10 Jeanette Needham. 
states—to weaken their position either by re-reading the arbi- 
trary articles or by granting them any discussion.‘ Apparently, 
no opportunity was to be given members who might be favorable 
to the government’s plans to express themselves or to cause 
any noticeable dissension in the ranks of the assembly. Bailly 
makes the further statement that some did propose to annex 
the documents-to the minutes with the remark, ‘‘ pour mémoire;”’ 
others with the note, ‘‘pour y recourir en cas de besoin.’”!! The 
assembly, however, would not vouchsafe them even so much 
attention as that and, presumably as the result of due delibera- 
tion, decreed simply to append them tothe record of the day’s 
proceedings, where they may be found.” 
Neither attempt of the government to influence the action of 
the assembly through official communications resulted in any 
acknowledgment of its policy. Rather, the spirit of persistency 
in the assembly had been strengthened. But the attempts to 
infringe upon the liberty of the commons through the presence 
of armed troops was more formidable than any other means 
the government had used, not only on grounds of the possible 
consequences for the national assembly, but also of the probable 
effect upon the inflammable populace of the city. From the 
time of convening, feeling against the military occupation of 
the hall seems to have run high and it was perfectly natural 
that this feeling should find definite expression in some action 
of the assembly. Bailly must have been much aroused, for he 
reports that even before the opening of the session, he had 
A iets RB BRAIN 
10 Bailly, I, 227. While Bailly is mainly dependent upon the Point du jour, ‘4 
Courrier de Provence, and Procés-verbal, in this instance he had some other a 
account or else memory served him on this point. The order of events in of 
Bailly differs from that in the Procés-verbal. In the latter, the record of the e. 
reception of the documents comes immediately after the reading of the two < 
letters. Bailly says: ‘‘ Aprés Je rapport des commissaires,” 7. é., after the qi 
report of the committee sent to the troops, he submitted these documents i 
to the assembly. ¥ 
Ibid. Bailly is the sole source for this point. He may have used 4 
some source inaccessible to me or he may have trusted to his memory. X 
12 Procés-verbal, No. 6, 2. Bailly corroborates this statement and the 
fact that these documents are found at the close of the Procés-verbal for June 
24, proves that this was the actual disposition made of them, Very probably, 
Barentin had sent them to the assembly. 
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