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an order and a certain desire? Where there has been only a 

 simple indication has not one believed that they saw an absolute 

 determination?" Such mistakes, he thought, were dangerous, as 

 was seen in the contest over the vote by order or by head, where 

 opinions had been exaggerated. When a bailliage said to a deputy. 

 " You will deliberate by order or by head," it meant that when 

 such and such questions arose they would express its wish for the 

 vote by order or by head. It certainly did not mean that when 

 others desired deliberation by order they should insist on delibera- 

 tion by head, or if others wanted the vote by head they should 

 demand the vote by order.^-^ 



Lally-Tolendal, although the bearer of imperative instructions, 

 favored the motion of Talleyrand and showed a disposition to give 

 up his instructions, if not given full liberty. There were, he said, 

 " three meritorious things in the motion ; it established general 

 principles ; it respected the scruples of bearers of imperative instruc- 

 tions ; it gave the opportunity to instruct the public." He opposed 

 the protests and evidently desired them changed into declarations 

 which, he thought, should be recognized by the assembly.^-- 



That the work of the assembly could not be suspended by im- 

 perative instructions was insisted upon by the Bishop of Lan- 

 gres^-^ on July 3 and Barere,^^* Bouche,^-^ the Archbishop of Bor- 

 deaux^-'' and Castellane^-" on July 7. Barere distinguished be- 

 tween cases where one individual gave instructions to another 

 individual on subjects which interested him personally and where 



121 Proces-verbal, I, No. 17, 9; Point du jour, I, 126; Bulletins de I'assem- 

 hlee nationale, July 7 ; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 168 ; Journal de Paris, No. 

 190, 85s (July 9) ; Courrier de Provence, I, 17th letter, 19; Assemblee na- 

 tionale, I, 384. 



122 Point du jour, I, 131 ; Assemblee nationale, I, 395 ; Bulletins de I'as- 

 semblee nationale, July 7. 



^-^ Point du jour, I, loi ; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 157; 

 Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 3 ; Gazette de Levde, Sup. No. 56 



(Julys). 

 ^-* Point du jour, I, 129-130; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 7. 



125 Point du jour, I, 133 ; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 7. 



126 Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 7 ; Assemblee nationale, I, 402. 

 ^-"^ Point du jour, I, 132; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 7. 



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