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aunts from Paris. Nor were they satisfied by the de. 
claration of Louis, that, as the laws did not lay them 
under any restraint, he did not oppose their departure. 
They naturally ence hes the King had a design 
‘ following them, and of joining an emigrant 5 
which was Dow collecting on the borders of Alsace. 
All his motions were watched with so much jealousy, 
that, on the 18th of April, as the royal family were 
preparing to go to St Cloud, a rt was § that 
they were about to emigrate, and their were 
immediately surrounded and stopt by the people, La 
Fayette upon this, called out the national guard, . but 
they refused to act; and he was so much hurt at their 
refusal, that he resigned his command ; nor was he, 
without a very general and pressing solicitation, pre- 
vailed upon to accept it again. ‘ " 
The suspicions of the people respecting the intended 
flight of the royal party were well founded ; but it was 
delayed, till it was hoped it might be effected safely and 
certainly.. The Marquis de Bouillée, who commanded 
on the frontiers, removed the pera ua and re- 
ced them by such troops as he could de upon ; 
and in the whole of peng ta which the royal party 
were to pursue, every thing which could facilitate their 
escape had been pre with as much order and se- 
crecy as possible, the 21st of June, it was ascer- 
tained that the royal family had left the capital in.such 
a secret manner, that no doubt could be entertained of 
their intention ‘of quitting France, Immediately all 
was consternation and commotion, mixed with unbri- 
dled fury, among the populace. The National As- 
sembly were more cool and composed: they declared 
their sittings permanent, and assumed the government, 
As the route of the royal fygitives was unknown, 
messengers were dispatched in all directions. Their fate 
was not long in s . Monsieur and Madame 
arrived safely at Brussels; but the King, Queen, and 
Dauphin were arrested at Varennes, within a very short 
distance of the frontiers, This unfortunate att eX- 
cited in the multitude such an abhorrence of the King, 
whom they suspected of an intention to join the emi- 
grant army, and to invade France, that his most san- 
guine friends could now no longer hope he would re- 
gain their confidence or loyalty ; and this feeling of the 
multitude was cherished and exasperated by all those, 
who were determined to destroy even the name and ves 
tiges of a monarchy, and to substitute in its room, ei- 
ther an undefined and spomulayy democracy; or the 
unrestrained power of the mob; for about this period, 
those men began silently and secretly to. use their influ- 
ence, who afterwards P unged France into am unparal- 
leled state of crime and wretchedness. 
As the plan for the King’s flight had: been well ar- 
ranged, and consequently its success had been antici- 
, many of his friends , who had hitherto remained 
in France, now emi The Marquis de Bouillée, 
who was one of these, afterwards sent a very foolish and 
mischievous letter to the National Assembly, in which 
he denounced ven, ce to them, and the utter destruc 
tion of Paris, if lives of the royal family were in 
r. He added, that he would conduct the foreign 
armies into France, and that his letter was but the fore- 
runner of the manifesto of the sovereigns of Europe. 
As danger from abroad was nt aphabenigy 
the National Assembly considered it their duty to guard 
against it by every possible preparation ; but it was al- 
eo desirable to rouse the passions of the multitude to. 
such a pitch, as would induce them to come forward, 
as with one heart, in defence of their country. The 
FRANCE. 
letter of the Marquis de Bouillée had in some degree _ History 
this effect; but their purpose was still more y > 
answered, by the circulation in France of what was call- 
ed the treaty of Pilnitz, The authenticity of this Treaty of 
treaty has been denied; but whether authentic or not, Pilsits. 
as it produced a wonderful effect on the French nation, 
it requires to be noticed. Speenerte We aepertit 
tion treaty between certain of the powers of Europe, by 
which they agreed to make. war on France, and to re- 
compense themselves for the ces of the war, and 
the restoration of Louis to his fall authority, by annex- 
ing certain parts of the territories of France to their own 
dominions, In the mean time, the National Assembly, 
on the 3d_ of y uted the new constitu- 
tion to the King. For reasons already stated, it is un- 
necessary to give the details of it, especially as the lead- 
ng pencinien oe ue = is 9 ap noti- 
ore. The Ki i acupies the constitu- 
tion, the National Apmis Posen itself on the 30th 
of September. From its principal and professed: object 
having been the formation of a constitution, it is gene- 
rally denominated the Constituent Assembly. vey 
' The next Assembly, which was elected according to Meeting of 
the forms nae § in the new constitution, met on ‘e 
the 7th of October. The members of it were entirely 6=°r>¥ 
new, as the members of the Constituent Assembly, by 
their own decrees, were excluded from holding seats in 
it. One of their first decrees respected the emigrants, 
who were assembling in considerable numbers on the 
frontiers of France: the punishment of death was des 
nounced against them, if they should continue thus af- ~ 
ter the Ist ay-aqg 1792. Severe pores onan 
passed nst e refractory clergy, or those who re« 
fused Pa the civic oath; but the King refused to 
sanction these decrees, In order to ify this refu- 
sal, he intimated to the Assembly, that the Elector of 
Treyes, on whose territories the emi ‘ 
commencement of the following year. T intimation 
ve considerable satisfaction, and in some measure, 
er aoat time, restored the popularity of the King. 
tious, and per! am da howevy 
cir igh ceca wah teeee. But it was ims 
ible that Louis could long retain his popularity ; 
Fe! ce of those who 
by, Go. neat Sens eters 
an 
of November. At this time the mayoralty of Bailly 
expired; the candidates were La Fayette and Pe- 
tion ; a very few months before, the popularity of the 
former was so great, that no person would have wished 
oF sierecigo hare opposed him ; — Petion, a vio# 
ent republican, was elected mayor by a great majority. 
Ie ie evident from this, that the republiaens wet Oso 
not strong, but well organised ; in parties: 
Gait ier apine Sima, hemo ttt i 
the place of their assembling, they had received or as~ 
sumed the name of Jacodius... To. oppose them, some 
Among them were Rabaud, Sieyes, 
Talleyrand, Montesquieu, &c, 
