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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availed'themselves of the hint. They immediately assembled at their respective rendezvous, and a piquet was sent
from every arrondissement, to do duty at the hall of the
deputies, and to charge themselves with the protection of
the national representation."
The resolutions offered' by Lafayette decided the fate of
Napoleon. All, except himself, predicted the speedy termination of his reign. The day passed over without any event
of consequence. The emperor hesitated as to the course
he should pursue. The chambers exacted from the ministers the most positive and reiterated assurances that no designs were harboured against them. The citizens of Paris
anxiously awaited the result of the impending struggle. Toward the beginning of the evening, Napoleon, hoping that the
eloquence of Lucien, which had saved him on the eighteenth
Brumaire, might be found no less effectual now, sent him, with
the three other ministers to the chamber, having first obtained
a vote that all should pass in secret session. It was certainly a
most perilous crisis: it was a contest for existence, and no
man could feel his life safe. Lucien'rose, and made a partial exposition of the state of affairs, and the projects aid
hopes he still entertained. A deep and painful silence followed. At length MI. Jay, well known about twenty years
ago in Boston, under the assumed name of Renaud, as a
teacher of the French language, ascended the tribune, and
after a long, vehement, and eloquent speech, proposed to
send a deputation to the emperor, demanding his abdication.
Lucien inmuediately followed. He never showed more
power, or a more impassioned eloquence: "It is not Napoleon," he exclaimed, "that is attacked; it is the French
people. And a proposition is now made to this people tc
abandon their emperor; to expose the French nation, before the tribunal of the world, to a severe judgment on its
levity and inconstancy. No, sir, the honour of this nation
x* Boyce's France, ii. 137 —-140. —North American Review, January,; A c).