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VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY, to the French people." Paris 25 Messidor Year 7 (July 13, 1799) - "Republicans, the Fatherland is threatened; ineptitude and treason have brought it to the brink of abyss. Our enemies have conceived the greatest hopes; but the patriots are watching, the Legislative Corps and the Executive Board will deploy all the means of public salvation that the constitution has placed in their hands: the triumph of freedom cannot be doubted.... Republicans! Royalism is boldly conspiring; we will follow its plots, we will unveil its plots, we will seize its agents, we will punish their crimes, support us with all your energy...We all swear to bury ourselves under the ruins of the Republic, rather than suffer the slightest injury to freedom, & the Fatherland will be saved...". signed (impr.) SIÉYÈS Président, for dispatch in conformity: QUINETTE Le Ministre de l'Intérieur - Impr. à DRAGUIGNAN, chez DUFORT 1 GUICHARD, Imprimeurs du Département du VAR. Cupboard (54 x 43) State A