us an inflexible judge, will dis- 
cover a compassionate father. 
Those who, inthe midst of revolt, 
have preserved their fidelity ; those 
who by an heroic sacrifice have be- 
come the companions of our exile 
and our associates in misfortune ; 
thse who have already shaken off 
the bondage of illusion, and the 
yoke of revolt; those who, being 
still retained by a cruel perse- 
verance, shall hasten to return to 
reason and to duty, shall all be 
treated as our children, If one 
part of these have preserved their 
character and their rights by un- 
shaken fidelity, the other part have 
recovered ghem by a salutary re- 
pentance ; and they shall all share in» 
our affection. We are Frenchmen 
—a title, which the crimes of a few 
individuals can no more degrade, 
than the enormities of the duke 
of Orleans can pollute the blood 
of Henry the Fourth. This title, 
which was ever dear tous, will also 
render us dear to those who bear it. 
‘We pity those men who are still 
retained in the paths of error, from 
weakness of mind, or by*the arts 
of seduction; we water with our 
tears the ashes of those brave men 
who have fallen victims to their 
fidelity; we lament the fate of 
those who have perished in support 
of rebellion and schism, and whose 
restoration to the bosom of the 
church and the monarchy, would 
have given us the most #leasing 
satisfa¢tion.—The evils which you 
experience constitute our only suf. 
fering ; and to cure those evils 
is the only felicity which we can 
henceforth hope to enjoy. 
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