Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . part of the queensbrother, Leopold II, emperor of Germany, he might marchback and check the further progress of the revolutionary move-ment with which he could no longer sympathize. He and the queen were, however, arrestedon the way, at Varennes, andspeedily brought back to desertion of the king ap-pears to have terrified rather thanangered the nation. The griefof the people at the thought oflosing, and their joy at regaining,a poor weak ruler li
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . part of the queensbrother, Leopold II, emperor of Germany, he might marchback and check the further progress of the revolutionary move-ment with which he could no longer sympathize. He and the queen were, however, arrestedon the way, at Varennes, andspeedily brought back to desertion of the king ap-pears to have terrified rather thanangered the nation. The griefof the people at the thought oflosing, and their joy at regaining,a poor weak ruler like Louis XVIclearly shows that France wasstill profoundly royalist in itssympathies. The National As-sembly pretended that the kinghad not fled, but that he hadbeen carried off. This gratifiedFrance at large; still in Paristhere were some who advocated the deposition of the king,and for the first time a republican party appeared, though itwas still small. The National Assembly at last put the finishing touches tothe new constitution upon which it had been working for twoyears, and the king readily swore to observe it faithfully. All. Fig. 139. Caricature;Louis XVI as Consti-tutional Monarch* 1 The formerly despotic king is represented as safely caged by the NationalAssembly. When asked by Marie Antoinettes brother, the Emperor Leopold,what he is doing, Louis XVI replies, I am signing my name, — that is, he hadnothing to do except meekly to ratify the measures which the Assembly choseto pass. This condition of a king was intolerable to other monarchs of theContinent. The French Revolution 5^9 the discord and suspicion of the past months were to be for- The consti-gotten. The National Assembly had completed its appointed pieted, 1791task, perhaps the greatest that a single body-of men ever under-took. It had made France over and had given her an elaborateconstitution. It was now ready to give way to the regular Leg-islative Assembly provided for in the constitution. This held i
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