33^ National Affemhly: Nov. 9. 



King's entering the hall, the members rofe — on, the King's 

 fpeaking, they fat down, covered." This was adopted. 



An officer announced the King's arrival, who immediately 

 entered the hall, accompanied by all his minifters, without any 

 .'''her decoration than the crofs of St Louis. The Aflembly 

 ftood up, the King feated himfelf befide the Prefident, and ad- 

 drtfied the Aflembly in the following words : 



" I come folemnly to confecrate my acceptance of the new 

 conftitutional code. In confeqiience of which I fiuear (the 

 members now iat down) to be faithful to the nation, and to the 

 lavj — to employ all the ponjuer iviih ivhich I am entrufled in 

 ■maintaintn;^ the conflitution decreed by the National AJfembly, and 

 to caufe the la-us to be executed." 



The King fat down, and the hall refounded with applaufes, 

 after which he proceeded : 



" May this great and memorable epoch be that of the re-efta- 

 b'iftiment of ptace and union, and become the balis of the wel- 

 fare of the people, and of the profperity of the empire !" 



The hall refounded for fevera! minutes with applaufes, and 

 {bouts of Fii'e le Roi ! 



The Prefident ftanding, faid, " Abufes of long Handing, which 

 had triumphed over the good intentions of the beft of Kings, 

 and had unceafmgly braved the authority of the throne, had 

 opprcfTcd France. (The King remained fitting, and the Preii- 

 dent fat down, and proceeded) — Depolitary of the wiflies, of the 

 right", and of the power of the people, the National AlTembly 

 has eftabhilied, by the deftrudtion of all abufes, the folid batis of 

 public profperity. Sjre, what this Aflembly has decreed, the 

 national concurrence has ratified. The moft complete execu- 

 tion of its decrees in all parts of the empire attefts the general 

 fentiment. It deranges the weak plans of thofe whom difcon- 

 tcnt has too Ion? kept blind to their own interefts. It pro- 

 niifesto your Majefty, that your wilhes for the welfare of the 

 French will no longer be vain. 



« The National Aflembly has nothing more to defire on this 

 ever-memorable day, in which you complete, in its bofom, by 

 the mcfl fokmu en^ragement, the acceptation of conflitiuional 

 royalty. It is the attachment of the French, it is their confi-, 

 dence, who confer upon you that pure and refpedlable title to 

 the moft defireable crown in the univerfe ; and what fecures 

 it to ycu, Sire, is the unperiiliable authority of a conflitution 

 freely decreed. It is the invincible force of a people who feel 

 them'fclves worthy of liberty ; iten:abli{hes the neceflity which 

 fo great a nation will always have of an hereditary monarchy. 



«' When your Majefty, wailing from experience the lig 

 which are about to be ipread by the pradical refult of the con- 

 ftituticn, promife's to maintain it within, and to defend it from 

 attacks from withcut, ti.e naMon., frufiing both to the jullice of 



