The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 3 (of 9): Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and PrivateJefferson, Thomas
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 3 (of 9): Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private
Jefferson, Thomas
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783; United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865
the people in all the three departments, where that is possible.
I write in great haste, my dear Sir, and have, therefore, only time to add
wishes for the happiness of your country, to which a new order of things
is opening; and assurances of the sincere esteem with which I have the
honor to be, dear Sir, your most obedient and humble servant.
_Books on the subject of Juries._
Complete Juryman, or a compendium of the laws relating to jurors.
Guide to English juries.
Hawles' Englishman's right.
Juror's judges both of law and fact, by Jones.
Security of Englishmen's lives, or the duty of grand juries.
Walwin's juries justified.
TO MR. MADISON.
Paris, July 22, 1789.
Dear Sir,--My last to you was of the 18th of June. Within a day or two
after, yours of May the 9th came to hand. In the rest of Europe nothing
remarkable has happened; but in France such events as will be forever
memorable in history. To begin where my last left them, the King took
on himself to decide the great question of voting by persons or orders,
by a declaration made at a _seance royale_ on the 23d of June. In the
same declaration he inserted many other things, some good, some bad. The
Tiers, undismayed, resolved the whole was a mere nullity, and proceeded
as if nothing had happened. The majority of the clergy joined them,
and a small part of the nobles. The uneasiness produced by the King's
declaration occasioned the people to collect about the palace in the
evening of the same day. The King and Queen were alarmed and sent for Mr.
Neckar. He was conducted to and from the palace amidst the acclamations
of the people. The French guards were observed to be mixed in great
numbers with the people and to participate of their passions. This made
so decisive an impression, that the King on the 27th wrote to the clergy
and nobles, who had not yet joined the Tiers, recommending to them to go
and join them. They did so, and it was imagined all was now settled. It
was soon observed, however, that troops, and those the foreign troops,
were marching towards Paris from different quarters. The States addressed
the King to forbid their approach. He declared it was only to preserve
the tranquillity of Paris and Versailles, and I believe he thought so.
The command of those troops was given to the Marshal Broglio, and it was
observed that the Baron de Breteuil was going daily to Versailles. On
the 11th, there being now thirty thousand foreign troops in and between
Paris and Versailles, Mr. Neckar was dismissed and ordered to retire
privately. The next day the whole ministry was changed except Villedeuil
and Barentin. Breteuil, Broglio and Vauguyon were the principal persons
named in the new. A body of cavalry were advanced into Paris to awe
them. The people attacked and routed them, killing one of the cavalry
and losing a French guard. The corps of French guards gathered stronger,
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