The idea then, proposed by Benjamin Raspail, a deputy, was to create a "national festival", as part of a republican package that also included adopting "la Marseillaise" as the French national anthem.

然而，议员Benjamin Raspail提出的观点乃是制定一个全国性的节日，作为具有共和色彩的一揽子计划的一部分，该计划还包括采纳马赛曲为法国国歌。