The Insurrection of October, i/8p 35 



As has been seen, the thought of bringing- the king to Paris 

 for safety had found expression at the time of the August riot. 

 It was understood that the king was well disposed towards the 

 reform movement, but that he was under the influence of those 

 whom he was too weak to resist. Mathiez quotes Le trioniphe 

 de la nation: "There was but one cry after the 14th of July, to 

 save the king, this good king that loves us all, to take him away 

 from seductions and obsessions, and break his fetters that he 

 may deign to break ours." 1 



On the 26th of August the following conversation occurred 

 between Dussaulx, a royalist, a member of the Academy and of 

 the commune, and Augeard the farmer-general: 2 "This affair 

 will never be well settled so long as the king resides in his cha- 

 teau. It was a great mistake on the 16th of July not to have 

 kept him. The dwelling place of a king ought to be in his cap- 

 ital." "You are right," replied Augeard, "but who in his states 

 has the right to force him to take up his residence there?" 

 "When it is for the welfare of all," responded Dussaulx, "he 

 will have to be forced to it, and it will come to that." 3 It had 

 not yet come to that at the time of the August riot, but the 

 thought had been expressed and it spread until it became very 

 general, that the king should be in Paris. 



Reports that foreign countries were preparing to take part in 

 the affairs of France increased the purturbation of the patriots. 

 Les revolutions de Paris for September 30 contained, under ex- 

 tracts from English papers, the news that "Distinguished for- 

 eigners from the court of Spain are in England for the purpose 

 of engaging the English cabinet in a plan to reestablish the 

 monarchical authority in France. There is much talk of a treaty 

 of peace between the emperor and the porte. If the emperor in 

 conjunction with Spain should take measures to reestablish the 

 monarchical dignity in France the national assembly and the 

 spirit of democracy which have lately prevailed in that realm 

 will experience a violent check." 4 



1 Revue historique, LXVII, 252. 

 2 Ibid., LXVII, 249. 

 3 Augeard, MSmoires secrets, 194. 

 ^Revolutions de Paris, No. XII, 59. 



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