They are quite willing to retain the King on his throne, but on the condition that he shall be a mere puppet; that he shall recall the patriot ministers, allow them to appoint the Dauphin's tutor, and that Lafayette shall be removed;[2611] otherwise the Assembly will pass the act of de-thronement and seize the executive power.

Such is the defile with two issues in which they have placed the Assembly and the King.

If the King balks at leaving by the first door, the Assembly, equally nonplused, will leave through the second; in either case, as the all-powerful ministers of the submissive King or as executive delegates of the submissive Assembly, the Girondists will become the masters of France.
II .-- Pressure on the King.
Petion and Manual brought to the Hotel-de-ville .-- The Ministry obliged to resign .-- Jacobin agitation against the King .-- Pressure on the Assembly .-- Petition of the Paris Commune .-- Threats of the petitioners and of the galleries.
-- Session of August 8th .-- Girondist strategy foiled in two ways.
With this in mind they begin by attacking the King, and try to make him yield through fear .-- They remove the suspension pronounced against Petion and Manuel, and restore them both to their places in the Hotel-de-ville.

They will from now on rule Paris without restriction or supervision; for the Directory of the department has resigned, and no superior authority exists to prevent them from calling upon or giving orders as they please to the armed forces; they are exempt from all subordination, as well as from all control.

Behold the King of France in good hands, in those of the men who, on the 20th of June, refused to nuzzle the popular brute, declaring that it had done well, that it had right on its side, and that it may begin again.