HISTORY OF EUROPE. 
which, in the present contest, would 
certainly prove the most powerful 
ofall adherents, and must finally 
decide the dispute in favour of those 
whom it befriended. 
Nor was it the military alone to 
whom the directory looked for aid. 
Those formidable bodies of men, 
that had acted so effectualand deci- 
. sive a part throughout the various 
scenes of the revolution, still sub- 
eM 
“sisted, and retained all those princi- 
ples that had been so industriously 
instilled into them, by the agents of 
the republican party, of whieh they 
still continued to form the principal 
strength in the metropolis. These 
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were the inhabitants of the suburbs 
of Paris, consisting chiefly of the las 
borious tradespeople, and hard- 
working classesof all denominations. 
As they were determined foes to 
monarchy, it was with indignation 
they heard that the legislative body 
was suspected of inclining to its re~ 
establishment; and they resolved 
to oppose it with ‘all their might. 
They presented an address to the 
directory, assuring them, that they 
were ready to stand by the friends 
of the republic, as they had always 
done, whenever it appeared in dans 
ger. 
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