save a cause, which owes its _force_, aye, and its glory, to the sacred
principles of liberty and equality. Let criminal jurisprudence resume its
_constitutional_ power. Let civil equality--let religious freedom enjoy the
application of their true principles. In fine, let the reign of the _clubs_
be _annihilated_ by you; let them give place to the laws--_their_
usurpations to the firm and independent exercise of the powers of the
constituted authorities--their disorganizing maxims to the true principles
of liberty--their delirious fury to the calm and constant courage of a
nation which knows its rights, and is ready to defend them--in fine, their
sectarian combinations to the true interests of the country, of the nation,
which in a moment of danger ought to unite _all_, except those, to whom its
subjection and ruin are the objects of atrocious pleasure and infamous
speculation.

"LAFAYETTE."


"_Camp of Maubeuge, June_, 16, 1792.

"SIRE--I have the honor to send your Majesty the copy of a letter to the
National Assembly, in which you will find expressed the sentiments which
have animated me all my life. The King knows with what ardour and
perseverance I have at all times been devoted to the cause of liberty and
to the principles of humanity, equality and justice. He knows, that I have
always been the adversary of _faction_, the enemy of licentiousness, and
that no power which I thought illegal has ever been acknowledged by me. He
is acquainted with my devotion to his constitutional authority, and with my
attachment to his person. Such, Sire, were the grounds of my letter to the
National Assembly; such shall be those of my conduct to the nation and your
Majesty, amidst the storms raised around to by hostile or by factious