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

live on; these people being assembled solely to maintain the

constitution and give greater éclat to the law。〃



'55' Mercure de France;  numbers for Jan。 1 and 14; 1792 (articles by

Mallet du Pan)。 … 〃 Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3185; 3186。 Letter of

the president of the district of Laon (Aisne) to the Minister; Feb。 8;

1792: 〃With respect to the nobles and priests; any mention of them as

trying to sow discord among us indicates a desire to spread fear。 All

they ask is tranquility and the regular payment of their pensions。〃 

De Dampmartin; II。 63 (on the evacuation of Arles; April; 1792)。 On

the illegal approach of the Marseilles army; M。 de Dampmartin;

military commander; orders the Arlesians to rise in a body。 Nobody

comes forward。 Wives hide away their husbands' guns in the night。 Only

one hundred volunteers are found to act with the regular troops。



'56' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7;  3224。  Speech of M。 Saint…Amans;

vice…president of the Directory of Lot…et…Garonne; to the mayor of

Tonneins; April 20 and the letter of the syndic…attorney…general to M。

Roland; minister; April 22:  〃According to the principles of the mayor

of Tonneins; all resistance to him is aristocratic; his doctrine being

that all property…owners are aristocrats。 You can readily perceive;

sir; that he is not one of them。〃  Dubois; formerly a

Benedictine and now a Protestant minister。  Act of the Directory

against the municipality of Tonneins; April 13。 The latter appeals to

the Legislative Assembly。 The mayor and one of  the municipal

counselors appear in its name (May 19) at the bar of the Assembly。



'57' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3198。 Letter of M。 Debourges; one of

the three commissioners sent by the National Assembly and the king;

Nov。 2; 1791 (apropos of the Marseilles club)。 〃This club has quite

recently obtained from the Directory of the department; on the most

contemptible allegation; an order requiring of M。 de Coincy;

lieutenant…general at Toulon; to send the admirable Ernest regiment

out of Marseilles; and M。 de Coincy has yielded。〃



'58' For instance (Guillon de Montléon; 〃Mémoires pour servir à

l'histoire de Lyon;〃 I。 109); the general in command of the national

guard of this large town in 1792 is Juillard; a poor silk…weaver of

the faubourg of the Grande C?te; a former soldier。



'59' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3215; affair of Plabennec (very

curious; showing the tyrannical spirit of the Jacobins and the good

disposition at bottom of the Catholic peasantry)  The commune of

Brest dispatches against that of Plabennec 400 men; with two cannon

and commissioners chosen by the club。  Many documents; among them:

Petition of 150 active citizens of Brest; May 16; 1791。 Deliberations

of the council…general and commune of Brest; May 17。 Letter of the

Directory of the district; May 17 (very eloquent)。 Deliberations of

the municipality of Plabennec; May 20。 Letter of the municipality of

Brest to the minister; May 21。 Deliberations of the department

Directory; June 13。



'60' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 376 (session of the Directory of the Pas…

du…Calais; July 4; 1792)。 The petition; signed by 127 inhabitants of

Arras; is presented to the Directory by Robespierre the younger and

Geoffroy。 The administrators are treated as impostors; conspirators;

etc。;  while the president; listening to these refinements; says to

his colleagues: 〃Gentlemen; let us sit down; we can attend to insults

sitting as well as standing。〃



'61' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3223。 Letter of M。 Valéry; syndic…

attorney of the department; April 4; 1792。



'62' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3220。 Extract from the deliberations

of the department Directory and letter to the king; Jan。28; 1792。 

Letter of M。 Lafiteau; president of the  Directory; Jan。 30。 (The mob

is composed of from five to six hundred persons。  The president is

wounded on the forehead by a sword…cut and obliged to leave the town。)

Feb。 20; following this; a deputy of the department denounces the

Directory as unpatriotic。



'63' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3223。 Letter of M。 de Riolle; colonel

of the gendarmerie; Jan。 19; 1792。  〃One hundred members of the club

Friends of Liberty〃 come and request the brigadier's discharge。 On the

following day; after a meeting of the same club; 〃four hundred persons

move to  the barracks to send off or exterminate the brigadier。〃



'64' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3219。 Letter of M。 Sainfal; Toulouse;

March 4; 1792。  Letter of the department Directory; March 14。



'65' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3229。 Letter of M。 de Narbonne;

minister; to his colleague M。 Cahier; Feb。 3; 1792。  〃The

municipality of Auch has persuaded the under…officers and soldiers of

the 1st battalion that their chiefs were making preparation to

withdraw。〃  The same with the municipality and club of the

Navarreins。 〃All the officers except three have been obliged to leave

and send in their resignations。〃 … F7; 3225。 The same to the same;

March 8。  The municipality of Rennes orders the arrest of Col。 de

Savignac; and four other officers。 Mercure de France; Feb。 18; 1792。

De Dampmartin; I。 230; II。 70 (affairs of Landau; Lauterbourg; and

Avignon)。



'66'  〃'The French Revolution;〃 I。 344 and following pages。 Many other

facts could be added to those cited in this volume。 … 〃Archives

Nationales;〃 F7; 3219。 Letter of M。 Neil; administrator of Haute…

Garonne; Feb。 27; 1792。 〃The constitutional priests and the club of

the canton of Montestruc suggested to the inhabitants that all the

abettors of unsworn priests and of aristocrats should be put to ransom

and laid under contribution。〃 … Cf。 7;  3193; (Aveyron); F7; 3271

(Tarn); etc。



'67' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。 Letter of the syndic…attorney of

Bayeux; May 14; 1792; and letter of the Bayeux Directory; May 21。 〃The

dubs should be schools of patriotism; they have become the terror of

it。 If this scandalous struggle against the law and legitimate

authority does not soon cease liberty; a constitution; and safeguards

for the French people will no longer exist〃



'68' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3253。 Letter; of the Directory of the

Bas…Rhin; April 26; 1792; and of Dietrich; Mayor of Strasbourg; May 8。

(The Strasbourg club had publicly invited the citizens to take up

arms; 〃to vigorously pursue priests and administrators。〃 )  Letter

of the Besan?on club to M。 Dietrich; May 3。 〃If the constitution

depended on the patriotism or the perfidy of a few magistrates in one

department; like that of the Bas…Rhin; for instance; we might pay you

some attention; and all the freemen of the empire would then stoop to

crush you。 〃  Therefore the Jacobin clubs of the Upper and Lower

Rhine send three deputies to the Paris club。



'69' Moniteur; XII。 558; May 19; 1792。 〃Letter addressed through

patriotic journalists to all clubs of the Friends of the Constitution

by the patriotic central society; formed at Clermont…Ferrand。〃 (there

is the same centralization between Lyons and Bordeaux。)



'70' 〃 Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3198。 Report of Commissioners Bertin

and Rebecqui; April 3; 1792。  Cf。 Dumouriez; book II。 ch。 V。 The

club at Nantes wants to send commissioners to inspect the foundries of

the Ile d'Indrette。



'71' Moniteur; X。 420。 Report of M。 Cahier; Minister of the Interior;

Feb。 18; 1792。 〃In all the departments freedom of worship has been

more or less violated。 。 。 Those who hold power are cited before the

tribunals of the people as their enemies。〃  On the radical and

increasing powerlessness of the King and his ministers; Cf。 Moniteur;

XI。 11 (Dec。 31; 1791)。  Letter of the Minister of Finances。  XII。

200 (April 23; 1792); report of the Minister of the Interior。  XIII。

53 (July 4; 1792); letter of the Minister of Justice。



'72' Mortimer…Ternaux; II。 369。 Letter of the Directory of the Basses…

Pyrénées; June 25; 1792。  〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。 Letter of

the Directory of Calvados to the Minister of the Interior; Aug。 3。 〃We

are not agents of the king or his ministers。〃 … Moniteur; XIII。 103。

Declaration of M。 de Joly; minister; in the name of his colleagues

(session of July 10; 1792)。













CHAPTER V。  PARIS。



I。



Pressure of the Assembly on the King。  His veto rendered void or

eluded。  His ministers insulted and driven away。  The usurpations

of his Girondist ministry。  He removes them。 … Riots being prepared。



PREVIOUS to this the tree was so shaken as to be already tottering at

its base。   Reduced as the King's prerogative is; the Jacobins still

continue to contest it; depriving him of even its shadow。 At the

opening session they refuse to him the titles of Sire and Majesty; to

them he is not; in the sense of the constitution; a hereditary

representative of the French people; but 〃a high functionary;〃 that is

to say; a mere employee; fortunate enough to si

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