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seal of conviction on these opinions. It was believedthat he fled only to return with the Austrians and theemigrants, armed to exterminate the friends of liberty.Condorcet pronounced on this occasion a violent speechagainst monarchy, and followed up his attack by aseries of bitter articles in a paper called “ The Repub-lican.” His popularity increased greatly through thiscourse. He was designated by the jacobins as go-

vernor of the dauphin, but Louis refused to ratify1791 . the nomination. He was also appointed commissioneriEtat. 0 f t]j e treasury ; which, at his desire, changed its name47 ' to the national instead of the royal treasury; and hewas elected member of the new representative assemblyby the electors of the city of Paris itself. He drew upthe article of “The National Assembly" in the “Chro-nicle,” on this occasion, to enlighten his colleagues onthe state of the nation, and the measures proper to betaken for its security.

In all his speeches and projected decrees he mingledthe most determined opposition to such acts and es-tablishments as he believed to be hostile to the libertyof his country, with mildness and justice towards in-dividuals. Thus, on the 25th of October, he made aspeech on the subject of emigration, which at thetime that it was delivered excited the warmest ap-plause, and the printing of it was voted. In thisdiscourse, he drew a line between the emigrants wholeft their country for the sake merely of withdraw-ing from the political disturbances, and those whoentertained the nefarious project of exciting foreignpowers to invade France , and meditated carrying armsthemselves against their countrymen. He denouncedthe connivance of the court with the intrigues atCoblentz. He showed the necessity of firm measures, andasserted that an unasked pardon held out to the emigrantsgave birth to contempt merely among the haughtynobles who expected a speedy triumph over a class ofmen whom they despised. A few days after, themountain party attacked his purposed decree as in-sufficient and feeble, and it was abandoned.