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the origins of contemporary france-3-第58章

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reaches the Assembly; lays down its arms at the King's order; and

allows itself to be shut up in the Feuillants church。 The others are

annihilated on crossing the garden; or cut down on the Place Louis XV。

by the mounted gendarmerie。  No quarter is given。 The warfare is that

of a mob; not civilized war; but primitive war; that of barbarians。 In

the abandoned palace into which the insurgents entered five minutes

after the departure of the garrison;'93' they kill the wounded; the

two Swiss surgeons attending to them;'94' the Swiss who had not fired

a gun; and who; in the balcony on the side of the garden; 〃cast off

their cartridge…boxes; sabers; coats; and hats; and shout: 'Friends;

we are with you; we are Frenchmen; we belong to the nation!'〃'95'

They kill the Swiss; armed or unarmed; who remain at their posts in

the apartments。 They kill the Swiss gate…keepers in their boxes。 They

kill everybody in the kitchens; from the head cook down to the pot

boys。'96'  The women barely escape。 Madame Campan; on her knees;

seized by the back; sees an uplifted saber about to fall on her; when

a voice from the foot of the staircase calls out: 〃What are you doing

there? The women are not to be killed!〃 〃Get up; you hussy; the nation

forgives you! 〃  To make up for this the nation helps itself and

indulges itself to its heart's content in the palace which now belongs

to it。  Some honest persons do; indeed; carry money and valuables to

the National Assembly; but others pillage and destroy all that they

can。'97' They shatter mirrors; break furniture to pieces; and throw

clocks out of the window; they shout the Marseilles hymn; which one of

the National Guards accompanies on a harpsichord;'98' and descend to

the cellars; where they gorge themselves。  〃For more than a

fortnight;〃 says an eye witness;'99' 〃one walked on fragments of

bottles。〃 In the garden; especially; 〃it might be said that they had

tried to pave the walks with broken glass。〃  Porters are seen seated

on the throne in the coronation robes; a trollop occupies the Queen's

bed; it is a carnival in which unbridled base and cruel instincts find

plenty of good forage and abundant litter。 Runaways come back after

the victory and stab the dead with their pikes。 Nicely dressed

prostitutes fooling around with naked corpses。'100'  And; as the

destroyers enjoy their work; they are not disposed to be disturbed in

it。 In the courts of the Carrousel; where 1800 feet of building are

burning; the firemen try four times to extinguish the fire; 〃they are

shot at; and threatened with being pitched into the flames;〃'101'

while petitioners appear at the bar of the Assembly; and announce in a

threatening tone that the Tuileries are blazing; and shall blaze until

the dethronement becomes a law。



The poor Assembly; become Girondist through its late mutilation;

strives in vain to arrest the downhill course of things; and maintain;

as it has just sworn to do; 〃the constituted authorities〃;'102' it

strives; at least; to put Louis XVI。 in the Luxembourg palace; to

appoint a tutor for the Dauphin; to keep the ministers temporarily in

office; and to save all prisoners; and those who walk the streets。

Equally captive; and nearly as prostrate as the King himself; the

Assembly merely serves as a recording office for the popular will;

that very morning furnishing evidence of the value which the armed

commonalty attaches to its decrees。  That morning murders were

committed at its door; in contempt of its safe conduct; at eight

o'clock Suleau and three others; wrested from their guards; are cut

down under its windows。 In the afternoon; from sixty to eighty of the

unarmed Swiss still remaining in the church of the Feuillants are

taken out to be sent to the H?tel…de…ville; and massacred on the way

at the Place de Grève。 Another detachment; conducted to the section of

the Roule; is likewise disposed of in the same way。'103'  Carle; at

the head of the gendarmerie; is called out of the Assembly and

assassinated on the Place Vend?me; and his head is carried about on a

pike。 The founder of the old monarchical club; M。 de Clermont…

Tonnerre; withdrawn from public life for two years past; and quietly

passing along the streets; is recognized; dragged through the gutter

and cut to pieces。  After such warnings (murder and pillage) the

Assembly can only obey; and; as usual; conceal its submission beneath

sonorous words。 If the dictatorial committee; self…imposed at the

H?tel…de…ville; still condescends to keep it alive; it is owing to a

new investiture;'104' and by declaring to it that it must not meddle

with its doings now or in the future。 Let it confine itself to its

function; that of rendering decrees made by the faction。 Accordingly;

like fruit falling from a tree vigorously shaken; these decrees rattle

down; one after another; into the hands that await them;'105'







1。 the suspension of the King;



2。 the convoking of a national convention;



3。 electors and the eligible exempted from all property

qualifications;



4。 an indemnity for displaced electors;



5。 the term of Assemblies left to the decision of the electors;'106'



6。 the removal and arrest of the late ministers;



7。 the re…appointment of Servan; Clavières and Roland;



8。 Danton as Minister of Justice;



9。 the recognition of the usurping Commune;



10。 Santerre confirmed in his new rank;



11。 the municipalities empowered to look after general safety;



12。 the arrest of suspicious persons confided to all well…disposed

citizens;'107'



13。 domiciliary visits prescribed for the discovery of arms and

ammunition;'108'



14。 all the justices of Paris to be re…elected by those within their

jurisdiction;



15。 all officers of the gendarmerie subject to re…election by their

soldiers;'109'



16。 thirty sous per diem for the Marseilles troops from the day of

their arrival;



17。 a court…martial against the Swiss;



18。 a tribunal for the dispatch of justice against the vanquished of

August 10; and a quantity of other decrees of a still more important

bearing:



19。 the suspension of the commissioners appointed to enforce the

execution of the law in civil and criminal courts;'110'



20。 the release of all persons accused or condemned for military

insubordination; for press offenses and pillaging of grain;'111'



21。 the partition of communal possessions;'112'



22。 the confiscation and sale of property belonging to émigrés;'113'



23。 the relegation of their fathers; mothers; wives and children into

the interior;



24。 the banishment or transportation of unsworn ecclesiastics;'114'



25。 the establishment of easy divorce at two months' notice and on

demand of one of the parties;'115'











in short; every measure is taken which tend to disturb property; break

up the family; persecute conscience; suspend the law; pervert justice;

and rehabilitate crime。 laws are promulgated to deliver:







* the judicial system;



* the full control of the nation;



* the selection of the members of the future omnipotent Assembly;



* in short; the entire government;







to an autocratic; violent minority; which; having risked all to grab

the dictatorship; dares all to keep it。'116'















VIII。



State of Paris in the Interregnum。  The mass of the population。 

Subaltern Jacobins。   The Jacobin leaders。



Let us stop a moment to contemplate this great city and its new

rulers。  From afar; Paris seems a club of 700;000 fanatics;

vociferating and deliberating on the public squares; near by; it is

nothing of the sort。 The slime; on rising from the bottom; has become

the surface; and given its color to the stream; but the human stream

flows in its ordinary channel; and; under this turbid exterior;

remains about the same as it was before。 It is a city of people like

ourselves; governed; busy; and fond of amusement。 To the great

majority; even in revolutionary times; private life; too complex and

absorbing; leaves but an insignificant corner for public affairs。

Through routine and through necessity; manufacturing; display of

wares; selling; purchasing; keeping accounts; trades; and professions;

continue as usual。 The clerk goes to his office; the workman to his

shop; the artisan to his loft; the merchant to his warehouse; the

professional to his cabinet; and the official to his duty;'117' they

are devoted; first of all; to their pursuits; to their daily bread; to

the discharge of their obligations; to their own advancement; to their

families; and to their pleasures; to provide for these things the day

is not too long。 Politics only briefly distract them; and then rather

out of curiosity; like a play one applauds or hisses in his seat

without stepping upon the stage。   〃The declaration that the country

is in danger;〃 says many eye witnesses;'118' 〃has made no change
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