A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE. 307
France. —Allow a veteran in the sacred cause of freedom,
and a stranger to the spirit of faction, to submit to you some
resolutions, which the dangers of the present crisis demand.
I am assured that you will feel the necessity of adopting
them:-" Art. I. The chamber declares that the independence of
the nation is menaced.
"II. The chamber declares its sittings permanent. All
attemps to dissolve it, shall be considered high treason. Whosoever shall render himself culpable of such an attempt, shall
be considered a traitor to his country, and condemned as
such.
"III. The army of the line, and the national guards, who
have fought, and still fight, for the liberty, the independence,
and the territory of France, have merited well of thke country.
-" IV. The minister of the interior is invited to assemble
the principal officers of the Parisian national guard, in order
to consult on the means of providing it with-arms, and of
completing this corps of citizens, whose tried patriotism and
zeal offer a sure guarantee for the liberty, prosperity, and
tranquillity of the capital, and for the inviolability of the
national representatives.
"' V. The minister of war, of foreign affairs, of police, and
of the interior, are invited to repair to the hall of assembly."
No opposition was made to these resolutions, so alarming
and so bold. The court party was taken by surprise, and
absolutely thunder-struck. Well founded, indeed, were the
fears of the emperor, when he heard that Lafayette was in
the tribune, for these motions, which were at once adopted,
with the exception of the fourth article, both by the rel)resentatives and the peers, substantially divested him of his
power, and left him merely a factious and dangerous individual in the midst of a distracted state. The fourth article
was suspended, as conveying an invidious distinction between
the troops of the line, and tle national guards; but the latter