North Carolina Mercury, and Salisbury Advertiser

              fhe north-carolina mercury and salisbury advertiser salisbury printid & pvbuihed by francis coupee num 96 thursday february 27 1800 vol ik council ef five hundred are no longer members of the national r - e prefentaticri on account of the excefles and the violent attempts which they have uni formly made end particularly the greater part of then in ths^fitting of this morning joubert jouanne talot duplantier arena garoud qjiirot leclerc cfisppers briche poulain grar.f p»e berrand gou pillean daubermepfhill marpuefi gue.don granmsifion argnosicd doiimond fri ion deffaix bergafte laziroul mount pellitr conftanf brior deftrem garret e laggarrier carrand ltgot blin bonlay party sonilhe uemoor riggoner men tor bolhicr bailly bouricr pritchet honore declerc bouffe gaftit lanrent rehi prudbom forte truco delbert levris dache dehille sfevenotte lefage senaulx chatemele andre demarteile colembel philippe moreau jourdan le tourucnt citadella jcujdan bordas — 60 members evening sitting nov to about 6 o'clock he couucil of five hun fred eonftitoted theoif-'wes the majoruy of the nembers having repaired to the hall of the cvung . , lucien buonaparte took the chatr and jovited the council to refurne the delibera bt'ringer retraced the events of the day — he praifed tiie conduct of the troops and l!,e prudence of the officer the dangers which buonaparte ins run hofe of the le flatire body itfelf the wifdom of the ge nera as well as the courage of the two gre edier who covered the general with their bodies and their arms oo bis proportion the council pafftu a de ere the purport of which w«s that the commander in chief buonaparte generals lefebvre murat berthier serruner lc clerc bournonville money sainte rercy ndreofli sollgnac ; admiral brnix louis buonaparte commander of a fquadron ; kn rene bcuhjrnais aidi de c*mp ; the fupmor adjutant beranner sparre officer of the poiilh legion c the grenadiers of the je iqativebody and of the executive direfto xy • the 6th 79th and 97th of the line ith and 91b of dragoons and the grenadiers who ir.ade a buckler of their bodies and their arms for buonaparte have deferved well of their country by f^ing the majority of the legiihtive bojy and the republic attacked by a minority compofed of aii'adins chiztl propofed divers meafurea cf public m*\y nvhwh were 1 ferred to a commltec of fiv-f members of which he himfclfwas ons as well ai viiutard and bouiay de la mtur ibe danger and rent by extraordinary courier to the jj«fc up in a l lhe ccmmwe of the repub cab.r ma fo „ r peecll ; n wmch be th labour of hed ffcrcnt legidativ , orii , 8 , and of the convention nd alfo the f flll lu of thefe d.fferent ftflemblies as well m thofe of the prefent council he flawed that the prefentconfti.utjo opened the door of con nu.l revolution which fconld end in anar chy which wa alvrajs followed by rov.1t he afterward propcf.d an addrcfi t'o the french people upon the dangers which the nauonal reprefemntues incur ed and upon the meafurei of public fafetj uhi.h were to bciakrn at one omock the three coi,fu came a&d took the following oath : fidelity to the repoblic one nd indj vifible to liberty ai.d tcjuaiity end to the reprtfentative fydem at three a'cluck they proceeded to tha fcrutiny of the nominaiion of the intcrir.cdi ate tommittee — it is to be compofed of tbe following members 2d the legifl^tive bojj creates pro»i fionally to executive conldar committee co!npof > d of citizens sieves and rogers du cos kx-direftors and buonaparte gene ra they fhall bear the nalie of confuls of the french republic 3d this committee u veled with the full powers of the dircdlory anti fpecially com midioned to organize order in all parts of the ad minul ration to rr-e}ab!ifii internal tnnquilirj and to procure an honourable aod folrd peace 4th a it is au'horiod to fend delegates with a power limited accorjing to h owa power 5th the legifiatifre focfy is adjourned to the 20th of february h is to meet at that period in cull power at paris ctbaria manbieu daiincu icauvais villctard ca(tena»e fregeviile fcetri.gei ireuze latouchf fcoulay rie la marthe lucicn buonspate gandin de la lozere arnould de it seat gir^d-fouzbl chou let de la gironde devrnek tl irrry par t ra de ftrdenne chazal c hfflicr j&qrrnot thtilte goulay lucler ihibaulr ll^bot du gard the frcfident then adjourned the council to the 20th of february at th ordinary place of neetiug 6th during adjournment of the legifla live body 1 lie members fliall prefervc their indemnity and their conftitutional fecurity 7th 1 hey may vmhttit lofing jhrjr qua lity as rcprefchtatives 6f the people be employed as miniljers diplcmat'c t gents delegktes of the executive ccnfuiar com mittee and in all other citil functions j hey are even invited in the naa?e of the public good to accept them 8th fcefore % their feparation and during rhe time of their fitting each council fhall name from among their members a commit tee of 29 members oth the committee appointed by the councils tvill in cbnjoncvion with the ex ecutive confulate determine upon all urgent objeds relative to the police legiflation and financff further details of tht fitting if the xah i7 j an t at st chui the principal features pfthti fitting fayi the lien imforme of the 15th we have gi»en with fidelity \\ e are to give fome further traits of the fpeech o t wa not a prepared or didaclic ilicourfe but a rapid fpeech delivared under tht preflute cf circumliances lucien buonsparte pronounced a difcourfe oo the events of the day he deicribed the perpetual effort made by the feditious mem bers of the council to imother the conltha lioa and to fubnitpre in in fte*d a regime of blood and profcriptioiu bculay de la meurthe made in the name of the committee of five t report on the plan which had been referred to them " the council of elder faid he •■ in ordering th removal of the legifhtive body to st cloud had for its object to arrive at • f3»orable goal for maintenance of their li berty tbty have been convinced that there exited great vices in the organization of the conftiiutioo the reprcfcnrativei of thr peo ple mull candidly avow what experience has itfelf proved that theri exift in nur organi uiion vices which froai its ertabliihment has never ceafed to produce detractions in the kepuwlic and with refptti to the iecuri iv of the canftitution it has hitherto failed in it objeft ka£t5 ha»e proved this some months after it vrss put into execution the dirertory wa obliged to make the i2th fruifti.lir and foon afterwards th 2id flo r«al which was alio made net«ffary by the mturesf the choice made at the elections thus there was a treceifity of proceeding fron violation to violation «« it were by ihick his time to coufider of improve ment which produces the neceihty of a pro tjsonal and intermediate ftate which will prepare the means of making the people en joy their right in thtir full extent ville rsrl reported from the committee fropoied thtf following refolution the council of five hundred confldering f fituation of the republic declares that the bufinefs is urgent and adopts thi fol lowing resolutions : article ill there is no longer any exe tutirc dirsdory and ihc iollowins pcrfon *• it is on you alone council of ancients that the faiety of jour country depend that of 500 is delivered over to inteftir,s divifioos i do not conceal it from you that ! never relied on that council where the leaders of the party are notr fitting and whence emilfrrie have at this moment de parted in order to excite a commotion in puris the dangers are prefling e%i!i crc<:fes the minifter cf the i'ciice informs me iliat in vendee feveral places have fsjleit inio ihe havies of the c!.jou3ns n'uch agi tation in the council if i mail cxplaht myfelt more i rot.it name the wen wl.tm [ d ow proceed t mention the diicctcrs h arras and vlaulins have propofrd to me to put myfelf at the head of « party which had lor its o'jjscl to overthrow eli thole l,o entertained liberal ideas the different factions have knocked at my door ; but i lutened to none of them i ffoke to you with the franknefsof * o!dier who baj al waj followed the god of war withct.6 knowing any thing of the arts of hc^ence let not thofc criminsl plans intimidate you reprefentatiwes of the people ; forroonded by m brethren in arms 1 know how to pre serve you from them i can atttd jour ecu rage ,• and you my brave comracieb 10 whom i have been paiimd as an enemy ta liberty you grenadiers whrfe bayonets 1 have 10 of:«o turned to tbt hame ok tuc edcn;y to loth to the committee cf the council of five hucdred wih belong the right of pro pofing and to that of the council of r-idrrs that of fi»cisioning them fltti the two committees will alfo in the order above mentioned regulate the changes in thole parti of the contutuion which experience ina have fliewn to be in convenient or vicious 1 2th thefe change can have no other ob ject but that of conlbiidating and guarantee ing inviolably the sovereignty of the people th republic one and jndivifible the re prefentitives syftcm tie tmifiob of fower liberty equality and the fafety of proper ty 13th the executive confute committee may before the other committees their views upon thefe fubjecis 14th the two committees are charged to prepare a civil code icth their fitting will be held at paris in the palace of the legiflative body and they may be convoked extraordinary lor the ratification of fctcc or in c»ic of grctt public