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tion.^*''^ As a result of this the Archbishop of Vienne was 

 elected,^*'^ the Due d'Orleans announcing the result. ^^^ The re- 

 port on the election of the six secretaries was given at this time. 

 Three commons, two nobles and one of the clergy were chosen.^"" 

 According to ]\I. Alounier, " many proposed to elect M. the Due 

 d'Orleans, and said, correctly, that the dignity of the throne 

 demanded that a prince of the royal blood, member of the as- 

 sembly should be the first president ; but, for some time the rumor 

 gained credence that the popularity of the prince caused alarm at 

 court. This was enough to make the majority little disposed in 

 his favor and they succeeded in procuring for him the greatest 

 number of votes only by affirming, on their honor, that M. the 

 Due d'Orleans would renounce the presidency as soon as it would 

 be conferred on him."^"^ 



s^T Proces-verbal, I, No. 13, 8; Bulletins de I'asscmblee nationalc, July 3; 

 Point du jour, I, 98; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 157, says: "On a applaudi 

 egalement quand il a ete nomme et quand il a refuse, ce qui m'a paru fort 

 bizarre; au reste, je n'ai pas vu dans les acclamations cet enthouiasme, 

 cette unanimite sur lesquels il pouvait compter. On ne I'a pas presse de 

 rester. The Assemblee nationale (I, 320) does not agree with Duquesnoy 

 in this when it says, " L'assemblee nationale a regu avec chagrin la demis- 

 sion d'un prince qu'elle avait place a sa tete avec empressement." Biauzat, 

 Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 196; Journal de Paris, No. 186 (July 5) ; 

 Courrier de Provence, I, i6th letter, 3. 



^^^ Proces-verbal, I, No. 13, 9; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 

 156; Journal de Paris, No. 186; Point du jour, I, 98; Assemblee nationale, 

 I, 321 ; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 157, gives the result of the balloting as fol- 

 lows : 793 votes in all. Archbishop of Vienne, 700; La Rochefoucauld, 

 59; Archbishop of Aix, 11 ; the Archbishops of Bordeaux, Aries and Paris, 

 and M.M. Luxembourg, Croy, Rabaud de Saint-Etienne and Mirabeau 

 each received several votes. 



^^^ Gazette de Leyde, No. 56 (July 5), and Sup. No. 56 (July 5). This 

 source mentions that many were absent from the election and that some, 

 like the Due de Caylus and M. de Damas d'Anlezy, retired. 



^''^ Proces-verbal, I, 158; Point du jour, I, 105; Assemblee nationale, I, 

 336. These secretaries were MM. Gregoire, Mounier, le Comte de Lally- 

 Tolendal, Le Chapelier; I'abbe Sieyes, le Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre. 



371 Mounier, Recherches sur les causes qui ont empechc les Frangais de 

 devenir libres, 13. See the remarks of Duquesnoy on the election, Journal, 

 I, 156, 157. 



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