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by the Emperors Leopolds circular letter from Padua, repeated by
the declaration of Pilnitz & proclaimed aloud by the Manifesto's
of the Duke of Brunswick. Similar pretensions on the part of
the French with regard to the Low Countries & Holland have been
considered by every body with becoming disapprobation. Whoe
wishes to investigate the real origin of this melancholy War
ought particularly to consider in their chronological order
the different facts & measures which have been adopted, & which
imply the assertion of the above right - Without presuming
to say what is really the truth one may readily allow that
hostilities are virtually commenced by a Coup de plume equally
as by a coup de canon — It would be happy for Mankind
if the dignity of Courts would permit them like Individuals to
retract an error & acknowlege honestly a mistake. When Leopold
received Mr de Noailles as French Ambassador after the acceptation
of the new Constitution by the King, he only acquiesced
in the arrangement, but did not renounce the principle
he had previously asserted — If this War is singular in
its origin the views in continuing it appear no less extraordinary.
There is a negative unanimity indeed agreed on
by all parties in that the present Individuals who govern
France ought to be set aside, but what particular arrangement
is then to follow, the Legislative Armies of the coali
Powers have not yet explicitly exhibited. One declaration




Identifier: | JB/541/485/002
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1794-01-15

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David Gray

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