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rights has been chosen by the French nation. This government is 

 especially adapted to a great society. The happiness of France 

 requires it. The declarations of the principles of government 

 should therefore immediately follov^ the declarations of the rights 

 of man. , 



3. Certain principles of monarchy therefore follow ; that the 

 nation in order to assure its rights has conceded certain particular 

 rights to the monarch. The constitution must then declare spe- 

 cifically the rights of the one and the other. One should begin by 

 declaring the rights of the French nation and then the rights of 

 the king. 



4. The prerogatives of the king and of the nation exist only for 

 the happiness of the individuals who compose the nation ; they lead 

 to the examination of the rights of citizens. 



5. The French nation not being individually united tO' exercise 

 all its rights must be represented ; it must announce the method of 

 its representation and the rights of its representatives. 



6. With the help of the authority of the nation and the king the 

 establishment and the execution of laws should result; thus one 

 must first determine how the laws are to be established and after- 

 wards examine how the laws will be executed. 



7. Laws have for their object the general administration of the 

 kingdom, the property and actions of the citizens. The execution 

 Qf the general administration concerns the provincial and munici- 

 pal assemblies. One must then consider what the organization of 

 these assemblies is to be. 



8. The execution of the laws concerning the property and 

 actions of the citizens necessitates the judicial power. One must 

 determine to whom this is to be entrusted and must alsO' define its 

 obligations and limits. 



9. For the execution of the laws and the defense of the king- 

 dom a public force exists. It is a question of determining the 

 principles which should direct this force and determine how it 

 should be employed.*^^ 



^'^^ Point du jour, I, 152; Courrier de Provence, I, 19th letter, 3; As- 

 semblee nationale, I, 443; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 170; 



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