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hostile , shall be determined by their cargo , and tnat the cargo shaft-not be covered by the flag . Accordingly , every vessel foundat sea , having on board English provisions and merchandize as it ? cargo , either in whole or in part , shall be declared lawful prize , whoever may be the proprietor of those provisions and merchandize , which shall be held contraband by the single circumstance of their coming from England or her possessions . ¦ 'It might be useful meanwhile to declare that , except in the case of being driven in by stress of weather , the ports of the Republic shall be shut against all

foreign , vessels which , in the course of their voyage , shall have entered the ports of England . ' The Executive Directory calls upon you , Citizens Representatives , to adopt those measures . No neutral or allied powers can mistake their object , nor complain of it , unless they are already abandoned to England . The infallible effect of the measure is , to raise the value of the produce of their toil and industry , —to augment the prosperity of their commerce , —to procure the rejection of every thing which comes from England , —and to contribute essentially to bring the war to a conclusion . ' Such are the motives which induce the Directory to call upon you , Citizens Representatives , to take the object of this message into your immediate consideration .

( Signed ) P . Barras , President . —Lagarde , Secretary . " Two days afterwards ( the 6 th of Jan . ) the Directory issued the following Proclamation , addressed to the French Nation : ' The Legislative Body has consecrated ihe patriotic wish offered to the Directory by the commercial men in Paris , by publishing the law on the English loan . The Directory is now to remind you of the motives by which you should be interested in the success of this measure . —Citizens , conquerors of Europe , ' there remains for you but one enemy , ivhich rules over the seas , and who pretends to shut them against you . The agriculture , the commerce , and the industry of

France are all fettered by the English , who block up your ports . You , French merchants , manufacturers , and owners of privateers in the maritime departments , you above all should second , by your zeal , the example which has been given by the Communes of Paris . Do you not hear ( he English Ministry , which tells you with the most insulting pride , that the commerce of England is to that of France as eighteen to one ? That the exports and imports of France amount only to 400 millions of Iivres , whilst those of England reach to seven milliards ? ( 2 S 0 millions sterling ) . Have you an instant to lose in putting an end to these calculations

of British avarice ? It was necessary that France should sacrifice for a time her credit to the success of the war . At present , victory is to repay her loss in specie , and to restore to her that rank which her territory , her population , her coasts and rivers , assign to her amongst the commercial powers . Estimable merchants , look to this point ; establish your riches on the foundation of national credit . You will observe , that you have been proscribed English merchandize and provisions , which has opened new channels for French industry . This is certainly your cause . Whatever you should do for the war against England , will be done for yourselves , for the success of your manufactures , for the interest of your families , and for posterity .

' Citizens of every condition , meditate on the great effects which are to follow from the effort which you are about to make , to degrade and to punish the Cabinet of London . During the last century , England has disturbed the repose of Europe . Her genius has tormented the continent , from which she believed herself to be inviiu-ib ' y separated . Frenchmen , teach this island , that , though isolated , she is not inaccessible , and that it is possible to return into her own bosom the evils which she has brought to our homes . England once conquered , 3 perpetual peace will thenceforward be established , and the balance of Europe will

remain unchangeable ; for the French Republic , too strong to be attacked , will be too great to entertain motives of ambition . She can know no necessity forgoing beyond her proper limits . You may therefore be fully assured on this head . Triunipli but this time oyer . the English , and you will give peace to yourselves