Marc-Antoine JULLIEN de Paris (1775-1848)... - Lot 214 - Rossini

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Marc-Antoine JULLIEN de Paris (1775-1848)... - Lot 214 - Rossini
Marc-Antoine JULLIEN de Paris (1775-1848) politician and publicist, in charge of important missions during the Terror. L.A.S., Genoa 21 messidor VII (July 9, 1799), to his friend BRIOT of the Conseil des 500; 4 pages large in-fol. on his letterhead and vignette. Very interesting and long letter on the catastrophic situation of Italy, where the army is in a complete destitution. ... "I fear the sleepers more than the alarmists. It is so long that we sleep and that the abyss digs itself... and the conspirators who sold the blood of our soldiers, that of the people, and Switzerland, Italy and France, they triumph... freedom perishes [...] and one did not take yet any decisive measure [...] The army of MACDONALD evacuated Tuscany [....] We do not have any more communication with the unhappy Neapolitan Republic, which is covered with insurrections and which is almost only one Royal Vendée [...] the sad Roman Republic is a gaunt skeleton [...] neither bread, nor gold, nor any energy, nor public spirit "... The insurrection is everywhere, the enemies gain ground; the reinforcements do not come, the anarchy gains the army, etc. "Our way of evacuating is the height of horror. They imposed and looted. [The French name is dishonored, freedom is sullied; we lose everything, even our honor. Jullien draws a critical picture of Italy region by region. He condemns "the impious war of Switzerland and the disastrous and impolitic expedition of Egypt". He outlines a rescue plan, the urgent measures to be taken, indicates laws to be promulgated, and exclaims: "Proclaim the Italian Republic, and you offer a powerful motive to discouraged and desperate men who will know from now on for what interests they will be able to lavish their lives. A Nale assembly and an Italian army will be formed. Don't lose a moment"...
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