VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE... - Lot 407 - Vermot et Associés

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VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE... - Lot 407 - Vermot et Associés
VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE, to the French People." Paris, 25 Messidor An 7 (July 13, 1799) - "Republicans, The Fatherland is threatened; ineptitude & treason have put it on the edge of the abyss. Our enemies have conceived the vastest hopes; but the patriots watch, the Legislative Body and the Executive Directory will deploy all the means of public salvation that the constitution has placed in their hands: the triumph of freedom cannot be doubted... Republicans! royalism conspires with audacity; we will follow its plots, we will reveal its plots, we will seize its agents, we will punish their crimes, support us with all your energy...; let us swear all to bury us under the ruins of the Republic, rather than to suffer that it is carried the lightest attack to freedom, & the Fatherland will be saved... ". signed (print) SIÉYÈS President, for conformed expedition: QUINETTE The Minister of the Interior - Printed in DRAGUIGNAN, at DUFORT 1 GUICHARD, Printers of the Department of the VAR. Cupboard (54 x 43) Condition A
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