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next day, that no motion on any subject should be admitted 

 until the constitution was finished. Duquesnoy sums up the 

 situation when he says : " Everything demands prompt measures ; 

 the arrival of troops, the impatience in the provinces, the needs of 

 the treasury, the distress of the finances and their just claims, 

 the intrigues of the enemies of the state, the weakness of the 

 king, the hatred of the people, opposed to Necker, the uncer- 

 tainty of the future, make all who differ in their ideas extremely 

 blamable."«« 



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Thus far we have considered only the work of the assembly 

 without any reference to the attitude of the French people. The 

 French were, however, watching every move made by their repre- 

 sentatives and when the assembly took steps approved by the 

 people their satisfaction was shown by the addresses sent to the 

 assembly. Thus between June 30 and July 11, thirty-five ad- 

 dresses were received, the number increasing from June 30 till 

 July 8, when the greatest number was presented, and then decreas- 

 ing, but not ceasing altogether.*'^" The addresses were addressed 



469 Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 165, 166. In a footnote (page 165) it is 

 suggested that Duquesnoy was the member of the committee who said it 

 was necessary to reply to M. de Rutledge. 



*7o The dates and number of addresses presented were as follows : 



June 30. Third estate from Moncontour in Brittany {Proccs-verbal, I, 

 No. 10, 2 ; Point du jour, I, 72 ; AssembUe nationale, I, 269 ; Bulletins de 

 I'assemblee nationale, June 30) ; from the bailliage of Vermandois 

 (Proces-verbal, I, No. 10, 2; Point du jour, I, 74; Assemblee nationale, 1, 

 270; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, June 30). 



July I. From Ploermel {Proces-verbal, I, No. 11, 19-20). 



July 2. From Chateauroux {Proces-verbal, I, No. 12, 3; Point du Jour,. 

 I, 95; Assemblee nationale, I, 317). 



July 4. From Chateau-Thierry, Pontivy and Vernouillet-sur-Seine 

 {Assemblee nationale, I, 340; Proces-verbal, I, 15, 3; Point du jour, I, 

 106. The Assemblee nationale and the Point du jour state that at 

 Chateau-Thierry Te Deuni was to be chanted in honor of the union and 

 the Assemblee nationale adds that 400 or 500 pounds of bread was to be 

 distributed because of joy; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 4). 



July 7. From Vitre and Saint-Jean-de Losne {Proces-verbal, I, No. 17, 

 3.; Assemblee nationale, I, 380; Courrier de Provence, I, 17th letter, 14; 



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