48 Ethel Lee Hoivie 



The three orders had at first proceeded in common in this bailliage: 

 some difficulties arose in the order of the nobles and the minority retired, 

 but in spite of this the majority of the nobles and the other, orders con- 

 tinued in session till the deputies were chosen. A decree of council an- 

 nulled this nomination made by the majority of the nobles under the 

 pretext that the reglement allowed the orders to proceed separately. You 

 have since heard the idea expressed that the orders could proceed in 

 common only with the permission of the king; and if one dared to speak 

 frankly you would know that the aristocrats desire the two first orders to 

 do everything. This decree of council led many nobles into error; the 

 minority increased in number and became the majority. Under the new 

 conditions they named other deputies. This affair was laid before the 

 order of the nobles when they were meeting in a separate chamber at 

 Versailles and they voted to admit the second deputation. ^s^ 



Tronchet gave a long report^^* on this affair for the committee 

 on verification and ended by stating that the committee favored the 

 first deputation, but that the nobles had favored the second. "°^ As 

 a result of this report a discussion took place in the assembly. 

 Saint-Fargeau proposed that the question should be referred to the 

 bailliage so that a new election might be held,^^" or if this method 

 was not deemed advisable by the assembly, he thought that two 

 members from each deputation should be admitted as members of 

 the assembly. ^"^^ Both deputations should be rejected in preference 

 to admitting only one deputation. -°- Toulongeon favored the first 

 deputation-*^^ and stated that the minority of the nobles, number- 



seconde presentait les caracteres d'une scission " ; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa cor- 

 respondance, II, 168. 



257 Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 168. He also states that the 

 first deputation was instructed to vote by head, while the second was to 

 vote by order. 



^^^ Assemblee nationale, I, 428; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 

 9; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 168. 



2^^ Point du jour, I, 147; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 168; 

 Courricr de Provence, I, 19th letter, 2; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 183. 



260 Point du jour, I, 147. 



261 Assemblee nationale, I, 428 ; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 9. 



262 Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 9, says he regarded the first 

 as most regular, but wished both admitted ; Point du jour, I, 147, says Tou- 

 longeon spoke, but does not give the substance of his speech. 



263 Assemblee nationale, I, 429. 



