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arrest。 … Decree of Prairial 9： the same against nine members of
former committees。 … Decrees of Prairial 10 to Thermidor 22； year
III： condemning 6 Montagnards to death； one to transportation and
twenty put under arrest。
＇8＇ Barbé…Marbois；〃 Mémoires；〃 preface； p。 VIII。 〃Except about fifty
men who are honest and intelligent； history presents no sovereign
assembly containing so much vice； abjectness and ignorance。〃 ？？Buchez
et Roux； XXXVII。； 7。 （Speech by Legendre； Thermidor 17； year III。）
〃It is stated in print that； at most； there are but twenty pure men in
this Assembly。〃 … Ibid。； 27。 Order of the Lepelletier section；
Vendemiaire 10； year IV。 〃It is certain that we owe the dearth and
all its accompanying evils to the incapacity and brigandage of the
present government。〃
＇9＇ Mallet…Dupan； 〃 Correspondance；〃 etc。； I。； 211。 （May 27； 1795。）
＇10＇ 〃Un Sejour en France；〃 267。 271； （Amiens； March 13； April 12；
1795。）
＇11＇ Meissner； 〃Voyage à Paris；〃 123； 351。 （The author arrives in
Paris； September 22； 1795。）
＇12＇ Decrees of Fructidor 5 and 13； year III。
＇13＇ Mallet…Dupan （〃Correspondance avec la cour de Vienne；〃 I。； 292；
August 30； 1795）。 … Moniteur； XXV。； 518； 551。 （Session of
Fructidor 3。） The first idea of the commission of Eleven was to have
the Convention itself choose the two…thirds。 〃Its opponents took
advantage of the public outcry and broke off this plan。 。 。 。 of
the Girondist cabal。〃 Louvet； Fructidor 3； mounted three times into
the tribune to support this project； still more scandalous than the
other。 〃Eh； what electoral assembly could be better than yours！ You
all know each other well。〃 Louvet adds this significant expression：
〃The armies also will vote the new constitution。 I have no fears of
its fate。〃
＇14＇ Moniteur； XXII； 22。 （Report of Lindet； 4th sans…culottide； year
II。） 〃Each man confines himself to his family and calculates his
resources。〃
＇15＇ Meissner； 58。
＇16＇ Decree of Fructidor s。 〃All Frenchmen who voted at the last
primary assemblies will be admitted to vote on the acceptance of the
Constitution。〃 … Archives Nationales； A。 II。 B。 638。 （General
recapitulation of the vote on the Constitution of the year III and on
the decrees of Fructidor 5 and 13 printed by order of the Convention
Vendémiaire； year IV。） Number of voters on the constitutional bill；
1；107；368。
＇17＇ Moniteur； XXV。； 637。 （Address to Frenchmen by Lareveillère…
Lepeaux； in the name of the Commission of Eleven； affixed to the
decree of Fructidor 13。） 〃Let all opposition to the legitimacy of this
measure cease！ The only legitimate measure is that which saves the
country！ Besides； if the majority of the primary assemblies of France
approve of it； who dares say that the people would have renounced its
sovereignty in thus expressing its will！ 〃 … Cf。 Sauzay； VII。； 653 to
667； on the details and circumstances of the elections in one of the
departments。
＇18＇ Archives Nationales1 A。 II。 B。； 688。 （Procés…verbaux of the
primary meetings of Seine…Inférieure； Dieppe； 〃Liberté〃 section；
session of Fructidor 20。） The constitution is unanimously accepted by
forty…four voters； on a call of names。 Then； 〃before proceeding to
the nomination of electors the law was read； concerning the mode of
electing the two…thirds of the National Convention。 The President
having asked if any one wished to speak on this law the order of the
day was immediately called for on all sides。〃 The electors are
appointed forthwith and the assembly adjourns。…The clerk； who has to
draw up the minutes； writes on the margin 〃forty…four voters
unanimously accept the Constitution as well as the decrees of
Fructidor 5 and 13；〃 which is false。 It is clear that the scribe had
been instructed to enlarge the number of votes accepting the decrees；
which suggests doubts on the truth of the total furnished by the
convention。
＇19＇ Ibid。； A。 II。 B。； 638 （General recapitulation）。 I have taken
the number of primary assemblies in the twenty…two first departments
on the alphabetical list； that is to say； one quarter of the
territory； which warrants a conclusion； proportionately； on the whole
country。 In these twenty…two departments； 1；570 assemblies vote on
the constitution and only three hundred and twenty…eight on the
decrees。 The figures are herewith given： in the C？tes…du…Nord；
eighty…four primary assemblies； only one votes in favor of the
decrees。 Bouches du Rhone； ninety primary assemblies； four vote on
the decrees； two for and two against。 Aude； eighty…three primary
assemblies； four vote on the decrees； three for and one against。
Arriége； fifty…nine primary assemblies； two vote on the decrees。
Basses…Alpes； forty…eight primary assemblies： two vote on the decrees。
Maritime Alps； twenty…three primary assemblies； not one votes on the
decrees。
＇20＇ Ibid。； （Procés…verbaux of the primary assemblies of the
department of the Seine； Popincourt section； Vendémiaire） 91。 This
section； on learning that its vote against the decrees〃 was put down
as a cipher in the general count of votes；〃 protested and declared
that 〃when the vote was taken at the meeting of Fructidor 22； it was
composed of 845 citizens representing 2；594 votes。〃 Nevertheless； in
the general recapitulation of Vendémiaire its vote counts for nothing。
… The same remark for the 〃Fidélité〃 section。 Its minutes state that
the décrees are rejected 〃unanimously；〃 and that it is composed of
1；300 citizens； its vote； likewise； goes for nothing。 The totals
given by the recapitulation are as follows： Voters on the
Constitution； 1；107；368。 For； 1；057；390。 Against； 49；978。 … Voters
on the Decrees； 314；382。 For； 205；498。 Against； 108；794。 … Mallet…
Dupan （I。； 313） estimates the number of electors； at Paris； who
rejected the decrees； at eighty thousand。 Fiévée； 〃Correspondance
avec Bonaparte；〃 introduction； p。 126。 … （A few days before
Vendémiaire 13； Fiévée； in the name of the Theatre…Fran？ais section；
came； with two other commissioners； to verify the returns announced by
the Convention。） 〃We divided the returns into three parts； each
commissioner undertook to check off one of these parts； pen in hand；
and the conscientious result of our labor was to show that； although
the Convention had voting done in a mass by all the regiments then in
France； individually； the majority； incontestably was against its
project。 Thus； while trying to have the election law passed under the
Constitution； both measures were rejected。〃
＇21＇ Schmidt； 〃Tableaux de Paris pendant la Revolution。〃 （Reports of
Messidor 1 and 24； year III。） 〃Good citizens are alarmed at the
numerous pardons granted to the members of the revolutionary
committees。〃 〃The release of numerous terrorists is generally turned
to account。〃 … Mallet…Dupan； 〃 Correspondance；〃 etc。； I。； 259； 261；
321。 〃The vilest terrorists have been set free； a part of them
confined in the chateau of Ham have been allowed to escape； they are
summoned from all parts of the kingdom； they even send for them
abroad； in Germany； in Belgium； in Savoy； in Geneva。 On reaching
Paris they are given leaders and organized。 September 11 and 12 they
began to meet publicly in groups and to use threats。 I have proof of
emissaries being engaged in recruiting them in the places I have
mentioned and in paying their expenses to the capital。〃 （Letter of
September 26； 1795。）
＇22＇ Buchez et Roux； XXXVII。； 36； 49。 （Reports of Merlin de Douai and
Barras on the 13th of Vendémiaire。） … Thibaudeau； 〃Histoire de la
Convention et du Directoire；〃 I。； 209。 … Fabre de l'Aude； 〃Histoire
secrete du Directoire；〃 I。； p。10。 〃The Convention opened the prison
doors to fifteen or eighteen hundred Jacobin lunatics； zealots of the
former members of the Committee of Public Safety。〃 … Mallet Dupan；
（ibid。； I。； 332； 337； 361；） estimates the numbers of terrorists
enrolled at three thousand。
＇23＇ Barbé…Marbois； 〃Mémoires；〃9。 … Meissner； p。246。
＇24＇ Mallet…Dupan； ibid。； I。； 282。 （Letter of August 16； 1795。） 〃At
Paris； the patriots of 1789 have got the upper hand。 The regicides
have the greatest horror of this class because they regard it as a
hundred times more dangerous than pronounced aristocrats。〃 Ibid。； 316。
… …Meissner； p。 229。 〃The sectionists want neither a republic nor
monarchy but simply intelligent and honest men for the places in the
new Convention。〃
＇25＇ Lavalette； 〃Mémoires；〃 I。； 162； 170。
＇26＇ Meissner； p。 236。 … Any number of details show the features and
characters of the male and female Jacobins here referred to。 For
example； Carnot； （〃Mémoires；〃 I。； 581；） says in his narrative of the
foregoing riot； （Prairial 1st。）： 〃A creature with a horrible face put
himself astride my bench and kept constantly repeating： 〃To…day is the
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