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314 with zeal its measures. The large advances made to the French were paid with less reluctance, as they were considered as a kind of ransom for the public arsenals and stores, and the price paid by the nation for liberty to make what alterations it pleased in its constitution, without the degrading intervention of the conqueror. The admirable discipline of the French army, and the justice and humanity of its leaders, also materially tended to reconcile the people to the heavy imposts laid upon them for the support of their new allies.