Editing Antoine Barnave (section)

==From violence to compromise==

After the [[Storming of the Bastille]], Barnave argued that violence led the citizens of France to their desired goals – the start of the Revolution and constitutional change. It was now time for people, despite their factions and distinct beliefs, to compromise and unite. Barnave advised the members of the National Assembly of the King's role in achieving this. King [[Louis XVI]] would enable [[French Constitution of 1791|the new Constitution of France]] to pass smoothly, and cease the bloodshed by working alongside the people of France. The economy was too weak to sustain the costs of military action against foreign or domestic rivals.<ref>Goldhammer, Arthur. In ''A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution''. Eds. François Furet and Mona Ozouf.</ref>

[[File:AntoineBarnave.jpg|thumb|Barnave in prison where he wrote his ''Introduction to the French Revolution'']]
When Louis XVI and the royal family were arrested after the [[Flight to Varennes]], Barnave was one of the three appointed to bring them back to Paris, together with [[Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve]] and [[Charles César de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg]]. During the journey, he began to feel compassion for queen [[Marie Antoinette]] and the royal family, and subsequently attempted to do what he could to alleviate their sufferings. In one of his most powerful speeches, he maintained the [[Sovereign immunity|inviolability of the king's person]].<ref name="EB1911"/>