PEYRE (Louis-François) 1760 - 1828 - Conventionnel, Député d - Lot 256

PEYRE (Louis-François) 1760 - 1828 - Conventionnel, Député des BASSES-ALPES - Lettre A.S. à LA REVEILLÈRE-LEPEAUX, Président du Directoire, Paris 23 Frimaire an 7 (13 Déc. 1798) - 2 pp in-4° - He offers his support to the government, outraged by "the perfidy of the Kings of Naples and Sardinia... you have made their crimes known to the whole of France: all French people will share your horror at their crimes, they will ask you to avenge the insults done to the great nation, but... it is above all to those who cooperated with you in the founding of the republic, that it is incumbent to accede to your voice, to help you avenge the outrages done to the French name. On leaving the Corps Législatif, I offered my services to the government. Now I swear in its hands to use my strength to uphold its glory and to fight its enemies, whatever their nature. Liberty and republican morality will triumph..."