A complete history of the Marquis de Lafayette, major-general in the American army in the war of the revolution. Embracing an account of his tour through the United States, to the time of his departure, September, 1825. By an officer in the late army.

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full march after him, or that he was assured of such support in the capital itself, as would enable him to accomplish
the object of his visit. When the king heard of the demand
that he was about to make to the convention, he formed
very high expectations relative to the success of that measure: but they were not of long duration.-Lafayette appeared at the bar unattended, with that confidence and dignity
which integrity alone can give. Had the Girondists at this
time joined him and his friends, they might perhaps still
have prevented the entrance of foreign troops, and restored
to the king that constitutional authority which was his due.
The discourse, pronounced by the general, was replete with
energy and patriotism, and as strong as the circumstances
exacted. He avowed his letter of the sixteenth, and assigned as a reason for his appearance among them, the shame
and indignation of the army at the outrage of the twentieth,
which, he said, must have increased to an alarming degree,
had he not thought it his duty to moderate their resentment
against the factions of Paris, by assuring them that he would
appear alone before the representatives of the nation, and
demand, in their name, that order, obedience, andl respect
for the laws, should be restored. In the name, therefore, of
that army, as well as of all good citizens, he demanded " the
punishment of the instigators and executors of the violence
of the twentieth, the suppression of the Jacobin societies,
and that the assembly would take measures for preventing
all attempts against the constitution from internal enemies.
while the army was repelling foreign foes from the frontiers.'
He closed his speech by words which well became him;
" Such are the representations submitted to the assembly by
a citizen, whose love for liberty at least, will not be disputed."-His discourse was received with applause, and the
president invited him to the honour of a sitting. The consternation which prevailed for a short time, was dispelled
lby Gaudet, who stepped quickly to the tribune, and in a
dexterous discourse, inveighed against the general for leavinlg the army, described the distrust which his counsels ought