Journal de la société de 1789 - Nº II by Condorcet et al.
Journal de la société de 1789 - Nº II by Condorcet et al.. is a revolutionary political periodical issue written in the late 18th century. It brings together essays, legislative commentary, local correspondence, and a technical report from members of the Société de 1789. The issue centers on the emerging French constitutional order, with a sharp focus on religious liberty, the division of war-and-peace powers, public order, and industrial progress. The lead
essay argues for absolute freedom of conscience and against any state-backed “national” religion, urging civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, a common moral education free from priestly control, and state oversight of publicly funded clergy to prevent clerical corporatism. A second, extensive piece examines the decree on delegating the right of peace and war, parsing how king and legislature should share initiative, sanction, and veto; it warns of dangers on both sides, critiques the veto’s ambiguities, and proposes safeguards such as a public renunciation of conquest, clearer ministerial responsibility, a citizen army, and removing the king from direct military command—offering the policy as a model of peace for Europe. The correspondence section reports curés in Civray organizing a public denunciation of writings they deem injurious to religion while affirming fidelity to the National Assembly. The final article outlines a new French manufacture of soda from sea salt made viable by the end of the salt tax, highlighting by‑products (muriatic acid and sal ammoniac), their uses in bleaching, glass, and soap, and the promise of replacing imports and attracting investors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de, 1743-1794 |
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| Author | Grouvelle, Philippe-Antoine, 1757-1806 |
| Author | Hassenfratz, J. H. (Jean-Henri), 1755-1827 |
| Author | Pressac de la Chagnaye, Louis-François-Dominique-Norbert, 1751-1822 |
| Title | Journal de la société de 1789 - Nº II |
| Original Publication | Paris: Lejay fils, Libraire, 1790. |
| Credits | Claudine Corbasson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | DC: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: France, Andorra, Monaco |
| Subject | France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78080 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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