ay ette . ▁( Only ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁el ig ible ▁citizens ▁cast ▁a ▁vote , ▁and ▁P ét ion ▁won ▁ 6 0 % ▁of ▁votes ▁cast ). ▁In ▁his ▁mayor alty ▁he ▁exhib ited ▁clearly ▁his ▁republic an ▁t endency ▁and ▁his ▁hat red ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁mon archy , ▁especially ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁June ▁ 1 7 9 2 , ▁when ▁he ▁allowed ▁the ▁mob ▁to ▁over run ▁the ▁Tu iler ies ▁and ▁ins ult ▁the ▁royal ▁family . ▁For ▁neglect ing ▁to ▁protect ▁the ▁Tu iler ies ▁he ▁was ▁susp ended ▁from ▁his ▁functions ▁by ▁the ▁Directory ▁of ▁the ▁Seine ▁département , ▁but ▁the ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁Legisl ative ▁Assembly ▁felt ▁that ▁P ét ion ' s ▁cause ▁was ▁their s , ▁and ▁res c ind ed ▁the ▁susp ension ▁on ▁ 1 3 ▁July . ▁On ▁ 4 ▁August , ▁at ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁municipality ▁of ▁Paris , ▁P ét ion ▁demanded ▁the ▁de position ▁of ▁the ▁king . ▁Following ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁Duke ▁of ▁Brun sw ick ' s ▁Pr uss ian ▁army ▁reaching ▁the ▁for tr ess ▁of ▁Verd un ▁near ▁Paris ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 7 9 2 , ▁fear ▁encourag ed ▁f ren z ied ▁Paris ian ▁mob s ▁to ▁target ▁prisoners , ▁royal ist ▁sympath izers , ▁and ▁Catholic ▁pri ests ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁acts ▁of ▁violence ▁that ▁would ▁come ▁to ▁be ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁September ▁Mass ac res . ▁ ▁Convention , ▁flight ▁and