egion.--Moniteur, XII. 719 (evening session of June 20). Speech of M.
Alos, an eye-witness. (The king does this twice, using about the same
words, the first time immediately on the irruption of the crowd, and
the second time probably after Vergniaud's harangue.) Declaration of
Lachesnaye, in command of the legion.--Moniteur, XII. 719 (evening
session of June 20). Speech of M. Alos, an eye-witness. (The king does
this twice, using about the same words, the first time immediately
on the irruption of the crowd, and the second time probably after
Vergniaud's harangue.)]

[Footnote 2552: The engraving in the "Revolutions de Paris" represents
him seated, and separated from the crowd by an empty space; that is a
falsehood of the party..]

[Footnote 2553: The queen produces the same impression. Prudhomme, in
his journal, calls her "the Austrian panther," which word well expresses
the idea of her in the faubourgs. A prostitute stops before her and
bestows on her a volley of curses. The reply of the queen is: "Have I
ever done you any wrong?" "No; but it is you who do so much harm to the
nation." "You have been deceived," replies the queen. "I married the
King of France. I am the mother of the dauphin. I am a French woman. I
shall never again see my own country. I shall never be either happy or
miserable anywhere but in France. When you loved me I was happy then."
The prostitute burst into tears. "Ah. Madame, forgive me! I did not know
you. I see that you have been very good." Santerre, however, wishing
to put an end to this emotion, cries out: "The girl is drunk "--(Madame
Campan, II. 214.--Report by Mandat, an officer of the legion.)]

[Footnote 2554: Mortimer-Ternaux, I. 213. "Citizens, you have just
legally made known your will to the hereditary representative of the
nation; you have done this with the dignity, with the majesty of a free
people! There is no doubt that your demands will be reiterated by the
eighty-three departments, while the king cannot refrain from acquiescing
in the manifest will of the people."]

CHAPTER VI. THE BIRTH OF THE TERRIBLE PARIS COMMUNE.

I.--Indignation of the Constitutionalists.

Cause of their weakness.--The Girondins renew the attack.
--Their double plan.

As the blow has missed the target, it must be repeated. This is the
more urgent, inasmuch as the faction has thrown off the mask and "honest
people"[2601] on all sides become indignant at seeing the Constitutio