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times devoted to the cause of 
diberty, tothe sacred princi- 
ples of humanity, equality, and 
justice. He knows that I was 
always the adversary of facti- 
ons, the enemy of licentious- 
_nefs, and that no power which 
I thought unlawful, was ever 
acknowledged by me. He 
knows my devotion to his con- 
stitutional authority, and my 
attachment to his person. 
Such, Sire, are the bases of my 
letter to the national afsembly, 
-such will be those of my con- 
«luct towards my country and 
your majesty, amid the storms 
which so many combinations, 
hostile, or factious, strive to 
draw upon us. 
“ It belongs not to me, Sire, 
to give to my opinions or my 
‘measures, a higher degree of 
importance than the unconnec- 
ted acts of a simple citizen 
ought to pofsefs ; but the ex- 
prefsion of my thoughts was 
always a right, and on this oc- 
casion becomes a duty ; and 
although I might have fulfilled 
this duty sooner, if, instead. of 
being to be heard from the 
midst of a camp, my voice had 
been to ifsue from the retreat 
from which I was drawn by 
the dangers of my country, I 
do not think that any public 
function, any personal conside- 
Yation, releases me from exer- 
cising this duty of a citizen, 
this right of a freeman. 
“ Persist, Sire, strong in the 
Bstorical chronicle: 
will has delegated’ to you, in 
the generous resolution of de- 
fending the principles of the 
|constitution against all their 
enemies. Let this resolution, 
supported by all the acts of our 
private life,,as by a firm and 
full exercise of the royal pow- 
er, become the gage,of harmo-. 
ny, which, above all in. the mo- 
ments of crisis, cannot fail to 
be establifhed between the re- 
presentatives elected by the 
people, and their hereditary re- 
presentative. It is in, this re- 
solution, Sire, that for your 
country and. yourself, are glo- 
ry and safety. There you will 
find the friends. of liberty, all 
good Frenchmen, ranged around 
your throne, to defend it a- 
gainst the machinations of the 
rebellious, and the enterprises 
of the factious. And I, Sire, 
who, in their honourable ha- 
tred, have found the recom- 
pence of my persevering oppo- 
sition, —I will always merit it 
by my zeal to serve the cause 
to which my whole life is.de- 
voted, and by my fidelity to 
the oath which I have taken 
to the nation, the law, and.the 
king. 
“Such, Sire, are the unalte- 
rable sentiments of which j 
subjoin the hamage, and th: 
of my respect,” 
(Signed) La Faverr 
Before the above letter a, 
peared the,clubists were, in t! 
most violent rage,—this } 
authority which the national} made them desperate, —2 
