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the origins of contemporary france-3-第31部分
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Letters by M。 de la Jaille; etc。 M。 de la Jaille; sent to Brest
to take command of the Dugay…Trouin; arrives there Nov。27。 While at
dinner; twenty persons enter the room; and announce to him; 〃in the
name of many others;〃 that his presence in Brest is causing trouble;
that he must leave; and that 〃he will not be allowed to take command
of a vessel。〃 He replies; that he will leave the town; as soon as he
has finished his dinner。 Another deputation follows; more numerous
than the first one; and insists on his leaving at once; and they act
as his escort。 He submits; is conducted to the city gates; and there
the escort leaves him。 A mob attacks him; and 〃his body is covered
with contusions。 He is rescued; with great difficulty; by six brave
fellows; of whom one is a pork…dealer; sent to bleed him on the spot。
〃This insurrection is due to an extra meeting of 'The Friends of the
constitution;' held the evening before in the theater; to which the
public were invited。〃 M。 de la Jaille; it must be stated; is not a
proud aristocrat; but a sensible man; in the style of Florian's and
Berquin's heroes。 But just pounded to a jelly; he writes to the
president of the 〃Friends of the Constitution;〃 that; 〃could he have
flown into the bosom of the club; he would have gladly done so; to
convey to it his grateful feelings。 He had accepted his command only
at the solicitation of the Americans in Paris; and of the six
commissioners recently arrived from St。 Domingo。〃 Mercure de
France; April 14; article by Mallet du Pan 〃I have asked in vain for
the vengeance of the law against the assassins of M。 de la Jaille。
The names of the authors of this assault in full daylight; to which
thousands can bear witness; are known to everybody in Brest。
Proceedings have been ordered and begun; but the execution of the
orders is suspended。 More potent than the law; the motionnaires;
protectors of assassins; frighten or paralyze its ministrants。〃
'28' Mercure de France; Nov。 12 (session of Oct。 31st; 1792)。
'29' Decree of Feb。 8; and others like it; on the details; as; for
instance; that of Feb。 7。
'30' April 9; at the Jacobin Club; Vergniaud; the president; welcomes
and compliments the convicts of Chateau…vieux。
'31' Mortimer…Ternaux; book I; vol。 I。 (especially the session of
April 15)。
'32' Comtat (or comtat Venaisssin) ancient region in France under
papal authority from 1274 to 1791。(SR)
'33' Moniteur; XII。 335。 … Decree of March 20 (the triumphal entry of
Jourdan and his associates belongs to the next month)。
'34' Moniteur; XII。 730 (session of June 23)。
'35' Moniteur; XII。 230 (session of April 12)。
'36' Moniteur。 XI。 6; (session of March 6)。
'37' Moniteur; XI。 123; (session of Jan。 14)
'38' 150 years later these rights were written into the International
Declaration of Human Rights in Paris in 1948。 (SR)。
'39' Mercure de France; Dec。 23 (session of Dec。 23); p。98。
'40' Moniteur; X。 178 (session of Oct。 20; 1791)。 Information supplied
by the deputies of the Upper and Lower Rhine departments。 M。 Koch
says: 〃An army of émigrés never existed; unless it be a petty
gathering; which took place at Ettenheim; a few leagues from
Strasbourg。 。 。 (This troop) encamped in tents; but only because it
lacked barracks and houses。〃 M。 …; deputy of the lower Rhine;
says: 〃This army at Ettenheim is composed of about five or six hundred
poorly…clad; half…paid men; deserters of all nations; sleeping in
tents; for lack of other shelter; and armed with clubs; for lack of
fire…arms and deserting every day; because money is getting scarce。
The second army; at Worms; under the command of a Condé; is composed
of three hundred gentlemen; and as many valets and grooms。 I have to
add; that the letters which reach me from Strasbourg; containing
extracts of inside information from Frankfort; Munich; Regensburg; and
Vienna; announce the most pacific intentions on the part of the
different courts; since receiving the notification of the king's
submission。〃 The number of armed emigrants increases; but always
remain very small (Moniteur; X。 678; letter of M。 Delatouche; an
eyewitness; Dec。 10)。 〃I suppose that the number of emigrants
scattered around on the territories of the grand…duke of Baden; the
bishop of Spires; the electorates; etc。; amounts to scarcely 4;000
men。〃
'41' Moniteur; X。 418 (session of Nov。 15; 1791)。 Report by the
minister Delessart。 In August; the emperor issued orders against
enlistments; and to send out of the country all Frenchmen under
suspicion; also; in October; to send away the French who formed too
numerous a body at Ath and at Tournay (Now in Belgium)。 Buchez et
Roux; XII。 395; demands of the king; Dec。 14; Ibid。; XIII。 15; 16;
19; 52; complete satisfaction given by the Elector of Trèves; Jan。 1;
1792; communicated to the Assembly Jan。 6; publication of the
elector's orders in the electorate; Jan。 3。 The French envoy reports
that they are fully executed; which news with the documents; are
communicated to the Assembly; on the 8th; 16; and 19th of January。
〃 Correspondance de Mirabeau et M。 de la Marck;〃 III。287。 Letter of M。
de Mercy…Argenteau; Jan。 9; 1792。 〃The emperor has promised aid to
the elector; under the express stipulation that he should begin by
yielding to the demands of the French; as otherwise no assistance
would be given to him in case of attack。〃
'42' Mallet du Pan; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 254 (February; 1792)。 〃
Correspondance de Mirabeau et du M。 de la Marck;〃 III。 232 (note of M。
de Bacourt)。 On the very day and at the moment of signing the treaty
at Pilnitz; at eleven o'clock in the evening; the Emperor Leopold
wrote to his prime minister; M。 de Kaunitz; 〃that the convention which
he had just signed does not really bind him to anything; that it only
contains insignificant declarations; extorted by the Count d'Artois。〃
He ends by assuring him that 〃neither himself nor his government is in
any way bound by this instrument。〃
'43' Words of M。 de Kaunitz; Sept。 4; 1791 (〃Recueil;〃 by Vivenot; I。
242)。
'44' Moniteur; XI。 142 (session of Jan。 17)。 … Speech by M。
Delessart。 … Decree of accusation against him March 10。 … Declaration
of war; April 20。 … On the real intentions of the King; cf。 Malouet;
〃Malouet; 〃Mémoires〃 II。 199…209; Lafayette; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 441 (note
3); Bertrand de Molleville; 〃Mémoires;〃 VI。 22; Governor Morris; II。
242; letter of Oct。 23; 1792。
'45' Moniteur; X。 172 (session of Oct。 20; 1791)。 Speech by Brissot。 …
… Lafayette; I。 441。 〃It is the Girondists who; at this time; wanted a
war at any price〃 … Malouet; II。 209。 〃As Brissot has since boasted;
it was the republican party which wanted war; and which provoked it by
insulting all the powers。〃
'46' Buchez et Roux; XII。 402 (session of the Jacobin Club; Nov。 28;
1791)。
'47' Gustave III。; King of Sweden; assassinated by Ankerstrom; says:
〃I should like to know what Brissot will say。〃
'48' On Brissot's antecedents; cf。 Edmond Biré; 〃La Légende des
Girondins。〃 Personally; Brissot was honest; and remained poor。 But he
had passed through a good deal of filth; and bore the marks of it。 He
had lent himself to the diffusion of an obscene book; 〃Le Diable dans
un bénitier;〃 and; in 1783; having received 13;355 francs to found a
Lyceum in London; not only did not found it; but was unable to return
the money。
'49' Moniteur; XI。 147。 Speech by Brissot; Jan。 17。 Examples from
whom he borrows authority; Charles XII。; Louis XIV。; Admiral Blake;
Frederic II。; etc。
'50' Moniteur。 X。 174。 〃This Venetian government; which is nothing
but a farce 。 。 。 Those petty German princes; whose insolence in the
last century despotism crushed out。 。 。 Geneva; that atom of a
republic。 。 。That bishop of Liège; whose yoke bows down a people that
ought to be free 。 。 。 I disdain to speak of other princes。 。 。 That
King of Sweden; who has only twenty…five millions income; and who
spends two…thirds of it in poor pay for an army of generals and a
small number of discontented soldiers。 。 。 As to that princess
(Catherine II。); whose dislike of the French constitution is well
known; and who is about as good looking as Elizabeth; she cannot
expect greater success than Elizabeth in the Dutch revolution。〃
(Brissot; in this last passage; tries to appear at once witty and well
read。)
'51' Letter of Roland to the king; June 10; 1792; and letter of the
executive council to the pope; Nov。 25; 1792。 Letter of Madame Roland
to Brissot; Jan。 7; 1791。 〃Briefly; adieu。 Cato's wife need not
gratify herself by complimenting Brutus。〃
'52' Buchez et Roux; XII。 410 (meeting of the Jacobin club; Dec。 10;
1791)。 〃A Louis XIV。 declares war against Spain; because his
ambassador had been insulted by the Spanish ambassador。 And we; who
are free; might hesitate for an instant!〃
'53' Moniteur; X; 503 (session of Nov。29)。 The Assembly orders this
speech to be printed and distributed in the departments。
'54' Moniteur ; X。 762 (session of Dec。 28)。
'55' Moniteur; XI。 147; 149 (session of Jan。17); X。 759 (session of
Dec。 28)。 Already; on the 10th of December; he had declared at the
Jacobin club: 〃A people that has conquered its freedom; after ten
centuries of slavery; needs war。 War is essential to it for its
consolidation。〃 (Buchez et Roux; XII。 410)。 On the 17th of January;
in the tribune; he again repeats: 〃I have only one fear; and that is;
that we may not have war。〃
'56' Moniteur; XI。 119 (session of Jan。13)。 Speech by Gensonné; in the
name of the diplomatic committee; of which he is the reporter。
'57' Moniteur; XI。 158 (session of Jan。 18)。 The Assembly orders the
printing of this speech。
'58' Moniteur; XI。 760 (session of Dec。 28)。
'59' Moniteur; XI。 149 (session of Jan。 17)。 Speech by Brissot。
'60' Moniteur; XI。 178 (session
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