Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da kira don maye gurbin mulkin mallaka tare da jamhuriya, Louis ya riƙe matsayinsa amma an yi la'akari da shi gaba ɗaya tare da tsananin shakku kuma an tilasta masa yin rantsuwa ga kundin tsarin mulki. Wani sabon doka ya ce janye wannan rantsuwa, yaƙi da al'ummar, ko kuma yarda wa wani ya yi haka a madadinsa za a ɗauke shi a matsayin yin watsi da mulki. Koyaya, masu tsattsauran ra'ayi karkashin jagorancin Jacques Pierre Brissot sun shirya takarda da ke neman a sauke shi, kuma a ranar 17 ga Yuli, mutane da yawa sun taru a Champ de Mars don sa hannu. Lafayette ya ja-goranci rundunar tsaron ƙasa, an umurce su su "kiyaye zaman lafiya" kuma suka amsa harbin da aka yi wa jama'a da duwatsu
, kashe tsakanin mutane 13 zuwa 50.