699, THE NATIONAL REGISTER. • 4 The Plenipotentiaries having definitively adopted these bases, have conceited upon the course to he adopted, in cider to arrive in the shortest possible time at a formal `ar rangement, and have consequently dctei mined— "- I. That a general treaty shall he &awn up upon the burs above laid down, and adding to them such artielcA as by common consent shall he jod4ed necessary to eOniiikie it. The French Governipent will notninate on its i.ait the person who i, to unite with those whom the four Cowls has e charged woh the drawing up of the Titaty. " 2. That the Commissioners appointed for the military aft - airs shad proceed, conjointly with the Commissiont-rs whom the French Government shall appoint for tl:is purpose, to draw up project of a Convention to regulate every thing relative to the Military occupation, and to the swim, t of the artily employed in this occupation. The game Commis sioners shall also dett•rio we the manner and the pei ias of the evacuation of all Such parts of the French territory as are pot eomi.rehended within the line of the military trecupa- Con. " 3. That a Special Commission appointed for that pur pose by the contracting parties, •shall draw up without delay a plan of A Ccnvention to regulate the mode, the periods. and the guarantee; of the payment of the 700,000,000 of franes 'o be stipulated by the general treaty. " 4. The Commission formed to examine the reclamations of several Powers relatively to the non-execution of certain articles of the Treaty of Paris, shall continue its labours, will the understanding, that it is to communicate them as sg)on as possible to tl.e Plenipotentiaries in the principal oegociation. " 5. That as soon as these Commissioners have termi natel their labours, the Plenipotentiaries shall unite to exa• !nine the results of then), to determine on the dclinitive arrangements, and to sign the principal Ti eaty as well as the different particular Conventions. This Frees Vetbui having been read, the Plenipotentiaries have approved it, and signed. RAsLIMOUSTCV, CASTL ERE AGEIp WISSEN 13 ER (1, ~APO D . ISTRA, 11UM LO L DT, lIA DEN CC it.G." a ' HICHELIF.U, " WELLINGTON, LETTER TO LOUIS PUBLISHED AT VERONA, FEBRUARY, 1795. TO MONSIEUR MOUNIEIt, rx-mEninrit OF TIIE CONSTITUENT A SSEMDI.Y. 4 , When you express timidity, Sir, at addressing me openly on the subject of the means you conceive calculated to restcre order in France, you scent to forget the claims you enjoy to my consideration. My recollection is more fortunate: I shall always remember the conduct you pursued towards the King, my brother, on the sth of October, 1789, though charged by the Assembly, over which you then presided, with a mission so opposed to the duties of a faith ful subject, %hid) you so zealously fulfilled. 1 shall not forget, that if perfidious counsels had not prevailed over the reiterated advice which you transmitted to the King, he would have quitted Versailles, and perhaps would have pre vented, by this step, the deluge of crimes and disasters with which name has since been inundated. The remembrance of a day so terrific in itself, but so honouri:' , lc to you, de terinities me to give you a particular mark of my esteem, by candidly imparting to you my sentiments: the object of Ivy . letter is one of general utility. You ate sincerely &snout of the itstoratiou of wouattliy what I. shall Say OCT. 24: • to you will serve as n•basis for your posonal meat s • You think rightly in making a great distinctioo betoe, t. ciitee and eri or, the former provokes the hated of the jc,sr an d the rigour of the laws; the latter deserves more pits tha n indignation, and when honestly confessed, it would be injustice to deny it indulgence. I have never ceased to enteitain.this opinion. I an) ready to raise up and sn brace:Ole man, who, being unsul ied by guilt, but having been buried away, either by ignorauce or wea%ness, or even by erroneous ideas, should rt row hinoelf a t my feet, acknowledge his insult, and solicit my {:.).don This sentimeot is not only mine, it is that of ni% booher, and ' of all my funily. The monsteis who have 'educed the French penile, by fallacions promises of happiness, to t3ratmise over them, and entirh thetn , el% es wail spoil, know the bottom of our heal ts ; but, as they ate .m vase also, that, when these truths shall become known, dart) cdifee will tumble of itself, they resort to even source of calumny to stifle then); but this obstacle will be over come by (lint of courage-, and perseverance ; and the% na tion will learn, in spite of than, !hlt we love her, that we only wish for her good, and that all our labours tend to that object ; she will discover that the emigioints who have been so grossly calumniated, quitted their counq, not so much to avoid submission to laws contrary to their duty and honour, as to seek against those laws, which she at present abhors equally with them, a support which they (oad not meet in Fiance, where a set of miscreants bad to•ssess(d themselves of the national power. In a word, stile my sentiments and those of my family, France will equally know, that if any feeling of private vengeance blerd;ol itself with the general desire of restoring order, I should suppress it, and exert the royal authority deposited in my hands, to maintain a perfect balance between all the subjects of the King; but these indulgent dispositions, this inclination to pardon, even to excuse, ate in my heart, it is in the law of God that I find them ; they are not dictated by irksomeness of my situation, by an anxiety to quit it. :My duty and my honour equally fOrlid me, at any price, to abate the authority if the King, which is confided to me; ALL I HAVE IN VIEW IS THE RESTORATION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION AND OF OUR ANCIENT CONSTITU TION. I am far from confounding, as the perfidy of the detractors of the throne have but too often dune, that Con stitution with the abuses that have crept into the adminis , tration. The only wish of the late King, my brother, was, to destroy them. Such is mine also. I will labour unremit tingly for that porpose; and, if I cannot obtain fiom the favour of God, to confer on the King, my nephew, when he shall have attained his majority, HIS WHOLE AU THORITY and his Government five from abuse, I shall hare at least inculcated in him such principles as will easily enable him to complete the work I ehall hare commenced for him; but, I repeat, it is only reform that I wish, and I will never lay a daring hand on our Constitution ; upon this point I know of no compromise which can be com patible with my honour and the good of the State. The indulgence to which I am so much disposed will only apply to the guilty, and not to the results of crimes; my maxim is, toleration for individuals, intolerance for prin ciples. The natural consequence of this maxim is to forget the opinions which men have had, but to keep a watchful eye on those which men have: I (to not think it lust to admit to the honour of restoring the throne, only those, whose principles at all times pure, all ,rd them no occasion for repentance, but I will not (if I may express so myself), while curing the patient, leave behind the germ of a flesh disease, more cruel than the first. Yet that p 7 W - - tc