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＇99＇ De Concourt； 〃La Société Fran？aise pendant 'a Révolution。〃
（According to the〃 Courrier de l'Egalité； Jul。 1793）。
＇100＇ Buzot； 72。
＇101＇ Moore； Nov。10； 1792 （according to an article in the Chronique de
Paris）。 'The day Robespierre made his 〃apology；〃 〃the galleries
contained from seven to eight hundred women； and two hundred men at
most。 Robespierre is a priest who has his congregation of devotees。〃 …
… Mortimer…Ternaux； VII。 562 （letter of the deputy Michel； May 20；
1793）： 〃Two or three thousand women； organized and drilled by the
Fraternal Society in session at the Jacobin Club； began their uproar。
which lasted until 6 o'clock； when the house adjourned。 Most of these
creatures are prostitutes。〃
＇102＇ An expression of Gadol's in his letter to Roland。
＇103＇ Buzot； 57。
＇104＇ Buchez et Roux； XXVIII。 80 （Letter of Gadolle to Roland）。
＇105＇ Beaulieu； 〃Essais；〃 I。 108 （an eye…witness）。 … Schmidt； II。 15。
Report by Perrières； June 8。
＇106＇ Beaulieu； 〃Essais；〃 I。 100。 〃Maillard died； his stomach eaten
away by brandy〃 （April 15； 1794）。 … Alexandre Sorel； 〃Stanislas
Maillard；〃 pp。 32 to 42。 Report of Fabre d'Eglantine on Maillard； Dec。
17； 1793。 A decree subjecting him to indictment along with Ronsin and
Vincent； Maillard publishes his apology； in which we see that he was
already active in the Rue Favart before the 31st of May。 〃I am one of
the members of that meeting of true patriots and I am proud of it； for
it is there that the spark of that sacred insurrection of the 31st of
May was kindled。〃
＇107＇ Alexandre Sorel； ibid。 （denunciation of the circumstance by
Lecointre； Dec。14； 1793 accompanied with official reports of the
justices）。 〃Archives Nationales；〃 F7； 3268 （letter of the directory
of Corbeil to the Minister； with official report； Nov。 28；1792）。 On
the 26th of November eight or ten armed men； foot…soldiers； and others
on horseback； entered the farm…house of a man named Ruelle； in the
commune of Lisse。 They dealt him two blows with their sabers； then put
a bag over his head； kicked him in the face； tormented him； and almost
smothered his wife and two women servants； to make him give up his
money。 A carter was shot with a pistol in the shoulder and twice
struck with a saber； the hands about the premises were tied and bound
like so many cattle。 Finally the bandits went away； carrying with them
silver plate； a watch； rings； laces； two guns； etc。
＇108＇ Moniteur； XV。 565。 Buchez et Roux； XXIV。 335 and following
pages。 … Rétif de la Bretonne； 〃Nuits de Paris；〃 VIII。 460。 （an eye
witness）。 The last of these details are given by him。
＇109＇ Cf。 Ed。 Fleury； 〃Baboeuf；〃 pp。139 and 150。 Through a striking
coincidence the party staff is still of the same order in 1796。
Baboeuf estimates his adherents in Paris as 〃4；000 revolutionaries；
1；500 members of the former authorities； and 1；000 bourgeois gunners；〃
besides soldiers； prisoners； and a police force。 He also recruited a
good many prostitutes。 The men who come to him are workmen who pretend
to have arsouillé109 in the Revolution and who are ready to repeat
the job； provided it is for the purpose of killing those rich rascals；
the monopolizers； merchants； informers； and panachés at the
Luxembourg。〃 （Letter of the agent of the Bonne…Nouvelle section； April
13； 1796。）
＇110＇ The proportion； composition and spirit of the party are
everywhere the same； especially at Lyons （Guillon de Montléon；
〃Mémoires；〃 and Balleydier； 〃Histoire du peuple de Lyon；〃。 passim）； at
Toulon （Lauvergne； 〃Histoire du department du Var〃）； at Marseilles；
Bordeaux； Toulouse； Strasbourg； Besan？on； etc。 At Bordeaux
（Riouffe； 〃Mémoires；〃 23） 〃it consisted wholly of vagabonds；
Savoyards； Biscayans； even Germans； 。 。brokers； and water…carriers；
who had become so powerful that they arrested the rich； and so well…
off that they traveled by post〃 Riouffe adds： 〃When I read this
passage in the Conciergerie men from every corner of the republic
exclaimed in one voice： 'It is the same in all the communes！'〃 Cf。
Durand…Maillane； 〃Mémoires；〃 67： 〃This people； thus qualified； since
the suppression of the silver marc has been the most vicious and most
depraved in the community。〃 … Dumouriez； II。 51。 〃The Jacobins； taken
for the most part； from the most abject and most brutal of the nation；
unable to furnish men of sufficient dignity for offices； have degraded
offices to their own level。 。 。 They are drunken； barbarous Helots
that have taken the places of the Spartans。〃 The sign of their
advent is the expulsion of the liberals and of the refined of 1789。
（〃Archives Nationales；〃 F7； 4434； No。6。 Letter of Richard to the
committee on Public Safety； Vent？se 3； year II。）。 During the
proconsulate of Baudot at Toulouse 〃almost all the patriots of 1789
were excluded from the popular club they had founded； an immense
number were admitted whose patriotism reached only as far back as the
10th of August 1792； if it even went so far as the 31st of last May。
It is an established fact that out of more than 1；000 persons who now
compose the club there are not fifty whose patriotism as far back as
the beginning of the Revolution。〃
＇111＇ Any tribune taking command of a mob of brutes is well advised
to understand Taine's analysis。 One might think Hitler had read Taine
pr somebody who had learned from his wisdom； somewhat like the Devil
who had read the Bible。 See page 208； The Secret of Ruling the Masses；
in Rauschning's book； 〃Hitler Speaks〃。 （SR）。
＇112＇ R？derer； 〃Chronique des cinquante jours。〃
＇113＇ Schmidt； I。 246 （Dutard； May 18）。
＇114＇ Schmidt； I。 215 （Dutard； May 25）。
＇115＇ Buchez et Roux； XXV。 156 （extract from the Patriote Fran？ais；
March 30； 1793）。Speech by Chasles at the Jacobin Club； March 27： 〃We
have announced to our fellow…citizens in the country that by means of
the war…tax the poor could be fed by the rich； and that they would
find in the purses of those egoists the wherewithal to live on。〃
Ibid。； 269。 Speech by Rose Lacombe： 〃Let us make sure of the
aristocrats； let us force them to meet the enemies which Dumouriez is
bringing against Paris。 Let us give them to understand that if they
prove treacherous their wives and children shall have their throats
cut； and that we will burn their houses。 。 I do not want patriots to
leave the city； I want them to guard Paris。 And if we are beaten； the
first man who hesitates to apply the torch； let him be stabbed at
once。 I want all the owners of property who have grabbed everything
and excited the people's anger； to kill the tyrants themselves or else
be killed。〃 ＇Applause April 3。＇ … Ibid。； 302 （in the Convention；
April 8）： 〃Marat demands that 100；000 relatives and friends of the
émigrés be seized as hostages for the safety of the commissioners in
the hands of the enemy。〃 Cf。 Balleydier； 117； 122。 At Lyons； Jan。
26； 1793； Challier addresses the central club： 〃Sans…culottes；
rejoice！ the blood of the royal tiger has flowed in sight of his den！
But full justice is not yet done to the people There are still 500
among you deserving of the tyrant's fate！ 〃 He proposes on the 5th
of February a revolutionary tribunal for trying arrested persons in a
revolutionary manner。 〃It is the only way to force it （the Revolution）
on royal and aristocratic factionists； the only rational way to avenge
the sovereignty of the brave sans…culottes； who belong only to us。〃 …
… Hydens； a national commissioner adds： 〃Let 25；000；000 of Frenchmen
perish a hundred times over rather than one single indivisible
Republic！〃
＇116＇ Mallet du Pan； the last expression。
＇117＇ Buzot； 64。
＇118＇ Michelet； IV。 6 （according to an oral statement by Daunou）。
Buchez et Roux； 101 （Letter of Louvet to Roland）： 〃At the moment of
the presentation of their petition against armed force （departmental）
by the so…called commissioners of the 48 sections of Paris； I heard
Santerre say in a loud tone to those around him； somewhat in these
words： 'You see； now； these deputies are not up to the Revolution。 。 。
That all comes from fifty； a hundred two hundred leagues off； they
don't understand one word you say！'〃
CHAPTER IV。
PRECARIOUS SITUATION OF A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LOCKED UP WITHIN A LOCAL
JURISDICTION。
〃Citizen Danton；〃 wrote the deputy Thomas Paine；＇1＇ 〃the danger；
every day increasing； is of a rupture between Paris and departments。
The departments did not send their deputies to Paris to be insulted；
and every insult shown to them is an insult to the department that
elected them。 I see but one effective plan to prevent this rupture
taking place； and that is to fix the residence of the Convention and
of the future assemblies at a distance from Paris。 。 。 。 I saw； during
the American Revolution； the exceeding inconvenience that arose from
having the government of Congress within the limits of any municipal
jurisdicti