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priefts and nobles, women, children, and peasants, with indifcriminating brutality, made them the wretched victims of its fury, tortured their feelings with the most exquifite and fportive cruelty, and made them drink the cup of mifery to its dregs -That

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reign of liberty. Annual Register, 1792. p. 111. In Paris, April 4, 1794. the prifoners amounted to 7351, In all the departments to 653,000. Hift. Epochs, p. 92. After the death of Robespierre 500,000 persons were released from confinement.

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z Hift. Epochs, p. 32. Lanjuinais, speaking against the murders of the second of September, fays, that the number of victims affaffinated that day, amounted to 8,000; others fay, 12,000; and the deputy Louvet ftates them at 28,000. Hift. Epochs, p. 41. victory of the 10th of Auguft was foiled by the atrocious crimes of the first days of September." Dumourier's Letter to the Convention, Ann. Reg. 1793. P. 154. Moore, vol. ii. p. 306, 308.

a For the most affecting and eloquent reprefentation of their conduct to the Queen, fee Rennel's Sermon on O&. 26, 1793. The Queen during her confinement was feparated from her fon, the head of the Princess de Lamballe was carried in proceffion by her murderers under the windows of the Temple, that the Queen might fee this most affecting relic of her flaughtered friend. See Moore's Journal, vol. i. p. 317. The Princefs Elizabeth was guillotined the last of twenty-fix victims, The heroic and the loyal Charette, the brave leader of the Vendeans, was, after he was made prifoner, carried to his native city-there, in the midst of his relations, to

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-That pillaging alike the church, the palace, and the cottage, banishing thousands of the inhabitants from their country, deftroying villages, towns, and cities, feizing every monument of art, and drying up every fource of commerce, SETS UP THE

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DOMINIONS-This is the power, which, concealing the dagger of terror under the olive-branch of peace, and pretending to plant the tree of liberty in every country conquered by its arms, or deluded by its profeffions, invariably profanes their altars, exiles or murders their priests, abolishes their most useful and most facred laws and inftitutions, and avails itself of their riches and resources, to increase the inftruments of its own domination .—This is the

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be shot. Life of Charette, p. 58. See Clery's Journal of Occurrences in the Temple.

There was foon after, by the Edict of the Conftituent Affembly, Sept. 14, 1791. a general fale of Ecclefiaftical property; and every kind of property connected with churches or charities was fold.

• See Briffot's Account of the conduct of the French Conquerors in Belgium, whom he represents to have acted like a horde of favages. Briffot's Addrefs to his Constituents, p. 75. See likewise the unhappy change

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produced by the introduction of their revolutionary fyftem in Neuweid, in Robifon's Proofs of a Confpiracy, p. 145. For the requifitions made in Holland and Belgium, fee Hift. Epochs, p. 113. "You talked of nothing but liberty, but every one of your actions ftrove to enflave us. Can you deny it? All your words were orders; all your counfels were the mandates of a defpot. We were never thus commanded, when, according to your false affertion, we were flaves; fuch blind, implicit obedience was never demanded from us, as is now exercised, when, by your affertion, we are free-We were promised, at leaft verbally, by the agents of the Great Nation, that no French troops fhould enter our Canton; that not a fous should be demanded of us: yet the very reverse happened-they had the impudence to exact from us three millions of livres-they had the cruelty to march troops into our Canton, without the leaft previous application, to exhaust our poor innocent country. In other words, they forced upon us the liberty of fuffering ourselves to be fripped of all rational freedom-Never can you find an excuse for your favage atrocity-you who are never at a lofs for an ingenious turn to throw the delufive cloak of virtue around the horrors of tyranny, and ftamp the moft enormous defpotifm with the name of freedomOpen thine eyes, Great Nation, and deliver us from this liberty of hell." Lavater's Letter to the Executive Directory of the French Republic, dated the first year of Helvetic Slavery, Zurich, May 10, 1798, p. 13, 26, 30. See also Mallet du Pan's British Mercury.

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raised his voiced against the Majefty of heaven-has reviled the Saviour of the world -destroyed his churches, perfecuted his ministers, forbidden his worship; and, to complete the measure of guilt, has declared, in terms furpaffing the boldness of all former impiety, that there is no Gode.

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Danton faid, that the National Convention of France fhould be a Committee of Infurrection against all the kings in the univerfe. Moore's Journal, vol. i. p. 61. In the fitting of the Jacobins, August 27, 1792. Manuel caufed an oath to be taken, that every exertion fhould be used to purge the earth of the pest of royalty. Hift. Epochs.

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During the French Revolution a comedian, dreffed as a priest of the Illuminati, publicly appeared, perfonally attacking Almighty God, faying, "No! thou doft not exift. If thou haft power over the thunder-bolts, grafp them, aim them at the man who dares fet thee at defiance in the face of thy altars. But no, I blafphemě thee, and I ftill live; no, thou dost not exift." Barruel, vol. iii. p. 217. Nov. 20, 1793. A deputation from the department of Cantal being introduced to the bar, Hebrard, their speaker, obferved that one thing was wanting to the Revolution; our depart ment, faid he, has been eager to give an example of Philofophy; we have fuppreffed priests and their worfhip."-Nov. 23, 1793. Chaumette praised the people of Paris, who have renounced Idolatry, and only adore the Supreme Being-He moved the Council of Paris to declare, that, if any commotion is stirred up in fa

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Let it not be imagined that this is an exaggerated picture-every trait will be found in the decrees, the reports, the public records of French infamy and wretched

vour of fanaticifm, all the clergy fhould be imprisoned.And, confidering that the people of Paris had declared, that they acknowledge no other worship than that of Reason and Truth-the council refolved, Nov. 23, 1793, that all the churches and temples of different religions and worship, which are known to be in Paris, fhall be inftantly shut-that every perfon requiring the opening of a church, or temple, shall be put under arreft, as a fufpected perfon. Chaumette recommended that the will of fuch fections should be refpected, which have renounced all religious worship, except that of Reafon, Liberty, and the Republican Virtues. Nov. 1793. The pupils of the new Republican school of the fection des Areis appeared at the bar, and one of them fet forth, that all religious worship had been fuppreffed in his section, even to the very idea of Religion. He added, that he and his school-fellows detefted God, and that, inftead of learning Scripture, they learned the declaration of Rights. The president having expreffed to the deputation the fatisfaction of the Convention, they were admitted to the honours of the fitting amidst the loudest applause. Nov. 1793. The Orator of the fection of Unité declared in the hall of the Convention, in the name of his brother Republicans; We fwear, faid the Orator, to acknowledge no other worship than that of Reafon-no other duty than liberty-no other priests than our magistrates-Yes, faid the voices from every part of the hall, we take the fame oath. More proofs may be seen in the Newspapers of the above dates.

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