[6] A resolution, that is, to recognize the Constitution.
[7] Arneth, p. 188; Feuillet de Conches, ii, p. 186.
[8] The letter took several days to write, and was so interrupted that portions of it have three different dates affixed, August 16th, 21st, 26th. Mercy's letter, which incloses Burke's memorial, is dated the 20th, from London, so that the first portion of the queen's letter can not be regarded as an intentional answer to Burke's arguments, though it is so, as embodying all the reasons which influenced the queen.
[9] The manifesto which he left behind him when starting for Montmédy.
[10] The king.
[11] Feuillet de Conches, ii., p. 228; Arneth, p. 203.
[12] The Emperor Leopold died March 1st, 1792.
[13] The declaration of Pilnitz, drawn up by the emperor and the King of Prussia at a personal interview, August 21st, 1791, did not in express words denounce the new Constitution (which, in fact, they had not seen), but, after declaring "the situation of the King of France to be a matter of common interest to all European sovereigns," and expressing a hope that "the reality of that interest will be duly appreciated by the other powers whose assistance they invoke," they propose that those other powers "shall employ, in conjunction with their majesties, the most efficacious means, in order to enable the King of France to consolidate in the most perfect liberty the foundation of a monarchical government, conformable alike to the rights of sovereigns and the well-being of the French nation."— Alison, ch. ix., Section 90.
[14] Arneth, p. 208.
[15] Ibid, p. 210; Feuillet de Conches, ii., p. 325.