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The fishwomen of the markets, always a peculiar and privileged class, were frantically excited, and were sure to be foremost in all the demonstrations stirred up by Jacobins. There was a great scarcity of provisions in Paris, and this, together with the continual dread that reforms would be checked by violence, maddened the people. THE FISHWOMEN OF THE MARKETS ALWAYS A PECULIAR AND PRIVILEGED CLASS WERE FRANTICALLY EXCITED AND WERE SURE TO BE FOREMOST IN ALL THE DEMONSTRATIONS STIRRED UP BY JACOBIN THERE WAS A GREAT SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS IN PARIS AND THIS TOGETHER WITH THE CONTINUAL DREAD THAT REFORMS WOULD BE CHECKED BY VIOLENCE MADDENED THE PEOPLE
d 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 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. On a report that the cannon of the Bastille had been pointed upon Paris, the mob rose in a frenzy, rushed upon it, hanged the guard, and absolutely tore down the old castle to its foundations, though they did not find a single prisoner in it. "This is a revolt," said Louis, when he heard of it. "Sire, it is a revolution," was the answer. 3. The New Constitution.--The mob had found out its power. E 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 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 ON A REPORT THAT THE CANNON OF THE BASTILLE HAD BEEN POINTED UPON PARIS THE MOB ROSE IN A FRENZY RUSHED UPON IT HANGED THE GUARD AND ABSOLUTELY TORE DOWN THE OLD CASTLE TO ITS FOUNDATIONS THOUGH THEY DID NOT FIND A SINGLE PRISONER IN IT THIS IS A REVOLT SAID LOUIS HE HEARD OF IT SIRE IT IS A REVOLUTION WAS THE ANSWER THREE THE NEW CONSTITUTION THE MOB HAD FOUND OUT ITS POWER
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