Oh Danger! irresistible converter! In his last hour the Atheist invokes God, and the Royalist the Republic.

They cling to that which they have repudiated.
The official historians of the _coup d'etat_ have stated that at the beginning of the sitting two Representatives had been sent by the Assembly to the Ministry of the Interior to "negotiate." What is certain is that these two Representatives had no authority.

They presented themselves, not on behalf of the Assembly, but in their own name.

They offered themselves as intermediaries to procure a peaceable termination of the catastrophe which had begun.

With an honesty which bordered on simplicity they summoned Morny to yield himself a prisoner, and to return within the law, declaring that in case of refusal the Assembly would do its duty, and call the people to the defence of the Constitution and of the Republic.