SiTAAUT EP iB ALP, B RB, 
larly when he shall express to you 
- our wishes for the prosperity of the 
Helvetic body, our anxiousness to 
concur in whatever may contribute 
to its satisfaction, and tq strengthen 
the bonds which unite the two re- 
4 publics. 
* Given at Paris, vader the seal of 
the French republic, 15 Pluviose, 
fourth year of the French republic, 
one and indivisible. 
Revuswet, President. 
By the executive directory. 
The secretary general. 
La Garoe. 
By the minister of external relations, 
Cu. Denacrorx. 
_ Declaration of the Executive Direc- 
tory, dated Paris the 16th Germinal 
(5th April) to the Senate of Basle. 
THE executive directory is cre- 
dibly informed, that last year a 
Fre was formed to attack the 
rench frontiers, by marching the 
- corps of emigrants commanded by 
the prince of Conde, first into the 
Frickthal, and from thence through 
the territory from Basle, against 
the department of the Upper 
Rhine, the Mont-terrible, Doubs, 
*and Jura; that this plan, so far from 
being laid aside, is again resum- 
_ ed; and that preparations are ac- 
tually making to carry it into ef. 
fect. This plan is supported" by 
- several inhabitants of Switzerland, 
_ who employ all their interest and 
influence to facilitate its execu- 
tion. The known sentiments of 
Several magistgates of Basle, and 
other inhabitants of note, are by 
no means qualified to appease the 
Solicitude of the directory on this 
head, it being notorious that they 
treat with as much aversion the 
friends of the French republic, as 
_ they shew predilection for what- 
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ever concerns the Imperial armies, 
and the interest of the emperor. 
Thus it must be supposed, that 
if, in the execution of that 
plan, the enemy violated the 
territory of the canton-of Basle, 
the magistrates who compose the 
government of this city would 
endeavour, by pleading the im- 
possibility of resistance, to ward off 
the consequences of the violated 
neutrality of the canton ; of course, 
there does not exist at present, suf. 
ficient security that its neutrality 
will be respected. Under these 
circumstances, the directory finds 
itself obliged to declare to the ma- 
gistrates of the city and canton of 
Basle, that, unless they, adopt vi- 
goreus, sufficient, and unsuspicious 
measures for the defence of their 
own territory, “and the mainte- 
nance of the respect due to their 
neutrality, # is resolved to take 
every step that shall be requisite for 
the protection of the frontier de- 
partments against every kind of in- 
sult ; and the directory renders them 
answerable forall the unhappy con- 
sequence that may result from the 
military operations which circum- 
stances may require. 
Letter from the Sovereign Council of 
Basle to his Excellency M. Barthe- 
lemy, Ambassador from the French 
Republic in Switzerland. 
WE have received, with your 
excellency’s letter of the 16th Ger- 
ninal, (5th April) a paper, coming 
from the executive directory, and 
as it appears extracted from their 
registers—we pass over this unu- 
sual form, because if is to be sup. 
posed that it was through mistake 
that the paper was so transmitted, 
tous, and that without doubt the 
intention 
