XViil historical chronicle. 
viding for the: saféty of the | written, which, as very impor: 
public,;-as would have answer- | tant state papers, areshere sub-. 
ed the purpose they had in |joined for preservation. - 
view; .but the king has been} National afsembly, June 109. 
so well advised, as not to fall] The president announced ‘a 
into the snare that was prepar-|letter from M. la Fayette, 
ed for him. dated June 17th, in which 
The sober part of the nation ‘. The general congratu- 
have not, in the mean while, | lates France that the ministry, 
beheld these proceedings with 
indifference. They have per- 
ceived that the liberty they 
wifhéd to secure, was in great 
danger of degenerating into li- 
centiousnefs; and they have 
‘gradually begun to speak, and 
to act, with @réater._caution and 
circumspection than formerly. 
Their “hopes of succeeding in 
establi(hing a free constitution, 
ona firm basis, and‘ without’ 
bloodfhed, seem to have been 
founded on presetving the life 
of the king and éstablifhing his 
constitutional authority, as a 
proper counterpoise to’ the 
wild ebullitions of democratical | 
phtenzy. Hence it has been ve- 
ry obvious fora long while past, 
that while one party have been 
endeavouring to depreciate the 
king in the eyes of the nation, 
the other party have endea- 
voured to make him obtaia the 
popular favour. -'The popular 
favour he has, accordingly, ob- 
tained of late; in a: very high. 
degree. Ps 
The above, we concéivé, to 
be a very fait representation 
of the internal state of France, 
at the period whea the follow- 
ing resnarkable letters~ were 
{ . 
on, without: any means to re- 
gulate the destiny of the coun- 
try, is now on the’ eve of be- 
of his colleagues.’ 
firronefs, the wisdom, and the 
be very careful never to devi- 
constitution points ‘out. : 
“* The utmost rigour fhould 
be employed: speedily to ‘exter- 
minate those. who stile. them~- 
selves: the Jacobin faction, 
-who are the focus of conspira- 
cy, the center of insubordinati- 
on and disorder’; . in fine, the 
source’ of past’ and present 
evils, and the contagious germ 
of fature mischief. 
“‘ Tinyite the afsembly to 
reflect that this distinct party 
is an empire within an enmpire;s— 
they usurp the- tights and the 
power of the ‘people;-they 
have celebrated the afsafsins of 
Desiles;—they have celebra- 
teda. Jourdan. © oyive 
® J denounce to you this» 
which had the vain presumpti-- 
ing unmatked, after having sa-- 
crificed to their ambition: three: 
“ France is in danger,—it: | 
founds all its hopes on the 
dignity of its representatives. - 
Those représentatives fhould. 
ate from that path -which’ the’ 
