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<p>French Regicides, to the effrontery at Florence <unclear>&</unclear> the <hi rend="underline"><sic>cacade</sic></hi> | |||
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at Genoa inclusive, I question whether at some future | |||
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period when facts remain & passions <add>will</add> be evaporated, it will | |||
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not be thought that even for the sake of a good cause | |||
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we should not have kept such very bad company. Posterity | |||
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may think it somewhat extraordinary for England the | |||
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first Government in point of liberty in Europe to coalise | |||
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with the <sic>bigotted</sic> Spaniard, the ignorant Austrian, the barbarous | |||
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Russian together with the military mechanism | |||
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of Prussia in support of Social order & legitimate government, | |||
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& that too, at the very time when the two last | |||
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Powers commit an act <sic>ag<hi rend="superscript">t</hi></sic> an innocent & independent | |||
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nation which in point of arrogance & depravity cannot be | |||
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equalled in History. I mean the scandalous partition of Poland | |||
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an act equally hostile to Social order & Legitimate Government. | |||
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If the daily enormities committed in France | |||
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tend to excite disgust in respect to popular governments, | |||
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the iniquitous conduct of Russia & Prussia with | |||
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regard to Poland reconcile again Mens minds to Democracy | |||
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The political fiction of considering France as a garrison in | |||
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order to starve it & the counterpart of the tale in converting | |||
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Toulon into a Country, for the purpose of legalising supplies | |||
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not permitted by the custom of Nations to the Towns in a | |||
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state of siege are circumstances which further distinguish | |||
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the manner of carrying on the present War — <sic>Th</sic> Idea</p> | |||
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French Regicides, to the effrontery at Florence & the cacade
at Genoa inclusive, I question whether at some future
period when facts remain & passions will be evaporated, it will
not be thought that even for the sake of a good cause
we should not have kept such very bad company. Posterity
may think it somewhat extraordinary for England the
first Government in point of liberty in Europe to coalise
with the bigotted Spaniard, the ignorant Austrian, the barbarous
Russian together with the military mechanism
of Prussia in support of Social order & legitimate government,
& that too, at the very time when the two last
Powers commit an act agt an innocent & independent
nation which in point of arrogance & depravity cannot be
equalled in History. I mean the scandalous partition of Poland
an act equally hostile to Social order & Legitimate Government.
If the daily enormities committed in France
tend to excite disgust in respect to popular governments,
the iniquitous conduct of Russia & Prussia with
regard to Poland reconcile again Mens minds to Democracy
The political fiction of considering France as a garrison in
order to starve it & the counterpart of the tale in converting
Toulon into a Country, for the purpose of legalising supplies
not permitted by the custom of Nations to the Towns in a
state of siege are circumstances which further distinguish
the manner of carrying on the present War — Th Idea
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David Gray |
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