STATE. 
armed, and its chiefs either killed 
or taken. ¢ 
The revolt in l’Indre and le 
_ Cher was extinguished at the very 
moment when it broke out; and 
the war against the Chouans is 
carried on with activity and suc- 
cess, The armies which were in 
a complete state of dissolution are 
now re-organised, and are in a 
condition to cope with the enemy, 
and to fix victory on the standard of 
diberty. Severe measures against 
the refraétory priests and the emi- 
grants have been called for, and 
those which existed have been exe- 
cated with vigour. Administra- 
tors, whose patriotism was suspect- 
ed, have been replaced by ener- 
-,getic republicans; and, finally, 
subsistencies have been. procured, 
and their circulation, which was 
impeded on all sides, re-established. 
These emissaries of foreigners dare 
“to add, that the directory does not 
cherish the patriots, but abandons 
them to persecution. Certainly it 
‘does not cease to cherish them; it 
thas not desisted, and will not desist 
‘to support and defend the patriots, 
and will never suffer the errors into 
which they may have been led, by 
van ardent zeal for liberty, tobe con. 
founded with guilt. It has an. af. 
f#ettionate regard for those pure and 
sincere patriots, who unite wisdom 
tothe ardvur of a buraing civism ; 
who, impatient of every yoke but 
that of the Jaws, are equally averse 
to the establishment of their own 
nomination. It will always know 
show to distinguish these from the 
disguised parctizans of royalism, 
from the brigands who usurp the 
glorious title of patriots, merely to 
dishonour it. The direétory is:the 
warmest friend to patriots ; and is 
mot the fate of the patriots and 
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that of the direftory intimately 
connected ? Are not their destinies 
common? Citizens, and you ge. 
nerous defenders of the country, 
instructed by a long experiencey 
you have repulsed, with contempt, 
these dastardly and atrocious mis- 
creants, You are not ignorant, 
brave warriors, that ifthe govern- 
ment is destroyed, the republic is 
lost. You will know how to pre. 
serve, by the wisdom and energy 
of your condué, a liberty secured 
by your triumphs. You, citizens, 
.who live by the fruit of your 
labours, will not forget the mag. 
nificent promises which’ the tyrantsy 
covered with a cloak of popularity, 
have so often made to you, and 
which have never had any other 
result than their own fortune, and 
the public misery. You will con- 
stantly perceive that a regular go- 
vernment, solidly established, can 
alone secure good order and tran- 
quillity, which on their side can 
alone procure the resources neces 
sary for the support of your fami- 
lies. You who are apprehensive; 
for your property, judge what you 
have to expect from the system now 
on foot, if instead of rallying round 
the republican constitution, you 
favour by your negleét the dissolus« 
tion of the government. As to'us, 
faithful to our duty, we will main- 
tain the republic and the constitu. 
tion with an unshaken firmness; 
we will cause public order to be 
respected ; we will keep a wate 
on those who attempted to disturb 
it, and will repress them with all 
the force of the laws, the execu- 
tion of which is confided to us. 
Incapable of being the accomplices 
or the instruments of any faction,. 
we will return with honour to the 
private life which awaits us, or will 
T perish 
