Leloir Valenciennes In 1792 Saint Amand Les Eaux Général Moreton Verdun Condé

Description: Extremely rare old newspaper of the French Revolution published in Valenciennes on September 12, 1792 Argus of the department and the army of the North, free and impartial newspaper written by the Valenciennes revolutionary François Melletier. Extraordinary text on the battles of the Army of the North. Fascinating document on the situation of the commune of Valenciennes Superb text on the commune of Saint Amand. Rare historical document on the French revolution in the North. • General Moreton • Northern Army • Verdun • Valenciennes • Luckner • Condé on the Escault • Le Quesnoy Many other texts to discover see photo • Superb original period historical document of 8 pages • we only sell authentic documents • We accept payment by check We have many historical documents on the French Revolution, the Ancien Régime and the Empire to discover in our EBay store. Please feel free to subscribe to our profile on eBay to receive new listings first. Protected shipping. The editor of this daily, François Melletier, seems a follicular wanderer: born in Lyon in 1760, he married in Rouen in 1786, he lived in Valenciennes in 1792, and became an influential member of the Society of Friends of the Constitution. He then launched, on April 2, 1792, L'Ami Jacques, Argus du Département et de l'Armée du Nord, printed by Henri Prignet, in Valenciennes. Its prospectus sets out its objectives: “To thwart the plans of the factions and propagate good constitutional principles, this is the goal of my enterprise and, to achieve it, as a true Argus, I will have a constant eye on the steps and the shameful actions of the aristocracy, another on the firm, assured and glorious march of patriotism.” 3He promised to transcribe, “accurately and free of charge”, the speeches delivered during the important sessions of the Society of Friends of the Constitution which, moreover, sponsored his initiative. A few days later, on April 7, 1792, he specified his mission: to publish a political propaganda journal intended to strengthen patriotism; “those who wish to cooperate in my work and send me notes and opinions likely to enlighten and instruct their fellow citizens are invited to do so.” On April 10, he proclaimed: “War is necessary, war is inevitable.” On June 18, 1792, Melletier completed his profession of faith: “the war to which the nation has been called and even forced, must therefore interest all French people indiscriminately; it is important for everyone to take some part in it.” It is not impossible that this sheet of political and patriotic propaganda was inspired, or even subsidized, by the Minister of External Relations, in particular by Dumouriez, the Cambrésian general. 4L'Ami Jacques appeared from April 2, 1792 to February 1, 1793, 234 issues lasting less than a year. Its title, imitated from Beffroy de Reigny, the Arrageois publicist, underwent several modifications but retained, at all times, the expression Argus of the department and the army of the North. Like most military sheets, Ami Jacques, with its reduced dimensions (18 cm x 11 cm), has eight pages, sometimes with a supplement; it appears every day except Sunday. It is printed by Henri Prignet, printer in the town of Valenciennes, member of the Friends of the Constitution. In June 1792, Melletier acquired a wooden press and the equipment to print 3,000 sheets in 24 hours. The price of the subscription – we would say subscription – is 34 pounds for a year, 18 pounds for a semester, 9 pounds for a quarter, postage free, distribution by post. These sums are high: the pay of a volunteer did not exceed, in the best case, 12 to 15 cents per day. The Argus was aimed at officers more than soldiers, but collective reading was possible and the transmission of information was done orally. The audience likely included readers from Valenciennes and other towns in the region. It competed with Parisian newspapers and, from July to September 1792, with the Trompette de L'Armée du Nord, distributed to enlisted men. 5Melletier obtained his own information by drawing on the gazettes published in Paris, in French and foreign capitals, and in military camps. He was helped in writing by Chesneau, a volunteer with the 3rd battalion of Paris. He was aware of the role of propaganda in the armies, as evidenced by one of his exergues: “The effect of a press in the Army is as good as that of a cannon”. * * * 6The content of the 234 issues is varied: it includes military, political, religious, local and miscellaneous information. We will only examine political news here, although it is arbitrary to separate them from military considerations, since this newspaper was born in the warlike atmosphere of April 1792. Melletier proclaimed: “Despots are armed against us... ", and, on April 20: "Here at last is this crisis which will give freedom to Europe or take it away forever from France." This is how the objective of the struggle is defined: the liberation of Europe; thus the seriousness of the issue is underlined: the safeguarding of France's freedom. The means consist of stimulating the patriotism and courage of the combatants, of making the soldier a missionary capable of converting foreign peoples to the revolutionary ideal. Melletier was not convinced by Robespierre's argument: “The most extravagant idea that can arise in the head of a politician is to believe that it is enough for an entire people to enter by force into a foreign people to make them adopt their laws and their constitution. Nobody likes armed missionaries.”2 Marcel REINHARD, “Observations on the revolutionary role of the army in the Revolution”, AHR (...) 7Melletier wants to instill in our soldiers a solid and militant faith by immersing them in an appropriate atmosphere: planting freedom trees, taking oaths, civic festivals, reading patriotic sheets, attending clubs, etc. L’Argus comments on this civic pedagogy2.3 Louis TRENARD, “The periodical press in Flanders in the 18th century”, Dix-huitième siècle, n° 1, 196 (...) 8Unlike other periodicals, the Argus reserves little space for information from the capital; he briefly inserts under the heading “Bulletin de Paris”, a series of decisions or decrees taken by the Legislative Assembly, but rarely comments on them3. His articles reflect the political position of the editor, in an opportunist tone: he recalls his attachment to the constitutional monarchy established by the National Assembly in 1791; however, on April 11, 1792, under the title "Explanation on the word republican", he specifies that to be republican is to behave as an adversary of émigrés and rebels and he completes this negative criterion with the idea that republicanism is confused with virtue, a concept inspired by Antiquity and which Robespierre also expounds. 9A supporter of Pétion de Villeneuve, the Mayor of Paris, the Argus protests against the “infamous folliculars” belonging to the Saint-Joseph Section, who tend to discredit this moderate monarchist. In mid-April, Melletier gave for the first time the report of the sessions of the Assembly and specified the financial efforts in favor of the army: improvement in pay, decree on the establishment of military hospitals, patriotic donations. .. Abruptly, without explanation, he abandoned this section and focused his attention on the preparations for the offensive entrusted to the armies of the North; it reproduces, in its supplement, a letter from Auguste Prouveur de Pont, deputy from Valenciennes, reporting the resignation of Marshal de Rochambeau, the appointment of Marshal de Luckner, prescribing the measures to be taken to avoid new failures, similar to those of Mons and Baisieux. “Traitors must be punished.” Was the letter published because it came from a former resident councilor of the City of Valenciennes and Member of the States of Hainaut? Was it provoked? In the same spirit, on May 24, the Argus broadcast a letter from Minister Roland de lu Platière addressed to patriotic societies: “Courage, morals and education”, it is a call to the duty of the citizen but also to the soldier defending his property, which corresponds well to the ideal of those who will soon be called the Girondins. 10Attached to the Constitution and monarchical loyalty, Melletier believes that Louis XVI finds himself at the mercy of the plotters who infest the capital and he agrees with the Parisian Jacobins who, speaking of the attitude of Théobald Dillon, at the Pas de Baisieux, declare: “This betrayal is the ring of a great plan whose main creators are here in Paris”; the goal of these factions is to re-establish the nobility, to create an upper house, to introduce bicameralism, to initiate the return of the abuses of the Ancien Régime. Although the word is not used, the Argus denounces the intentions of the Feuillants who had just received the support of La Fayette; the general admitted to being ready to march on the capital with his troops to disperse the Jacobins. 119A supporter of Pétion de Villeneuve, the Mayor of Paris, the Argus protests against the “infamous folliculars” belonging to the Saint-Joseph Section, who tend to discredit this moderate monarchist. In mid-April, Melletier gave for the first time the report of the sessions of the Assembly and specified the financial efforts in favor of the army: improvement in pay, decree on the establishment of military hospitals, patriotic donations. .. Abruptly, without explanation, he abandoned this section and focused his attention on the preparations for the offensive entrusted to the armies of the North; it reproduces, in its supplement, a letter from Auguste Prouveur de Pont, deputy from Valenciennes, reporting the resignation of Marshal de Rochambeau, the appointment of Marshal de Luckner, prescri

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