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ef reason and justice, of order 

 and peace." 



With that vie^ he declares 

 that the allied courts disclaim 

 all idea of conquest for them- 

 selves ; that they do not in- 

 tend to intermeddle in the 

 private government of France j 

 but only to set the king at li- 

 berty ; and put him into a 

 place of safety, where he may 

 summon a free convention of 

 his subjects to settle such a 

 form of government as they 

 fliall approve. He promises 

 to protect the villages, and 

 the persons and property of 

 those who (hnll submit to the 

 king •, but that those towns 

 or burghs which (hall oppose 

 them, fliall be treated accor- 

 ding to the most rigorous rules 

 of war. He tells the inha- 

 bitants of Paris, that, " If the 

 least violence b? offered, tlie 

 least outrage done, to their 

 majesties, the king, the queen, 

 and the royal family ; if they 

 be not immediately placed in 

 safety, and set at liberty, they 

 will inflict on those who Jhall de- 

 serve it, the most examplary and 

 tver memorable avenging pu- 

 nijhments, by giving up the city 

 of Paris to military execution, 

 and exposing it to total destruc- 

 tion''' He concludes thus : 



" In fine, I declare and pro- 

 mise in my own individual 

 name, and in my above quali 

 ty, to cause to be observed e- 

 very where, by the troops un- 

 der my command, good and 



strict discipline, f romlsing to 

 treat with mildnef^ and mo- 

 deration those well disposed 

 subjects who (hall submit 

 peaceably and quietly, and to 

 employ force against those on- 

 ly v^ho Iball be guilty of resis- 

 tance or manifest evil inten-- 

 tions. 



" I therefore call upon, and 

 expect all the inhabitants of 

 the kingdom, in the most ear- 

 nest and forcible manner, not 

 to make any opposition to the 

 troops under my commarvd ; but 

 rather to suffer them everywhere : 

 to enter the kingdom freely,^ 

 and to afford them all the af- 

 sistance, and fhew them all the 

 benevolence which circumstan-- 

 ces may require." 



Aug. 2. The following de- 

 cree was pafsed by the nation- 

 al afsembly, on the proposition- 

 of the extraordinary commit- 

 tee for the encouragement of: 

 persons coming over from the 

 enemy. 



" The National Afsembly, 

 considering that whiitever is- 

 connected with the succefs of 

 the French arms can admit of. 

 no delay, decrees that there is 

 urgence. 



" The National' Afsemb^3^J , 

 considering that freemen alone 

 have a country ;'' that he who 

 abandons a land of slavery to 

 take refuge in aland otliberty, 

 only avails himself of a lawful 

 right •■, and thtit, on the part 

 of a man deprived of his na- 

 tural rights, no obligation can- 



