‘de a rancour against the royalists, 
and a thirst of revenge that induced 
them to pry into all their actions, 
_ with a suspicion that fell upon the 
most innocent, and that sought for 
_ pilots and machinations against the 
: established order of things, in the 
commonest intercourse between 
- those individuals, who were either 
known or suspected to incline to 
- what was termed royalism. 
___This being the relative situation of 
the partizans of the commohwealth 
and the monarchy, it was natural 
_ that, they should hold each other 
in abhorrence. Those of the re- 
_ publican party, who favoured mo- 
_ derate measures, and who, though 
- true to, their own side, were dis- 
posed to treat their antagonists with 
_ Tenity, ineurred, on many occasions, 
_ the imputation of being unsteady in 
‘ey tic principles: and ‘yet, the only 
_ charge that could be brought against 
them was, that of endeavouring to 
mitigate the spirit of enmity that 
pted men to unnecessary acts 
“severity, and to persuade them 
o rest contented with those pre- 
autions that deprived their adver- 
aries of the means of executing 
their inimical intentions, without 
unishing them merely for enter- 
at ‘ 
The nation was deeply involved 
in this conflict of repugnant ideas 
and interests, when new jealousies 
and apprehensions arose, to add 
resh fuel to the flame of reciprocal 
animosity. On the twelfth of Plu- 
jose, (Januarythe thirty-first, 1797) 
the directory informed the council 
of five hundred, that a conspiracy 
iad “been carried on against the 
public, by the emissaries of the 
ate. king’s brother, styling him- 
elf king of France, and that four 
21S TORY OF LUROPE. 
faining sentiments contrary to their | 
ville Harnois, formerly belonging 
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Belpee principal conspirators had 
been arrested. 
According to the report of the 
minister of police, there had been 
for a considerable time, persons in 
Paris, commissioned by that prince, 
to correspond with his partizans in 
all the departments, and to or- 
ganize the plan of an insurrection. 
After preparing their own people, 
they next ventured to make appli- 
cation to some officers in the repub= 
lican army,, in‘ hope of bringing 
them over to ‘their party. Ramel, 
commander of the guards, attending 
the directory, was tampered with, 
as was also’ Malo, the commanding 
officer of a regiment of dragoons. 
They both feigned an approbation 
of the proposals made to them ; but 
informed the minister of the police 
of the business in agitation. A place 
was appointed where he might 
over-hear the discourse between 
these officers and the royal com- 
missioners. Thither he repaired, and 
they disclosed, in his hearing, the 
whole plan of the conspiracy, pro- 
ducing, at the same time, their 
powers, and the papers relating to 
it. They were immediately seized, 
by his orders. Their names were 
Duverne, Duprale, known also by 
the name of Dunant, and who ac- 
knowledged upon examination, that 
he had assumed several others ; La- 
to the court of the late king; Bro- 
thier, who appeared, by papers found: 
upon him, to be in the confidence 
of Lewis XVIII.; and a. person 
called bayon Poly. .They were ac- 
cused of having endeavoured to se~ 
duce the above-mentioned officers 
into a censpiracy against the repube » 
lic, in which they were to be ase 
sisted by England, Had their de 
sign succeeded, and a counter revo- 
lution 
. 
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