Talk:.NzI.MjY1NDc

What good will a wise constitution do for a malnourished people ravaged by famine?

	What good will it do for the People to have avoided the yoke of Aristocrats, of which a part, at least, used to nourish them, if the inhumanity of the rich will let them perish in misery? 
           What use will be the arms of those with property to 20 million men without property? 

If you do not confine yourself to only defending the properties of the rich which surely would not be defending the Fatherland, if you entrust weapons for the defense of all to men whose sole property is their person, at the very least, make sure that this property, the most sacred of all, be respected always. Quickly open workshops everywhere and set a wage for the workers Prohibit with the most threatening prohibitions the introduction of foreign merchandise to force rich employers, whom their luxury devours, to employ all their fellow Citizens.

            Give the people land to work upon, do not trust the ambivalent help offered by an inattentive humanity.  
            Let the Laws promptly create an exchange of wealth between the rich and the poor, who will guard and defend them.
            Establish a provisional tax that will be collected by the Commanders of Militiamen; place it in municipal Accounts and deliver it to non-property owning Militiamen as payment for their services to other poor people, to reduce their misery.
           Then you will be able to employ men without private property for the defense of the Fatherland because a solid subsistence will ensure that they are committed to you.
            These Artisans, these Day Laborers, these Plowmen, 15 million poor people will be loyal to you, because