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assure the blessing which France is ready to receive from the 

 voluntary union of all the representatives of the nation. A deputa- 

 tion will be sent to the king to inform him of the action taken by 

 the assembly and to ask him to use, in re-establishing order in 

 Paris, the unfailing method of clemency and good will, which are 

 so natural to him, and confidence, which all good people merit."^^' 

 At the suggestion of M. Gregoire, the assembly decreed that the 

 deputation might be composed not simply of prelates but of vari- 

 ous members of the hierarchy.^^'* The delegation chosen by the 

 assembly consisted of two archbishops, two cures, two chevaliers, 

 two marquises and eight of the commons.^^^ 



The Assemhlce nationale states that in the debates on this ques- 

 tion one could notice among the clergy a " weakness, a mean spirit, 

 or perhaps a devotion to the prejudices of this order." Among 

 the nobles there was " a strictness, more severe than rational, for 

 military discipline." Among the commons, there was " more 

 gentleness, yet this gentleness did not change the severity of 

 military laws."^^^ Biauzat saw conditions in another light. He 

 calls attention to the fact that in the discussions the clergy and the 

 nobles had deliberated in common and that everything occurred 

 as if there had been no schism or any difference regarding the 

 manner of voting. He also speaks, of the decree being taken in 



553 PfQces-verbal, I, No. 11, i, states that the decree was to be printed 

 and made public; Assemblee nationale, I, 297; Courrier de Provence, I. 

 15th letter, 6; Point du jour, I, 85-86; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 151 (this 

 does not give the decree but states that one was made) ; Biauzat, Sa vie 

 et sa correspondance, II, 153; Gazette de Leyde, Sup. No. 55 (July 2); 

 Journal de Paris, No. 184, 827 (July 3). 



^^'^ Point du jour, I, 86; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 156, states that he desired 

 two prelates and two cures. 



555 Proces-verhal,!, No. 11,3; Point du jour, I, 86; Assemblee nationale, 

 I, 299; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 153. The members of the 

 delegation were as follows : clergy. Archbishop of Paris, Archbishop of 

 Amiens, Cure de Sergi and Cure de Montigni; nobles, the Chevalier de 

 Boufflers, the Chevalier de la Liniere, the Marquis de Lancosne, Marquis 

 d'Avarai ; commons, MM. Arnoult, Lemercier, Thouret, Hebrard, Ba- 

 rere, Maillot, Lapoule, Emmery. Gazette de Leyde, No. 56 (July 4) ; 

 Journal de Paris, No. 184, 827 (July 3). 



556 Assemblee nationale, I, 292. 



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