historical ebronicle. 
‘faction as hostile tothe consti- 
tution, hostile to the glory of 
the legislative body, hostile to 
the king, hostile to the natio- 
‘nal guards, hostile to all the 
constituted powers, hostile to 
the ‘discipline of the army, 
hostile to all France, which it 
‘keeps in continual ferment 
-and disorder. 
“ I will communicate to the 
‘the afsembly the correspon- 
‘dence of the principal minister 
who made use of the influence 
-of this faction for his own ele- 
vation. It will be perceived, 
‘to advance without precaution, 
‘and to attack without means, 
‘he only gave us perfidious, 
~weak, and false counsel. 
“ I clearly ‘see, and others 
‘likewise will, perhaps, be sen- 
sible, that there is a-good un- 
‘derstanding between the mem- 
“bers of the public agents of a- 
‘ristocracy, and those who af- 
‘sume the mask of patriotism, 
‘and who call tuemselves the 
most zealous patriots. -In the 
sarmy which I command, .I see 
‘on all sides, patriotism, confi- 
‘dence, and all the virtues,— 
here calumny and faction are 
equally unknown. In order 
‘that we, soldiers of our coun- 
try, may fight and die ‘profit- 
ably in her defence, it 4s ne- 
cefsary that the number. of her 
supporters fhould be equal to 
that of her enemies, and'that 
thousands of arms fhould be 
opposed to them-in-the field, 
*RIX 
while, in the mean time, the 
sacred principles of the consti- ~ 
tution are preserved in the in- 
terior parts of the empire, with 
all the care due to so precious 
adepot. May liberty receive 
no injury,—may the royal. pow- 
er remain. inviolate and inde- 
pendent, for it exists in the 
constitution,—may tlie king be 
revered, he is invested with 
the national dignity,—may his 
council not wear the chains of 
faction,—may the clubs des- 
troyed by you, give place to 
‘the reign of the laws. 
-that, after having ordered me} 
“ Sach are ‘the representa- 
tions, the petitions ofa citizen, 
‘to whom no one can with ; jus- 
tice impute any want of attach- 
ment to liberty. In addreising 
this letter to you, I obey the 
dictates of my -conscience; I 
-could not delay it longer; for 
amid the chances of war, the 
obligations to duty are neither 
diminifhed nor suspended.” 
(Signed) La Fayzrre. 
Extract of a letter from M. /a 
Fayette to. the king. 
Entrenched camp of Maubeuge, 
June 16.1792. 4th year “of 
Liberty. 
“ Sire, 
“ T have the honour to send 
your majesty the copy of alet- 
ter to the national afsembly, 
in which your majesty will 
find the exprefsion of. senti- 
ments that have animated my 
whole life.. The king knows 
with what ardour, with what 
constancy,;-I have been at all 
