Lnfiucnce of the Breton Deputation 09 



to persuade the troops to disobey all orders directed 

 against the liberties of the assembly, but that the Breton 

 Club as an organization undertook such a step, as IMont- 

 joie declares,' there is no evidence to show and is in itself, 

 because of tlie nature of its organization, extremely im- 

 probable, if not entirely impossible.- BouUe in a letter 

 of June 28 expresses his hearty approval of the disobe- 

 dience of the guards at Paris, and when some members in 

 the assembly wished to have them punished, he accused 

 the latter of the design of discrediting the assembly.^ He 

 even mentions an attempt to bribe some of the troops at 

 Paris by a promise of an addition of two sous a day in 

 their pay.^ Le Roulx, in conversation with members of 

 a German regiment at Versailles, learned with evident 

 disapj)ointment that these soldiers felt it their duty to 

 ohQj should they be commanded to act against the as- 

 sembly.^ Legendre, who must be considered as a mod- 

 erate member of the Breton deputation, recognized with 

 gratitude the disaffection of the troops during the insur- 

 rection of July 13 and 14.^ 



VI 



OPPOSITION TO REACTIONARY TENDENCIES — THE BRETON DEP- 

 UTIES AND THE NOEILITY — THE "FOURTH 

 OF AUGUST^^ DECREES 



The rising of Paris, tlie withdrawal of the troops, the 

 recall of Necker, and the apparent surrender of the king 

 to the lead of the National Assembly filled the deputies 



'See extracts in Aulard, I, p. XI. 



"-See pp. 33-35. 



'Letter of July 1. Revue de la Revolution, vol. XIV, p. 43. 



*Ibid., Letter of June 28, pp. 26-31. 



5 Letter of July 17. 



"Letter of July 15. 



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