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The commissary of police, who arrives with the National Guard, "addresses the people, and promises them satisfaction," requiring M.Walsh to dismiss all who are in the chapel, without waiting for the end of the mass .-- M.
Walsh refers to the law and to treaties .-- The commissary replies that he knows nothing about treaties, while the commandant of the national guard says to those who laving the chapel, "In the name of human justice, I order you to follow me to the church of Saint-Etienne, or I shall abandon you to the people."] [Footnote 2303: "The French Revolution," Vol.
I.pp.261, 263.--"Archives Nationales," F7, 3185 and 3186 (numerous documents on the rural disturbances in Aisne) .-- Mercure de France, Nov.
5 and 26, Dec.
10, 1791 .-- Moniteur, X.426 (Nov.22, 1791).] [Footnote 2304: Moniteur, X.449, Nov.
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