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On July 4, Bailly thanked the assembly for the honor it had 

 conferred on him. He said that their choice of him as president 

 had raised him to an important position and given him a title 

 which would honor his name forever. His only regret was that 

 " perhaps he had not always fulfilled his duties or always pleased 

 them as he desired. The testimonies of satisfaction accorded to 

 him by the assembly, completed his good fortune and he found 

 himself in most remarkable circumstances, having seen the work 

 of the assembly begun, witnessed their power and firmness, and 

 seen the union of the three orders. The harmony among the 

 orders offered most flattering hope. These moments were the 

 most beautiful of his life and he should always retain a tender 

 memory of them."^^° 



After the applause^^^ had subsided the Archbishop of Vienne 

 replied that Bailly had left an excellent example to his successors, 

 but one which it would be difficult to equal. ^®- 



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It is to be remembered that at the time of the union of orders 

 the third estate assumed that a single assembly was assured. 

 Events since that time have shown that the commons were suc- 

 cessful in realizing this assumption. The protests of the ma- 

 jority of the nobles and the minority of the clergy, and the 

 imperative instructions of these orders failed to prove a serious 

 hindrance to the assembly. The upper orders had submitted 

 their credentials for verification in common and now a president 

 and six secretaries were elected in bureaus composed of deputies 

 of the three orders without regard to the established proportion. 



that the suggestion was welcomed with enthusiasm, but does not mention 

 the Archbishop of Vienne as seconding it. Bulletins de I'assemblce na- 

 tionalc (July 3) states that those who had received some votes for presi- 

 dent were sent in the delegation. 



^^^ Proces-vcrbal, I, No. 15, 6; Point du jour, I, 106; Bulletins de I'as- 

 semblce nationale, July 4; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 162; Biauzat, Sa vie et 

 sa correspondance, I, 159; Courrier de Provence, I, i6th letter, 34; Gazette 

 de Leyde, Sup. No. 56 (July 5). 



S81 proces-verbal, I, No. 15, 2; Point du jour, I, 106. 



^82 Proces-vcrbal, I, No. 15, 3. 



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