The world: historical and actual . rst and second estates were tractable enough, butthe popular or bourgeois element had acquireda self-poise and independence which alarmed hismajesty. Hardly had this parliament been convenedbefore a royal decree was issued for its the sovereign was not sovereign. When theorder came, Mirabeau, the Patrick Henry of theFrench Revolution, boldly refused to obey the man-date. He belonged to and spoke for the third es-tate. The attempt was then made to disperse thebody by the bayonet, but that plan utterly the bayonets were soldiers wh
The world: historical and actual . rst and second estates were tractable enough, butthe popular or bourgeois element had acquireda self-poise and independence which alarmed hismajesty. Hardly had this parliament been convenedbefore a royal decree was issued for its the sovereign was not sovereign. When theorder came, Mirabeau, the Patrick Henry of theFrench Revolution, boldly refused to obey the man-date. He belonged to and spoke for the third es-tate. The attempt was then made to disperse thebody by the bayonet, but that plan utterly the bayonets were soldiers who were patriots,and they refused to obey orders. So far frombreaking up the States-General, they formed a mili-tia called the National Guards. At the head of thisnoble military body was the grand Marquis Gilbertdo Lafayette, whose services in behalf of Americanliberty had endeared him to the friends of freedomin his own land. The organization had for itsavowed purpose the protection of the National ^-V-) THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. 273. l\\ THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. !75
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