They were induced to adore that power of the Revolution which they could not bend.
V.
The first acts of the king were too much imbued with the inspirations of Barnave and the Lameths for the royal dignity.

He addressed to the commissioners of the Assembly charged with interrogating him as to the circumstances of the 21st of June, a reply, the bad faith of which called for the smile rather than the indulgence of his enemies.
"Introduced into the king's chamber and alone with him," said the commissioners of the Assembly, "the king made to us the following declaration:--The motives of my departure were the insults and outrages I underwent on the 18th of April, when I wished to go to St.Cloud.
These insults remained unpunished, and I thereupon believed that there was neither safety nor decorum in my staying any longer in Paris.

Unable to quit publicly, I resolved to depart in the night, and without attendants; my intention was never to leave the kingdom.

I had no concert with foreign powers, nor with the princes of my family who have emigrated.

My residence would have been at Montmedy, a place I had chosen because it is fortified, and that being close to the frontier, I was more ready to oppose every kind of invasion.