MARINUS SMISSAERT

The assembly [post-revolutionary Dutch ruling body] has been reduced to a disastrous struggle between two opposed parties, each busy tearing each other apart. I can find nothing in its business but self-interest, cabals, and underhand plots.

The assembly [post-revolutionary Dutch ruling body] has been reduced to a disastrous struggle between two opposed parties, each busy tearing each other apart. I can find nothing in its business but self-interest, cabals, and underhand plots.