The double amputation essential for State security, must therefore begin with the destruction of this majority.
The moment Lafayette's acquittal is announced, the galleries, usually so vociferous, maintain "gloomy silence."[2657] The word of command for them is to keep themselves in reserve for the streets.

One by one the deputies who voted for Lafayette are pointed out to the mob at the doors, and a shout is raised, "the rascals, the knaves, the traitors living on the civil list! Hang them! Kill them! Put an end to them! Mud, mortar, plaster, stones are thrown at them, and they are severely pummeled.

M.Mezieres, in the Rue du Dauphin, is seized by the throat, and a woman strikes at him, which he parries.

In the Rue St.Honore, a number of men in red caps surround M.Regnault-Beauceron, and decide to "string him up at the lantern"; a man in his jacket had already grabbed him from behind and raised him up, when the grenadiers of Sainte-Opportune arrive in time to set him free.

In the Rue St.Louis, M.Deuzy, repeatedly struck on the back with stones, has a saber twice raised over his head.