He reserved to himself the power of falling back upon the legality of the question, and kept on terms with the Assembly.

Laclos pressed his motion, and the people carried it.

At midnight they separated, after having agreed to meet the next day in the Champ-de-Mars, there to sign the petition.
The day following was lost to sedition, by disputes between the clubs as to the terms of the petition.

The Republicans negotiated with La Fayette, to whom they offered the presidency of an American government.
Robespierre and Danton, who detested La Fayette--Laclos, who urged on the Duc d'Orleans, concerted together, and impeded the impulse given by the Cordeliers subservient to Danton.

The Assembly watchful, Bailly on his guard, La Fayette resolute, watched in unison for the repression of all outbreak.