The American partisans of the French Revolution accused this man, who had fought for us in our War for Independence, of deserting the cause of liberty because he had striven to hold the Gallic uprising within orderly bounds.
Beveridge discusses the criticism faced by Lafayette from American supporters of the French Revolution for his attempts to maintain order during the upheaval.
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My God! what a situation has our country reached.
Indeed, he thought them only "an experiment on the American mind to see how far it will bear an avowed violation of the constitution.
Would they abandon their posts as judges, and the interests of millions committed to them, to serve the purposes of a single individual?
The Constitution's enemies, thus far out-pointed by its perfectly trained and harmonious supporters, could delay no longer.
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