Excerpt from The Political Writings of Joel Barlow: Containing, Advice to the Privileged Orders; Letter to the National Convention; Letter to the People of Piedmont; The Conspiracy of Kings The Revolution in F rance certainly comes re commended to us under one afpee't which renders it at fir view extremely inviting: it is the work of argument and rational conviction, not of the wrd. The ultima ratio regum had nothing to do with it. It was an operation defigned for the be nefit of the people it originated in the people, and was condueted by the people. It had therefore a legitimate origin and this Circum hnce entitles it to our ferions contemplation, on two accounts: becaufe there is fomething venerable in the idea, and becaufe other nations, in fimilar circumflances, will Certainly be difpofed to imitate it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."