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a lasting reproach to the Austrian arms. In short
the Soldiers wd not fight no longer & in running away
not only pillaged the peasants but their own Officers
The retreat of the Duke of Brunswick is variously talked of
By some it is said that he has conceived too formidable
an Idea of the French arms to undertake any enterprize
of consequence Agt them. & what perhaps may appear ridiculous
he is not exempted from a soupçon of Jacobinism
— Whatever be the truth Millendorff is certainly
to succeed him, but whether he is to have additional
troops or the debris only of the present Army the
issue of the present negociations must determine
But to pass from more general Politics to what concerns
more particularly ourselves. If you do me favor to write
me might I request you to give me some account
of this late soi disant Convention at Edinr & what appears
to be the prevailing sentiment of the Country in respect
to reform - upon which much may be said on both sides
For he who is really & sincerely attached to the present Constitution
may say with truth, the more the elections are
popularised the greater is the tendency to Republicanism
Whereas on ye other hand the French revolution notwithstanding its atrocities
has produced a kind of revolution in the human

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Date_1	1794-01-15	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	541	Main Headings
Folio number	488	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	David Gray	Watermarks
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