The Counter Revolution of June-July 105 



Ferrand, Metz, Saint-Die and Andreze expressed " the most pro- 

 found respect, most inviolable attachment for the person of the 

 king, the recognition of the people for the national assembly, and 

 the most formal adhesion to its decrees."*^" Those from Bor- 

 deaux, Poitiers, Nemours, Chatellerault and Uzerche "contained 

 the same sentiments and the same adhesion as those previously 

 received " ;***" those of the third estate of the bailliage of Mortain, 

 the district of Colmar, the bailliage, of Sarrelouis and the bailliage 

 of Dijon "had for their principal object to give to the national 

 assembly testimonies of respect and satisfaction for its conduct 

 and a full and complete adhesion to all its decrees specially for 

 those of June 17.""^® 



XI 



Although these addresses showed that the assembly had the sup- 

 port of the French people the success of the revolution depended, 

 to a large extent, on the attitude of the troops. As has been noted, 

 the king was determined to execute the plan presented at the royal 

 session on June 23, but it is evident that he had not pushed the 

 execution of this project at that time because he did not have a 

 sufficient number of troops to carry out his plan. The union of 

 the orders on June 27 had been resorted to by the government only 

 as an arrangement intended to quiet the populace until enough 

 troops could be collected to enable the king to execute his coup 

 d'etat. 



The French guards, stationed at Paris and Versailles, had de- 

 clared in favor of the third estate and stated that they would not 

 fire on the people. They turned against their officers, complaining 

 of their harshness and openly announced their intention to desert. 

 On June 25 some of the soldiers left their barracks and went to the 

 Barriere Blanche to celebrate ; others went to the cafes at the 

 Palais Royal. They were greeted by the cries of " Long live the 

 French Guards ! Long live the Swiss ! " and were treated to wine 

 by the populace. On June 26 the barracks were completely de- 



496 Ibid., I, No. 18, I. 

 • 497 Ibid,, I, No. 19, 2. 

 498 Proces-verhal, I, No. 20, i. 



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