Roland， Clavières， and Servan not only do not shield the King， but they give him up， and， under their patronage and with their connivance， he is more victimized， more harassed， and more vilified than ever before. Their partisans in the Assembly take turns in slandering him， while Isnard proposes against him a most insolent address.[11] Shouts of death are uttered in front of his palace. An abbé or soldier is unmercifully beaten and dragged into the Tuileries basin. One of the gunners of the Guard reviles the queen like a fish woman， and exclaims to her， "How glad I should be to clap your head on the end of my bayonet！"[12] They supposed that the King is brought to heel under this double pressure of the Legislative Body and the street； they rely on his accustomed docility， or at least， on his proven lethargy； they think that they have converted him into what Condorcet once demanded， a signature machine.[13] Consequently， without notifying him， just as if the throne were vacant， Servan， on his own authority， proposes to the Assembly the camp outside Paris.[14] Roland， for his part， reads to him at a full meeting of the council an arrogant， pedagogical remonstrance， scrutinizing his sentiments， informing him of his duties， calling upon him to accept the new "religion，" to sanction the decree against unsworn ecclesiastics， that is to say， to condemn to beggary， imprisonment， and transportation[15] 70，000 priests and nuns guilty of orthodoxy， and authorize the camp around Paris， which means， to put his throne， his person， and his family at the mercy of 20，000 madmen， chosen by the clubs and other assemblages expressly to do him harm；[16] in short， to discard at once his conscience and his common sense. --Strange enough， the royal will this time remains staunch； not only does the King refuse， but he dismisses his ministers. So much the worse for him， for sign he must， cost what it will； if he insists on remaining athwart their path， they will march over him. -- Not because he is dangerous， and thinks of abandoning his legal immobility. Up to the 10th of August， through a dread of action， and not to kindle a civil war， he rejects all plans leading to an open rupture. Up to the very last day he resigns himself even when his personal safety and that of his family is at stake， to constitutional law and public common sense. Before dismissing Roland and Servan， he desires to furnish some striking proof of his pacific intentions by sanctioning the dissolution of his guard and disarming himself not only for attack but for defense； henceforth he sits at home and awaits the insurrection with which he is daily menaced； he resigns himself to everything， except drawing his sword； his attitude is that of a Christian in the amphitheatre.[17] -- The proposition of a camp outside Paris， however， draws out a protest from 8，000 Paris National Guards. Lafayette denounces to the Assembly the usurpations of the Jacobins； the faction sees that its reign is threatened by this reawakening and union of the friends of order. A blow must be struck.
This has been in preparation for a month past， and to renew the days of October 5th and 6th， the materials are not lacking.
II.
The floating and poor population of Paris. -- Disposition of the workers.-- Effect of poverty and want of work. -- Effect of Jacobin preaching. -- The revolutionary army. - Quality of its recruits --Its first review. -- Its actual effective force.
Paris always has its interloping， floating population. A hundred thousand of the needy， one-third of these from the departments， "beggars by race，" those whom Rétif de la Bretonne had already seen pass his door， Rue de Bièvre， on the 13th of July， 1789， on their way to join their fellows on the suburb of St. Antoine，[18] along with them "those frightful raftsmen，" pilots and dock-hands， born and brought up in the forests of the Nièvre and the Yonne， veritable savages accustomed to wielding the pick and the ax， behaving like cannibals when the opportunity offers，[19] and who will be found foremost in the ranks when the September days come. Alongside these stride their female companions "barge-women who， embittered by toil， live for the moment only，" and who， three months earlier， pillaged the grocer-shops.[20] All this "is a frightful crowd which， every time it stirs， seems to declare that the last day of the rich and well-to-do has come； tomorrow it is our turn， to-morrow we shall sleep on eiderdown." -- Still more alarming is the attitude of the steady workmen， especially in the suburbs. And first of all， if bread is not as expensive as on the 5th of October， the misery is worse. The production of articles of luxury has been at a standstill for three years， and the unemployed artisan has consumed his small savings.
Since the ruin of St. Domingo and the pillaging of grocers' shops colonial products are dear； the carpenter， the mason， the locksmith， the market-porter， no longer has his early cup of coffee，[21] while they grumble every morning at the thought of their patriotism being rewarded by an increase of deprivation.
