defender, is accepted with Tronchet, and Monsieur
de Seze is added to them.
The mayor of Paris, the procureur de la commune, le
secretaire Greffier, and thirty municipal officers
on horseback, escorted the King's carriage when he
was going to the bar of the convention to be
interrogated, and to hear the act of his accusation
read. The president said, "Louis,--The French
"people accuse you of having committed a multitude
"of crimes in order to establish tyranny upon the
"ruins of liberty." The King having answered with
great precision and coolness, "Louis," said the
president, "a copy shall be given to you of your
accusations. The convention permits you to retire,
and will acquaint you with the result of its
deliberations."
14. The charge d'affaires of Spain writes an earnest
letter in favour of the King, from his master. The
convention treats it with neglect.
16. The French make themselves masters of
Aix-la-Chapelle.
The King is brought a second time to the bar of the
convention. Monsieur de Seze makes an able speech
in his defence at the bar. The King then speaks to
the convention: "My counsel has laid before you my
"justification and defence, I have nothing to add
"but this, that, in addressing you perhaps for the
"last time, I declare that my conscience reproaches
"me with no crime towards my country, and that my
"advocates have spoken nothing but the truth."