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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On April 17, France's Council of Five Hundred debated and approved a Directory message urging completion of the 200,000-man conscription levy to counter coalition pressures and achieve peace, granting the Directory powers to draw from additional classes.
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COUNCIL OF FIVE HUNDRED.
Sitting of April 17.
In pursuance of the President's invitation, the Council resolved itself into a General Committee, to hear the reading of a Message from the Directory.
At three o'clock the sitting became public, and a second reading of the Message was called for. The proposition was opposed by a great number of members, and the question being put, the President declared it was negatived.
Remonstrances and murmurs, were heard from all quarters of the Council.
Fabre (de l'Aude) asked why the message, which contained nothing that ought to be concealed, and only stated as a certainty that the levy of the 200,000 men was not complete, should not be read?
The President once more put the question on the reading of the message, and it was carried in the affirmative. The substance of it is as follows:
'The Executive Directory thinks it its duty to acquaint you, Citizen Representatives, that notwithstanding all the activity and care employed in the execution of the laws with respect to the Conscription, the levy of 200,000 men is not entirely effected, and that the lists are still far from being completed. But the greatness of the efforts made by the coalition requires that we should rapidly call into action all our resources, in order to force it to the conclusion of a general peace.
The pressure of the circumstances is known to you, it is a matter of instant urgency to give to the Directory the power of taking from the 2d and 3d class the number of men necessary to complete the levy. You also will form a judgment that it is in want of a certain latitude of acting to ascertain the result of that measure.—It thinks necessary to declare, that it cannot be delayed without exposing the Republic to danger, and compromising the glory of her arms, and the safety of her allies. By assuring to our arms a great superiority, the measure may also spare the effusion of blood, and finally compel our enemies to respect us.'
The Council declared the urgency of the message, and directed it should be carried into effect.
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France
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April 17
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the council declared the urgency of the message and directed it to be carried into effect.
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The Council of Five Hundred, after initial opposition, read and approved a message from the Executive Directory stating that the levy of 200,000 men under conscription was incomplete. The Directory requested powers to draw additional men from the 2nd and 3d classes to counter coalition efforts and secure peace, emphasizing the urgency to avoid danger to the Republic.