"The king is not the nation's representative, but its clerk."-- Cf.
Ernest Hamel, "Vie de Robespierre."] [Footnote 2502: Moniteur, XIII.

97 (session of July 6, 1792)] [Footnote 2503: Buchez et Roux, XIII.

61, Jan.28, 1792.

The King in his usually mild way calls the attention of the Assembly to the usurpation it is committing.

"The form adopted by you is open to important observations.