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The king in alarm drew the army nearer, and it was supposed that he was going to prevent all change by force of arms. Thereupon the citizens enrolled themselves as a National Guard, wearing cockades of red, blue, and white, and commanded by La Fayette, a noble of democratic opinions, who had run away at seventeen to serve in the American War. THE KING IN ALARM DREW THE ARMY NEARER AND IT WAS SUPPOSED THAT HE WAS GOING TO PREVENT ALL CHANGE BY FORCE OF ARMS THEREUPON THE CITIZENS ENROLLED THEMSELVES AS A NATIONAL GUARD WEARING COCKADE OF RED BLUE AND WHITE AND COMMANDED BY LAFAYETTE A NOBLE OF DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS WHO HAD RUN AWAY AT SEVENTEEN TO SERVE IN THE AMERICAN WAR
o 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. 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. ULD 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 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
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