Note 39 — No. X.

At Lyons, Jabogues, the second murderer (the Actor being the first), in his speech to the Democratic Society, used these words—“Down with the edifices raised for the profit or the pleasure of the rich; down with them ALL. Commerce and ARTS are useless to a warlike people, and are the destruction of that sublime Equality which France is determined to spread over the globe.” Such are the consequences of Radical Reform! Let any merchant, farmer, or landlord; let any husband or father consider this, and then say, “Shall we or shall we not contribute a moderate sum, IN PROPORTION TO OUR ANNUAL EXPENDITURE, for the purpose of preserving ourselves from the fate of Lyons, La Vendée, and Nantz?”

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