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darkness, and is little noticeable. I have detained all the
Representatives who have come in, and have placed them in the larger
room and in the ante-chamber, whichever they have wished. A species of
crowd has thus been formed. If the police and the troops arrive, I shall
say to them, 'Here we are.' They will take us. They will not perceive
the door of the inner room, and they will not reach you. We shall pay
for you. If there is any one to be killed, they will content themselves
with us."
And without imagining that he had just uttered the words of a hero,
Durand-Savoyat went back to the antechamber.
We resumed our deliberation on the subject of a decree. We were
unanimously agreed upon the advantage of an immediate convocation of a
New Assembly. But for what date? Louis Bonaparte had appointed the 20th
of December for his Plebiscitum; we chose the 21st. Then, what should we
call this Assembly? Michel de Bourges strongly advocated the title of
"National Convention," Jules Favre that its name should be "Constituent
Assembly," Carnot proposed the title of "Sovereign Assembly," which,
awakening no remembrances, would leave the field free to all hopes. The
name of "Sovereign Assembly" was adopted.
The decree, the preamble of which Carnot insisted upon writing from my
dictation, was drawn up in these terms. It is one of those which has
been printed and placarded.
"DECREE.
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