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Vieux-Pouzauzes, said on July 4, that as in time of calamity one 

 recognized freinds so, in the same way, when the country was in 

 danger one recognized citizens. He recalled the memorable day 

 of June 20 and how, with joy, the representatives of San 

 Domingo were welcomed, both by the members of the assembly 

 and the spectators in the gallery. " They have, like us," he said, 

 "taken the formidable oath which binds us all until the country 

 is regenerated." He considered that the twelve deputies were 

 already members of the assembly and that the others should be 

 given the right to speak.^°*' The Due de Praslin said that as San 

 Domingo was divided into three parts and as the smallest bailliage 

 had four deputies a like proportion should be accorded here. The 

 twelve admitted provisionally should be given the right to vote and 

 the others should be permitted to advise.^"' The Marquis de Sil- 

 jgj.y3os ^j^^ ^j^g Marquis Gouy d'Arsy wished twenty deputies. The 

 latter stated, however, that San Domingo now asked only eighteen 

 deputies, for one of the number died during the crossing, while 

 another was then ill. He asked if the decision made on June 20 

 should not be declared final, or if it showed imprudent haste and 

 should be reconsidered. He stated that "so majestic an assembly 

 could not give a thoughtless decision; it is unchangeable in its 

 decisions. "^"^ ' 



The debate was practically at an end when an attempt was made 

 to keep the assembly from admitting the San Domingo deputation. 

 A request or act of opposition from some of the planters of San 

 Domingo then in France was read by one of the secretaries. In 

 this letter it was stated that, " the colonists of San Domingo, under- 

 signed, had not seen with an indifferent eye the time when the 

 French people were called by a generous king to state their griev- 

 ences and to work for the common restauration. Many of our 

 citizens have met with the intention of working for the general 



306 Assemhlee nationale, I, 341 ; Point du jour, I, 107 ; Bulletins de 

 I'assemblee nationale, July 4. 



307 Assemhlee nationale, I, 346. 



308 Ibid., I, 327. 



^^^ Assemhlee nationale, I, 335-336. This source also states (p. 336) that 

 " M. de Gouy d'Arsy, apres avoir parle tres longtemps, a semble conclure 

 a ne demander qu'une deputation de douze representatives." 



