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sides of the Assembly was then traced。 Several deputies which the

faction wished to put out of the way had voted for death (of the

king)。 Almost all of these were down on the list of those in favor of

the appeal to the people; which was the basis preferred。 We were then

known as appellants。〃



'37' Moniteur;  XV。 8。 Speech by Rabaut…Saint…ètienne。  Buchez et

Roux; XXIII 24。 Mortimer…Ternaux; V。 418。 … Moniteur; XV。180; session

of Jan。 16。  Buchez et Roux; XXIV。 292。  Moniteur; XV。 182。 Letter

of the mayor of Paris; Jan。 16。 … Ibid。; 179。 Letter of Roland; Jan。

16。  Buchez et Roux; XXIV。 448。 Report by Santerre。



'38' Buchez et Roux; XXV。 23 to 26。  Mortimer…Ternaux; VI。 184

(Manifesto of the central committee; March 9; 2 o'clock in the

morning)。…Ibid。 193。 Narrative of Fournier at the bar of the

Convention; March 12。  Report of the mayor of Paris; March 10。 

Report of the Minister of Justice; March 13。  Meillan; 24。 

Louvet; 72; 74。



'39' Pétion; 〃Mémoires;〃 106 (Ed。 Dauban): 〃How many times I heard;

'You rascal; we'll have your head!' And I have no doubt that they

often planned my assassination。〃



'40' Taillandier; 〃Documents biographiques;〃 on Daunou (Narrative by

Daunou);p。 38。  Doulcet de Pontécoulant; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 139: 〃It was

then that the 'Mountain' used all the means of intimidation it knew so

well how to bring into play; filling the galleries with its

satellites; who shouted out to each other the name of each deputy as

he stepped up to the president's table to give his vote; and yelling

savagely at every one who did not vote for immediate and unconditional

death。 … Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。293。 Carnot voted for the death of the

king; yet afterward he avowed that 〃Louis XVI。 would have been saved;

if the Convention had not held its deliberations under the dagger。〃



'41' Durand…Maillane; 35; 38; 57。



'42' An expression by Dussaulx; in his 〃Fragments pour servir à

l'histoire de la Convention。〃



'43' Madame Roland; 〃Mémoires;〃 ed。 Barrière et Berville; II。 52。 …

(Note by Roland。)



'44' Moniteur; XV; 187。 Cambacérès votes: 〃Louis has incurred the

penalties established in the penal code against conspirators。 。 。 The

execution to be postponed until hostilities cease。 In case of invasion

of the French territory by the enemies of the republic; the decree to

be enforced。〃  On Barrère; see Macaulay's crushing article in

〃Biographical Essays。〃



'45' Sainte…Beuve; 〃Causeries du Lundi;〃 V。 209。 (〃Sièyes;〃 according

to his unpublished manuscripts。)



'46' Madame Roland; II。56。 Note by Roland。



'47' Mortimer…Ternaux; V。 476。



'48' Mortimer…Ternaux;  V。 513。



'49' Comte de Ségur; 〃Mémoires。〃 I。 13。



'50' Harmand de la Meuse (member of the Convention); 〃Anecdotes

relative à la Révolution;〃 83; 85。



'51' Meissner; 148; Voyage à Paris〃 (last months of 1795)。。 Testimony

of the regicide Audrein。



'52' Louvet; 775。



'53' Meillan; 16。



'54' Remark by M。 Guirot (〃Mémoires〃); II。 73。



'55' Moniteur;  XIV。 432; session of Nov。 10; 1792。 Speech by Cambon:

〃That is the reason why I shall always detest the 2nd of September;

for never will I approve of assassinations。〃 In the same speech he

justifies the Girondists against any reproach of federalism。



'56' 〃Le Maréchal Davoust;〃 by Madame de Bocqueville。 Letter of

Davoust; battalion officer; June 2; 1793: 〃We are animated with the

spirit of Lepelletier;  which is all that need be said with respect to

our opinions and what we will do in the coming crisis; in which;

perhaps; a faction will try to plunge us anew into a civil war between

the departments and Paris。 Perfidious eloquence。 。 。 conservative

Tartufes。〃



'57' Moniteur; XIV。 738。 Report by Cambon; Dec。 15。  〃On the way

French generals are to act in countries occupied by the armies of the

republic。〃 This important document is a true manifesto of the

Revolution。  Buchez et Roux; XXVII 140; session of May 20; and XXVI。

177; session of April 27; speech by Cambon: 〃The department of Hérau1t

says to this or that individual: 'You are rich; your opinions cause us

expenditure 。 。 I mean to fix you to the Revolution in spite of

yourself。 You shall lend your fortune to the republic; and when

liberty is established the republic will return your capital to you。 …

〃I should like; then; following the example of the department of

Hérault; that the Convention should organize a civic loan of one

billion; to be supplied by egoists and the indifferent。 … Decree of

May 20; 〃passed almost unanimously。 A forced loan of one billion shall

be made on wealthy citizens。〃



'58' Meillan。 100。



'59' Speech by Ducos; March 20。 〃We must choose between domestic

education and liberty。 So long as the poor and the rich are not

brought close together through a common education; in vain will your

laws proclaim sacred equality! 〃  Rabaut…Saint…étienne: 〃In every

township a national temple will be erected; in which every Sunday its

municipal officers will give moral instruction to the assembled

citizens。 This instruction will be drawn from books approved of by the

legislative body; and followed by hymns also approved of by the

legislative。 A catechism; as simple as it is short; drawn up by the

legislative body; shall be taught and every boy will know it by

heart。〃  On the sentiments of the Girondists in relation to

Christianity; see chapters V。 and XI。 of this volume。  On the means

for equalizing the fortunes; see articles by Rabaut…Saint…étienne

(Buchez et Roux; XXIII。 467)。 … Ibid。; XXIV。 475 (March 7…11) decree

abolishing the testamentary right。  Condorcet; in his 〃Tableau des

progrés de l'Esprit humain;〃 assigns the leveling of conditions as the

purpose of society。  On propaganda abroad; read the report by Cambon

(Dec。 15)。 This report is nearly unanimously accepted; and Buzot

exacerbates it by adding an amendment



'60' Buchez et Roux; XXVII。 287; session of May 28; vote on the

maintenance of the Commission of Twelve。



'61' Moniteur。 XV。 395; session of Feb。 8; 1793。



'62' Decrees of March 13 and 14。



'63' Moore; II。 44 (October 1792)。 Danton declares in the tribune that

〃the Convention should be a committee of instruction for kings

throughout the universe。〃 On which Moore remarks that this is

equivalent to declaring war against all Europe except Switzerland。 …

Mallet du Pan; 〃Considerations sur la Revolution de France;〃 p。37: 〃In

a letter which chance has brought to my notice; Brissot wrote to one

of his minister…generals towards the close of last year: 'The four

quarters of Europe must be set on fire; that is our salvation。'〃



'64' Duvergier; 〃Collection des lois et décrets。〃 Decree of March 10…

12。 Title I。 articles 4; 12; 13; title II。 articles 2; 3。 Add to this

the decree of March 29…31; establishing the penalty of death against

whoever composes or prints documents favoring the re…establishment of

royalty。



'65' Ib。; Decree of March 28 … April 5 (article 6)。 … Cf。 the decrees

of March 18…22; and April 23…24。



'66' Decree of March 27…30。



'67' Decree of April 5…7。



'68' Decree of May 4。 (A law fixing the highest price at which grain

shall be sold。 TR。)



'69'  Decree of April 11…16 (bearing on the reduction in value of the

legal currency。 …TR)。



'70' Decree of May 20…25。



'71' Decree of April 5…7。 Words used by Danton in the course of the

debate。



'72'  Decree of April 5…11。



'73'  Decrees of May 13; 16; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; and 29; June 1。



'74'  Decrees of March 21…23 and March 26…30。



'75' Decrees of March 29…31。



'76'  Decree of April 1…5。



'77' Schmidt; I。 232。 Report by Dutard; May 10。



'78'  〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 2401 to 2505。 Records of the section

debates in Paris。  Many of these begin March 28; 1793; and contain

the deliberations of revolutionary committees; for example; F7; 2475;

the section of the Pikes or of the Place Vend?me。 We see by the

official reports dated March 28 and the following days that the

suspected were deprived all weapons; even the smallest; every species

of swordcane; including dress…swords with steel or silver handles。



'79' Buchez et Roux; XXV。 157。  〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 2494;

section of the Réunion; official report; March 28。



'80' Schmidt; I。 223 (Dutard; May 14)。   Ibid。; 224。 〃If the

Convention allows committees of supervision to exercise its authority;

I will not give it eight days。〃 … Meillan; 111: 〃Almost all the

section agitators were strangers〃 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3294

and 3297; records of debate in the committees of supervision belonging

to the sections of the Réunion and Droits de l'Homme。 Quality of mind

and education are both indicated by orthography。 For instance: 〃Le dit

jour et an  que dé?us。〃 … 〃Orloger。〃 … 〃Lecture d'une lettre du comité

de surté général de la convention qui invite le comité à se

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