Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . dy. On the nththe Assembly resorted to its last and most des-perate measure—a measure borrowed from ancientRome—and proclaimed the country in danger.^A great flag with an inscription to that effect washung out from the Hotel de Ville.^ A public an-nouncement was made that troops were converg-ing on the frontier. Every functionary, everysoldier, was ordered to remain at his post; everypatriot was to wear the national cockade. Dis-obedience was to be considered as rebellion, andthose who failed to denounce were to be treatedas accomplices. It was in a
Symbol and satire in the French Revolution . dy. On the nththe Assembly resorted to its last and most des-perate measure—a measure borrowed from ancientRome—and proclaimed the country in danger.^A great flag with an inscription to that effect washung out from the Hotel de Ville.^ A public an-nouncement was made that troops were converg-ing on the frontier. Every functionary, everysoldier, was ordered to remain at his post; everypatriot was to wear the national cockade. Dis-obedience was to be considered as rebellion, andthose who failed to denounce were to be treatedas accomplices. It was in a frenzied state of mind that the anni-versary of the storming of the Bastile was cele-brated on the Champ de Mars and the emblems offeudalism were once more consigned to the flames.^We have a serious representation of the scene, ^ bythe conscientious Prieur, which shows every sort of Sorel, ii., 489. 2 Debats et Decrets, July 11, 1792. See also number of July 4th. 3 Plate 106, p. 241. 4 Feuille Villageoise iv., 384. s Plate 107, p.
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