Let him apply himself for a law respecting the education of the prince royal, and let him be brought up in the spirit of the constitution.

Finally, let him withdraw from M.de La Fayette the command of the army.

If the king shall adopt these determinations, and persist in them with firmness, the constitution is saved!" This letter, conveyed to the king by Thierri, had not been sought by him.

He was annoyed at the many plans of succour sent to him.

"What do these men mean ?" he inquired of Boze; "Have I not done all that they advise?
Have I not chosen patriots for ministers?
Have I not rejected succour from without?
Have I not repudiated my brothers, and hindered, as far as in me lies, the coalition, and armed the frontiers?
Have I not been, since my acceptance of the constitution, more faithful than the malcontents themselves to my oath ?" The Girondist leaders, still undecided between the republic and the monarchy, thus felt the pulse of power--sometimes of the Assembly, sometimes of the king; ready to seize it wherever they should find it; but discovering it on the side of the king, they judged that there was more certainty in sapping than in consolidating the throne, and they inclined more than ever to a factious policy.
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Still, half-masters of the council through Roland, Claviere, and Servan, who had succeeded De Grave, they bore to a certain extent the responsibility of these three ministers.