Contemporary Letters On The French Revolution.

should approach , the party of the Demagogues Avill exclude b y force all who are not equally determined with themselves , or if that should not succeed they will reassemble ancl vote that , however the majority may have determinedthey

, cannot consistentl y with their oath separate till the great work of Regeneration is complete , or otherwise to what end could the oath of adhesion tend ?

The Democrates haA'e one great advantage . Their conduct is the effect of previous combination , they are united under their leaders , and all their resolutions are previously debated at their club . When the passions or indignation excited at the

moment might carry decrees contrary to their wishes , they do not oppose , but -delay . When the feelings Avhich were excited are appeased or forgotten , and when hunger has driven from the Assembly a large number of the honest ancl Avell meaning

cures , they bring forward Avithout previous notice their resolutions and decrees and carry Avhatever they think proper . The proccs verbal reports of different committees generally employs the time till near two o ' clockat that hourhowever

im-, , portant the debate , however destructive of the interests of the Church , nothing can prevail upon these aged and worthy men to forego their dinner . I heard Monsr . cle Castellance allow that they often gained

100 votes by the craving appetites of the good cures , who are accustomed to dine at 11 o ' clock . Another manoeuvre by Avhich they often obtain the victory is , by seeming to adopt the proposals of the Aristocrates , but at the same time adding such

amendments that the original motion is lost in obscurity or perverted from its meaning . You ask me what effect the King ' s speech to the Assembl y has produced . I can perceive none , except that it has served to convince the King and his

Ministers that no concessions on their part will obtain for them better terms . The vieAvs of the Democrates Avere not entirely answered ; they hoped when they determined the King to go to the Assembl y that his dislike to speak in publicand the

, aAvkAvardness of his manners would haA'e confined him to a simple approbation of their conduct ancl decrees . The clauses relative to the Executive Power , ancl the confidence to be reposed in him , the return

of the exiles , the honorary distinctions due to noble birth , were neither agreeable to their wishes or expectations . Fearful of the impression the King ' s speech might make in the moment , the ridiculous

ceremony ot the serment ciA'ique Avas proposed , ancl the motion as first . made , turned the thoughts of the Aristocrates from the subject of the speech to the fear of their personal exclusion . The Democrates thus gained all they wanted , the approbation of the King , and effectuallprevented

y any benefit being reaped by their opponents . The King ancl his speech are mutually forgotten . As he is humane it is not difficult to perceive that the inattention ancl distrust of the Assembly may possibly rouse his indignation and make it difficult

for his Ministers to induce him to continue the blind submission he has hitherto shewn . I must again repeat to you , that both at home and in Ireland the friends of the Droits cle 1 'Homme are busy ; there are two Irishmen here , a Mr . Martin and a

Lord Carew or Carey , who belong to the Club of the Democrates ancl are Avarmly attached to their principles , which they hope one clay to see triumph in their OAVU country . Money grows daily scarcer , and poverty visible in

more every part of the capital . There was yesterday a slight disturbance in the Quartier St . Antoine Avhich was easily suppressed , it Avas occasioned b y labourers destitute of work . To preserve tranquillity the City are obliged to employ all those who demand it .

The illuminations on Sunday ni ght Avere shabby to an extreme , altho' there Avas an Ordonnance de Police by the Mayor " portant invitation a tous les bons citoyens d'illuminer les Fagades de leurs Maisons . " The Marquis de Favras is condemned to

be hanged and 1 ' amencle honorable . The demands of the German Princes will certainly be carried against them , they are now in the hands of a committee .

That farmer understood human nature AVIIO said : " If you Avant to keep your boy at home , don ' t bear too hard on the grindstone when he turns the crank . " An era unknown to women- the middle ages .