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At the same time several members of the assembly, who had 

 learned of the invasion of the Tuileries, appeared on the scene, 

 though not in an official capacity. Since the assembly had not 

 adopted Vergniaud's motion to send a permanent deputation of 

 sixty members to protect the king, Vergniaud and Isnard, two 

 of the most popular members of the Left, and Daverhoult and 

 Blanc-Gilli, two members of the Right, upon their own respon- 

 sibility entered the palace, forced their way through the crowd 

 and came to the king's relief.-*^ Daverhoult reported to the 

 assembly that he pushed the crowd aside and as he reached the 

 king, shouted, " You shall approach the king only by passing over 

 my dead body."^*- Isnard, raised on the shoulders of two guards, 

 spoke to the crowd after silence had been obtained by ringing 

 a bell.-*^ " Citizens," he cried, " I am Isnard the deputy. If 

 what you ask is granted at once, it will be believed that it was 

 gotten by force. In the name of the law, in the name of the 

 national assembly, I ask you to respect the constituted authorities 

 and retire. The national assembly will do justice. I will con- 

 tribute to that end with all my might. You shall have satis- 

 faction; I will answer for that with my' head, but retire." This 

 last phrase was repeated several times but no one retired. How- 

 ever, at Isnard's words there was a lull in the tumult. Vergniaud 

 then spoke, voicing the same sentiments, but with as little success 

 as his colleague, and the tumult recommenced. " Down with the 

 veto ! Recall the veto ! Recall the ministers ! " was heard again. ^'** 



"' Reports of Dumas, Isnard, Lasource, Turgan, Arbogast and Daver- 

 hoult to the assembly, Journal de I'assemblee nationale, XXI, 331 ff. ; 

 Journal des debats et decrets, No. 268, p. 278 ff. ; Moniteur, XII, 718 fif. 



'^^ Journal des debats et decrets, No. 269, p. 295; Moniteur, XII, 723, 

 reports that Daverhoult said one of his colleagues said this. 



"^ Nearly all sources speak of the use of the bell to obtain silence. 

 Most say an usher rang it, but Bourcet (Revolution frangaise, XVII, 77) 

 says the king rang it and a report of the event given in the Jacobin Club 

 on the evening of June 20 by the young man who addressed the king in 

 Petion's presence says the king made use of the bell several times. 

 Aulard, Societe des Jacobins, IV, 22. 



^" " Proces-verbal dresse par Mouchet"; " Proces-verbal dresse par 

 Patris"; "Declaration de Fontaine"; "Declaration de Gosse " ; Oelsner, 

 loc. cit., LXXXVII, 80; Lettre de Ph-Ch-Ai Goupilleau a la societe popu- 



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