^^j l.aitra /?. Pfeiffer 



The risin^ii was the outoon\o partl\ of the \ctv\ the change of 

 minislry ami the ootistH|nont intriijuos ot" the r.iromlins: hut it was 

 pritnarily a plan that ha^l tor some tinto ocoiipicd the loaders ot 

 the taubovirjis Saint-Antoiue atul Saint -Maroel, who intetuleil to 

 celebrate the amiiversary ol the oath ot" the toni\is court hv a 

 great pi^pular deiuottstration that should serve as a waruing to 

 the kittg. The phut was to present a petition to hint askittg for 

 the sanction of the decrees ag-ainst the priests and for the fonna- 

 tiott of the canip/ They w ished to iiupress the king by the aspect 

 of the people in arms and so frighteit hint into sanctioning the 

 decrees aiul recalling the ministry. Hut there was no attempt on 

 this day to overturn the throne. 



V\^r perhaps a month there had Iven a ferment in the faubourg 

 Saint-Antoine. "Hie citizens had presented a petition to the council 

 of the cvMnmune asking iH>rmission to assemble in the church. 

 Kufants- Trouvivs. at the close of services to be instructed \ipon 

 the subject of " their rights and their duties." The municipality 

 referred this iH^tition to the directory of the department and 

 chargXH.1 IVtion with presenting it. In his letter to Roederer. June 

 2. Potion rewmmonded that the directory give the petition a favor- 

 able and prontpt consideration on the ground that this would be 

 a means of teaching the citizens patriotism and a knowledge of 

 the laws.** l\v the ntiddlo of June the fonnont had increased and 

 for a w eek before the JOth we can see it not only in the faubourgs 

 but ii\ the assen\bly. in the clubs, jacobin and Cordelier, and 

 even in n.\val circles, rhe newspapers and all public ingatherings 

 retiected it.* 



The subject of the leadership oi lius vlay is much in question. 



*Oapham. i\ii«vf€\'f of thf H\ir 0/ ^.'v,*. -m^iJ5; Chaumette. A/«'»»ci>rjr. 

 1.5; /C.^v/»«h\»Mor df Piiris. XII. 548: Carnx SattUrr^. 107. 



* Letter of Petion to Roeilerer. Tune J. iTvx;. in Ten\;uix. I. ijja 



* PcVi'arv»?i\'»i iit- i.ur-cy»iV.- /C.^tv/nfiVMjf Jc Pjns. XH. 5JI : .Vomv//* 

 ccrryjf^c mJ<i«c«" /^c/iViV***". XU. I: AHnales potriotiqttrs ft littcrxtrifs df !a 

 Fratif. LU. «X)-74i>: JottrHal rcyolistf. Xo, 5. I-J: Corrfsto>*diiHCf 

 ^oiitiifUf LXIH. j: Aularvi. La sci^etf dfs .huobins. III. oS8-ro6, IV, 

 l-Jl : Chaumette. .Vf'»»i>rnrjr. i.,?: .l/c»Mi>ir^jr d'AU^randrf. Masson, Pftitfs 

 Jkw/oiVjr. serie I. ^46-5$; Sohho IXni^Uis. "Observations du 10 et ao juin, 

 irvi.\" Archives XativMUiles. \V ^ .^51. 



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