Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . t represent the sentiment of the majorityin the district; but the agitators in such a casealways have the upper hand. Danton and otherable leaders had undoubtedly resorted to all thetricks of which demagogy is capable. There wasan organized plot to join with the Marseillespatriots and hurl Louis XVI from the throne. Petitioners kept coming to demand that the persecutive power be destroyed; that the Tuile-ries be razed as the Bastile had been; that alldecrees passed since the flight to Varennes berescinded; that the rights of man be veiled as theanci
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . t represent the sentiment of the majorityin the district; but the agitators in such a casealways have the upper hand. Danton and otherable leaders had undoubtedly resorted to all thetricks of which demagogy is capable. There wasan organized plot to join with the Marseillespatriots and hurl Louis XVI from the throne. Petitioners kept coming to demand that the persecutive power be destroyed; that the Tuile-ries be razed as the Bastile had been; that alldecrees passed since the flight to Varennes berescinded; that the rights of man be veiled as theancients veiled the statues of the gods.^ Excite-ment was running so high that deputies whosesentiments were unpopular were not only insultedand threatened but were subjected to actualviolence. If they ventured to complain in theAssembly, the recital of their woes was greeted withroars of laughter from the galleries. One had beenstoned, another pelted with filth, another almost ^ Debats et Decrets, August 4th. Debats et Decrets, August /(>/r\// -? /\< ? J Plate III. A representation of French soldiers, full of grim determination,marching to the chorus To arms, citizens! 251 252 The French Revolution hung to the lantern-bracket. The more gruesomethe details the louder the mirth. Tn your veryprecincts I was struck, cried a deputy. Where?cried a voice. I am asked where I was struck—-it was behind. Assassins never strike anywhereelse. A member, Vanblanc, furious at all thedisorder, spoke plain words to the Assemblyitself, declaring that its authority was gone andthat it was simply ridiculous to hear the presidentattempting to call the galleries to order. The view of these legislators that one gainsfrom their own records shows them to have beenone of the feeblest bodies that ever attempted torule a state. They made no opposition when thesections of Paris, after midnight elections con-ducted without a shadow of fairness, installed anew governing council in the Hot
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