'Gentlemen,' said a M. Osselin, 'in order that a man should be judged, he must have judges. Let us send M. Foulon before the proper tribunal.'
This proposal was met with cries of dissatisfaction.
'We will have him judged at once.'
'We will not let him go before tribunals which are sure to acquit him.'
'The judges are his friends.'
Such were some of the cries that rose upon the proposition of M. Osselin. That gentleman, without losing his presence of mind, replied, 'Well, if you do not like the ordinary judges, it is indispensable that you should nominate others.'
This suggestion did not meet the end proposed by its author.
The mass of the people called repeatedly, 'Do you judge him, you electors!'
'No,' answered M. Osselin; 'we have no authority either to judge or to make judges. Name them yourselves.'