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imirnuirs. "T liavo the Hot^ir ; T will bo hoard in siloiioo," hut 

 rhahot oriod out, " M. Pumas has oahnnniatoil (ho ponplo," and 

 Iho uoiso ounliuuod. Pumas, howovor. porsistod, sa\ iuj:;, " Thoso 

 aro not tho pooplo who surround tho kinj;; thov aro furious, niis- 

 jiuidod nion." and oallod to witness Isnaid and \'ori;iiiauil and 

 othors wlu-" had triovl to spoak to tho orow il. llo proposod that 

 tho assoiuhly yivo ordors to tho ooinmandant of tho national 

 guard to roostahlish ordor in tho ohatoau and soouro tho safoty oi 

 tho kiui^". |Munuurs.| llo said it was nianifost to him and to 

 thoso with him that no ordors woro rospootod; that tho kinj; was 

 not in a stato of lihorty whoro ho \:o\\\i.\ givo iinlors : "TIo was 

 surrouudod. assailod. monaood. tlogradoil hy iho omhlom of a 

 faction; ho had tho rod oap on his hoail." lloro tumult foUowod. 

 nuirmurs in tho assomhly and applauso in tho i^allorios, and voioos 

 oriod, "Tho lihorty oap is not doi^railiuj^-," " Lall him to ordor!" 

 " Sond him to tho ahhoy I"' Pnit Pumas oontimiod to insist that 

 the assomhly should tako nocossary prooautions to insnro the 

 effioaoy oi tho measures that tho iloputies would have to oxooute. 

 lie thought tho fact that tho constituent assomhly had charged 

 itself with answering to tho nation for tho safoty of the royal 

 family on the Jist of jimo. 1701. would excuse this assomhly for 

 showing itself similarly atTocted hy their dangers in the month of 

 June. 170-?. 



After several members had attempted to speak. Turgan*^- got 

 the tloor. llo reported what ho had seen at the Tuilerios reciting, 

 amidst applause of the galleries, the incidents of tho king in tho 

 window recess, the red cap. tho aitomins of Mouchot. Isnard. and 

 \'ergniaud to speak, and the cries for the sanction of the decrees 

 and the recall of the patriotic ministers. Tie said that the deputies 

 were treated with the respect due them : that having gone into 

 the apartments adjoining those of tho king, he had persuaded 

 thirty thousand people to turn back. [Groat applause in the 

 galleries.] He said he was not opposed to action on the part of 



'''This name is spelled Turgran in the Jounuil des debuts et dccrels. 

 No. j6S. p. J80. Turg;\nd in the Journal dc iosscmNee iiatioiioh', XXT. 332, 

 and Targan in the Monitcur, XII. 71Q. Turg-an is given by Kuscinski. Lcs 

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