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The image designated by the King of France for this seventy-third article: the tribes and foreign settlements from France to populate other lands and settle therein shall be governed by other laws and policies. The seventy-fourth article: every King of France shall swear upon his accession to the French throne that he will not deviate from these conditions. However, these conditions have undergone changes and alterations since the last sedition that occurred in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, according to the country's history. Refer to the chapter on the French uprising and their demand for liberty and equality. This concludes. If you reflect, you will see that most of what is in these conditions is precious, and in any case, his command is effective among the French. We shall mention here some observations, saying: His statement in the first article, "All Frenchmen are equal before the law," means that all those present in the lands of France, whether high or low, are not differentiated in the application of the judgments mentioned in the law. It is true that legal proceedings can be brought against the King, and the judgment is executed upon him, even if he is great. Look at this first article, for it has great authority in establishing justice, aiding the oppressed, and satisfying the poor, as it is organized with regard to the application of judgments. This matter almost became a concise statement among the French, and it is clear evidence of the high degree of justice they have reached and their advancement in modern manners. What they call liberty and desire is precisely what we call justice and fairness. This is because the meaning of ruling by liberty is to establish equality in judgments and laws, such that no one is above the law, but rather the laws are the court and the consideration. This country is free, as the poet says: And justice has filled its regions, * And in it, purity and loyalty follow.

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