60 Jeanette Needham. 
of the order wished to come to have their credentials verified in 
common, the assembly would gladly welcome the minority.” 
But whether or not the assembly intended to recognize the 
existence of orders by its action relative to the Archbishop of 
Vienne and the Count of Clermont-Tonnerre, it proceeded to 
carry out, as quickly as possible, its policy of common verifica- 
tion. The roll of the nobility was called and those who were 
present submitted their credentials.22 At the reading of the 
name of the Duc d’Orléans, it is said the hall rang with shouts 
and applause and that similar manifestations were made for 
the Count of Montmorency, the Duke of Rochefoucauld and 
_ Count Lally-Tolendal, but that the name of the absent D’Epré- 
mesnil was hissed as that of Abbé Maury had been the day 
before.** Outside the hall, this man seems to have been the 
target of popular disapproval and to have escaped from violent 
handling only through the efforts of some of the third estate, 
who forced his tormentors to withdraw.” 
In the light of contemporary evidence, the significance of 
these two days of June 24 and June 25 cannot be too highly 
‘emphasized. One enthusiastic journalist wrote that “no 
citizen, no worthy Frenchman ought ever to forget these two 
great days; that the union of the clergy and of the nobility ought 
to be immortalized in our calendar. Since the foundation of 
the monarchy, it had been desired; division has caused the mis- 
22 Duquesnoy, I, 131; Barmond, Récit, 272-273; Coster, Récit, 343. The 
last states that this incident occurred on June 26, but evidently it occurred 
June 25. 
28 Duquesnoy, I, 131; Procés-verbal, No. 7, 10-12; Point du jour, I, 49-50; 
Assemblée nationale, 1, 223-24; Bulletin d’un agent secret, No. 47. (La révo- 
lution frangatse, XXIV, 72.) 
24 Point du jour, I, 50. This account says that names such as the Duc 
d’Orléans, the Marquis de la Fayette, and many others were cheered. Duques- 
noy (I, 130) refers to the Duc d’Orléans and then names ‘‘ Mm. de Montmor- 
ency, de la Rochefoucauld, de Rochechouart et de Lally ’’ as having been 
applauded. The Assemblée nationale (I, 223-224) mentions the Duc 4’Or- 
léans and indicates that the roll-call was accompanied by a great deal of 
applause. Duquesnoy (I, 132) and Bulletin d’un agent secret, No. 47 (La 
révolution frangaise, XXIV, 72), tell of the attitude toward D’Eprémesnil. 
Etats-généraux, Extrait du journal de Paris, 1, 109. 
2 Duquesnoy, I, 132. 
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