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They were permitted to enter and M. Bertolio became spokesman. 

 He stated that there had been much disorder in Paris on the days 

 following June 30; told of the letter which had 'been sent from 

 the Palais Royal to the electors and of the excitement among the 

 people both at the Palais Royal and among those watching the 

 deliberations at the H6tel-de-Ville. He went on to say that as 

 the night advanced the people became more excited and the 

 decree passed by the electors quieted the people because it seemed 

 just. Before the night had passed the prisoners had returned to 

 the abbey, the crowd at the Palais Royal had scattered and order 

 reigned in Paris. Since their arrival at Versailles pardon had 

 been granted by the king, and the prisoners were freed. He asked 

 that the assembly present the thanks of the electors to the king 

 and tell him that " peace and order will be unalterable so long as 

 he cherish us as we cherish him." 



The president replied that " the assembly learned with joy that 

 order reigned in Paris.^^*^ It (the assembly) has never doubled," 

 he said, " the fidelity of the inhabitants of the capital. Tell the 

 inhabitants that the national assembly considers the public good, 

 but that this good fortune can only be the reward of an attach- 

 ment of the citizens to the fatherland and to the king. Also state 

 that the assembly is about to take up the question of the consti- 

 tution."^" 



Thus it is seen, both from the addresses and the action regard- 

 ing the French guards, that the people and the French guards 



Prevot de Saint-Lucien, Marquis de la Salle, Jannin (Jeanin), Pinon, 

 D'Osmond. The Proces-verbal of the electors of Paris, I, 114, gives the 

 additional names of Dufresnoy, Agier, Pitra, Seguin, Le Roux, Delopoize 

 and Ricard. It also states that M. d'Osmond volunteered to join the 

 delegation ; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 6 ; Journal de Paris, 

 No. 189, 848 (July 8), says that there were 24 in the deputation. 



^^^ Assemble e nationale, I, 376; Courrier de Provence, I, 17th letter, 3; 

 Proces-verbal, I, No. 16, 5 ; Biauzat, Sa vie et sa correspondance, II, 162, 

 does not give the speech but speaks of the electors going to Versailles and 

 of the prisoners being given their liberty; Point du jour, I, 121; Bulletins 

 de I'assemblee nationale, July 6; Gazette de Leyde, Sup. No. 56 (July 9), 

 also in letter of July 6; Journal de Paris, No. 189, 848 (July 8). 



567 Proces-verbal, I, No. 16, 5; Assemblee nationale, I, 379; Courrier de 

 Provence, I, 17th letter, 13 ; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 6. 



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