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 Austrians, and these rejoicings are on account of offers on the part of England to make peace with them, which they think will terminate their miseries.

It will perhaps amuse you, if I recount the motives that produced this war, and give you a sketch of the lives of some of those bold spirits, who shone in their Convention and so fully left themselves to the whole bent of their inclinations without scruple.

When he distressed fate of the finances of France had exhausted all the attempts of their noblest ministers and financiers to establish them to as to support the ordinary expences, and that cloud of pensioners that were supported by the nation, who could only boast of having provided for the excesses of the ministers of the King, and the mirmidons of Court. Louis XVI. found himself necessitated to call an assembly of the states of the nation to consult about and adopt such measures as would save the country from ruin. No sooner were they met, no sooner had they examined into the evils, than the glaring abuses of the court led them to think of renovating the whole system. A thorough change of the Constitution and government of the country, and curtailing the power of the king was the consequence.

A war with Prussia and the Emperor ensued, and the first campaign ended in the disastrous retreat of the allied armies from France. Inflated with this success the Convention began to pass the most arrogant and foolish decrees: and promising fraternization to all who should feel any faults with their Governments, their gasconading was to this purpose: We are twenty five millions of Frenchmen, and consequently have 50 millions of hands, armed with swords and poignards, let us send six millions of men to Germany, three millions to Italy and Spain; three millions to Russia and the north of Europe— but first, to get money to pay our brothers and sisters going abroad, let us send four millions to England to take possession of the bank of London. The