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day we'll make you passer le gout de pain？ and furies posted in the
tribunes； made signs of the guillotine。〃
＇27＇ Meissner； p。 238。…Fiévée； p。127； and following pages。
＇28＇ Mallet…Dupan； I。； 333； and following pages。 （Letter of October
24； 1795。） 〃Barras does not repeat the mistake made by the Court on
the 10th of April； and shut himself up in the chateau and the
Tuileries； he posts troops and artillery in all the avenues。 。 。 。
Fréron and two other representatives； supplied with coin and assignats
collected in the faubourg Saint…Antoine； four or five hundred bandits
which joined the terrorists； these formed the pretended battalions of
the loyal section which had been pompously announced to the
Convention。 No section； excepting the〃 Quinze…vingts；〃 sent its
battalion； this section having separated at the outset from the other
forty…seven sections。 。 。 。 The gardens and court of the Tuileries
resembled a feasting camp； where the Committees caused distributions
of wine and all sorts of provisions； many of their defenders were
intoxicated； the troops of the line were kept loyal with money and
drink。〃… After Vendemiaire 13； the Convention brings further
reinforcements of regular troops into Paris to keep the city under；
amounting to eight or nine thousand men。
＇29＇ Constitution of year III。； Articles VI。 and VII。
＇30＇ Albert Babeau； 〃Histoire de Troyes；〃 II。； 367 and following
pages。 Sauzay； 〃Hist。 de la Persecution Révolutionnaire dans le
Doubs；〃 VIII。； ch。 52 and 54 … Law of Pluvi？se 4； year IV。；
authorizing the executive Directory to appoint the members who； up to
Thermidor I； year IV。； shall compose the municipal bodies of Bordeaux；
Lyons； Marseilles and Paris。
＇31＇ Decree of Brumaire 3； year IV。
＇32＇ Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 65。 （Letter of Gen。 Kermorvan；
to the Com。 of Public Safety； Valenciennes； Fructidor 22； year III。）
At Valenciennes； during the elections； 〃the leaders of the sections
used their fists in driving out of the primary assemblies all the
worthy men possessing the necessary qualities for election。 。 。 。
I knew that the 〃seal…breakers；〃 （brise…scellés）； were the promoters
of these turbulent parties； the patriotic robbers； the men who have
wasted public and private fortunes belonging to the commune； and who
are reveling in the houses and on the estates of the émigrés which
they have had awarded to them at a hundred times below their value。 。
。 。 All of them are appointed electors。 。 。 。 They have paid 。
。 。 。 and still pay agitators to intimidate honest folks by terror；
in order to keep what they have seized； awaiting an opportunity to get
more。 。 。 。 When the elections were over they sent daring men；
undoubtedly paid； to insult people as they passed； calling them
royalist chouans。〃 （He mentions the dispatch of supporting
affidavits。） … Mercier； 〃Le Nouveau Paris；〃 II。； 315。 〃Peaceable
people in Paris refuse to go to the polls；〃 so as to 〃avoid being
struck and knocked down。〃 … Sauzay； VIII。； 9。 At Besan？on； Nov。 6；
1795； out of 5；309 registered voters； only 1；324 vote and the elected
are terrorists。 … Archives Nationales； F。7； 7090。 （Documents on the
Jacobin insurrection of Niv？se 4 and 5； year IV。； at Arles）： 〃The
exclusives； or amnestied； regarded the Constitution only as a means of
arriving at a new state of anarchy by getting possession of all the
offices。 。 。 。 Shouts and cries of Vive Marat！ and Robespierre to
the Pantheon！ were often repeated。 The principal band was composed
of genuine Terrorists； of the men who under Robespierre's reign bore
the guillotine about in triumph； imitating its cruel performances on
every corner with a manikin expressly made for the occasion。〃
〃Domiciliary visits； rummaging everywhere； stealing jewelry； money；
clothes； etc。〃
＇33＇ Mallet…Dupan； II。； 363。 Schmidt （Police report of Brumaire 26
and 27）。
＇34＇ Dufort de Cheverney； （manuscript memoirs communicated by Robert
de Crêvec？ur）。 Report of the public prosecutor； dated Thermidor
13； year III。； according to documents handed in on Messidor 16； by the
foreman of the jury of indictment and by the juges de paix of Chinon；
Saumur； Tours； Amboise； Blois； Beaugency； etc。； relating to the
charges made by the administrators of the department of Loire…et…Cher；
dated Frimaire 30； year II。； concerning the fusillades at Blois；
Frimaire 19； year II。
＇35＇ The line of this march from Saumur to Montsoreau could be traced
by the blood along the road； the leaders shot those who faltered with
fatigue。 … On reaching Blois； Frimaire 18； Hézine says； before the
town…hall； 〃To…morrow morning they shall be straightened out and we'll
show the Blésois how the thing is managed。〃 The following day； Hézine
and Gidouin； taking a walk with Lepetit； commander of the escort； in
the court of the inn； say to him： 〃You'll shoot some of them for us。
You must give the people an example by shooting some of those rascally
priests。〃 Lepetit orders out four peasants and placing them himself on
the river bank； gives the command to fire and to throw them in。
Hézine and Gidoum shout Vive la Nation！ Gidouin then says to Lepetit：
〃You don't mean to stop with those four peasants？ won't you give us a
few curés？〃 Five priests are shot。 … At Beaugency； there is a fresh
fusillade。 The leaders take the best part of the spoil。 Among other
objects； Lepetit has a coffer sent into his chamber and takes the
effects it contains and sells a bed and mattress beside。
＇36＇ Ibid。； （March； 1796）。 〃Meanwhile； the young men who were
recruited； hid themselves： Bonnard made them pay； and still made them
set out。 Baillon； quartermaster in the war； told me that he had paid
Bonnard 900；000 livres in assignats in twelve days； and 1；400；000 in
twenty days； there were 35；000 in the memoir for pens； penknives； ink；
and paper。〃
＇37＇ Mallet…Dupan； 〃Correspondance； etc。；〃 I。； 383。 （Letter of
Dec。13； 1795。） 〃 The Directory keeps on filling the offices with
Terrorists。 The government agents in the departments arbitrarily set
aside the constituted authorities and replace them with Jacobins。〃
＇38＇ Province in ancient Turkey governed by a Pasha。 （SR。）
＇39＇ Thibaudeau； 〃Histoire de la Convention；〃 I。； 243。 〃Tallien；
Barras； Chenier and Louvet talked of nothing but of annulling the
elections。 。 。 。 Nothing was heard at the bar and in the tribunals
but the most revolutionary propositions。 The 'Mountain' showed
incredible audacity。 The public tribunes were filled with
confederates who applauded furiously。 。 。 Tallien and Barras ruled
and shared the dictatorship between them。 Since 13th of Vendémiaire；
the Convention no longer deliberated except when in the middle of a
camp； the exterior； the tribunes； even the hall itself are invested by
soldiers and terrorists。〃 … Mallet Dupan； 〃Correspondance； etc。；〃 I。；
248。 （Letter of Oct。 31； 1795。）
＇40＇ Thibaudeau； Ibid。； I。； 246； et seq。 Moniteur。 （Session of
Brumaire 1。） Speech by Thibaudeau。
＇41＇ Mallet…Dupan； ibid。； I。； 328。 （Letter Oct。 4； 1795。） 〃Nearly
all the electors nominated at Paris are former administrators；
distinguished and sensible writers； persons recommendable through
their position； fortune and intelligence。 They are the royalists of
1789； that is to say about in the sense of the constitution of 1791；
essentially changed fundamentally。 M。 d'Ormesson； former
comptroller…general of the Treasury； the Marquis of Gontant； M。 de
Vandeuil； former maitre de requêtes； M。 Garnier； former conseiller au
Chatelet of Paris and others of the same order； all electors。 It is
another world ； in one month we have gone back five years。〃 … Ibid。；
343； 350； 359； 373。
＇42＇ Barbé…Marbois； 〃 Journal d'un Déporté；〃 preface； p。 XIV。
〃Outside of five or six men who might be regarded as 'suspects' of
royalism the most animated were only really irritated against the
despotic conduct and depredations of the directors and not against the
republican system。〃
＇43＇ Mallet…Dupan； ibid：； I。； 369。 （Letter of Nov。22； 1795。） 〃Never
would the resistance of the sections have shown itself so unanimously
and so perseveringly without the promptings of the two hundred
monarchist members of the convention and the aid they promised。 They
had engaged to enter the tribune and support the cause of Paris； to
carry the majority and； in case they did not succeed in revoking the
decree respecting the two…thirds； to withdraw from the Convention and
come and take their seats with the sections； the pusillanimity of
these two hundred members caused the failure of these promises。 。 。
。 I guarantee the authenticity of this statement。〃
＇44＇ Souvenirs et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux；〃 pp。103； 106。 〃The
Constitution has been adopted by a very small number of citizens； for；
in the section of the Nord only one hundred and fifty voters at most