“(2) That they have no intention of meddling with the domestic
government of France, but only wish to deliver the King, and
the Queen, and the Royal Family from their captivity, and
procure for his Most Christian Majesty that freedom which is
necessary for him to call such a council as he shall see fit,
without danger and without obstacle, and to enable him to work
for the good of his subjects according to his promises and as
much as may be his concern.
“(3) That the combined armies will protect all towns, boroughs,
and villages, and the persons and goods of all those that will
submit to the King, and that they will help to re-establish
immediately the order and police of France.
“(4) That the National Guard are ordered to see to the peace of
the towns and country-sides provisionally, and to the security
of the persons and goods of all Frenchmen provisionally, that
is, until the arrival of the troops of their Royal and Imperial
Majesties, or until further orders, under pain of being
personally responsible; that on the contrary, the National
Guards who may have fought against the troops of the allied
courts, and who are captured in arms, shall be treated as
enemies, and shall be punished as rebels and disturbers of the
public peace.
“(5) That the generals, officers, non-commissioned officers,
and privates of the French troops of the line are equally
ordered to return to their old allegiance and to submit at once
to the King, their legitimate sovereign.
“(6) That the members of departmental, district, and town
councils are equally responsible with their heads and property
for all crimes, arson, murders, thefts, and assaults, the
occurrence of which they allow or do not openly, and to the
common knowledge, try to prevent in their jurisdiction;
that they shall equally be bound to keep their functions
provisionally until his Most Christian Majesty, reinstated in
full liberty, has further decreed; or until, in the interval,
other orders shall have been given.
“(7) That the inhabitants of towns, boroughs, and villages
who may dare to defend themselves against the troops of their
Imperial and Royal Majesties by firing upon them, whether
in the open or from the windows, doors, or apertures of
their houses, shall be punished at once with all the rigour
of the laws of war, their houses pulled down or burnt. All
those inhabitants, on the contrary, of the towns, boroughs,
and villages who shall hasten to submit to their King by
opening their gates to the troops of their Majesties shall
be placed under the immediate protection of their Majesties;
their persons, their goods, their chattels shall be under the
safeguard of the laws, and measures will be taken for the
general safety of each and all of them.
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