The Uprising of June 20, iy()2 103 



opposed him and uttered insulting words.^^" A young man in a 

 red waistcoat constantly shouted abusive words at the king, re- 

 proaching him bitterly for his conduct.^^" A market porter, armed 

 with a saber, during an hour made desperate efforts to reach 

 the side of the king, but was forced back by the grenadiers.^'^ 

 Mouchct, who saw that this situation was not leading to anything, 

 says he proposed to the king that he appear upon the terrace of 

 his apartment and speak to the people where he might be heard, 

 but those around him opposed this. However, an order was given 

 to open the gallery and so evacuate the apartment.^^^ 



In the halls and on the stairway the crowd became more and 

 more congested. Municipal officers urged the people to go no 

 farther, but to retire. Their efforts had no effect.^''^ 



Presently Santerre appeared in the crowd and cries of " Down 

 with the veto! Recall the ministers! Sanction the decrees!" 

 greeted him from every side. He tried to restore quiet.^^* A dis- 

 interested spectator, who stood near him, says Santerre cried out, 

 "What the devil are you all talking at once for? That is not the 

 way to be heard. We are not going to leave here. Don't you hear 

 that the king wishes to speak ?"^^^ He then told the king to have 

 no fear and said he woukl be responsible for the royal family.'^'" 

 Oelsner says that his sans-culntte eloquence made an impression 

 and there was a moment's silence in which the king spoke in a 

 firm voice. " I have sworn to maintain the constitution," he said, 

 "I swear now faithfully to hold myself thereto." But the crowd 



''" md. 



^'Oelsner, loc. cit., LXXXVII, 80. 



^^* " Declaration de Bidaut " ; " Declaration de Lecrosnier." 



"' " Proces-verbal dresse par Mouchet." 



"'" Proces-verbal dresse par Boucher-Rene"; " Proccs-verbal dresse 

 par Borie." 



^* " Proces-verbal dresse par Mouchet " ; Oelsner in Revue historique, 

 LXXXVII, 80. 



'■"' Ibid. 



^ The statement that Santerre gave this assurance to the king is made 

 by Paroy (Memoires, 301) and by Madame Tourzelle (" Recit de ce qui 

 s'est passe a la journee du 20 juin") in Archives nationales, C 222, 160"". 

 These persons both lived at the Tuileries, so their information must have 

 come from the royal family. 



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