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thereby placed in a fituation dif- 
ferent, with refpect to the royal 
negative, from what its fucceffors 
might be; the real fact being, that 
the royal power, during their per- 
formance of that duty, was, of ne-- 
ceffity, virtually though not formal- 
ly fufpended: fo that their confti- 
tuent aéts were not to depend upon 
the king’s pleafure or fanétion—-they 
required his direct acceptance, which 
could not be refufed. 
The firft part of the fubje&t be- 
ing thus difpofed of, the poffible or 
probable future confequence of the 
royal fanétion’s being retained or 
abolifhed, became” the fubject of 
difcuffion; and another queftion 
fprung from this, If the king is al- 
lowed to have a negative upon laws, 
fhall that negative be final, or fhall 
it only be {ufpenfive for a limited 
time? 
In the mean time, the fecondary 
agents or leaders of the populace in 
Paris began to interfere openly on 
the queftion of the vero, and on all 
the other points relative to the con- 
ftitution, which were then agitated 
by the affembly; while the crowds 
in their own galleries became every 
day more infolent and outrageous, 
drowning the voice of thofe mem- 
bers whom they did not like, by 
hootings and revilings, and endea- 
vouring to over-awe them by infult 
and menace; while long lifts of 
members who were marked to be 
profcribed, were difperfed not only 
in the capital, but through every 
part of the kingdom. 
The popular fermentation in 
Paris was rifing to the higheft pitch. 
All the old manceuvres which had 
produced fuch extraordinary effect 
in the preceding months of June 
and July, were renewed in the gar- 
dens of the palais royal, and in 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 
1790. 
the adjoining political coffee-houfes. 
The turbulent St. Huruge (for- 
merly an Officer in the king’s fer- 
vice) but noted for the great fhare 
which he had held in all the dif- 
turbances of the capital, propofed 
fo fend a deputation to Verfailles, 
to infift that the king, the dauphin, 
and the national ailembly, fhould 
refide at Paris; and fent deputies 
to the Hotel de Ville, to demand 
the approbation of the reprefentae 
tives affembled there to this mea- _ 
fure. The Hotel de Viile, under 
the influence of M, Bailly, the 
mayor, together with La Fayette, 
‘behaved with fenfe and {pirit upon 
this occafion: the former ftrongly 
prohibited all tumultuous affemblies; - 
and La Fayette, by the afliftance of 
his national guards, gave effect to 
the decree, by committing St, 
Huruge, Tinlot, and fome of the 
molt violent motion - makers and 
agitators to prifon.—Thus was {fe- 
dition fora fhort {pace checked. 
The counts of Clermont 'Ton- 
nere, Lally ollendal, with Mous — 
nier, and other men of eminence, . 
made heavy complaints in the na- 
tional affembly of thofe rebellious 
attempts againft the freedom of the 
king, and of that body itfelf; as 
well as thofe lifts of profcription 
which were every where fpread, in 
cluding the names of all thofe mem- 
bers who wifhed well to the projeé 
of two chambers, or who fupported 
the royal negative; and of the ano- ~ 
nymous letters which they daily re- 
ceived, threatening them with de- ~ 
ftruction. 
Mirabeau, ane fome of his friends, 
faid they had received letters equal~ 
ly violent and threatening, for vet- 
ing againft tithes; and the firft af-, 
fected to treat with the greatelt con- 
tempt and ridicule the panic terrors © 
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