Let  us  ail,  yes,  all,  all  the  united  orders,  swear  to  be  faithful  to
those  illustrious  decrees  which  now  can  alone  save  thekingdom."
u  The  constitution  shall  be  made^  or  we  will  cease  to  be,'  added
the  due  de  la  Rochefoucauld.  But  this  unanimity  became
still  more  confirmed  when  the  rising  of  Paris,  the  excesses
which  ensued,  the  burning  of  the  barriers,  the  assembling  of
the  electors  at  the  Hotel  de  Ville,  the  confusion  of  the  capital,
and  the  fact  that  citizens  were  ready  to  be  attacked  by  the
soldiers  or  to  slaughter  each  other,  became  known  to  the
assembly.  Then  one  cry  resounded  through  the  hall:  "Let
the  recollection  of  our  momentary  divisions  be  effaced!  Let
us  unite  our  efforts  for  the  salvation  of  the  country!"  A
deputation  was  immediately  sent  to  the  king,  composed  of
eighty  members,  among  whom  were  all  the  deputies  of  Paris.
The  archbishop  of  Vienne,  president  of  the  assembly,  was  at
its  head.  It  was  to  represent  to  the  king  the  dangers  that
threatened  the  capital,  the  necessity  of  sending  away  the
troops,  and  entrusting  the  care  of  the  city  to  a  militia  of  citi-
zens; and  if  it  obtained  these  demands  from  the  king,  a
imputation  was  to  be  sent  to  Paris  with  the  consolatory  intelli^
gence.  But  the  members  soon  returned  with  an  unsatisfac-
tory answer.
