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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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French National Assembly member Giraud delivers a speech on October 18 advocating aggressive war against England, demanding indemnity, and proposing to seize Hanover to weaken British power.
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" It is therefore against England that our views ought to be directed. No peace with her, without an indemnity for the evils which she has occasioned; and this indemnity can only be obtained by force of arms: by that means the eyes of the British nation will be gradually opened to the encroachments of the executive power, and the people will at length destroy the influence of corruption. Either this effect will soon be produced, or the proud Briton, who has hitherto boasted that his country is the noblest in the world, will be forced to confess that it is the vilest.
But it is necessary that we should accelerate the event, by depriving George of one of his means—I mean the Electorate of Hanover. This Electorate ought to be used for the destruction of the British Leopard. In this treaty, we ought to stipulate for a free passage for our victorious armies, in order that we may be enabled to seize this possession of the Head of the House of Brunswick, who, deprived of this resource, and of the power of subsidizing the Princes of Germany, will soon be forced to bend beneath the genius of the Republic."
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France
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18th Ult.
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Giraud's speech in the National Assembly urges directing French efforts against England, rejecting peace without indemnity obtained by force of arms, aiming to open British eyes to corruption and destroy it, or force Britain to admit its vileness. He proposes accelerating this by depriving George of the Electorate of Hanover, using it to destroy the British Leopard, stipulating free passage for French armies to seize it, leaving the Head of the House of Brunswick unable to subsidize German princes and forcing submission to the Republic.