; historical chronicle. 
Nov. 4. The Federates of,thers of Paris. 
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There all 
the Departments afsembled at} hearts will be united, and the 
Paris, presented 2 petition.— 
*¢ Legislators, brought by the 
dangers of our country to Pa- 
ris, we come to solicit a decree 
to puta stop to anarchy and 
‘the machinations of the wick- 
ed. We desire to participate 
as brothers, in the labours of 
the National Guard of Paris; 
and to join the force of our 
arms to that of your know- 
ledge. But a set of men, de- 
voted to mafsacre, with to dis- 
unite us from the people of Pa- 
ris. We will not speak to you 
of the reproaches aud menaces 
‘to which we are daily exposed. 
Every night we are threatened 
with being afsafsinated in our 
quarters; you, too, Legislators, 
_are threatened by the Tribuni- 
tian Faction. It is said that 
we with to afsafsinate Louis 
xvi. of whom we think no 
“more than if he had certainly 
never existed. It is said, that 
we want to remove the Con- 
vention from Paris, while it is 
only the anarchists that want 
‘to drive you from it, that they 
may plunder the treasury, and 
renew the scenes of the2d Sep- 
tember. But let them take 
care,—we are here; we will 
enlighten the people, and no- 
thing fhall fkreen the anar- 
chists from the sword of the 
Jaw. Legislators, we propose 
to you to ordain a civic festi- 
al between us and our bro- 
Forty-eight Sections will no 
longer see in us but brothers. 
and good friends.” 
Ordered that this addrefs 
be printed and referred to the 
Military Committee. 
Commilsioners from the sec- 
tions of Paris petitioned that 
the Federates might be sent to 
the frontiers. “ It is there,” 
said they, “ that these gene- 
rous citizens may be useful to 
their country. At Paris, it is 
only from armed men, that li- 
berty can have any cause of a- 
larm.” 
The Convention ordered 
beth petitions to be printed. 
Tallien.—“ Since you have 
resolved . that both petitions 
fhall be printed, I must declare 
a fact. ‘The day before yester- 
day armed men were crying 
through Paris,—Long hive Ro- 
land! No trial of the king. 
Gorsas replied, that yester- 
day, under the very walls of 
the Convention, persons were 
spiritin# up the people to maf- 
sacre Lasource, Guadet, Bar- 
baroux, and Louvet. A citi- 
zen went to denounce this fact 
to the Committee of Surveil- 
lance, where he was very ill 
received, / 
The Convention decreed, that 
the citizen fhould point out to- 
morrow at the bar the members 
of the Committee of Suryeil- 
