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Marc-Étienne POPULUS (1736-guillotiné 1794) lawyer in Bourg-en-Bresse, deputy to the States General. 2 L.A.S., Paris June 26 and 29, 1791, to his compatriots of Bourg-en-Bresse; 2 pages and a half in-4. Letters written after the flight from Varennes. [June 26]. "Can the French fear the despots and the shooters? But one must be on guard "against all factious people who will try to disturb the public order. A longer impunity could lose the country". Populus defends the rights of the man restored by the Assembly. The flight of the King and his arrest put "the last seal to the Constitution". June 29. He reveals "the greatness of the danger that France ran, and how terrible was the plot that was formed against our Liberty. [...] The French have only one opinion; they want to be free and they will be. What force would be powerful enough to put such a nation in irons? Former Patrice Hennessy collection.
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Marc-Étienne POPULUS (1736-guillotiné 1794) lawyer in Bourg-en-Bresse, deputy to the States General. 2 L.A.S., Paris June 26 and 29, 1791, to his compatriots of Bourg-en-Bresse; 2 pages and a half in-4. Letters written after the flight from Varennes. [June 26]. "Can the French fear the despots and the shooters? But one must be on guard "against all factious people who will try to disturb the public order. A longer impunity could lose the country". Populus defends the rights of the man restored by the Assembly. The flight of the King and his arrest put "the last seal to the Constitution". June 29. He reveals "the greatness of the danger that France ran, and how terrible was the plot that was formed against our Liberty. [...] The French have only one opinion; they want to be free and they will be. What force would be powerful enough to put such a nation in irons? Former Patrice Hennessy collection.
