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The mob of Paris, always eager, fickle, and often blood thirsty, were excited to the last degree by the debates; and, full of the remembrance of the insolence and cruelty of the nobles, sometimes rose and hunted down persons whom they deemed aristocrats, hanging them to the iron rods by which lamps were suspended over the streets. THE MOB OF PARIS ALWAYS EAGER FICKLE AND OFTEN BLOODTHIRSTY WERE EXCITED TO THE LAST DEGREE BY THE DEBATES AND FULL OF THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE INSOLENCE AND CRUELTY OF THE NOBLES SOMETIMES AROSE AND HUNTED DOWN PERSONS WHOM THEY DEEMED ARISTOCRATS HANGING THEM TO THE IRON RODS BY WHICH LAMPS WERE SUSPENDED OVER THE STREETS
 kingdom, which had never met since the reign of Louis XIII. 2. The States-General.--No one exactly knew the limits of the powers of the States-General when it met in 1789. Nobles, clergy, and the deputies who represented the commonalty, all formed the assembly at Versailles; and though the king would have kept apart these last, who were called the _Tiers Etât_, or third estate, they refused to withdraw from the great hall of Versailles. The Count of Mirabeau, the younger son of a noble family, who sat as a deputy, declared that nothing short of bayonets should drive out those who sat by the will of the people, and Louis yielded. Thenceforth the votes of a noble, a bishop, or a deputy all counted alike. The party names of democrat for those who wanted to exalt the power of the people, and of aristocrat for those who maintained the privileges of the nobles, came into use, and the most extreme democrats were called Jacobins, from an old convent of Jacobin friars, where they used to meet. RAL OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HAD NEVER MET SINCE THE REIGN OF LOUIS THIRTEENTH TWO THE STATES GENERAL NO ONE EXACTLY KNEW THE LIMITS OF THE POWERS OF THE STATES GENERAL WHEN IT MET IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY NINE NOBLES CLERGY AND THE DEPUTIES WHO REPRESENTED THE COMMONALTY ALL FORMED THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES AND THOUGH THE KING WOULD HAVE KEPT APART THESE LAST WHO WERE CALLED THE TIERTA OR THIRD ESTATE THEY REFUSED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GREAT HALL OF VERSAILLES THE COUNT OF MIHRABOT THE YOUNGER SON OF A NOBLE FAMILY WHO SAT AS A DEPUTY DECLARED THAT NOTHING SHORT OF BAYONETS SHOULD DRIVE OUT THOSE WHO SAT BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND LEWIS YIELDED THENCEFORTH THE VOTES OF A NOBLE A BISHOP OR A DEPUTY ALL COUNTED ALIKE THE PARTY NAMES OF DEMOCRAT FOR THOSE WHO WANTED TO EXALT THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE AND OF ARISTOCRAT FOR THOSE WHO MAINTAINED THE PRIVILEGES OF THE NOBLES CAME INTO USE AND THE MOST EXTREME DEMOCRATS WERE CALLED JACOBIN FROM AN OLD CONVENT OF JACOBIN FRIARS WHERE THEY USED TO MEET
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