civil polity, and would soon leave neither law nor religion in the
world, cannot, either in point of instruction or warning, be
unreasonably laid before my fellow-citizens at large.

Under the sanction, therefore, Sir, of your illustrious name, I
willingly commit to them this memorial. And if an innocent victim
of oppression should thus derive a small, though painful,
subsistence from a plain and publick (sic) recital of his country's
crimes, I shall be abundantly repaid for the little share I may have
had in bringing it into notice; and by the opportunity it affords me
of subscribing myself

Your ever grateful and devoted humble servant,

FRANCIS RANDOLPH.

BATH, July 22, 1796

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PREFACE

THE following sheets contain a journal of principal events of the
French Revolution. The best authorities have been resorted to, and
the facts are related without any comment. The reader will find a
faithful outline of an interesting and momentous period of history,
and will see how naturally each error produced its corresponding
misfortune.

Various causes contributed to effect a revolution in the minds of