THE COLTON PAPERS, 13 



SO happily commenced. An officer from every legion is to be sent im- 

 mediately to the Hotel de "\'ille for orders. 



' ' The different armed corps will receive orders from head-quarters, or 

 are to apply there for them. 



" All persons are expressly forbidden, in the name of good order and 

 the public safety, to fire off their arms upon any other occasion than for 

 the defence rendered necessary by the most outrageous aggression upon 

 the public peace and liberty." 



ORDER OF THE DAY. 



" I^et the means of defence be organised in each legion, and let com- 

 munications be established, so that the weakest points mav be most 

 stronglv guarded. Let a reserve be made from such of the legions as 

 are least in danger, and be formed of a moiety of the disposable force, 

 and let the abandoned barracks be as much as possible re-established. 

 Let them be put into relation with tlie envii-ons, so that no person may 

 be permitted to pass beyond the barriers without a permission from the 

 Comraander-in Chief, or from the commission of government. Let a 

 daily return be made to head-quarters of the numbers of each legion, the 

 state of the arms and ammunition. The commandant renews his order 

 to the commanders of legions for them to send daily an officM- with 25 

 men to form the guard at head-quarters. There shall be established at 

 head-quarters a body of 25 young men, to be employed in carrying out 

 orders, and who shall be distinguished by a badge on the arm. 



•' From the Hotel de Ville, this 29th July. Lafayette." 



General Duboui'g, who in the anarchy which reigned during this morn- 

 ing, had been momentarily invested with, or had assumed, the command 

 of the citizens, and was afterwards admitted to a temporary command 

 under the provisional government, issued the following proclamations: — 



" FELLOW CITIZE.NS. 



" You have by universal acclamation elected me to be your general. 

 I will prove mjself worthy of the noble National Guards of Paris. We 

 fight for our laws and liberty. Fellow-citizens ! triumph is certain. I 

 entreat your obedience to the commands of your chiefs. Troops of the 

 line have already surrendered, and some of the regiments of the royal 

 guards are ready to do the same. The traitors who have excited this 

 civil war, and have conceived that they might with impunity massacre 

 the people, will be compelled to render an account before the tribunals for 

 their violation of the laws and for their sanguinary plots. 



" From head-quarters on the Place de la Bourse, which is the general 

 rendezvous, this 2yth July. "General Dubouro." 



ORDEU OF THE DAY. 



"The authorities, who derived their title from the charter, have torn 

 it to pieces, pronounced their own condemnation, and abandoned all their 

 posts ; all good citizens have now only to follow the dictates of their own 

 courage and conscience. The people have taken up arms ; they have 

 luaiiitaineil order, and «tr« on the point of reconquering ull their rights ) 



