Declaration sent by his Majesty's command to the commanders of his Majesty's fleets and armies employed against France and to his Majesty's ministers employed at foreign courts. _Whitehall, Oct_. 29, 1793 [28] "Ut lethargicus hic, cum fit pugil, et medicum urget."--HOB. [29] See the Declaration. [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, après avoir entendu le rapport de ses comités de finances, de la guerre, et diplomatiques réunis, fidèle au _principe de souveraineté de peuples, qui ne lui permet pas de reconnaître aucune institution qui y porte atteinte_" &c., &c.--_Décree 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.