CHAPTER V. From the 1st of October, 1791, to the 21st of September, 1792

FROM THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, 1791, TO THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER, 1792

Early relations between the legislative assembly and the king--State of parties: the Feuillants rely on the middle classes, the Girondists on the people--Emigration and the dissentient clergy; decree against them; the king's veto--Declarations of war--Girondist ministry; Dumouriez, Roland-- Declaration of war against the king of Hungary and Bohemia--Disasters of our armies; decree for a camp of reserve for twenty thousand men at Paris; decree of banishment against the nonjuring priests; veto of the king; fall of the Girondist ministry--Petition of insurgents of the 20th of June to secure the passing of the decrees and the recall of the ministers--Last efforts of the constitutional party--Manifesto of the duke of Brunswick-- Events of the 10th of August--Military insurrection of Lafayette against the authors of the events of the 10th of August; it fails--Division of the assembly and the new commune; Danton--Invasion of the Prussians-- Massacres of the 2nd of September--Campaign of the Argonne--Causes of the events under the legislative assembly.

THE NATIONAL CONVENTION