hiitoricai chranicif. 



There are some other clau- 

 ses of lefs consequence which 

 are omitted for want of room. 

 Aug. 19. Some soldiers of the 

 army of M.la Fayette being ad- 

 mitted to the bar, informed the 

 aisembly, that they were obli- 

 ged to make their escape thro' 

 a wood to avoid being seduced 

 by their chiefs, and that they 

 had come to Paris to learn the 

 truth respecting the events of 

 the loth. They said that M. 

 Veneur had written to the bat- 

 talions in the name of M. la 

 Fayette to the following pur- 

 port : 



" Soldiers ! your constituti- 

 on ha« been annihilated I Sedi- 

 tious men have filled the mea- 

 sures of their crimes. They 

 have caused the Swifs soldiers, 

 and the commandant of the na- 

 tional guards, to be afsafsina- 

 ted. With swords in their 

 hands, they have compelled the 

 legislative body to decree the 

 suspension of the king. Sol- 

 iliers I choose between the King 

 and Petion." 



They added that M. la Fay- 

 ette wiihed to make them sign 

 a paper written in the same 

 strain, and requested that the 

 afsembly would prevent the 

 perfidious designs of this gene- 

 ral. 



M. Merlin presented fifty 

 different pieces to support this 

 Accusation. 



Two letters, and in particu- 

 lar one from the commifsioners 

 sent to the army, being addu- 



ced, to corroborate these char- 

 ges, the afsembly immediately 

 pafsed the following decree ot 

 accusation against M. la Fay- 

 ette : 



I. It appears to this afscm- 

 bly that there is just ground 

 for accusation against M.'la 

 Fayette, heretofore comman- 

 der of the army of the north. 



II. The executive power 

 (hall, in the most expeditious 

 manner pofsible, put the pre- 

 sent decree into execution \ 

 and all constituent authorities, 

 all citizens, and all soldiers, 

 are hereby enjoined, by every 

 means in their power, to se- 

 cure his person. 



III. Th . afsembly forbids 

 the army of the north any lon- 

 ger to acknowledge him as ge- 

 neral, or to obey his orders ; 

 and strictly enjoins that no per- 

 son whatsoever fhall furniihany 

 thing for the troops, or pay 

 any money for their use, but 

 by the orders of M. Dumourier. 



M. Dillon has retracted his 

 orders, and implicitly yitlds to 



the new order of things. 



Sunday Aug. 19. — Evening. 

 An addrefs to the army of the 

 north, in the form of a procla- 

 mation, was voted, to inform 

 the troops of the nr^ture and 

 causes of the events of the loth 

 instant, and prevent them from 

 being misled by false sugges- 

 tions. 



Several complaints were re- 

 ceived against the conduct of 

 general Dillon, and the decree 



