It is the enemies of the Revolution who urge it to these frivolities in order that they may have the right to accuse it of frivolity and thoughtlessness.

They thus give patriotism the appearance of faction, and these emblems divide those they should rally.

However great the vogue that counsels them to-day, they will never be universally adopted, for every man really devoted to the public welfare will be quite indifferent to a _bonnet rouge_.

Liberty will neither be more majestic nor more glorious in this garb, but the very signs with which you adorn her will serve as a pretext for dissension amongst her children.

A civil war, commencing in sarcasm and ending in bloodshed, may be caused by a ridiculous manifestation.