I replied that I recognized no authority but the law and that of the courts; the law is your master and mine, and no respect is shown to the constitution by assailing the freedom of the press." "The constitution is the common will, resumed the spokesman.

The law, is the authority of the strongest.

You are subject to the strongest and you ought to submit.

We notify you of the will of the nation and that is the law.'" Mallet du Pan stated to them that he was not in favor of the ancient regime, but that he did approve of royal authority.
"Oh!" exclaimed all together, "we should be sorry not to have a king.
We respect the King and maintain his authority.

But you are forbidden to oppose the dominant opinion and the liberty which is decreed by the National Assembly." Mallet du Pan, apparently, knows more about this than they do, for he is a Swiss by birth, and has lived under a republic for twenty years.
But this does not concern them.