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assciuhh . Tho (.■vmhI w.is sciniiatod from tho torraoo oi the I'ouil- 

 lants (^also known as iho tonaoo oi tlio Tnilorios'l b\ a wall in 

 whioh tluMO was a s^ato.''''' This i^atc, loailini;' to the j;aiHlou of 

 tho ruilorios. l\ad boon olosoil this miMMiinii' In orders from the 

 ehaieau and was j^nardeil by a ileta».-hn\eni sent h\ Mamlat of the 

 t\nirth lei;ivMi w ith three pieces of cannon.'-'"' The procession, led 

 bv soKliers, had intended to pass throui^h the i^ate and j-ilant the 

 maypole on the terrace oi the benillants. bnt on tindini;' it shut 

 and i^viarded. that part of the crowd which had charge of the 

 wagon carrying the poplar tree entered the garden of tho Capncins 

 nearby and atnnsed themselves by planting tho tree there.'*'* At 

 tho same time, tho crowd in tlie passage leadii\g to the terrace of 

 the Feuillants increased to the pinnt of sntTocation. Wu only was 

 this g-ate closed but tho imio leading to the assembly was also 

 closed atul guarded. The head of the column being thus chocked 

 in the passage ai\d the crowd from behind constantly moving up, 

 the pressure becan\e intolerable. The aspect of the cannon 

 pointed at the gate frmn w ithin. the fact of the gate being ordered 

 closed when it was ordinarilv open, and the terrible pressure 



** " Proces-verkd tlresse par MM. Mouohct ct l^ouohor SaiTit-Sauvoiir ;" 

 Roeiierer, Chronique de cinqHantf jours. ,^5- 



"* " CopJe du rapport du chef de la quatrieme legion" (Mandatl. 



***Roed«'rer, C/«»i'«i\/m«" J«" cithiuaut^ jonrs. 35: "Declaration de Larey- 

 nie"; /v»viV ijene^roU. a This pamphlet is an extract from the Courrit'r 

 lies S3 df'Partt-ments. IX, by Gorsas. Jle says he saw tlie procession. He 

 makes an explanation v">f why the liberty tree was planted in the garden 

 of the Capncins. He says it was Santerre's reqnest not to plant it on the 

 terrace of the Ttuleries. because he fearevl disorder would result, and 

 that he also dissuaded the peiiple from tiring a oannojt to atuunmce the 

 plantitig and that tinally they cvMtsented to plant it in the court of the 

 Capncins. Lareynie in his declaration made before the judge of the peace 

 of the section Roi de Sicile. explains that the people themselves feared 

 that they would be fired upon in the garden of the Feuillants or the Tuile- 

 ries and gave this as a reason to Santerre for planting the maypole in the 

 garden of the Capncins. Roeilerer sees in this planting of the tree in the 

 garden of the Capncins, a proof of the lack of plan, of an object, of a 

 leader and an absence of all understanding among the participants. He 

 believes that the designing men in the crowd hoped that an assassiit would 

 be fv^und among them who would attack the king. 



