age S RA TEL P 
light, in the balance of their dif- 
trefs, the, magnificent trumpery. of 
royal harangues, the illufion of ma- 
nifeftos,and the chimeras of con- 
queft!—You will alfo find the Irith 
nation, oppreffed for fo many years, 
and which has borne with fo. much 
pain the chain of a court, which has 
been nourifhed by its fweat, fed by 
its blood, and which now infults its 
defpair! 
- Proceed under thefe aufpices, 
brave republicans! Second the nna- 
nimous wilhes of the nation. Con- 
duéted by the hero who has fo long 
Jed you in the path of-victory, you 
will be followed by the .applaufe of 
every juft and virtuous mind., Go 
and re-eftablith the dominion of the 
féas. _Confine within its juft limits 
the difordered ambitien of a govern- 
ment, which has not only difturbed 
ifs.own ftate, but. that: of the uni- 
verfe, — The repofe of the French 
republie is identified with that of 
Europe. At,this time the Britith 
government {miles;with cold dif- 
dain, or with a fierce regard, on all 
the operations on_ the continent. 
It is for you to make them. pay 
their fhare of the expences of the 
war, of which fhe has eternized the 
duration, and to which they can put 
an end, whenever they. fpeak to the 
French republic a language which 
fhe may underftand, and which fhe 
thay deem fincere. 
Citizens, you will recognize your 
own fentiments in thofe of the Di- 
rectory. The fame fpirit animates 
your faithful reprefentatives., It is 
in vain that the cabinet of London 
exhaufts its efforis to fow amongft 
you difcord and miftruft, or to per- 
fuade’ you that their efforts. have 
- fucceeded. ‘The 18th Fruétidor has 
annihilated Englif influence, and 
from that day the members of the 
, Vou. XXXIX. 
AP BRAS: 
councils and,of the, Directory’ offer 
only the inierefting fpeGacle of 
complete union. No, patriot can 
have a feparate intereft, nor is there 
in the republic, but one! with and 
one. opinion. A; war againft the 
cabinet of St. James is’ the. unani- 
mous cry. of France. .,What, glory 
is promifed to. the army of Kng- 
land; ,it,is only neceflary to infpire 
them with, enthufiafm; itis -only 
neceflary to remind them of.what 
they had. done. The walls of for- 
tified. towns fell, before | them; the 
firft generals of the age could not 
refitt, them. Bender. was. taken 
prifoner at Luxemburg, and Wurm- 
fer at Mantua. The tri-coloured 
ftandard now floated. over the banks 
of the Rhine and’ of, the Aigean 
Sea. After fo many victories, what 
can,add to the ardour of French 
foldiers?, . They hear. the voice of 
their country, and they remember 
their own exploits. 
The Executive Directory, decrees 
that this proclamation fhall be pub- 
lithed, printed, and fent to all the 
communes of the republic, and to 
all. the divifions of their armies by 
land and fea. The minifters of the 
army of the interior, of the marine, 
and of the colonies, are to render 
an account of its due publication. 
(Signed) 
REVELLIERE Lepavx, Prefident. 
32.0 
Addyefs of the tao Councils to the De- 
partments, and to thé Armies, °21 
Fruétidor. 
THE Council of Five Hundred, 
confidering® that in the extraordi- 
nary and critical circumftances in 
which the republic is placed, it is 
the duty of the legiflative body to 
make known to the French people 
the trammels that were prepared to’ 
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