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188 amendment is amended. The question now recurs on the amended amendment, inserting the words “to bad government, and.” Are you ready for the question? As many as favor the amendment say aye. . . . Those opposed no. .. . The ayes have it. The amendment is adopted. The question now recurs on the amended resolution, Resolved, That the French revolution was due to bad government and to the revolutionary spirit of the times.” Are you ready for the question? As many as favor the resolution say aye. . . . Those opposed no. .. . The ayes have it. The amended resolution is adopted.  

165. The following resolution is before the assembly:

Resolved, That the French revolution was due to an overtaxed peasantry, to bad government and to the revolutionary spirit of the times.

Mr. Colvin (obtaining the floor): I move to amend the resolution by striking out the