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 "I went to see the troops who were assembled round me on that day; the constitutional authorities were with me; the department, the mayor, the municipality: I even intreated a deputation of the National Assembly to come to me, and I afterwards went to it with my family."

When the President said, "You caused the blood of the French to flow; what have you to answer?" Louis replied, "No, sir, it was not I."

After two other questions, the PresidontPresident [sic] said to the Assembly, "The questions are gone through." Ant then to the king, "Louis, have you any thing to add?"

Louis. "I demand a communication of the accusations which I have heard, and of the pieces which are added to them, and the liberty of chusing a counsel to defend me."

Valaze, who sat near the bar, delivered to the king the several pieces, reading over the titles of each. To the greater part of these Louis replied, "I do not know them," or used other short expressions to that purpose. To one paper, entitled, Letter of Louis Capet, dated June 29, 1790, establishing his connections with Mirabeau and La Fayette to operate a revolution in the constitution," he said, "I reserve myself to explain its contents. Valaze then read the letter, and Louis replied, "This is but a project, there is no question in it of a counter-revolution; the letter should not have been sent."

Upon one piece Valaze said, "Do you know this writing?"

Louis, No."

Valaze. "Your note?"

Louis. "No."

When, upon presenting a piece called Letter of the ci-devant King to the Bishop of Clermont, with the answer of the latter, dated April 16, 1791, Louis said, "I do not know it." President.