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if the assembly desired to send the project to the bureaus for dis- 

 cussion."^ The Marquis de la Fayette thought that Mirabeau's 

 motion was so important that the question should be taken up at 

 once,^^° but Bousmard desired discussion postponed until the next 

 (jg^y 581 'pj^g president stated that he had been asked to go to the 

 king at six o'clock that evening. As some supposed that the con- 

 ference would be regarding troops the deliberations were has- 

 tened.^^^ M. Goupil de Prefelne said that honor and liberty were 

 innate in the hearts of the French. It was a question of honor 

 that the assembly deliberated in freedom. The service of the 

 king was also concerned. " What citizen desiring to recognize the 

 legitimate rights of the executive power is not stopped by these 

 alarming preparations? What can one hope when our work 

 develops in the midst of troops? Our claim is not an act of 

 weakness, for each of us is incapable of such; it is a homage 

 which I render to the national assembly. I propose that the 

 president present this consideration to the king this evening."^^^ 

 Sieyes stated that in Brittany troops could not go nearer than 

 ten leagues to the place where the estates met, and he thought 

 there should be no less respect for the national assembly.^^* Le 



ecarter cette motion, en disant que ce n'etait pas des sentiments de peur 

 et de pusillanimite dont il f aillait f aire parade ; qu'en Angleterre les troupes 

 sont aux portes de Londres quand le parlement delibere." 



^'^ Point du jour, I, 142; Courrier de Provence, I, i8th letter, 15. 



^^'^ Point du jour, I, 142; Assemhlee nationale, I, 423; Courrier de Prov- 

 ence, I, i8th letter, 15; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 175; Bulletins de I'assemblee 

 nationale, July 8. 



681 Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 175 ; Assemblee nationale, I, 423, says there 

 were three or four nobles who wished to avoid the subject, saying that in 

 England the troops were at the gates of London when parliament 

 deliberated. 



582 Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 174; Proccs-vcrbal, I, No. 18, 5; Point du 

 jour.l, 142; Assemblee nationale,!, 424; Bulletins de I'asscmblee nationale, 

 July 8, mentions M. Blin as one who thought the matter very pressing, 

 and also says that a member from Metz announced a letter from Metz 

 stating that a courier had arrived to give orders for the troops to start 

 immediately for Paris. 



583 Point du jour, I, 143 ; Bulletins de I'assemblee nationale, July 8. 



^^^ Point du jour, I, 143; Duquesnoy, Journal, I, 175; Assemblee na- 



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