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becaufe it is certain that they have not done much which was not called for by thepeople.
Before the revolution is condemned in the profs, it fliould be confidered what extentof liberty was demanded by the three orders in their cahiers ; and this in particular isnecelfary, fince thofe very cahiers are quoted to fhew the mifchievous proceedings ofthe National Affembly. Here are a few of the ameliorations demanded; to have thetrial by jury, and the habeas corpus of England *; to deliberate by head, and not byorder, demanded by the nobility themfelves f; to declare all taxes illegal and fupprefled.—but to grant them anew for a year J; to abolilh for ever the capitaineries § ; to ef-tablifh a caiffe nationale feparee inaccejjible a toute influence du pouvoir cxccatfl ||; that allthe intendants fliould be fupprefled |j; that no treaties of commerce fliould be made butwith the confent of the ftates^j": that the orders of begging monks be fupprefled** :that all monks be fupprefled, and their goods and eftates fold ff: that tythes be for everfupprefled JJ ; that all feudal rights, duties, payments, and fervices, be aboliflied § § : thatfalaries (traitement pecuniare) be paid to the deputies |||| ; that the permanence of theNational Affembly is a neceffary part of its exiftence ^[^[: that the Baltille be demolilh-ed ***: that the duties of aides , on w'ine, brandy, tobacco, fait, leather, paper, iron, oil,and foap, be fupprefled Iff : that the apanages be aboliflied J J j ; that the domaines of theking be alienated §§§: that the king’s finds {haras) be fupprefled ||||||; that the pay of thefoldiers be augmented ^[^[; that the kingdom be divided into dittricls,and the electionsproportioned to population and to contributions ****; that all citizens paying a determi-nate quota of taxes vote in the parochial affemblies fftt: that it is indifpenfable in theftates-general to confult the Rights of Man JJJj; that the deputies fhall accept of no place,penfion, grace, or favour §§§§.
From this detail of the inftru&ions given by the nation, I will not affert that everything which the National Affembly has decreed is jultifiable; but it may be very fairlyconcluded, that much the greater part of their arrets, and many that have been the moftviolently arraigned, are here exprefsly demanded. To reply that thefe demands arenot thofe of the nation at large, but of particular bodies only, is very -wide from theargument'; efpecially as the moft virulent enemies of the revolution, and particularlyMeflieurs Burke and De Calonne , have from thefe cahiers, deduced fuch concluiions as
* Nob. Auxcis, p. 23. Artois, p. 13. 7 “Etat de Peronne, p. I r. Nob. Dauphine, p. 119.
•f Nob. 7 our nine. p. 4. A ab. Senlis , p 46 Nob. Pays de Labour, p. 3. Nob. Lbucfnoy, p. 6. Nob .Sens, p. 3. Nob Thimerais, p 1 ■ Clerge du Bourbonnois, p 6. Clerge du Bus Limojin, p. 10.
J Too numerous to quote, of both Nobility and Tiers. § Many ; Nobility as well as Tiers.
|| Nob. Sezanne, p. 14. T. Etat Metz, p. 42. T. Etat d’Auvergne, p. 9. T Ffat de Riom, p. 23.
Nob. Niiernais, p 2 ; . ** Nob■ Bus Limofin, p 12 ■ff 7. E:at du Haul Vivarais, p. 18.
Nob. Rheims, p 16. Nob Juxerrc, p. 41. +f Nob. Toulon , p. 18. §§ Too many to quote.
DU Nob. Nomery en Lorain, p. 10.
Nob. Mantes ted Meulan, p. 16. Previns iff Monteraux, art. 1. Rennes , art. 19.
#** Nob. Paris, p 14. ■ fff Nob. Vitry le Francois, MS. Nob. Lyon , p. 16. Nob. Bugty ,
p. 28, Nob. Paris, p. 22. f+f Nob. Ponthieu, p. 32. Nob. Chartres , p. 19. Nob. Auxerre,
art. 74. Nob. Bugey. p. 11. Nob. Monlargis, p 18 Nob. Paris , p. 16. Nob. Bourbonnois,
p. 12. Nob Nancy, p. 23. Nob. Angoumois , p. 20. Nob Pays de Labour, fob 9.
HUH Nob Beauvais, p. 18. Nob. Troyes , p. 25. HHH NTob Limoges, p. 3!.
*'»** T. Etat de Lyon, p. 7. Nifmes, p. 13. Cotentin, art . 7. tttt 'A Etut Rennes, art. 15.
ffff T. Elat Nifmes, p. it.
§§j§ T. Etat Pont a Moujfon, p. 17. Mr. Burke fays, When the feveral orders, in their feveralbaiiliages, had met in the year 1789, to choofe and inltruft their reprefentatives, they were the peopleof France : whilll they were in that date, in no one of their inllrudtions did they charge, or ever hint atany of thofe things which have drawn upon the tifurping affembly the deteftation of the rational part ofmankind.”
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