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The Kentucky Gazette
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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French consul in Boston, Mozard, declares a pamphlet extract published in the Centinel, falsely attributed to General Hoche and the French Directory, as fabricated. It allegedly incites plundering England. Mozard affirms French respect for religion, persons, and property in conquered territories and intends to prosecute the author. Dated April 19, 1797.
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Consular office of the French republic,
for the States of New-Hampshire,
Massachusetts, R. Island, and Connecticut.
The undersigned consul of the
French republic in Boston, declares,
that the piece published in this day's
Centinel, 30th Germinal (10th of April
1797, O. S.) under the title of an Ex-
tract from a pamphlet now in circula-
tion in France published by order of the
Directory, and addressed to the people,
signed Hoche,* is absolutely false;-
That the government of the French re-
public never avowed, but incessantly
withstood the principles which this
despicable writer supposes them to
pursue. In those countries that have
been conquered by the victorious arms
of the Republic, religion, persons, and
property have been invariably res-
pected.
The undersigned proposes to take
the order of his government, for pros-
ecution the author of this false pub-
lication which it would be needless to
demonstrate the absurdity of.
The good citizens despise erroneous
opinions, that may spring from party
spirit and hatred towards a republi-
can form of government; but if un-
der pretence of the liberty of the press,
the community were to tolerate the
insertion of false pieces, given as au-
thentic ones, these forgers would per-
haps soon emit bank bills, under the
same cloak.
MOZARD.
Boston, Germinal 30th, 5th
year of the French Repub-
lic, (April 19th, 1797,
O. S.)
*The publication alluded to is as fol-
lows.
Courageous Citizens,
England is the richest country in
the world and we give it up to you to
be plundered. You shall march to the
capital of that haughty nation. You
shall plunder their national bank of
its immense heaps of gold. You shall
seize upon all public and private pro-
perty—upon their warehouses—their
magazines—their stately mansions—
and gilded palaces; and you shall re-
turn to your own country loaded with
the spoils of the enemy.
This is the only method left to
bring them to our terms. When they
are humbled, then we shall dictate
what terms are proper, and they must
accept them.
Behold what our Brave army in Ita-
ly are doing—they are enriched with
the plunder of that country? and they
will be more so when Rome bestows
what, if she does not, will be taken by
force. Your country, brave citizens,
will not demand a particle of the rich-
ess you shall bring from Great-Britain.
Take what you please—it shall be all
your own. Arms and ammunition you
shall have, and vessels to carry you o-
ver. Once landed you will soon find
the way to London.
HOCHE.
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France
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Germinal 30th, 5th Year Of The French Republic (April 19th, 1797, O. S.)
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the french government declares the pamphlet false and proposes prosecution of its author.
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The French consul in Boston declares a published extract from a pamphlet, signed Hoche and supposedly issued by the Directory, as absolutely false. The government never avowed the principles of plundering in conquered countries and has respected religion, persons, and property. The consul will seek orders to prosecute the forger. The false piece incites citizens to plunder England, referencing enrichments in Italy.