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370 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
letter under an envelope, there is no risk. This, however,
I am pretty certain will go safe. The States-general have
now been a long time in session, and have done nothing
hitherto. They have been engaged in a dispute, whether
they shall form one body or three. The commons, who
are represented by a number equal to both the others, and
who besides have at least one-half the representatives of
the clergy, insist on forming a single house. They have
succeeded. But the nobles deeply feel their situation. The
king, after siding with them, was frightened into an abandonment of them. He acts now from terror only. The
soldiery in this city, particularly the French guards, declare they will not act against the people. They are now
treated by the mobility, and parade about the streets drunk,
huzzaing for the Tiers. Some of them have, in consequence,
been confined, not by the force, but by the adroitness of
authority. Last night this circumstance became known,
and immediately a mob repaired to the prison. The soldiers on guard unfixed their bayonets, and joined the assailants. A party of dragoons, ordered on duty to disperse
the riot, thought it better to drink with the rioters, and
return back to their quarters. The soldiers, with others
confined in the same prison, were then paraded in triumph
to the Palais Royal, which is now the liberty pole of this
city, and there they celebrated, as usual, their joy. Probably this evening some other prisons will be opened, for
" Liberte" " is now the general cry, and " autorite " is a name,
not a real existence.
The court are about to form a camp in the neighbourhood of Paris, of 25,000 men, under the command of the
Marechal de Broglio. I do not know him personally,
therefore cannot judge what may be expected from his
talents ; but all my information goes to the point, that
he will never bring his army to act against the people.
The Guard du Corps are as warm adherents (in general) to
the Tiers as anybody else, strange as that may seem; so
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000405 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 370 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. letter under an envelope, there is no risk. This, however, I am pretty certain will go safe. The States-general have now been a long time in session, and have done nothing hitherto. They have been engaged in a dispute, whether they shall form one body or three. The commons, who are represented by a number equal to both the others, and who besides have at least one-half the representatives of the clergy, insist on forming a single house. They have succeeded. But the nobles deeply feel their situation. The king, after siding with them, was frightened into an abandonment of them. He acts now from terror only. The soldiery in this city, particularly the French guards, declare they will not act against the people. They are now treated by the mobility, and parade about the streets drunk, huzzaing for the Tiers. Some of them have, in consequence, been confined, not by the force, but by the adroitness of authority. Last night this circumstance became known, and immediately a mob repaired to the prison. The soldiers on guard unfixed their bayonets, and joined the assailants. A party of dragoons, ordered on duty to disperse the riot, thought it better to drink with the rioters, and return back to their quarters. The soldiers, with others confined in the same prison, were then paraded in triumph to the Palais Royal, which is now the liberty pole of this city, and there they celebrated, as usual, their joy. Probably this evening some other prisons will be opened, for " Liberte" " is now the general cry, and " autorite " is a name, not a real existence. The court are about to form a camp in the neighbourhood of Paris, of 25,000 men, under the command of the Marechal de Broglio. I do not know him personally, therefore cannot judge what may be expected from his talents ; but all my information goes to the point, that he will never bring his army to act against the people. The Guard du Corps are as warm adherents (in general) to the Tiers as anybody else, strange as that may seem; so |
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