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perfidy, and the Queen of treach- 
ery. 
It was now resolved by the dis- 
graced ministers, the mayor of Pa- 
ris, and other leading men among 
the Jacobins, since they could not 
have a camp of twenty thousand 
men, to have twenty thousand men 
without a camp. An immense 
multitude, collected from the diffe- 
rent quarters of Paris, and armed 
with pikes, axes, swords, musquets, 
and artillery, marched in a body, 
June 20th, 1792, towards the Thuil- 
leries, in order to force the King to 
sanction the two decress ; the one 
relating to therefractory priests, the 
other to the camp near Paris. A 
part of this body, armed as they 
were, marched in parade through 
the hall of the Assembly, which did 
not blush to applaud the lawless 
and unruly procession; from whence 
they repaired to the square of the 
Carousel, in front of the palace, and 
demanded admittance for the pur- 
pose of presenting their petition to 
his Majesty. The gates of the 
Thuilleries were thrown open at 
four o’clock in the afternoon. The 
multitude entered violently into the 
palace and apartments of his Ma- 
jesty ; while six thousand of the 
national guards in arms, stood look- 
ers on. Petion the mayor, the 
mob being expected, was absent on 
purpose ; so that no orders could be 
given for opposing force to force. 
They presented the red bonnet of 
liberty tothe King, which he cheer- 
fully put on; and the Queen with 
the greatest condescensiondistribut- 
ed among them ribbands and May- 
branches, the new test of patriotism. 
Many acts of rudenessand insolence 
were committed, and evidentsymp- 
toms were manifested of an inten- 
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tion to assassinate the royal family. 
The King owed his life to his pre- 
sence of mind and cool courage; 
the Queen, hers to the dignity of 
her manners and appearance ; and 
the Princess Elizabeth, tothe gen- 
ral respect due to hercharacter, and 
the admiration inspired by the he- 
roic manner in which she exposed 
her own life to save that of the 
Queen. Certain wretches insult- 
ed the Princess, mistaking her for 
her Majesty. ‘* Do not undeceive 
them,”’ said the Princess to her 
attendants, “it will prevent them 
from attacking the Queen.” The 
firmness of his Majesty once more 
defeated the projects of the Jaco- 
bins. It is worthy of remark, that 
though this scene lasted from four 
to nine in the evening, and that 
upwards of $0,000 armed men were 
computed to have ranged freely 
over the palace, nothing was found 
missing, nor the most trifling article 
of furniture removed from its place. 
A political enthusiasm had for a 
time swallowed up every passion ; 
not as afterwards, when ali princi- 
ple seemed to be laid aside, and no- 
thing else to be pursued than the 
means of selfish and sensual gratifi- 
cation. The decrees were not 
sanctioned. The conduct of the 
King was generally applauded, and 
the leaders of the mob covered with 
disgrace. Hardly had the rabble 
gone out of the palace, when those 
even of the lowest class, who had 
not taken any part in the insurrec- 
tion, expressed their indignation 
against those who had; and at the 
same time their admiration of the 
conduct, courage, and moderation 
of the King and royal family. A 
proclamation, drawn up by Fer- 
riar de Monciel, just appointed mi- 
nister 
