Meeting of the Estates-General, 1789. 89 
The delegation arrived in Versailles about nine o’clock in the 
morning of June 26 and at once one of the members was sent to 
apprise Bailly of their arrival and of the purpose of their coming.” 
When Bailly announced to the assembly that this deputation 
asked permission to enter great applause was heard and the 
consent of the assembly seemed to have been granted without 
question.” At exactly ten o’clock—Moreau de Saint-Méry 
stated—they made their way through the troops about the 
hall up to the vestibule where a member of the national assembly 
came immediately to introduce them.”* Their entrance was the 
signal for the most enthusiastic applause from the whole as- 
sembly.** Moreau de Saint-Méry, as spokesman for the party, 
made a short speech of explanation.» ‘‘We were sent by the 
electoral assembly of Paris,’”’ he said, “to carry the just tribute 
of affection and gratitude from the inhabitants of the capital. 
Although we cannot express to you the feelings awakened in 
French hearts, still we dare to assure you that they are the same 
as you yourselves have voiced. The electoral assembly con- 
gratulates itself,on being the first to render this homage to the 
virtue and courage of the assembly, where the most eminent 
ranks shine with a new brilliance by reason of their union and 
the assumption of that finest and the first of all titles—citizen.’’* 
*t Tbid., 1, 100. From the report made to the electoral assembly by Moreau 
de Saint-Méry. 
2 Assemblée nationale, I, 234. 
23 Proces-verbal des électeurs de Paris, I, 100-101. 
4 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 3; Point du jour, 1, 53; Duquesnoy, I, 133; Assemblée 
nationale, I, 234; Biauzat, II, 142; Courrier de Provence, Lettre XIV, 2; Procés- 
verbal des électeurs de Paris, 1, 101; Jallet, 104. 
> Point du jour (I, 53) says Moreau was known by an excellent work on 
the colonies; Bulletins d’un agent secret, No. 48 (La révolution francaise, XXIV, 
73), says of this man: “‘ Moreau de Saint-Méry, conseiller au conseil superieur 
de St.-Dominque, a porté la parole.”” Brette, the editor of these manuscripts, 
adds in a footnote: ‘‘ Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Méry, fut admis 
en octobre 1789 4 l’assemblee nationale comme député de la Martinique; ”’ 
Procés-verbal, No. 8, 3: Duquesnoy, I, 133; Procés-verbal des électeurs de Paris, 
I, 101; Etats-généraux, Extrait du Journal de Paris, 1, 113; Histoire de la rév., 
232-233; Boullé, in Documents inédits, Revue de la rév., XIII, 77-79. 
26 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 3; Point du jour, I, 53-54; Boullé, Docs. inédits, 
Revue de la rév., XIII, 78-79; Etats-généraux, Extrait du journal de Paris, I, 
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