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The more moderate members of this were called Girondins from the Gironde, the estuary of the Garonne, from the neighbourhood of which many of them came. THE MORE MODERATE MEMBERS OF THIS WERE CALLED GIRONDIN FROM THE GIRONDE THE ESTUARY OF THE GHERN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WHICH MANY OF THEM CAME
fully. Distrust was, however, deeply sown. The king was closely watched as an enemy; and those of the nobles who had emigrated began to form armies, aided by the Germans, on the frontier for his rescue. This enraged the people, who expected that their newly won liberties would be overthrown. The first time the king exercised his right of _veto_ the mob rose in fury; and though they then did no more than threaten, on the advance of the emigrant army on the 10th of August, 1792, a more terrible rising took place. The Tuilleries was sacked, the guards slaughtered, the unresisting king and his family deposed and imprisoned in the tower of the Temple. In terror lest the nobles in the prisons should unite with the emigrants, they were massacred by wholesale; while, with a vigour born of the excitement, the emigrant armies were repulsed and beaten. The monarchy came to an end; and France became a Republic, in which the National Convention, which followed the Legislative Assembly, was supreme. ENT ON MORE PEACEFULLY DISTRUST WAS HOWEVER DEEPLY SOWN THE KING WAS CLOSELY WATCHED AS AN ENEMY AND THOSE OF THE NOBLES WHO HAD EMIGRATED BEGAN TO FORM ARMIES AIDED BY THE GERMANS ON THE FRONTIER FOR HIS RESCUE THIS ENRAGED THE PEOPLE WHO EXPECTED THAT THEIR NEWLY WON LIBERTIES WOULD BE OVERTHROWN THE FIRST TIME THE KING EXERCISED HIS RIGHT OF VETO THE MOB ROSE IN FURY AND THOUGH THEY THEN DID NO MORE THAN THREATEN ON THE ADVANCE OF THE EMIGRANT ARMY ON THE TENTH OF AUGUST SEVENTEEN NINETY TWO A MORE TERRIBLE RISING TOOK PLACE THE TULLERY WAS SACKED THE GUARDS SLAUGHTERED THE UNRESISTING KING AND HIS FAMILY DEPOSED AND IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF THE TEMPLE IN TERROR LEST THE NOBLES IN THE PRISONS SHOULD UNITE WITH THE EMIGRANTS THEY WERE MASSACRED BY WHOLESALE WHILE WITH A VIGOR BORN OF THE EXCITEMENT THE EMIGRANT ARMIES WERE REPULSED AND BEATEN THE MONARCHY CAME TO AN END AND FRANCE BECAME A REPUBLIC IN WHICH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WHICH FOLLOWED THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WAS SUPREME
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