184 Jeanette Needham. . 
to the hall to take charge of the situation.6 Evidently, the 
leader of the minority of the nobility appeared also, for Coster 
states that Bailly took the arm chair at the right of Clermont- 
Tonnerre while the one at the left remained vacant. He adds 
that doubtless the Archbishop of Vienne, leader of the ecclesi- 
astical majority, was ashamed to debase himself to second place 
in the presence of all his order.’ 
Bailly rang for silence and says that he invited the leaders 
of the upper orders to speak, but they showed no inclination to 
do so, even refusing at first. Bailly’s insistence, however, led 
them to make simple statements. The Cardinal de la Roche- 
foucauld announced briefly and directly for the minority of the 
clergy: ‘‘Gentlemen, we were led here by our love and our 
respect for the king, our desire for peace and our zeal for the 
welfare of the public.” 
The Duke of Luxemburg followed with almost as short a state- 
ment: ‘Gentlemen, the order of the nobility decreed this morn- 
ing to betake itself into the general hall in order to give to the 
King, marks of its respect, and to the nation, proofs of its patri- 
otism.’”® Their speeches show clearly that they yielded only 
to the urgency of the situation. In neither case, was there the 
slightest hint of recognition of the national assembly and its 
policy. : 
Bailly responded in his most gracious manner, emphasizing 
strongly the joy felt at the union of the three orders, ‘‘Gentle- 
reception of the upper orders was very cool. Perhaps these refer to the 
lack of demonstration because so few were in the hall when the other orders 
came. The cries and applause mentioned by the others may have been the 
later manifestations when the speeches were made by Bailly and the Duc 
d’Aiguillon. Bailly (I, 252) says of his own speech: ‘‘ L’assemblée et les 
spectateurs témoignerent leur satisfaction par des applaudissements et par 
des cris répétés de vive le roi! ”’ 
6 Bailly, I, 250. 
7 Coster, Récit, 346. 
8 Bailly, I, 250. 
® Procés-verbal, No. 9, 6; Coster, Récit, 346; Procés-verbal . . . dela noblesse, 
303; Boullé, Documents inédits, Revue de la rév., XIV, 29; Lettre of a deputy 
dated Paris, le 27, d minuit; Etats-généraux, Extrait du journal de Paris, 125- 
126; Histoire de la rév., 1, 241; Mercure de France: Journal Politique de Bruxelles, 
No. 27, 51. 
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