[30] See Declaration, Whitehall, October 29, 1793.
[31] Nothing could be more solemn than their promulgation of this
principle, as a preamble to the destructive code of their famous
articles for the decomposition of society, into whatever country they
should enter. "La Convention Nationale, apres avoir entendu le rapport
de ses comites de finances, de la guerre, et diplomatiques reunis,
fidele au _principe de souverainete de peuples, qui ne lui permet pas de
reconnaitre aucune institution qui y porte atteinte_" &c., &c.--_Decree
sur le Rapport de Cambon, Dec. 18, 1702_. And see the subsequent
proclamation.
[32] "This state of things cannot exist in France, without involving all
the surrounding powers in one common danger,--without giving them the
right, without imposing it upon them as a duty, to stop the progress of
an evil which ... attacks the fundamental principles by which mankind is
united in the bonds of civil society."--_Declaration 29th Oct., 1793_.
[33] Declaration, Whitehall, Oct. 29, 1793.
LETTER II.
ON THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AS IT REGARDS OTHER
NATIONS.
My dear Sir,--I closed my first letter with serious matter, and I hope
it has employed your thoughts. The system of peace must have a reference
to the system of the war. On that ground, I must therefore again recall
your mind to our original opinions, which time and events have not
taught me to vary.
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