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and to preserve their adhe- in giviag employment to the 
rence to the Catholic religion lower clafses of the people, 
inviolate. .At Frankfort they }who, without it, would be des- 
have gone farther; for when jtitute of their best resources 
general Custine, willing to|for maintaining their families : 
conciliate the good wifhes of|ar-l concluded with requesting 
the lower clafses of the people, |that their ancient form of go- 
imposed a contribution on the}vernment might be preserved 
town, but exempting every|/inviolate; and that the con- 
person from contributing any|tribution, whatever it fhould 
part of this tax who was not/be, that he imposed on .that 
<wotth more than about|place, fhould be levied in the 
L. 1500 sterling; and called/same way that other taxes 
these people to make choice ofjhad been levied. And. pray- 
the form of government theyjing that the French, under 
liked ; the lower orders of the| their new form of government, 
citizens, when met together,]might enjoy an equal fhare of 
came to an unanimous resolution|happinefs as they themselves 
of thanking the general for his} experienced. 
good intentions towards them ;{_ While things go on thus 
but afsuring him, at the same|swimingly abroad, the internal 
time, thet the form of govern-|tranquillity of France is per- 
ment they then lived under,|petually disturbed by a suc- 
was the very best they couldjcefsion of commotions from 
devise: that they had from}various quarters. Rolland, the 
experience felt, that they en-| minister of the home depart- 
joyed under it- every degree}ment, has given in several re- 
of political freedom that they} ports to the Natiunal Afsem- 
conceived was compatible] bly, which represent the state of 
with good government : that] France ina very bad point of 
their persons and property|view. . This has displeased the 
were secure from every illegal) Jacobins so much, that he is 
invasion : that if he had been|now proscribed by them, and 
informed they were desirous} will probably ere long feel the 
of any change, or had anyjbaneful effects of their fury. 
dislike to the higher order of/The following transaction is 
the citizens, he had been de-/among the last articles of in- 
ceived: that so far was this}telligence from France, and 
from being the case, that they/comes from a quitter that can- 
considered their wealthy/not be suspected of exaggera- 
brethren as their best friends) tion. ' 
apd benefactors: that their} Nov. 30. Lecointre Puyra- 
money was chiefly laid ontlveaux, one of the three com- 
