92 Jeanette Needham. 
these gathering places of enthusiastic and democratic spirits 
would be carried the accounts of the reception given by the 
assembly. From these centers, the reports of what had been 
done in the hall at Versailles would be spread over the capital. 
Yet, in face of these considerations, the assembly showed some 
hesitancy in admitting the delegation. Bailly thought it best 
to permit it to enter, however, and it was given a hearty welcome.*® 
Eight men composed the party which bore an address to the 
assembly. It bore a large number of signatures, among them 
names of lawyers, merchants, and even a few nobles.2?7 M. 
Mailly presented the address, which was marked through- 
out by an enthusiastic tenor.*® Offering, in the first place, 
a sort of apologetic explanation for the coming of the dele- 
gation, the address declared that the citizens of the com- 
mune of Paris were cognizant of the fact that their views 
were legitimately and sufficiently expressed through the as- 
sembly of electors. Still, a great many had thought that, in 
the ardor of the zeal which animated them, it would be per- 
missible to express in a more direct way their approval which 
they could no longer defer when they knew with ‘‘what dignity, 
what activity, and what firmness’’ the assembly had fulfilled 
the glorious and difficult functions entrusted to it. ‘The quiet, 
the security, and the happiness we enjoy after days of trouble, 
alarm and chagrin are the work of your common zeal, intensified 
by circumstances, and that of the other members united today,” 
was the tribute paid to the labors of the assembly. ‘The address 
then begged Bailly to interpret the sentiments of the citizens of 
Paris to their own representatives ‘‘whose sublime spirit has so 
verbal des électeurs de Paris, I, 102. Here is found ‘‘ Une autre députation 
de Paris, envoyée . . . par une sociéte de citoyens librement réunis.”’ 
36 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 20; Point du jour, I, 58; Duquesnoy, I, 134; Jallet, 
104-105; Assemblée nationale, 1, 244; Procés-verbal des électeurs de Paris, I, 
102; Bailly, I, 242. 
87 Procés-verbal (No. 8, 20) gives the names of the eight delegates and 
Duquesnoy (I, 134) says there were eight in the party. The Procés-verbal 
(No. 8, 23-24) gives the list of signers. In the Courrier de Provence (Lettre 
XIV, 2) Mirabeau makes a sweeping statement: ‘‘ Une addresse chargée 
de dix mille signatures.”’ 
38 Procés-verbal, No. 8, 20; Duquesnoy, I, £34. 
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