VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE, to th - Lot 262

VAR. 1799. "PROCLAMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE, to the French People." Paris 25 Messidor An 7 (July 13, 1799) - "Republicans, The Fatherland is threatened; ineptitude and treason have put it on the edge of the abyss. Our enemies have conceived the vastest hopes; but the patriots are watching, the Corps Législatif and the Directoire Exécutif are going to deploy all the means of public salvation which the constitution has placed in their hands: the triumph of liberty cannot be doubted... Republicans! royalism conspires boldly; we will follow its plots, we will expose its plots, we will seize its agents, we will punish their crimes, support us with all your energy...; let us all swear to bury ourselves under the ruins of the Republic, rather than suffer the slightest attack on liberty, the Fatherland will be saved...". signed (impr.) SIÉYÈS Président, for certified copy: QUINETTE Le Ministre de l'Intérieur - Printed in DRAGUIGNAN, by DUFORT 1 GUICHARD, Imprimeurs du Département du VAR. Cupboard (54 x 43) Condition A