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of your enemies, carried off by 
your triumphant hands, form, with 
the preceding ones, the trophy with 
which, in the name of France, 
always great in her misfortunes, 
always just inher prosperity, the 
equitable peace you will give to the 
world will! be proclaimed. 
And you, generous defenders, 
who shall have cemented that peace 
with your blood, you will soon re- 
turn to the bosom of your families 
' among your fellow citizens, to en- 
joy your glory—terrible still in 
your repose, to all the enemies of 
the republic. 
LerougneurR, President. 
Prolamation issucd by Scepeaux, in 
the Western Department, 
COMPANIONS in arms—as 
long as we thought it possible to 
attain our desired end, the free 
exercise of the religion of our fa- 
thers and the establishment of the 
. legitimate heir of the French mo. 
narchy, we have not ceased to 
combat at your head, and to ex- 
cite that courage and perseverance 
which you have displayed to the 
eyes of all Europe; but at present, 
convinced that fresh efforts will 
only draw new misfortunes on our 
already devastated country, in- 
formed that the most violent mea- 
sures of terror would be exercised 
against our relations, who would 
be imprisoned, and their prop rty 
entirely ravaged, we have not 
thought we could continue a war 
“which was become the scourge of 
the country we had hoped to de- 
fend, and did not think ourselves 
permitted any longer to risk the 
lives of those brave men who had 
confided to us the charge of con- 
ducting them to the field of ho- 
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nour. © However painful the sacri- 
fice may be to our opinion, we in- 
vite you to give up, into the hands 
proposed for that purpose, the arms 
that we cannot any longer engage 
you to preserve, without becom- 
ing the executioners of your rela- 
tions and friends. This clause 
fulfilled, your persons and proper. 
ty will be under the safeguard of 
the laws: you will remain quiet at 
‘home: nor will you in any respect 
be troubled for the past. This as- 
surance concerning your fate has 
alone induced us to consent to a 
condu& contrary to the wishes of 
our heart, but dictated by the ne- 
cessity of the circumstance. 
Decreed 15th May, 1796. 
(Signed) Le Vicomte peScea 
PEAUX, general in 
chief. 
Count DE CHATILLON, 
Lieut. gen. of the army of 
St. Scepeaux. 
Le CHevaLjeR DE TurRPIN, 
Inspeétor general, 
Message to the Council of Five Hun- 
dred from the Dire&ory, relative ta 
La Vendés. ; 
28 Messidcr, (16 Fuly.) 
FOR this long time an intestine 
war, fostered by fanaticism, has 
d-solated’ one of the finest regions 
of the republic; we had even to 
dread, lest it should make progress, 
and expose France to the brink of 
her ruin; gold and provisions have 
been furnished by the English, 
But thanks to the brave army of 
the ocean and its general, all is re. 
turned to yood order. The inha- 
bitants..have delivered up_ their 
arms, and were they even disin- 
clined to preserve the tranquillity 
which has been restored to them, 
T2 they 
