midnight
The cry of _ Decheance _ became louder . But as yet there were only few cries of _ Vive la Republique _ ! -- such a cry was not on the orders issued by Lebeau . At midnight the crowd round the hall of the _ Corps Legislatif _ is large : cries of _ La Dechaeance _ loud -- a few cries , very feeble , of _ Vive la Republique _ ! What followed on the 4th -- the marvellous audacity with which half-a-dozen lawyers belonging to a pitiful minority in a Chamber elected by universal suffrage walked into the Hotel de Ville and said , `` The Republic is established , and we are its Government , '' history has told too recently for me to narrate . On the evening of the 5th the Council of Ten met again : the Pole ; the Italian radiant ; Grimm and Ferrier much excited and rather drunk ; the Medecin des Pauvres thoughtful ; and Armand Monnier gloomy . A rumour has spread that General Trochu , in accepting the charge imposed on him , has exacted from the Government the solemn assurance of respect for God , and for the rights of Family and Property .