Ed among the number of their virtues. I have
received marks of it too affecting to be ever for
gotten; the king would not bring forward the
following, were it not to repiefent to his faith
ful fubjecti the difpofilion of the factious. The
people kept in psy for the triumph of M. Necker,
affected not to pronounce the name of King;
they, at this period, persecuted the Archbilhop
of Paris ; a courier of the King was rtopped,
searched, and the letters which he carried broke
open ; at this time the Allembly feeined to insult
the King; it was determined to carry to Paris
the words of peace; during his journey, they
Hopped, in order to fupprcO any cry of Vivt I:
Rot. They even made a motion to carry him off,
and to put the Queen in a convent ; this motion
was applauded. On the nights of the 4th and
sth, when it was proposed to the Afleinbly to go
and hold their fitting in the prefelice of the King,
the answer was, That it was not consistent with
their dignity to go thither. From that moment
the fcencs of horror were renewed. Upon the
arrival of the King at Paris, an innocent person
•was maflacred almult under his eyes, in the gar
den of the Thuilleries ; while all who abused re
ligion ami the throne received the honour of tri
umph. At the Federation of the 14th July, the
National Afienibly declared, that the King was
the head ; but in order to (how that they could
name another, his family was placed separately
from him ; it was then, however, that he spent the
mod agieeable moments of hisrefidence at Paris.
" When, from religious motives, Mefdames
wiltied to go to Rome, notwithftanditig the decla
ration of rights, their departure was opposed ;
they were carried to Bellevtie, and then to Ar
ney-'e-Duc, to wait the orders of the Aflembly
for their departure ; the authority of the King
was disregarded. In the tumult which fat'lioufly
disposed persons excited at Vincennes, thofewho
aflembled around the King from regard to his
fafety were maltreated ; so far was their inso
lence carried, that their arms were broken in the
presence of the King under whose protection they
were. When, to get rid of an indjfpolition, he
was preparing to go to Sr. Cloud ; in order to
Hop him, they availed themselves of the refpec't
which they knew he entertained for them, and
the religion of his father ; the club of Cordeliers
brought a charge agamft him as refractory to
the law—in vain M. de la Fayette endeavoured
to protect him: they violently seized the faith
ful servants who surrounded him, and he again
relumed his prison. In fine, he was obliged to
oider the removal of his chapel, to approve the
letter of the Minister to foreign powers, and to
go to mass at the new curacy of Saint Germain
I'Anxerrois. With such motives, and in the im
possibility which the King feels to prevent evil,
ir is natural that he should endeavor to ensure
his fafety.
" Frenchmen, and yeu who are called inhab
itants of the good City of Paris, withdraw your
confidence from the suggestions of the factious,
return to your King, he will always be your
friend ; when your holy religion (hall be ref
pedted, when government shall be secured on a
firm footing, and liberty eftablilhed upon an un
ihaken basis. (Signed) " LOUIS."
Paris, 20th "June, 1791.
FRANCE.
Proceedings of the National Assembly.
At nine on Tuesday morning the National As
sembly met, and the fittings were opened by a
communication from the President, of the King's
flight.
A motion was made and carried unanimously
to the following purport :
" The National Aflembly, conflicting the re
presentatives of the nation, decrees, r 11, That
the decrees already pa (Ted or to be pafled, and
which cannot be fancftioned by the royal prero
gative on account of the King's absence, shall
still preserve the name, and have the force of
laws throughout the Kingdom, and the seals of
office already approved of (hall be affixed to them."
" 2dly, The Chief Minilter of Jultice (hall be
authorised to affix the seals of state to all the
adis of the legislative power, and to sign his name
tothein." ,
" The National Aflembly orders that the min
ister for the home department ihall initantly dis
patch couriers to all the departments of the king
dom, with an order to all the public officers, na
tional guards, and the troops of the empire, to
flop e»ery person who shall attempt to quit the
kingdom ; as well as to prevent every species of
goods, arms, stores. or money, horses orcarriages,
from pafling : And thatfhould the couriers over
take the king, or any individuals of the royal
family, or tbofe who may have alfifted in their
escape, the said public officers, national guards,
and oihers, (hall be bound to take the neceff'ary
meafuie3 to prevent it, to detain those persons
who have attempted it, and to give immediate
notice of it to the legislative body.
'• The National Aflembly declares to all the
citizens of Paris, and to all the inhabitants of
the empire, that the fame firmnefs and energy
which have enabled them to contend with so
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manv (lifficultier, fliall be obfcrved in their de
liberation on the present occalion of the escape
of the King and royal family ; it recommends
to i he citizens tlie neceffi y of prefcrving the in oft
lVrict good order to preserve the public peace ,
that the National AlTemhty has taken the molt
active measures to find out thole perlons who
have rendered themlelves guilty, by allifting in
the escape of the king, and that it will uninter
ruptedly employ itfelt in providing such means
that public affairs lhall not Puffer by the event ;
that it is the duty of atl citizens to rejioPe their
confide.ice in them, in whatever i egards the sal
vation of the empire, and that whoever (hall ex
cite disturbances, put citizens in fear ot their
lives, or threaten their property, fliall be deem
ed guilty :
'■ Orders, That all citizens (hall hold rhein
felves ready to acft for the preservation of pub
lic tranquility and the defence ot their country :
" Orders, 'That the adininift ration of every
department, and the municipal officers of the
ki.igdom, fliall promulgate the present decree,
and watch over the public fecuritv.
" The minister of war shall be directed todif
patch M. de Rochambean immediately with the
neceHary orders to put the frontiers of the king
dom in a state of defence, and to arrest all those
persons who shall be fufpe<fted of having altifted
in retelling the king
" 6th, the National Afiembly decrees, that all
he seals of office, as well as others made use of
£>y the different committees of the Na ional As
fembly, (hall be got together and placed under
the diretftion of four comniiflioners appointed bv
the National Aflembly, of whom one always fliall
be in attendance to expedite its decrees. That
notice (hall be written without delay to all tilt
directors of departments in the provinces charg
ingthem to be extremely vigilant in not fuffet
ing any fictitious decree to be spread through thi
country.
*' The National A(Temhly derrees, That the
jublic ministers (hallretie to an adjoining; room,
to give the necettary orders that the present de
crees be put in execution.
" Decrees, That the ministers shall be author
ized to hold a communication, with the Aflem
bly as often as they (hall judge necellary."
ThurfJay Morring, J tin: 23.
The Ptefident refnmed the chair, and the As
fembly so med itfelfinto a deliberntive body.
One of the secretaries read a letter, ftatinp.
that three cil izens of Paris offered to the Aflem
bly a voluntary contribution for the payment of
the National Guards who (bould be employed in
the defence of the frontiers.
Monf. Mangin, the surgeon, who was the means
of apprehending the Royal Family, was the per
son dispatched to the National Aflembly, who
were deliberating at the moment, when a con
fufed cry was heard in the hall—" He is taken !"
" he is taken !"
A packet was delivered to the President, when
the Secretary was ordered to read to the Allem
bly, a letter from the officersof the Municipality
of Varennes, dated the 21It of June. It was con
ceived in these terms:
To the President of the National Affemlly
" Sir,
" In the state of alarm which we are now in,
when every moment is of consequence, weamho
rife M. Mangin, Surgeon at Varennes, to wait
upon yon instantly, to inform you, thai the King
is now in our hands ! We beg of you to inform
us what condudt we are to puifue."
A letter was theti read from the officers of the
Municipality of Saint Menehnud, which gave an
account of various orders iliiied by M. iiouille,
commander of the troops, to fend to him a num
ber of troops of the line, as well in the Munici
pality of Menehoud, as elsewhere.
I he President announced that Mangin, from
Varennes, desired to be admitted to give an ac
count of the manner in which the Ki was Hop
ped. He was admitted, and gave the following
account:
" Yelterday, June 22, about one in the morn
ing, a carriage entered Varennes, which was not
suspected to contain the King and the Royal Fa
mily. It was efconed by a detachment of Lau
zun's hollars, and attended by several per Tolls
who acted as couriers.
" The Poll-Mailer of St. Menehoud, who en
tertained suspicions relpetfting the carriage, and
had followed it from Clermont, where the cou
riers declared that they were going to Verduu,
perceived that it took the road 10 Varennes. He
then got before it, and cried out ill the town to
stop a carriage that was paflinor
" Two young men, Paul le Blanc and Joseph
Ponfin, Hopped the carriage. The polfillions
whipped their horses, and the men threat
ened to fire into ihe carriage if they attempted
to proceed. The persons in the carriage order
ed them to flop. In the mean time several other
persons allembled, and gave the alarm. The tra
vellers alighted wiihout refiilanct. The Na
tional Guard fin-rounded the detachment of hus
sars, who also fabmicted. The Attorney-Gene
rnl of the community condn/ied the travel;..,,
his house, where they alked for vefrethmrnr °
" Their quality was (hil unknown, when I en.
tered and recognized the King, the Qiieen t |,J
Dauphin, Madame Royale, and Madame Kliza
heth. I went out, and gave notice to my fV'.i.m"
citizens, that it was the King ami Royal' Kam! v "
They profeffed the greatest zeal to oppose their
departure, and drove away foine officers of h-if.
fars and dragoons, who attempted to favor it __
The good countenance of the National Guards
and the firninefs of the Municipal Officers re „!
dered all tlieir attempts fruitlels.
" 1 iuftantly mounted a horse, ss did twelve'
of my fellow citizens. We rode from vjli:i<re to
village for alfil'ance, and in less than an hour We
collected above four thousand National Guard,
besides the hollars and dragoons, who joined u<*
and condu< r ted thetnfehes like good patriots. '
" When 1 saw that we could nnfwer for the
detention of the King and the Royal Family, {
hastened to the capital, to quiet the ininds of all
good citizens, and especially the reprefentativrs
of the nation. I set out at four in the morning,
and reached the barriers of Paris at seven in the
evening. The people of the capital, whom I in
formed as I palfed , prevented ine from appearing
sooner before this august Aflembly, by their ea
ger: efa to be afl'ured of the farts, which 1 have
now communicated."
The account was received with loud applause
and ordered to be printed.
The Aflembly having heard the different dis
patches, immediately ilfued orders—
rff. That Ihe most inviolable regard iliould be
paid to the fafety of the King's person, in con
ducting him to the capita'.
2d. That information should immediately be
conveyed to the whole kingdom, that the King
was taken.
3d. That M. Ronille fhonld be deprived of all
command, and immediately arretted.
Thrnf.iay Afternoon,
The President read the following letter from
the three couiniiflionei s to meet the King:
"La Fertefous Tottare —A'ire o'clock in the v/ornin^.
" The King left Chatons Jaft night, efcortea
by sin army of national guards, assembled from
;he neighbouring departments, as soon as the
news of his being (topped was made known. We
have given orders every where for the fateiyand
tranquility of the return of the King. We have
been effectually seconded by the dispositions of
:he citizens. The fentimenrs of the people are
every where the fame as at Paris; their deport,
ment is magnanimous, vet tranquil. We have
every where experienced teltimonies of refpetfi
and confidence in the National Afleinbly."
Letters from different departments were then
read, nil breathing an entire devotion to the de
crees of the National Aflembly.
A numerous deputation of t lie National Guard
was admitted, when M. la Fayette, the speaker
of the deputation, addrefled the President in the
following tpeech :
" Von fee before yon citizen?, who have never
measured theii zeal but by the exigencies ot their
country. They ask for the permillion of swear
ing, in your presence, that they will noc employ
those arms which they took up in the canl'e ot li
berty, except in the defence of the conllitution
and of freedom. The late occurrences, as far
as they have affeiled the people of the capital,
have been what all movements and procedures
fliould be which do not attack the rights of ci
tizens. If ic he true that the bold and impre!-
five serenity of which they have displayed so at
ferting an example, augments the fury ot our e
nemies, haflen to inform us of those places in
which thev can be discovered ; and may the Silt
soldiers who armed themselves in the defence of
liberty, become, likewise, the firft soldiers who
marched forwards to give battle to the champions
of despotism !"
The President made the following reply :
" From you it was narural to expert \he moffc
intrepid and virtuous efforts fur the prefervatioii
of rhe public freedom. All France is too sensi
ble of the obligations which you have alreai'y
bellowed, nor to suppose it certain, that, in die
sequel, yon will confer more. It is with jov, it
is with confidence, that the reprefeiiratives ot
the nation receive your oa hs. should our ene
mies forget that the people of France are f>e<%
thev will be taught by vou that the power of
freemen is as inexhaustible as their valour.
The Parilian National Guard, to which wfr .
united the Swiss Guards, and a great numbei o
citizens, armed and unarmed, entered with op'
lifted hands. They inarched across the ha ,
and llepping before the Prelident, unaniiio"'■
exclaimed—" We swear, we will livefreeoroie
These having retired, were succeeded by a |( jj
rher patriotic phalanx, which also made the
reloimd wirh their oaths and acclamations
mixed with the found of military inftruine |,s '
Two hours and a half were confumecl 11 ia ',
ing the oaths by similar bodies, that foi° weu
these with the fame acclamations.
(Tu lie ctntinusi.)