I would not give General Bonaparte the same advice I gave King Louis XVI.

When a king has the fact of his flight to Varennes and the 20th of June behind him, it is difficult to save him." As Roederer said these words, they reached a window opening on the garden of the Tuileries.

Bonaparte stopped, and, seizing Roederer by the arm, he said: "On the 20th of June I was there," pointing with his finger to the terrace by the water, "behind the third linden.

Through the open window I could see the poor king, with the red cap on his head.
It was a piteous sight; I pitied him." "What did you do ?" "Nothing, I could do nothing; I was only a lieutenant of artillery.
But I longed to go in like the others, and whisper: 'Sire, give me four cannon, and I'll sweep the whole rabble out.'" What would have happened if Lieutenant Bonaparte had followed his impulse, obtained what he wanted from Louis XVI., and _swept the rabble out_, that is to say the people of Paris?
Had his cannon made a clean sweep on June 20th, would he have had to make another the 13th Vendemiaire for the benefit of the Convention?
While the ex-Syndic; who had grown grave, was outlining in his mind the opening pages of his future "History of the Consulate," Bonaparte presented himself at the bar of the Council of the Ancients, followed by his staff, and by all those who chose to do likewise.

When the tumult caused by this influx of people had subsided, the president read over the decree which invested Bonaparte with the military power.