He proposed, at the out-set, to
the volunteers of M??on to join them, along with his little troop;
they refused to have him and thus the fault is not on his side. On
the 14th of July, 1790, the day of the Federation on his domain, he
sends all his people off to Villiers, furnished with the tricolour
cockade. He himself, with three of his friends, attends the
ceremony to take the oath, all four in uniform, with the cockade on
their hats, without any weapons but their swords and a light cane in
their hands. They salute the assembled National Guards of the three
neighboring parishes, and keep outside the enclosure so as not to
give offense. But they have not taken into account the prejudices
and animosities of the new municipal bodies. Perron, the former
syndic, is now mayor. A man named Bailly, who is the village
shoemaker, is another of the municipal officers; their councilor is
an old dragoon, one of those soldiers probably who have deserted or
been discharged, and who are the firebrands of almost every riot
that takes place.
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