It would have doubtless suffered the commotion, inseparable from the birth of a new order of things.

It would not have escaped the disorders of nature in a country where every thing was done by first impulse, and impassioned by the magnitude of its perils.

But it would have originated in law and not in sedition--in right, and not in violence--in deliberation, and not in insurrection.

This alone could have changed the sinister conditions of its birth and its future fate; it might become an agitating power, but it would remain pure and unsullied.
Only reflect for a moment how entirely its legal and premeditated proclamation would have altered the course of events.

The 10th of August would not have taken place--the perfidy and tyranny of the commune of Paris--the massacre of the guards--the assault on the palace--the flight of the king to the Assembly--the outrages heaped on him there--and his imprisonment in the temple--would have never occurred.
The republic would not have killed a king, a queen, an innocent babe, and a virtuous princess; it would not have had the massacres of September, those St.Bartholomews of the people--that have left an indelible stain on the whole robes of liberty.