The Insurrection of October, i/8p 19 



stances." 1 Loustalot in the issue of his paper for October 1, 

 after hinting- at an aristocratic confederation, and expressing 

 alarm, says significantly: "A second access of revolution is 

 necessary. Everything is preparing for it." 2 



From all these troubles the poorer class looked to the king for 

 deliverance. Still attached to monarchical traditions, they "had 

 faith in the all-powerfulness and goodness of the king and 

 were convinced that the famine would be permanently removed 

 only on the day when his majesty should dwell in their midst." 3 

 If the king were in Paris all would go well. On the way back 

 from Versailles what was the cry of victory of the women? "My 

 friends, we shall lack bread no longer, we are bringing back the 

 baker, the baker's wife and the baker's boy." 4 "It is a great day 

 for the good Parisians," writes Marat in his journal, "to possess 

 at last their king; his presence will change the face of things; 

 the poor people will no longer die of hunger." 5 



When a young girl went about Paris early on the morning of 

 the 5th with a drum calling the women together — "bread" was 

 her rallying cry, 6 and "bread" was the cry before the Hotel de 

 Ville. 7 Even in the national assembly, during that memorable 

 night session when the deputies were trying to preserve a sem- 

 blance of order by carrying on a discussion on criminal law, cries 

 of "bread ! bread !" interrupted the debate. 8 



On the 2d of October the commune of Paris had sent a depu- 

 tation to the assembly with certain demands, one of which was 

 that some certain means should be adopted by which the free 



Wapello, Dispicci degli am^asc'atori Veniti, 63: "Io dico con assever- 

 anza l'attuale revoluzione necessita un altra rivoluzione." 



2 Revolutions de Paris, No. XII, 31: "II n'y a plus de foyer patriotique, 

 il faut un second acces de revolution; tout s'y^prepare." 



z Revue historique, LXIX, 54. 



4 Bailly, Mimoires, III, 119; Deux amis de la liberty, Histoire de la 

 Evolution de France, III, 241; 242. 



b Marat, IS ami du peuple, 73; R vue historique, LXIX, 54. 



6 Deux amis de la liberte, Histoire de la revolution de France, III, 151. 



Ubid., Ill, 162. 



% Courri.er de Provence, III, 255. Duquesnoy , Journal, I, 405: "Pendant 

 cette discussion plusieurs voix sont elevees des galeries: Vos belles phrases 

 ne nous donneront pas du pain. Du pain! du pain! Parlez du pain!" 



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