333 National AJfembly, Nov. 9, 



<« The foldiers fliall lake the following oath—*' I fwear to b^ 

 faithful &c. to defend the conftitution ; never to abandon my 

 colours ; to obey my fuperiors, and to conform to all the rules 

 of military difcipline." 



M. Beaumetz read the following decree concerning the gene- 

 ral amnefty, which was adopted without any f^ifcuflion : 



♦' The National Aflembly, confidering that the objedt of the 

 French revolution was to give a conftitution to the empire, 

 and that therefore the revolutior ought to end at the period 

 when it has received his Majefty's acceptance ! That, by howr 

 much the more culpable it will henceforth be to refift the 

 conftituted authorities, fo much the more honourable it will be 

 to forget thofe marks of oppolition teftified againft the general 

 will ; and that the time hatli at length arrived when dUTenfions 

 OUg ht to be extinguiflied by a general ft-ntiment of patriotifm 

 and of fraternity for each other, and affedtion for the Monarch, 

 ■who has himfelf given the example of this generous oblivion : It 

 is decreed — 



I.*' That all profecution?, judgments, and proceedings, 

 ■which have the revolution for their objefl, fliall be irrevocably 

 abolifhed. 



2. " No officer of the police, judge, &c. fliall commence 

 any frtfti profecution. 



3. " The King ftiall be requefted to order the Minifter of 

 Juftice to draw up a lift of tbofe at prefent confined on ac- 

 count of the revolution. 



4. « That a general amnefty fliall take place in regard to all 

 military men, accuftd or convidted of military offences lince 

 the ift of June l^i(). 



5. " There fliall no lorger be occafion for any paflports, the 

 \jft of which was only adopted during a troublefome period } 

 and every French citizen is hereby empowered to enter or leave 

 the kingdom according to his inclinations." 



September 19. 



M. d'Andre faid, that only 240 Deputies to the rew Legifia- 

 ture had entered their names in the regifter, and (hat the flow- 

 nefs of their coming tp was to be attributed to the uncertainty 

 vith refpedt to the period at which the prefent aflembly was 

 tobe diflblved. He therefore propofed, that the conflituting 

 body fliould terminate its labours on Friday Sept. 30. and that 

 a deputation ftiould be fent to announce this refolution to the 

 King. 



The minifter of public taxes prefentcd a report of the receipts 

 for the month of Auguft. 



The fum total paid into the treafury was only 18,056,986 

 livres, from which dedudling five millions fupplied by the fund 

 of extraordinaries, the amount of the taxes for that month was 

 reduced to 13,096,985 livres. 



