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Assembly。 。 。 The rush of ruffians in the vicinity of the hall; their

comments and threats; excited fears of this atrocious project being

carried out。 All who did not feel courageous enough to sacrifice

themselves; avoided going to the Assembly。〃 (The decree was adopted by

378 votes against 346。)



'36' Cf。 〃The Ancient Régime;〃 p。 51。



'37' Malouet; 1。247; 248。  〃Correspondence (manuscript) of M。 de

Sta?l;〃 Swedish Ambassador; with his court; copied from the archives

at Stockholm by M。 Léouzon…le…Duc。 Letter from M。 Sta?l of April 21;

1791: 〃M。 Laclos; secret agent of this wretched prince; (is a) clever

and subtle intriguer。〃 April 24: 〃His agents are more to be feared

than himself。 Through  his bad conduct; he is more of a nuisance than

a benefit to his party。



'38'  Especially after the king's flight to Varennes; and at the time

of the affair in the Champ de Mars。 The petition of the Jacobins was

drawn up by Laclos and Brissot。



'39' Investigations at the Chatelet; testimony of Count d'Absac de

Ternay。



'40' Malouet I。 247; 248。  This evidence is conclusive。 〃Apart from

what I saw myself;〃 says Malouet; 〃M。 de Montmorin and M。 Delessart

communicated to me all the police reports of 1789 and 1790。〃



'41' Sauzay; II。79 (municipal election; Nov。15; 1791)。  III。 221

(mayoralty election; November; 1792)。 The half…way moderates had 237

votes; and the sans…culottes; 310。



'42' Mercure de France; Nov。 26; 1791 (Pétion was elected mayor;

Nov。17; by 6;728 votes out of 10;682 voters)。  Mortimer…Ternaux; V。

95。 (Oct 4; 1792; Pétion was elected mayor by 13;746 votes out of

14;137 voters。 He declines。 … Oct。 21; d'Ormessan; a moderate; who

declines to stand; has nevertheless; 4;910 votes。 His competitor;

Lhuillier; a pure Jacobin; obtains only 4;896。)



'43' Albert Babeau; II。 15。 (The 32;000 inhabitants of Troyes indicate

about 7;000 electors。 In December; 1792; Jacquet is elected mayor by

400 votes out of 555 voters。 A striking coincidence is found in there

being 400 members of the Troyes club at this time。)  Carnot;

Mémoires;〃 I。 181。 〃Dr。 Bollmann; who passed through Strasbourg in

1792; relates that out of 8;000 qualified citizens; only 400 voters

presented themselves。



'44' Mortimer…Ternaux; VI。 21。 In February; 1793; Pache is elected

mayor of Paris by 11;881 votes。 … Journal de Paris; number 185。

Henriot; July 2; 1793; is elected commander…in…chief of the Paris

national guard; by 9;084; against 6;095 votes given for his

competitor; Raffet。 The national guard comprises at this time110;000

registered members; besides 10;000 gendarmes and federates。 Many of

Henriot's partisans; again; voted twice。 (Cf。 on the elections and the

number of Jacobins at Paris; chapters XI。 and XII。 of this volume。)



'45' Michelet; VI。 95。 〃Almost all (the missionary representatives)

were supported by only; the smallest minority。 Baudot; for instance;

at Toulouse; in 1793; had but 400 men for him。〃



'46' For example; 〃Archives Nationales;〃 Fl 6; carton 3。 Petition of

the inhabitants of Arnay…le…Duc to the king (April; 1792); very

insulting; employing the most familiar language; about fifty

signatures。  Sauzay; III。 ch。 XXXV。 and XXXIV。 (details of local

elections)。 … Ibid。; VII。 687 (letter of Grégoire; Dec。 24; 1796)。 

Malouet; II。 531 (letter by Malouet; July 22; 1779)。 Malouet and

Grégoire agree on the number 300;000。 Marie…Joseph Chénier (Moniteur;

XII; 695; 20 avril 1792) carries it up to 400;000。



'47' Cf。 〃The French Revolution;〃 Vol。 I。 book II。 Ch。 III。



'48' Cf。 〃The Ancient Régime;〃 p。352。



'49' 〃Memoires de Madame de Sapinaud;〃 p。 18。 Reply of M。 de Sapinaud

to the peasants of La Vendée; who wished him to act as their general:

〃My friends; it is the earthen pot against the iron pot。 What could we

do? One department against eighty…two … we should be smashed!〃



'50' Malouet; II。 241。 〃I knew a clerk in one of the bureaus; who;

during these sad days 〃September; 1792);  never missed going。 as

usual; to copy and add up his registers。 Ministerial correspondence

with the armies and the provinces followed its regular course in

regular forms。 The Paris police looked after supplies and kept its eye

on sharpers; while blood ran in the streets。〃  Cf。 on this

mechanical need and inveterate habit of receiving orders from the

central authority; Mallet du Pan; 〃Mémoires;〃 490: 〃Dumouriez'

soldiers said to him: 'F; papa general; get the Convention to order

us to march on Paris and you'll see how we will make mince…meat of

those b in the Assembly!'〃



'51'  With want great interest did any aspiring radical politicians

read these lines; whether the German socialist from Hitler learned so

much or Lenin during his long stay in Paris around 1906。 Taine maybe

thought that he was arming decent men to better understand and defend

the republic against a new Jacobin onslaught while; in fact; he

provided them with an accurate recipe for repeating the revolution。

(SR)。



'52'  At。 Matthew; 17:20。 (SR。)



'53' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII 55。  Letter by Brun…Lafond; a grenadier in

the national guard; July 14; 1793; to a friend in the provinces; in

justification of the 31st of May。 The whole of this letter requires to

be read。 In it are found the ordinary ideas of a Jacobin in relation

to history: 〃Can we ignore; that it is ever the people of Paris which;

through its murmurings and righteous insurrections against the

oppressive system of many of our kings; has forced them to entertain

milder sentiments regarding the relief of the French people; and

principally of the tiller of the soil? 。 。 Without the energy of

Paris; Paris and France would now be inhabited solely by slaves; while

this beautiful soil would present an aspect as wild and deserted as

that of the Turkish empire or that of Germany;〃 which has led us 〃to

confer still greater lustre on this Revolution; by re…establishing on

earth the ancient Athenian and other Grecian republics in all their

purity。 Distinctions among the early people of the earth did not

exist; early family ties bound people together who had no ancient

founders or origin; they had no other laws in their republics but

those which; so to say; inspired them with those sentiments of

fraternity experienced by them in the cradle of primitive

populations。〃



'54' Barbaroux; 〃Mémoires〃 (Ed。 Dauban); 336。  Grégoire; 〃Mémoires;〃

I。 410。



'55' 〃La Révolution Fran?aise;〃 by Quinet (extracts from the

unpublished 〃Mémoires〃 of  Baudot); II。 209; 211; 421; 620。  Guillon

de Montléon I。 445 (speech by Chalier; in the Lyons Central Club;

March 23; 1793)。 〃They say that the sans…culottes will go on spilling

their blood。 This is only the talk of aristocrats。 Can a sans…culotte

be reached in that quarter? Is he not invulnerable; like the gods whom

he replaces on this earth?〃  Speech by David; in the Convention; on

Barra and Viala:  〃Under so fine a government woman will bring forth

without pain。〃  Mercier 〃Le Nouveau Paris;〃 I。 13。 〃I heard (an

orator) exclaim in one of the sections; to which I bear witness: 'Yes;

I would take my own head by the hair; cut it off; and; presenting it

to the despot; I would say to him: Tyrant; behold the act of a free

man!'〃



'56'  Now; one hundred years later; I consider the tens of thousands

of western intellectuals; who; in their old age; seem unable to

understand their longtime fascination with Lenin; Stalin and Mao; I

cannot help to think that history might be holding similar future

surprises in store for us。 (SR)。



'57'  And my lifetime; our Jacobins the communists; have including in

their register the distortion; the lie and slander as a regular tool

of their trade。 (SR)。



'58' Lafayette; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。467 (on the Jacobins of August 10;

1792)。 〃This sect; the destruction of which was desired by nineteen…

twentieths of France。〃 Durand…Maillan; 49。 The aversion to the

Jacobins after June 20; 1792; was general。 〃The communes of France;

everywhere wearied and dissatisfied with popular clubs; would gladly

have got rid of them; that they might no longer be under their

control。〃



'59' The words of Leclerc; a deputy of the Lyons committee in the

Jacobin Club at Paris May 12; 1793。 〃Popular machiavelianism must be

established 。 。 。 Everything impure must disappear off the French

soil。 。 。 I shall doubtless be regarded as a brigand; but there is one

way to get ahead of calumny; and that is to exterminate the

calumniators。〃



'60' Buchez et Roux; XXXIV。 204 (testimony of Fran?ois Lameyrie)。

〃Collection of authentic documents for the History of the Revolution

at Strasbourg;〃 II。 210 (speech by Baudot; Frimaire 19; year II。; in

the Jacobin club at Strasbourg)。 〃Egoists; the heedless; the enemies

of liberty; the enemies of all nature should not be regarded as her

children。 Are not all who oppose the public good; or who do not share

it; in the same case? Let us; then; utterly destroy them。 。 。 Were

they a million; would not one sacrifice the twenty…fourth part of

one's self to get rid of a gangrene which might infect the rest of the

body?。。〃 For these reasons; the orator thinks that every man who is

not wholly devoted to the Republic must be put to death。 He states

that the Republic should at one blow cause the instant disappearance

of every friend to kings and feudalism。Beaulieu; 〃Essai;〃 V。 200。 M。

d'Antonelle thought; 〃like most of the revolutionary clubs; that; to

constitute a republic; an approximate equality of property should be

established; and to do this; a third of the population should be

suppressed。〃  〃 This was the general idea among the fanatics of the

Revolution。 〃  Larevellière…Lépaux; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。150  〃Jean Bon St。

André 。 。 。 suggested that for the solid foundation of the Republic in

France; the population should be reduced one…half。〃 He is violently

interrupted by Larevellière…Lépeaux; but cont
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