86 Jeanette Needham. 
rumor that six merchant guilds of Paris had written to him 
that they were running the greatest risks, that his palace would 
be burnt, and that trade would be ruined." Whatever the 
motives that brought him might be, the assembly gladly wel- 
comed him. Bailly replied to his speech, stating, in part, that 
they had long had their attention fixed on him—doubtless very 
true as well as polite,—and that the proof of patriotism given 
in his act of that day was the final crown to all his virtues.“ 
The clergy were coming over rather rapidly, but the thinning 
in the ranks of the nobles was slow. Only one, the Count of 
Crécy, came June 26. He explained that he had been kept 
away against his personal inclinations because his instructions 
were for vote by order, unless the majority of the estates decided 
otherwise. The number then embraced in the assembly justi- 
fied him, however, in consenting to vote by head, so he had 
gladly yielded to the dictates of his conscience and to the order 
of his constituents.!® He had stated clearly his acceptance of 
the principles of the assembly. 
du roi; c’est ainsi qu’on excite le peuple.’”’ Jallet (103), after speaking of 
the disturbances on the evening of June 24, says: ‘‘ L’archevéque de Paris 
envoya ses pouvoirs, le soir méme, a la commission de la vérification, en 
annoncant qu’il y était forcé par la multitude. Sur cette declaration, on lui 
renvoya ses pouvoirs, et on lui fit dire que cette démarche, pour étre légale, 
devait étre parfaitement libre.’’ This is corroborated by the Correspondance 
d'un député . . . avec la Marquise de Crequy, Documents inédits, Revue de la 
rév., II, 37, where an account similar to that of Bailly is found. Evidently 
the visit to Marly occurred the night of June 19-20, instead of June 17-18 
as given by Bailly. 
13 Duquesnoy, I, 137. 
14 Point du jour, 1, 59; Procés-verbal, No. 8, 16; Biauzat, II, 142; Duquesnoy, 
I, 134; Assemblée nationale, I, 243; Courrier de Provence, Lettre XIV, 2. Mir- 
abeau praises Bailly very highly for this response: ‘‘ M. le président, qui - 
trouve toujours tant d’esprit dans l’Ame pour servir d’auxiliaire 4 son superbe 
talent, dit en deux mots au prélat attendri, ce que la circonstance pouvait 
offrir de plus convenable et de plus flatteur.” The reply was carried to 
Paris, as noted in the Bulletin d'un agent secret, No. 47. (La révolution fran- 
gaise, XXIV, 73.) 
18 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 1; Point du jour, 1, 53; Courrier de Provence, Letire 
XIV, 1; Duquesnoy, I, 133; Assemblée nationale, I, 234; Biauzat, II, 141. 
The last named says: ‘‘ M. de Crécy et deux autres nobles se sont joints a 
nous.’ Perhaps he mistook some of the clergy for nobles. 
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