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FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Liberty,--Equality,--Fraternity.
The undersigned Representatives remaining at liberty, assembled in
Permanent Session,--
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Considering the arrest of the majority of our colleagues, and the
urgency of the moment:
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Considering that for the accomplishment of his crime Louis Bonaparte
has not contented himself with multiplying the most formidable means of
destruction against the lives and property of the citizens of Paris,
that he has trampled under foot every law, that he has annihilated all
the guarantees of civilized nations:
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Considering that these criminal madnesses only serve to augment the
violent denunciation of every conscience and to hasten the hour of
national vengeance, but that it is important to proclaim the Right:
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Decree:
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ARTICLE I.--The State of Siege is raised in all Departments where it
has been established, the ordinary laws resume their authority.
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ARTICLE II.--It is enjoined upon all military leaders under penalty
of Treason immediately to lay down the extraordinary powers which
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