Paris and its historical scenes . he As-sembly declared the possessions of the church to bethe property of the nation ; and on the 19th of the fol-lowing month decreed their confiscation. On the 13thof February, 1790, they proclaimed the abolition of REVOLUTION OF 1789. 81 relig-ioiis orders and monastic vows. On the 22d ofMay they determined that the right of declarinijpeace or war should belong- henceforth to the legis-lative body, the king retaining only that of initiating,or introducing, the question. On the 19th of Junethey decreed the suppression of hereditary nobility,coats of arms, and
Paris and its historical scenes . he As-sembly declared the possessions of the church to bethe property of the nation ; and on the 19th of the fol-lowing month decreed their confiscation. On the 13thof February, 1790, they proclaimed the abolition of REVOLUTION OF 1789. 81 relig-ioiis orders and monastic vows. On the 22d ofMay they determined that the right of declarinijpeace or war should belong- henceforth to the legis-lative body, the king retaining only that of initiating,or introducing, the question. On the 19th of Junethey decreed the suppression of hereditary nobility,coats of arms, and all distinctions of rank. Mostof these innovations had been previously discussedand resolved upon in the popular clubs, which,having their central meetings in Paris, had by thistime spread their ramifications over all France. Ofthese associations the most influential, both at thisperiod and for a long while afterwards, was that ofthe Jacobins, so called from its place of meeting, theConvent of the Jacobins in the Rue St, Hall uf tilt Jacvhins. The Jacobin Club had been originally established atVersailles, while the National Assembly sat there, by 82 PARTS. a few of the members of that body; but after it wastransferred to Paris along with the legislature, it verysoon began to open its doors to persons of muchmore violent politics than those of which it had atfirst consisted. It became in fact the nightly rendez-vous of many of the most turbulent spirits of thecapital, who gradually obtained such a sway overits deliberations that it was abandoned by most of itsoriginal members. The people however, as we havesaid, continued to act upon the legislature throughthis, and similar societies, with an immense anddaily increasing influence*. But they did notlong confine themselves merely to this manner ofdemonstrating their strength. On the 18th of April,1791, the king and the rest of the royal family hadmade preparations to leave the Tuileries for thePalace at St. Cloud ; bat b
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