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He drew his sword , and , directing its point toward Napoleon 's breast , he exclaimed : `` I swear to pierce even my brother 's heart if he ever dares touch the liberty of France ! '' These words had an electric effect ; every one felt inspired , lifted up , and swore to obey Bonaparte , and to remain loyal to him even unto death . At a sign from Napoleon , Murat , with his grenadiers , dashed into the hall and drove away the assembly of the Five Hundred . At ten o'clock that evening St. Cloud was vacant ; only a few deputies , like homeless night-birds , wandered around the palace out of which they had been so violently ejected . In the interior of St. Cloud , Bonaparte was busy preparing for the people of Paris a proclamation , in which he justified his deed , and repeated the sacred assurance `` that he would protect liberty and the republic against all her enemies at home as well as abroad . '' When this was done , it was necessary to think of giving to the French people a new government , instead of the one which had been broken up . Napoleon had been in conference until the dawn of day with Talleyrand , Roderer , and Sieyes .