Of this we have sufficient proofs in the thanks given by that weak
and witless person, the Elector of Hanover, sometimes called the King
of England, to Mr. Burke for the insults heaped on it in his book,
and in the malevolent comments of the English Minister, Pitt, in his
speeches in Parliament.

In spite of the professions of sincerest friendship found in the
official correspondence of the English government with that of
France, its conduct gives the lie to all its declarations, and shows
us clearly that it is not a court to be trusted, but an insane court,
plunging in all the quarrels and intrigues of Europe, in quest of a
war to satisfy its folly and countenance its extravagance.

The English nation, on the contrary, is very favorably disposed
towards the French Revolution, and to the progress of liberty in the
whole world; and this feeling will become more general in England as
the intrigues and artifices of its government are better known, and
the principles of the revolution better understood. The French should
know that most English newspapers are directly in the pay of
government, or, if indirectly connected with it, always under its
orders; and that those papers constantly distort and attack the
revolution in France in order to deceive the nation. But, as it is
impossible long to prevent the prevalence of truth, the daily
falsehoods of those papers no longer have the desired effect.

To be convinced that the voice of truth has been stifled in England,
the world needs only to be told that the government regards and
prosecutes as a libel that which it should protect.*[1] This outrage
on morality is called law, and judges are found wicked enough to
inflict penalties on truth.