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.

268 HISTORY OF THE
to excite in the legislative assembly, and desired that the
minister of war might be questioned whether general Lafayette had, or had not, obtained permission to leave his post.
This produced a debate; and several severe speeches were
nade by those who would have remained over-awed, had not
Gaudet began in.the bold manner he did. The noise and
cry of question now became pretty general; —when the
appeal nominal threw out Gaudet's motion by three hundred
and thirty-nine against two hundred and thirty-four."
This bold step of Lafayette's was attended with no
success: on the contrary, it served to accelerate his downfall. The Jacobins redoubled their activity in rendering
him odious to the populace. The naine of Cromwell was
echoed from every press; but when Gaudet revived the recollection of the same man, dictating in the name of his army
laws to the representatives of his country, the assembly were
perfectly aware that they had neither tyrant nor soldier before them, but a virtuous citizen, who could not tolerate
crime, under whatever banner it might pretend to range itself.
The efforts of the Jacobins with the mob were effectual, and
Lafayette, finding, after fruitless efforts to assemble the national guards, that no good was to be effected in Paris, left that
city qn the thirtieth of June, and returned immediately to
his army..Before his departure, he waited on the king,
who thanked him for the step he had taken, but did not profit by his further offers of service. His effigy was burnt the
same evening at the Palais-Royal; his conduct was represented in the journals as high treason; he was called a liberticide
and a second Cromwell, with this difference, that he acted
in concert with the king against the liberty of the people;
and he was accused of having proposed to march with his
army to Paris.
When Lafayette reached the army, he found that it, also,
was now infected: he endeavoured to assure himself of its
*De Stael Consid. ii. 48, 9.-Toul. Hist. ii. 179.-~Moore's View, ii.
228.-Bertrand's Mem. ii. 331.-Hist. French Rev. ii. 27.-Lett from
Paris, ii. 58.