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king and the monarchy,*^" thus showing that while they approved 

 the work of the assembly they had not lost confidence in the king. 

 As has already been stated only nine of these addresses were read 

 in the assembly. The first of these, presented June 30, was from 

 the third estate of Moncontour and stated that " learning that the 

 representatives of the French people at the states-general have 

 constituted themselves the national assembly the 17 of this month 

 and that they have passed this same day dififerent decrees on the 

 most important objects . . . has filled the hearts of the third 

 estate of Montontour with the most perfect joy."^®® 



In the declarations presented by the Hotel de Ville of Laon 

 June 30 homage was rendered " to the firmness and enlightened 

 patriotism which has dictated these deliberations to which they 

 adhere."*®^ In the deliberations of Ploermel presented in the even- 

 ing session of July i, it is stated that the municipal body " in- 

 structed of what happened at the states-general, notably in the 

 session of June 23 and although persuaded that the monarch who 

 governs us will recognize that he has been deceived, adheres to all 

 the decrees taken by the representatives of the third estate and the 

 national assembly, approves their firmness for the public good and 

 the rights of the nation and, animated with the same zeal for the 

 maintenance of liberty and the true principles of the monarchy, 

 assures them of their entire devotion and that it will regard any 

 violence of which they may be the object as violence done to the 

 nation."*9o 



In the deliberation of the Hotel de Ville of Chateauroux it was 

 stated that "the profound feeling of misery does not stifle in the 

 hearts of the inhabitants the admiration that your conduct and 

 patriotism have inspired." This address, unlike any of the others, 

 was sent to the committee of subsistence to be considered.*^^ The 



*8^ These were from Moncontour, Vermandois, Chateauroux, Chateau- 

 Thierry, Pontivy, Vernouillet-sur-Seine, bailliage of Mortain. 



i^^ Proces-verbal, No. 10, i; Assemblee nationale, I, 269; Point du 

 jour, I, 72. 



iS9 Proces-verbal, No. 10, 3; Assemblee nationale, I, 270; Point du jour, 

 I, 74- 

 . ^90 Proces-verbal, No. 11, 20. 



^^^ Ibid., No. 12, 2; Point du jour, I, 96; Assemblee nationale, I, 317. 



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