hutorlcalchr 

 Tae people of Paris, but to the 

 people of all France. The 

 national convention acknow- 

 ledges only one people, one 

 sovereign, — that is, tlie unior 

 of the ciiizens of the whole 

 republic. ^ The representa- 

 ti%'es will not be compelled hy 

 threats to violate or discharge 

 their duty. — They know it, 

 and they will render them- 

 selves worthy of that confi- 

 dence with which the French 

 republic has invested thcra. 

 They have nothing to fear, and 

 they fear nothing from the 

 people of Paris ; and what you 

 said, to afsure them, was per- 

 fectly .uselefs. They enter- 

 tain neither fear nor suspicion. 

 :In fliort, the national conven- 

 tion will always hear with 

 pleasure the language of liber- 

 ty, but it will never suffer that 

 of licentiousnefs. It will take 

 ypur petition into considera- 

 tion, and admits tv^enty of you, 

 the number pointed out by the 

 law, to the honours of the sit- 

 ting." 



The convention ordered 

 this answer to be printed j but 

 ■great exertiojis are making in 

 the Jacobin clubs to set this 

 dec's en at no ight. 



The conduct of general 

 Dumourier, was equally deci- 

 sive and praise worthy, in re- 

 frefsing the brutality of two 

 battalions of the federates of 

 Paris, who mafsacred in cold 

 blood foUr prisoners th'^y had 

 -taken, in spire- of the eff )rtN of 



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their officers to* prevent it. 

 The general ordered these two 

 battalions to be surrounded, 

 and forced to lay down their 

 arms, standards, and uniforms. 

 — That they ihoald be forced 

 to deliver up the criminals who 

 committed the inhuman maf- 

 sacre at Rhetel, who, under an 

 escort of lOO men, iliould con- 

 duct them to i*aris, a-nd deli- 

 ver them up to the national 

 convention.— That the rest of 

 the battalions Ihould be bro- 

 ken — their arms and habits 

 laid up in the military store, 

 — and their colours sent back 

 to their districts, to be by them 

 confided to men more worthy 

 to bear them, 'i^his measure 

 was highly applauded by the 

 convention. 



Invasion of Savoy. 



M. de Montesquieu, whw 

 has been suspected, accused, 

 and sus'iended from his com- 

 mand by the National Afsem- 

 bly, has actually invaded Sa- 

 voy, and has taken pofsefsiou 

 of Chamberry, belonging to 

 that state, without resistance. 

 The extreme weaknefs of the 

 king of Sardinia, and the ex- 

 travagant conduct of the court 

 of Turin for some time past, 

 render it probable that they 

 will meet with little opposi- 

 tion from that quarter, unlefs 

 the party of the prince of Pi- 

 edmont, (hall finally preponde- 

 rate in the national council. 

 Swtcxer/and. 



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