A Complete History of the Marquis de Lafayette; Major General in the Army of the United States of America, in the War of the Revolution; Embracing a (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ...day subsequent to the acquittal of Lafayette, (the ninth of August, ) the assembly, in consequence of the proceedings of the Jacobins, declared its sessions " no longer free." Meanwhile the general was using his utmost efforts in support of constitutional authority. Early in the month of August, he despatched one of his aids-de-camp to Paris, proposing to the king and royal family to take refuge at Compeigne, with he army. This was the best and safest course; but the persons who possessed the confidence of the king and queen hated M. de Lafayette as much as if he had been an outrageous Jacobin. The aristocrats of that time preferred running every risk to obtain the re-establishment of the old government, to the acceptance of efficient aid under the condition of adopting with sincerity the principles of the revolution; that is, a representative government. The offer of Lafayette was then refused, and the king submitted to the dreadful risk of awaiting the German troops at Paris. The tenth of August, 1792, soon arrived, a day replete with horror; a revolution then overthrew the monarchy, and gave a final blow to the power of the constitutional party. The palace was stormed by a furious mob, the most atrocious murders committed, the king and the royal family pursued to the national assembly, to which they had fled for safety, where the legislative body was compelled to supersede the king in order to save liis life. For many days the phrenzy of the populace raged with unbounded violence, savage and dreadful in its effects. Tin's absurd rage was not confined to living objects of resentment. They barbarously demolished every vestige of art which had the remotest relation to monarchy or aristocracy; among others, the bust of Lafayette was sought...