The works Author:John Moore Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: which he greatly blamed the conduct of the general, in having calumniated and menaced the national assembly : in having had the design to march his army against ... more »Paris; and in having assumed unconstitutional power : and the reporter concluded by proposing a decree of accusation. The discourse of Jean de Brie was greatly applauded by the audience in the tribunes. M. Vaublanc made an able and eloquent defence of the general's conduct; but when he proposed the previous question on Jean de Erie's motion, the people in the galleries raised the most violent exclamations and murmurs, which were, however, balanced by the applause of the majority of the assembly. Brissot spoke next, and added new force to the reasoning of Jean de Brie. When the decree of accusation was put to the vote, it was rejected by a majority of near This occasioned fresh murmurs in the galleries, and violent agitation in the assembly. As this was considered as a trial of strength between the parties, it is to be presumed that the majority of the assembly is with the court; and that in future debates it will rather augment than diminish, as is usually the case in the British houses of parliament after a very great majority in favour of either party. The minority, however, seem to have the people with them. I am told indeed that those noisy people in the galleries are hired; but this does not account to me for the cry being all on one side. The partisans of the court, one would imagine, might hire applauders as well as others, August 9. I was informed late last night, that the great majority which voted in favour of La Fayette had excited rage and indignation among the partisans of opposition, which they manifested in the most open and alarming manner; that this victory, so far from discouraging them ...« less