and as they know that the first use which the French made of independence was to attack religion, they look upon their contemporaries with dread, and they recoil in alarm from the liberty which their fellow-citizens are seeking to obtain.
Beren aberrian gizakiak independentziaz baliatuz lehenengo egin duena erlijioari erasotzea izan dela ikusi dutenez, garaikideen beldur dira eta, izuturik, urrundu egiten dira horiek lortu nahi duten askatasunetik.