historical chronicle. 

 to present it to the of power which yoa alone 

 now pofsefs 



X 



ordered 



NATIONAL CONVENTION. 



" Representatives of the 

 Jiation, the members who com- 

 posed the national legislative 

 afsembly, informed that the 

 r.r.tional convention is consti- 

 tuted, iiave terminated their 

 functions. They have agreed 

 at the same time, that their 

 last act, as a body, fhould be 

 to wait upon you in the na- 

 tional edifice of the Thuil- 

 leries ; to offer to conduct 

 you, themselves, to the place 

 of your sitting J to congratu- 

 late themselves on having de- 

 posited in your hands the reins 

 of authority j and to set the 

 first example of bowing before 

 the majesty of that people 

 whom you represent. 



" We ought indeed to fe- 

 licitate ourselves, in a particu- 

 lar manner, for the happinefs 

 we enjoy af seeing you afsem- 

 bled ; because it was in obe- 

 dierre to our voice that the 

 nation chose you ; and because, 

 in yielding to our invitation, 

 fll! I:-" primary afsemblies of 

 France have unanimously Sanc- 

 tis I I u tl o?e extraordinary 

 measures, which we thought 

 ourselves obliged to pursue to 

 save tv.-enty-four millions of 

 men from the perfidy of one. 

 (^Luud applauses.) 



" The difficult circurrfstan- 

 ces in which we hav.e been 

 since the memorable epoch of 

 the ictli of August, would 



We have provi- 

 sionally done away every thing- 

 that the urgent interests of the 

 people required, without en- 

 croaching upon the authority 

 which was not delegated to 

 us. — In fhort, representatives, 

 you have arrived, invested 

 with the unlimited confidence 

 of a great and generous nation } 

 commifsioned by it to let its 

 external enemies hear the 

 voice of its independence j 

 authorised to enchain at home 

 the monster of anarchy 5 in a 

 situation to remove all ob- 

 stacles, and to make every 

 head, without distinction, bend 

 under the protecting and aveng- 

 ing sword of the law. No pre- 

 tences are any longer left for 

 confusion, no objects for di- 

 vision. It is now the nation 

 which wiflies for liberiy and 

 equality, and which has ap- 

 pointed you to establifh them 

 upon a foundation which ne- 

 ver can be fhaken. 



" Discharge, representatives, 

 your important duties ; re- 

 alise the promises which we 

 have made in your name ; and 

 may the French people soon 

 be indebted to you for three 

 gifts, the first and the most va- 

 luable that Heaven can bestow 

 upon mankind. Liberty ! Laws! 



Peace I Liberty, without 



which the French people can 

 no longer live. — Laws, which 

 form the most solid basis of 



have doubtlefs required those j liberty. — And Peace, which is 

 resources and that plenitude! the only object, and the only 



