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the campaign, and this ought to aflure you of its fincerity. Men will not brave tyrants, at the moment they prefent themselves to impofe new chains upon them: they will not defy them, as it were, to their face, without an ardent love for liberty, and without a firm refolution to perish in its defence. Therefore the national convention has only to declare itself, and 40,000 Belgians are ready to unite themselves with the triumphant armies of the republic, to give the laft blow to the impious coalition which dares to misrepresent it. Health and Fraternity.

PERES.

The Reprefentatives of the People with the Army of the North, and Sam bre and Meufe, in a Letter from Bruffels of March 7th, 1795, wrote to the Commitee of Public Safety as follows:

BRUSSELS is tranquil, peace and content reign throughout Belgium. If any cries are heard, they are those of immediate union with the republic. I do not think it neceffary to punish as feditious, the authors of fuch fentiments.

The Belgians, at firft alarmed by the military contributions which were required and the various requifitions which were made, now confefs that the law of conqueft was mildly exercifed. In thort, the falutary regulations of the committee of public fafety, which bad facilitated the payment of the contributions, which have reftored the hoftages to their families, which have broken the fetters of commerce, which have erected for the first time, in this defpotic.coun

try, the noble institution of trial by jury; all these benefits united tend to conciliate the affection of all perfons, by convincing them that the French republic is as generous as it is powerful, and as, benevolent towards the people as terrible towards defpots. Such are the Belgians, and when they are reprefented to you in an unfavourable light, it is only to induce you to maintain that barrier which has exifted between you and them; but foon fhall you overthrow it, and the people of both countries fhall join heart and hand to combat tyranny and defend liberty. Health and Fraternity. (Signed) PERES.

Addrefs of the Magifirates of Antwerp to the National Convention of France, read on the 2d of March, 1795.

REPRESENTATIVES,

AT length all our fufferings will be ended. The benevolent decree of the committee of public fafety, dated the 22d Pluvoife, tranquillifes all hearts. Difpofers of our deftiny, you manifest unequivocal intentions to afcertain it for ever. All the inhabitants of our commune present yon the juft tribute of their gratitude. From all parts of our provinces the people, rejoiced at the fight of your exploits, admire the happy change you have juft effected.

Yes, citizens, all Europe, plunged in the horrors of fanaticifm, hypocrify pervading all hearts, defpo tifm feated upon thrones, governing with an iron rod in his hand, made of all Europe one unhappy family, enflaved by the arbitrary will of a fpecies of individuals,

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whose birth and diftinguished origin feemed to entitle them to give Jaws to their equals. Nothing lefs than a magnanimous nation could fubdue and difappoint the numerous plots which the declared enemies of the public good inceffantly foment against her-who may at length uproot the ancient tree of feudality, of defpotifm and tyranny, and caufe the tree of liberty to flourish in its place.

We begin to breathe a happy fraternity, a beneficent liberty, a nerfect equality will be the immutable bafis of our future felicity. Delighted with her happinets, which we prefage from this aufpicious fraternity, we can form no other withes but to confolidate them by a happy union of our provinces, already reviving at the profpect of profperity with that nation which alone was able to effect their felicity. It is this union alone which can give a durable happiness, which you have thus procured us; it is by means of this union, and under its aufpices, we fhall fee plenty revive amongft us; it is this only that can make commerce flourif, which formerly was the inheritance of the inhabitants of our provinces; and the free navigation of the Scheldt will reftore to our citizens that abundance which was only banished from us by our inability to draw it from its fource.

You have broken our chains; complete our happiness by uniting us to you. Being become your brothers, and forming but one family with the glorious nation you reprefent, we thall for ever blefs your exploits; and, safe under the the thield of your victories, we shall no longer fear the defpotifin of thofe tyrants, under whole terrible

yoke we have groaned; and the nation, freed by your invincible troops, tharing with you the fruits of liberty, will become a nation of brothers and friends.-Long live the French republic over the face of the whole globe!

This was referred to the committee of public fafety.

Letter from the Magiftrates of Bruffels, read in the Convention on the 9th of March, 1795.

Reprefentatives of the French People.

THE city and district of Brussels, reprefented according to the ancient forms, by us, the great council, and by the nine nations confifting of the corporations of this commune, have freely declared by acclamation, their unanimous with to be united with the French republic. Our deputies carried it to the committee of public fafety on the 2d Auguft laft: perfuaded that it will be found in the records of that committee, we requeft you to attend to it. If we are defirous of forming part of the French republic, it is because we think ourfelves worthy of participating her glory and her happiness. Vrue la Republique! Vive la Convention !

A fimilar letter was read from Liege.

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the name of his majefty the emperor and king, to the envoys reprefenting the feveral princes and states of the holy Roman empire, that his majefty is ready to enter into negociations with the French republic. His majefty, without being too mindful of his own intereft, will confult thereby the real welfare of the empire, and make it his fole care to procure to the empire an acceptable, folid, and permanent peace. But his Imperial majefty has alfo, at the fame time, the juft confidence in all his co-ftates of the empire, that they will co-operate, with all their power, to accomplith this defirable end, and not enter into feparate negociations with the French republic. His Imperial majefty expects, however, the fpeedieft declaration on this fubject, and the Imperial co-commiffioner will foon prefent a declaration from the emperor and king, explanatory of the fentiments of his Imperial majefty. In other refpects, his Imperial majefty cannot conceal, that the feparate treaty of peace concluded on the part of his Pruflian majefty, even in his quality of a prince and co-state of the empire, has been moft unexpected to

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Hardenberg, to Bafle, where the well-known feparate peace with France was concluded, without the concurrence of the ftates of the empire, his majefty the emperor, in order to comply with the wishes of the empire, is bufily employed in taking measures in order to obtain the accomplishment of that object alfo; and notwithstanding the prefent difturbances in France, and the crifis to which the affairs in that country are come at prefent, feem to warn us not to be too hatly in a negotiation for peace; his majefty affures the ftates, that he conftantly has this important object in view, and that he continues his endeavours, in order to comply with the general wifhes of the ftates of the empire.

His Imperial majefty, however, repofes fo much confidence in the ftates of the empire, as to hope that, with respect to a peace, their conduct will be directed according to the eighth article of the treaty of peace of Weftphalia, and to the refolution of the empire of the 30th of April, 1793. That they will remain united according to the conftitutional laws of the empire, fo as not to separate from the Germanic league, and zealously to

continue the armaments for the defence of the empire, without which neither a reasonable nor a folid peace can be expected.

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ever much at the fame time he withes to effect this, the Germanic body should unite with its chief to treat under his aufpices, conformable to the conftitution; for, as a fovereign, he cannot but regard truces or partial treaties as dangerous measures: his Imperial ma jefty, in advertising the co-government of this danger, has only in view the fupport of the German conftitution, and the forming of a bulwark of the force and cooperation it is his wish to preferve he invites his co-fovereigns to declare, either in a body or individually, what measures they propofe to adopt, in cafe of a detached pacification being preferred, regardless of the confequences of the inevitable anarchy that muft enfue: his Imperial majefty, however defirous to fupport his allies, muft in that cafe concenter his ftrength in his own dominions.

Subftance of the Addrefs which accompanied the medal which the Danish Nation fent to their beloved Minifter of State, Count Bernstorff.

render deferved thanks to the most worthy of citizens.

TO the man of the king and the country, the noble Bernftorff, who taught Europe that true ftate policy constituted in juftice, and peace maintained with a courageous conftancy, are the greateft honours of a government; this mark of gratitude is fent by his grateful fellow-citizens for the great bleffings which, for the benefit of mankind and the state, have been promoted for fome years paft. This day, fo dear and important to both the kingdonis, was fixed upon by their faithful fons, in order to

On the part of the Danes and Norwegians who are attached to their king and country. January 1, 1795.

Subflance of the Treaty between GreatBritain and the Dey of Algiers, concluded at the clefe of the year, 1795

THE Algerines fhall be permitted to carry their prizes to Corfica, and to fell them publicly there.

There fhall be fent monthly from Corfica a veffel, which shall fetch from Algiers private letters

or commercial advices.

The English shall not, under any pretext, obtain poffeffion of what shall be found on board an Algerine fhip. In cafe the property of the thip become the objec of difpute, it thall be referred to the Dey to decide.

The Algerines grant freedom to all the Corfican flaves, and permiffion to fish in the environs of

the coaft.

this arrangement the Dey is allowed In confequence of to draw a draft upon the viceroy of Corfica, for the sum of 179,000 piaftres of Algiers, independently of another fum of 24,000 piaftres, for the payment of a cargo of grain taken by the English, which was Algerine property under Swedish colours.

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about to decide upon your fate by pronouncing upon your conftitution. Long has the country loudly called for a free goverment, the wisdom of whofe principles fhould be the guarantee of its duration.

Have your reprefentatives attained this end? They think they have-they have at least defired to attain it. Citizens, who love order and tranquillity, accept the pledge of it: it confifts in the government that is offered to you; that alone, by giving us peace, can reftore profperity and plenty.

Men of France, citizens of all profeffions, of all opinions, rally for the intereft of the country: Above all, do not make retrograde steps to the point from which you fet out. Ages have paffed within fix years; and though the people may be tired of revolution, they are not tired of liberty. You fuffer, it is true, but it is not by making fresh revolutions-it is by completing that which is begun that you will terminate your mife

ries.

No, you will not impute to the republic which hitherto has not been organized, the ills which cannot be re-produced under a government free without licentioufnefs, and ftrong without defpotifin.

Sovereign people, hear the voice of your reprefentatives. The project of the focial compact which they offer to you was dictated by the defire of your happiness; it is for you to attach your deftiny to it. Confult your intereft and your glory, and the country is faved.

Treaty concluded at Bafle, on the 11th Fructidor, (Aug. 8.) between the

Republic of France and the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel.

THE French republic having accepted of the good offices of the king of Pruffia in favour of his moft ferene highness the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, and being animated with the fame femtiments as the Landgrave, to make a folid and permanent peace fucceed to a war which had difunited them, in confequence of which the contracting powers have appointed as follows:

The French republic, on her part, Citizen Francis Barthelemi, her ambaffador in Switzerland, and the Landgrave of Heffe Caffel, his privy councellor Frederick Sigifmond Baron of Waitz d'Eschen.

Which minifters, after having exchanged their respective powers, agreed upon the following articles:

Art. 1. There fhall be peace, friendflip, and good understanding between the French republic and the landgrave of Heffe Caffel.

2. In confequence of which, all hoftilities between the two parties fhall ceafe from the ratifications of the prefent treaty, and none of the two powers thall after that period furnish against each other, under whatever quality or condition it may be, fuccours or contingent, either in men, horfes, provifions, money, things.

ammunition, or other

3. As long as the war fhall be continued between the French republic and England, the Landgrave fhall neither prolong it or renew the two fubfidiary treaties exifting between him and England.

This difpofition will begin to have its effect from the date of the prefent treaty. 4. With

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