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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

are found amongst twelve hundred or fifteen hundred estimated。

(September 6; 1795。) … On Tuesday; November 10; 〃the section

assemblies of Evreux completed their nominations of juge de paix and

of its assessors and five municipal officers。  It took time; because

there were a great many who declined。〃



'45' Thibaudeau; 〃Mémoires sur le Convention et le Directoire;〃 II。;

58。  … Mallet…Dupan; (〃Correspondance; etc。;〃 II。; 281。) Dufort de

Cheverney; (〃Mémoires〃 in manuscript)。  He is at Vend?me and attends

the trial out of curiosity。  〃Germain; cheerful and witty; makes fun

of the jurymen: they are really stupid; said he; not to see conspiracy

when there was as complete a one as ever existed。  。  。  。  Besides; I

conspired and always shall。〃



'46' 〃Souvenir et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux;〃 p。  118 (March 24;

1797)。



'47' Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 (March; 1797)。



'48' Albert Babeau; II。; 408; et seq。  (Address of the administrators

of Aube for the elections of year V。) … Ibid。; 414。  (Speech by

Herlinson; Librarian of the Ecole Centrale at Troyes; Thermidor 10;

year V。  in the large hall of the H?tel…de…Ville; before the

commissioners of the Directory; and received with unbounded applause。)

〃The patriots consisted of fools; madmen and knaves; the first in

their illusions; the second in their dreams and the third in their

acts。  。  。  。  Everywhere you would see two or three executioners; a

dozen satellites; of whom one…half trembled for their lives; and about

a hundred witnesses; most of them in spite of themselves; against

thousands of victims。  。  。  。  Vengeance is not necessary; never was

special vengeance of any benefit to the public。  Let them rest in

their slough; let them live as objects of contempt and horror。〃…Cf。

Sauzay; VIII。; p。659 et seq。



'49' Thibaudeau; II。; 152; 153。 Mallet…Dupan; II。; 262。



'50' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 265; 268; 278。



'51' Thibaudeau; II。; 244; 248。



'52' Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 108。  〃Not fifteen leaders。  〃 …

Lacretelle; 〃Dix Années d'épreuves;〃 p。308。  〃Twenty or thirty men

devoted to monarchical opinions; but who did not dare state them

openly。〃



'53' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 267; 278; 331。



'54' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 265。  〃Not only have they discarded (at Paris)

the Republicans; but even those among the old Constituents; known or

denounced for having taken too important a part in the first

revolution 。  。  。  。  Men have been chosen who aspired to a modified

and not perverted monarchy。  The suffrages have equally distanced

themselves from the sectarian royalists of the ancient régime as well

as the violent anti…revolutionaries。〃



'55' Mallet…Dupan; 11。; 298。  〃The deputies never attack a

revolutionary law; but they are mistrusted of some design of

destroying the results of the Revolution; and every time they speak of

regulating the Republic they are accused of ill…will to the Republic。〃



'56' Thibaudeau; II。; 171。  … Carnot; II。; 106。  … The programme of

Barthélémy is contained in this simple phrase: 〃I would render the

Republic administrative。〃 On the foreign policy; his ideas; so

temperate; pacific and really French; are received with derision by

the other Directors。  (Andre Lebon; 〃 Angleterre et l'Emigration

Fran?aise;〃 p。  335。)



'57' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Souvenirs;〃 III。; 153。  … Camille Jordan。

(Letter to his constituents on the Revolution; Fructidor 18; p。26。)

〃The Constitution; the Constitution alone; is the rallying word at

Clichy。  〃 … Barbé…Marbois; 〃Souvenirs d'un Déporté;〃 I。; page 12 and

preface。  The largest number wanted to disregard the future and forget

the past。〃



'58' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 336。  〃Eighty of the deputies who were menaced

have slept elsewhere since the 30th of August; keeping together in one

domicile for fear of being carried off at night。〃  Mathieu Dumas;

III。; 10。  〃I could no longer occupy my house in Paris; rue Fosses…du…

Temple; without risking an attack from the sbirri (Italian police

officers) of the Directory; who pro claimed in the clubs that the

people must be avenged in (our) houses。  〃 … Mallet…Dupan; II。  343。

〃This pretended conspiracy imputed to the councils by the triumvirs;

is a romance similar to those of Robespierre。〃 … Ibid。; 346。  〃There

has been no conspiracy; properly so…called; of the Legislative Corps

against the Directory。〃 … Only; 〃every constitution in France kills

the Revolution if the Revolutionary leaders has not destroyed in time。

And this; because four…fifths of France being detached from the

Revolution; the elections will put into the legislative and

administrative offices men who were opposed to the Revolution。〃



'59' Lord Malmesbury; 〃Diaries;〃 II。; 544。  (September 9; 1797。) The

words of Mr。  Colchen。) 〃He went on to say that all the persons

arrested are the most estimable and most able men in the Republic。  It

is for this reason and not from any principles of royalism (for such

principles do not belong to them) that they are sentenced to

transportation。  They would have supported the constitution; but in

doing that they would have circumscribed the authority of the

executive power and have taken from the Directory the means of

acquiring and exercising undue authority。〃



'60' Barbé…Marbois; 〃Journal d'un Déporté;〃 preface; p。  XVI。



'61' Mathieu Dumas; III。; 84; 86。



'62' De Goncourt; 〃La Société Fran?aise pendant le Directoire;〃 298;

386。  Cf。  the Thé; the Grondeur; the Censeur des journaux; Paris; and

innumerable pamphlets。… In the provinces; the Anti…Terrorist; at

Toulouse the Neuf Thermidor; at Besan?on; the Annales Troyennes at

Troyes; etc。



'63' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 309; 316; 323; 324; 329; 333; 339; 347。  〃To

defend themselves constitutionally; whilst the Directory attacks

revolutionarily; is to condemn themselves to inevitable perdition。〃 …

〃 Had it a hundred times more ability the Legislative Corps without

boldness is a lightning flash without thunder。〃 … 〃 With greater

resources than Louis XVI。  had in 1792; the Legislative Corps acts

like this prince and will share his fate; unless it returns war for

war; unless it declares that the first generals who dare send out the

deliberations of their armies are traitors to the State。〃 … 〃 It is

owing to the temporizing of the legislative councils; to the fatal

postponement of the attack on the Luxembourg in the middle of August;

on which Pichegru; Villot; General Miranda and all the clairvoyant

deputies insisted on; 。  。  。  。  it is owing to foolishly insisting

on confining themselves to constitutional defenses; 。  。  。  it is

owing to the necessity which the eighty firm and energetic deputies

found of conciliating three hundred others who could not agree on the

end as well as the means; which brought about the catastrophe of the

Councils。〃



'64' Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 161。  〃The evil having reached its last

stage; it was necessary to have a 10th of June instead of a 31st  of

May。〃 … Mallet…Dupan; II。; 333; 334。  The plan for canceling the

military division of the Interior under Augereau's command was to be

carried out between the 15th and 20th of August。  If the triumvirate

should resist; Pichegru and Villot were to march on the Luxembourg。

Carnot refused to accept the project 〃unless he might name the three

new Directors。〃 … De la Rue; 〃Histoire du 18 Fructidor。〃 Carnot said

to the Moderates who asked him to act with them: 〃Even if I had a

pardon in my pocket; amply confirmed by the royal mouth; I should have

no confidence。〃



'65' Occupied by the members of the Directory。



'66' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Mémoires;〃 III。; 113。



'67' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 327。  〃Barras is the only one who plays

squarely and who; taking the risk; wants Jacobinism to triumph par fas

et nefas。〃 … Ibid。; 339。  〃The triumvirs hesitated up to Friday;

Barras; the most furious of the three; and master of Augereau; decided

his two colleagues。〃 … Ibid; 351。  〃 Barras and Reubell; by dint of

exciting the imagination of that poor little philosophizer La

Révellière; succeeded in converting him。〃 … Thibaudeau; II。; 272。  〃It

was Barras who bore off the honors of dictatorship that night 。  。  。

。  La Révellière shut himself up in his house as in an impenetrable

sanctuary。  Reubell; at this moment; his head somewhat affected; was

watched in his apartment。〃



'68' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 304; 305; 331。  … Carnot; II。; 117。



'69' Barbé…Marbois; 〃Journal d'un Deporté;〃 pp。34 and 35。



'70' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 343。



'71' Barbé…Marbois; ibid。; p。46。



'72' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 228; 342。  〃The use the triumvirs intended to

make of D'Entraigues' portfolio was known two months ago。〃… cf。

Thibaudeau; II。; 279; on the vagueness; scanty proof and gross falsity

of the charges made by the Dir

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