34 Mae Darling 



Biauzat states that finally it was proposed to vote by " yes " 

 or " no " on the question, and the dean proceeded to take the vote 

 in this manner, a process which was extremely tedious. ^^ It was 

 during this time that Malouet advanced towards the place where 

 the principal speakers had formed the habit of taking their places 

 when about to address the assembly. Biauzat was so irritated 

 at the thought of ]\Ialouet's making another speech that he walked 

 to the president's desk, reaching it before Malouet. He pro- 

 tested against ]\Ialouet's occupying the attention of the assembly 

 to such an extent and declared that the deputies were tired of 

 having to choose between listening to Malouet or to Mirabeau. 

 Biauzat says that he demanded that each deputy should be given 

 the opportunity to speak when his turn came, and that he pointed 

 out that there were others besides Alalouet and Mirabeau who 

 would like an opportunity to express their opinions. Biauzat 

 states that ^Malouet was somewhat subdued by this attack.^* 



The vote on the question dofes not seem to have been com- 

 pleted, but instead a new proposition was brought up which 

 served as a solution for the problem. It was suggested during 

 the discussion of Malouet's motion, that certain deputies be 

 " allozved" to go to the other orders, that is, that the third estate 

 should not appoint a formal deputation, but should simply permit 

 certain deputies to inform the upper orders of the condition of 

 afifairs.^^ The deputies from Dauphine were among those who 

 supported this proposition,^** and one of them (Mounier, accord- 

 ing to Biauzat) stated that in a conversation with the Archbishop 

 of Vienne, he had learned that the deputies of the clergy were 

 favorably inclined towards uniting with the third estate.^^ The 



53 Biauzat, II, 39. 

 5^ Ibid. 



55 Ibid.; Recit des seances des deputes des communes, 8. 



56 Ibid. 



5^ Biauzat, II, 39; Recit des seances des deputes des communes, 8. The 

 sources are apparently contradictory as to the order of events here. The 

 Recit says that this proposition for an informal deputation came before 

 the speech of the deputy of Dauphine. Biauzat, on the other hand, gives 

 the impression that it came afterwards as a result of the address of the 

 deputy from Dauphine. 



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