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this human species。 〃  Letter of M。 Villardy; president of the

Directory of the Bouches…du…Rh?ne May 21。 〃More than two millions of

the national property is exposed to pillage and total destruction by

the new Mandrins who devastate this unfortunate country。 〃  Letter

of Méglé; recruiting sergeant of the La Mark regiment; arrested along

with two of his comrades。  〃The corps of Mandrins which arrested us

set us at liberty。 。 。 We were arrested because we refused to join

them; and on our refusal we were daily threatened with the gallows。〃



'41' Mortimer…Ternaux; I。 379 (note on Jourdan; by Faure; deputy)。 

Barbaroux; 〃Mémoires〃(Ed。 Dauban); 392。 〃After the death of Patrix a

general had to be elected。 Nobody wanted the place in an army that had

just shown so great a lack of discipline。 Jourdan arose and declared

that as far as he was concerned; he was ready to accept the position。

No reply was made。 He nominated himself; and asked the soldiers if

they wanted him for general。 A drunkard is likely to please other

drunkards; they applauded him; and he was thus proclaimed。〃



'42' After a famous brigand in Dauphiny; named Mandrin。…TR。 'Mandrin;

(Louis)  (Saint étienne…de… Saint…Geoirs; Isère; 1724  …  Valence;

1755)。 French smuggler who; after 1750; was active over an enormous

territory with the support of the population; hunted down by the army;

caught; condemned to death to be broken alive on the wheel。 See also

Taine's explanation in Ancient Régime page 356 app。 (SR)。'



'43' Cf。 André; passim; and Soulier; passim。 … Mercure de France;

June 4; 1791。  〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3197。 Letter of Madame de

Gabrielli; March 14; 1791。 (Her house is pillaged Jan。 10; and she and

her maid escape by the roof。)  Report of the municipal officers of

Tarascon; May 22。 〃The troop which has entered the district pillages

everything it can lay its hands on。〃  Letter of the syndic…attorney

of Orange; May 22。 〃Last Wednesday; a little girl ten years of age; on

her way from Chateauneuf to Courtheson; was violated by one on of

them; and the poor child is almost dead。 〃  Dispatch of the three

commissioners to the Minister; May 21。 〃It is now fully proved by men

who are perfectly reliable that the pretended patriots; said to have

acted so gloriously at Sarrians; are cannibals equally execrated both

at Avignon and Carpentras。〃



'44' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 letter of the Directory of the Bouches…du…

Rh?ne; May 21; 1791。  Deliberations of the Avignon municipality;

associated with the notables and the military committee; May 15:  〃The

enormous expense attending the pay and food for the detachments 。 。

。forced contributions。 。 。  What is most revolting is that those who

are charged with the duty arbitrarily tax the inhabitants; according

as they arc deemed bad or good patriots。 。 。 The municipality; the

military committee; and the club of the Friends of the Constitution

dared to make a protest; the proscription against them is their reward

for their attachment to the French constitution。



'45' Letter of M。 Boulet; formerly physician in the French military

hospitals and member of the electoral assembly; May 21。



'46' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIv。 16…23; No。3。 Narrative of what took

place yesterday; August 21; in the town of Avignon。  Letters by the

mayor; Richard; and two others; Aug。 21。  Letter to the president of

the National Assembly; Aug。22 (with five signatures; in the name of

200 families that had taken refuge in the Ile de la Bartelasse)。



'47' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIV。 3。  Letter of M。 Laverne; for M。

Canonge; keeper of the Mont…de…Piété。 (The electoral assembly of

Vaucluse and the  juge…de…paix  had forbidden him to give this box

into any other hands。)  Letters of M。 Mulot; mediating commissioner;

Gentilly les Sorgues; Oct。 14; 15; 16;  1791。  Letter of M。 Laverne;

mayor; and the municipal officers; Avignon; Jan。 6; 1792。  Statement

of events occurring at Avignon; Oct。 16; 17; and 18 (without a

signature; but written at once on the spot)。   Official rapport of

the provisional administrators of Avignon; Oct。 16。  Certified copy

of the notice found posted in Avignon in different places this day;

Oct。 16 (probably written by one of the women of the lower class and

showing what the popular feeling was)。  A letter written to M。

Mulot; Oct。 13' already contains this phrase: 〃Finally; even if they

delay stopping their robberies and pillage; misery and the miserable

will still remain 〃  Testimony of Joseph Sauton; a chasseur in the

paid guard of Avignon; Oct。 17 (an eye…witness of what passed at the

Cordeliers)。



'48' André。 II。62。 Deposition of la Ratapiole。  Death of the girl

Ayme and of Mesdames Niel et Crouzet。  De Dampmartin; II。 2。



'49' 〃Archives Nationales;〃  DXXIV; 3。 Report on the events of Oct。

16: 〃Two sworn priests were killed; which proves that a counter…

revolution had nothing to do with it; 。 。 Six of the municipal

officers were assassinated。 They had been elected according to the

terms of the decree; they were the fruit of the popular will at the

outbreak of the Revolution; they were  accordingly patriots。〃 

Buchez et Roux; XII。 420。 Official report of the Commune of Avignon;

on the events of Oct。 16。



'50' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIV。 3。 Dispatch of the civil

Commissioners deputized by France (Messrs。 Beauregard; Lecesne; and

Champion) to the Minister Jan。 8; 1792。 (A long and admirable letter;

in which the difference between the two parties is exhibited;

supported by facts; in refutation of the calumnies of Duprat。 The

oppressed party is composed not of royalists; but of

Constitutionalists。)



'51' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3177。  Dispatches of the three

commissioners; April 27; May 4; 18; and 21。



'52' Three hundred and thirty…five witnesses testified during the

trial。  De Dampmartin; I。266。 Entry of the French army into Avignon;

Nov。 16; 1791: 〃All who were rich; except a very small number; had

taken flight or perished。 The best houses were all empty or closed。〃 …

… Elections for a new municipality were held Nov。26; 1791。 Out of

2;287 active citizens Mayor Levieux de Laverne obtains 2;227 votes;

while the municipal officer lowest on the list 1;800。 All are

Constitutionalists and conservatives。



'53' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3196。 Official report of Augier and

Fabre; administrators of the Bouches…du…Rh?ne; Avignon; May 11; 1792。

 Moniteur; XII。 313。 Report of the Minister of Justice; May 5。 

XII。 324。 Petition of forty inhabitants of Avignon; May 7。  XII 334。

Official report of Pinet; commissioner of the Dr?me; sent to Avignon。

 XII。 354 Report of M。 Chassaignac and other papers; May 10。 XI。

741  Letter of the civil commissioners; also of the Avignon

municipality; March  23。



'54' 〃The French Revolution;〃 vol。 I 。 pp。 344…352; on the sixth

jacquerie; everywhere managed by the Jacobins。 Two or three traits

show its spirit and course of action。 (〃Archives Nationales;〃  F7;

3202。 Letter of the Directory of the district of Aurillac; March 27;

1792; with official reports。) 〃On the 20th of March; about forty

brigands; calling themselves patriots and friends of the constitution;

force honest and worthy but very poor citizens in nine or ten of the

houses of Capelle…Viscamp to give them money; generally five francs

each person; and sometimes ten; twenty; and forty francs。〃 Others tear

down or pillage the chateaux of Rouesque; Rode; Marcolès; and Vitrac

and drag the municipal officers along with them。 〃We; the mayor and

municipal officers of the parish of Vitrac; held a meeting yesterday;

March 22; following the example of our neighboring parishes on the

occasion of the demolition of the chateaux。 We marched at the head of

our national guard and that of Salvetat to the said chateaux。 We began

by hoisting the national flag and to demolish 。 。 。 The national guard

of Boisset; eating and drinking without stint; entered the chateau and

behaved in the most brutal manner; for whatever they found in their

way; whether clocks; mirrors; doors; closets; and finally documents;

all were made way with。 They even sent off forty of the men to a

patriotic village in the vicinity。 They forced the inmates of every

house to give them money; and those who refused were threatened with

death。〃 Besides this the national guard of Boisset carried off the

furniture of the chateau。  There is something burlesque in the

conflicts of the municipalities with the Jacobin expeditions (letter

of the municipal officers of Cottines to the Directory of St。 Louis;

March 26)。 〃We are very glad to inform you that there is a crowd in

our parish; amongst which are many belonging to neighboring parishes;

and that they have visited the house of  sieur Tossy and a sum of

money of which we do not know the amount is demanded; and that they

will not leave without that sum so that they cam have something to

live on; these people being assembled solely t

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