Sf AWE oPTA PLEAR)S: 
which are ftill pending with the em- 
pire; and, in fine, you muft crown 
your exploits by the invafion of that 
ifland where your anceftors carried 
flavery under William the Con- 
queror, and carry thither again the 
genius of liberty, which will difem- 
bark at the fame time with the 
French. 
Citizens, be affured that govern- 
ment is defirous of accelerating that 
happy moment when, in concert 
with the legiflature, they can re- 
‘duce their armies to the footing 
of a peace eftablifhment, recom- 
penfe thofe heroes whd compofe 
‘them, and, after having confecrated 
their valour by feafts and monu- 
‘ments worthy of their triumphs, 
{pread through every canton that 
republican fpirit with which the 
armies have been animated, by 
fending to their homes thofe of 
‘their defenders who have a right 
to return. 
But of this you fhall judge your- 
felves. The hour has not yet {truck: 
a few inftants more, and the French 
Republic, triumphantly. eftablithed, 
and everywhere acknowledged, will 
enjoy that repofe which it is to pro- 
cure to the world. 
The Executive Directory decrees 
that the above proclamation fhall 
be printed, and fent into all the de- 
partments and to the armies; and 
that the arret annexed to the de- 
cree of the 4th Complementary 
Day fhall continue to be executed 
accordjng to its form and tenor. 
Proclamation of the French Direétory to 
Frenchmen. 
Frimaire, Nov. 21. 
Citizens, 
THE intereft of the republic calls 
on you fora new triumph, After 
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innumerable battles, where victory 
always refted on your fide, you are 
called on to fubdue the firft, the 
moft intra¢table, and the moft cun- 
ning of your enemies. 
The Executive Directory is defi- 
rous of a general peace. It wifhes 
fuch a peace for you and for Europe. 
It is now one year or more fince 
a faithlefs enemy, reftlefs and buz- 
zing, has difturbed all the cabinets, 
loudly propofing peace, and fecret- 
ly blowing up the embers of war. 
They affect to extinguifh with one 
hand the torch which they are re- 
kindling with the other. They 
fend out with pomp their pacifica- 
tor, yet they ftifle every overture 
which has any tendency towards 
a pacification. This enemy your 
indignation can at once point out 
and name; it is the cabinet of 
St. James, the moft corrupting and 
corrupted of the governments of 
Europe; it is the Englifh govern- 
ment. 
It is not only againft French li- 
berty that this government had di- 
rected its confpiracy: it is againft 
the whole world. This perfidious 
government wifhes to trouble, fub- 
Jugate, or defolate every part of the 
globe. Say, Americans, who were 
direétly or indire&ly your real rul- 
ers? — Unfortunate Indians, fpeak 
—by what deteftable arts this go- 
vernment has founded its tyranny 
amongft ye?—-And you, ye Eu- 
ropeans, ftill more unfortunate, 
innocent inhabitants of Franconia 
and of the Northern Alps; ye 
numerous victims of the. fcourge 
of war; fay who have been the moft 
ardent inftigators of the fcourge 
of war, where immenfe -treafures 
have been engulphed — where 
more than a million of men have 
been flain—-and where the, eye 
of 
