The  Jacobin3  were  soon  informed  of  Dumouriez's  arrange-
ments; he  took  little  precaution  to  conceal  them;  whether  he
wished  to  try  his  troops,  or  to  alarm  his  enemies*  or  whether
he  merely  followed  his  natural  levity.     To  be  more  sure  of'
his  designs,  the  Jacobin  club  sent  to  him  a  deputation,  con-
sisting of  Proly,  Pereira,  and  Dubuisson,  three  of  its  mem-
bers.    Taken  to  Dumouriez's  presence,  they  received  from
him  more  admissions  than  they  expected:    "  The  convention,'"
said  he,  "is  an  assembly  of  seven  hundred  and  thirty -five
tyrants.     While  I  have  four  inches  of  iron  I  will  not  suffer-
it  to  reign  and  shed  blood  with  the  revolutionary  tribunal  it:
has  just   created;  as  for  the  republic, "  he  added,  "  it  is  an
idle  word.    I  had  faith  in  it  for  three  days.    Since  Jemmapes,
I  have  deplored  all  the  successes  I  obtained  in  so  bad  a  cause.
There  is  only  one  way  to  save  the  country — that  is,  to  re--
establish  the  constitution  of  1791,  and  a  king."     "Can  you.
