[245] In the Faubourg St. Antoine, which contained a population of thirty thousand, it is said that there were but two hundred active citizens. Marat, in his addresses to the "unfortunate citizens of the faubourgs," urged them to vote, notwithstanding the decree of the Assembly. "No power under the sun," said he, "can deprive you of the right of suffrage, which is inherent in society itself."
[246] The price of salt immediately fell from fourteen sous a pound to less than one sou.—Villiaumé.
[247] It was not until the month of March, 1792, that the guillotine was first used,
[248] "The government of the Revolution was rapidly becoming established. The Assembly had given to the new régime its monarch, its national representation, its territorial division, its armed force, its municipal and administrative power, its popular tribunals, its currency, its clergy; it had made an arrangement with respect to its debt, and had found means to reconstruct property without injustice."—Miguet, p. 87.
[249] Michelet's French Revolution, p. 358.
[250] "What was the National Assembly doing at this time in Paris? Its more than Christian meekness is a surprising spectacle."—Michelet, p. 365.
THE KING ACCEPTS THE CONSTITUTION.
The King visits the Assembly.—His Speech.—The Priests rouse the Populace.—The King's Salary.—Petition of Talma.—Views of Napoleon.—Condemnation and Execution of the Marquis of Favrus.—Spirit of the New Constitution.—National Jubilee.—The Queen sympathizes with the Popular Movement.—Writings of Edmund Burke.