He is not, indeed, his
friend, and allowance must, therefore, be made for the high coloring.
But this being abated, the facts and groundwork of the drawing are
just. If the _Tiers_ separate, he goes at the same time; if they stay
together, and succeed in establishing a constitution to their mind, as
soon as that is placed in safety, they will abandon him to the mercy
of the court, unless he can recover the confidence which he has lost at
present, and which, indeed, seems to be irrecoverable.
The inhabitants of St. Domingo, without the permission of the
government, have chosen and sent deputies to the States General. The
question of their admission is to be discussed by the States. In the
mean time, the government had promised them an Assembly in their own
Island, in the course of the present year. The death of the Dauphin, so
long expected, has at length happened. Montmorin told Ternant the other
day, that De Moustier had now asked a _conge_, which would be sent him
immediately. So that unless a change of ministry should happen, he will,
probably, be otherwise disposed of.
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