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Revolution。  It is well to add; perhaps; that one of his curés now in

Paris has called on him; and that he came to request him to second his

marriage。  The name of the said curé is Greffier Sauvage; he is still

in Paris; and is preparing to be married the same time as himself。

Aside from these motives; which may have given rise to some talk;

citizen Pontard sees no cause whatever for suspicion。  Besides; so

thoroughly patriotic as he; he asks nothing better than to know the

truth; in order to march along unhesitatingly in the revolutionary

path。  He sighs his declaration; promising to support the Revolution

on all occasions; by his writings as well as by his conduct。  He

presents the two numbers of his journal which he has had printed in

Paris in support of the principles he adheres to。  At Paris; September

7; 1793; year II。  Of the Republic; one and indivisible。  F。  Pontard;

bishop of the Republic in the department of Dordogne。〃 … Dauban La

Demagogie en 1793; p。  557。  Arrest of representative Osselin; letter

his brother; curé of Saint…Aubin; to the committee of section Mutius

Sc?vola; Brumaire 20; year II。;〃Like Brutus and Mutius Sc?vola; I

trample on the feelings with which I idolised my brother! O; truth;

thou divinity of republicans; thou knowest the incorruptibility of may

intentions!〃 (and so on for fifty…three lines)。  〃These are my

sentiments; I am fraternally; Osselin; minister of worship at Saint…

Aubin。〃 … P。S。  〃It was just as I was going to answer a call of nature

that I learned this afflicting news。〃 (He keeps up this bombast until

words fail him; and finally; frightened to death; and his brain

exhausted; he gives this postscript to show that he was not an

accomplice。)



'33' A term denoting the substitution of ten instead of seven days as

a division of time in the calendar; and forced into use during the

Revolution。



'34' 〃Recuil de pieces authentiques servant à l'histoire de la

revolutionà Strasbourg;〃 II。; 299。  (A district order。)



'35' Later; when Lenin and Stalin resurrected Jacobinism; they placed

the headquarters of any subversive movement outside the country where

it operated。  (SR。)



'36' Thermidor refers to the a very important day and event during the

French Revolution: the day Robespierre fell: Thermidor 9; year II;

(July 27; 1794); Robespierre's fall; effective the 10; was prepared by

his adversaries; Tallien; Barras; Fouché etc。; essentially because

they feared for their lives。  Robespierre and 21 of his followers were

executed on the evening of the 10th of Thermidor year II。  (SR。)。



'37' Ludovic Sciout; IV。; 426。  (Instructions sent by the Directory to

the National Commissions; Frimaire; year II。) … Ibid。; ch。  X。  to

XVIII。



'38' Ibid。; IV。; 688。An order of the Director; Germinal 14; year VI。

… 〃The municipal governments will designate special days in each

decade for market days in their respective districts; and not allow;

in any case; their ordinance to be set aside on the plea that the said

market days would fall on a holiday。  They will specially strive to

break up all connection between the sales of fish and days of fasting

designated on the old calendar。  Every person exposing food or wares

on sale in the markets on days other than those fixed by the municipal

government will be prosecuted in the police court for obstructing a

public thoroughfare。〃 … The Thermidorians remain equally as anti…

Catholic as their predecessors; only; they disavow open persecution

and rely on slow pressure。  (Moniteur; XIII。; 523。  Speech by Boissy

d'Anglas; Vent?se 3; year II。) 〃Keep an eye on what you cannot hinder;

regulate what you cannot prohibit。  。  。  。  It will not be long

before these absurd dogmas; the offspring of fear and error; whose

influence on the human mind has been so steadily destructive; will be

known only to be despised。  。  。  。  It will not be long before the

religion of Socrates; of Marcus Aurelius and Cicero will be the

religion of the whole world。〃



'39' Moniteur; XVI。; 646。  (The King's trial。) Speech by Robespierre:

〃the right of punishing the tyrant and of dethroning him is one and

the same thing。〃 … Speech by Saint…Just: 〃Royalty is an eternal crime;

against which every man has the right of taking up arms 。  。  。  To

reign innocently is impossible!〃



'40' Epigraph of Marat's journal: Ute readapt miseries; abet Fortuna

superb is。



'41' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 323。  (Report of Saint…Just; Germinal 21;

year II。; and a decree of Germinal 26…29; Art。  4; 13; 15。) … Ibid。;

315。



'42' Buchez et Roux; (Report of Saint…Just; October 10; 1793。) 〃That

would be the only good they could do their country。  。  。  。  It would

be no more than just for the people to reign over its oppressors in

its turn; and that their pride should be bathed in the sweat of their

brows。〃



'43' Ibid。; XXXI。; 309。  (Report of Saint…Just; Vent?se 8; year II。)



'44' Ibid。; XXVI。  435。  (Speech by Robespierre on the constitution;

May 10; 1793。) 〃What were our usages and pretended laws other than a

code of impertinence and baseness; where contempt of men was subject

to a sort of tariff; and graduated according to regulations as odd as

they were numerous? To despise and be despised; to cringe in order to

rule; slaves and tyrants in turn; now kneeling before a master; now

trampling the people under foot … such was the ambition of all of us;

so long as we were men of birth or well educated men; whether common

folks or fashionable folks; lawyers or financiers; pettifoggers or

wearing swords。〃 … Archives Nationales; F7; 31167。  (Report of the

observatory Chaumont; Niv?se 10; year II。) … 〃Boolean's effigy; placed

in the college of Lisle; has been lowered to the statues of the

saints; the latter being taken out of their niches。  There is now no

kind of distinction。  Saints and authors are of the same class。〃



'45' Buchez et Roux。; 296。  (〃Institutions〃 by Saint…Just。) … Meillan;

〃Mémoires;〃 p。  17。  … Anne Plumptre; 〃A narrative of three years'

residence in France; from 1802 to 1805;〃 II。; 96。  At Marseilles: 〃The

two great crimes charged on those who doomed to destruction; were here

as elsewhere; wealth and aristocracy。  。  。  It had been decreed by

the Terrorists that no person could have occasion for more than two

hundred livres a year; and that no income should be permitted to

exceed that sum。〃



'46' Archives Nationales; F7; 4437。  (Address of the people's club of

Caisson (Gard); Messidor 7; year II。) 〃The Bourgeoisie; the

merchants; the large land…owners have all the pretension of the ex…

nobles。  The law provides no means for opening the eyes of the common

people in relation to these new tyrants。  The club desires that the

revolutionary tribunal should be empowered to condemn this proud class

of individuals to a prompt partial confinement。  The people would then

see that they had committed a misdemeanor and would withdraw that sort

of respect in which they hold them。〃 A note in the hand…writing of

Couthon: 〃Left to the decision of popular commissions。〃



'47' Gouvernor Morris; in a letter of January 4; 1796; says that

French capitalists have been financially ruined by assignats; and

physically by the guillotine。  … Buchez et Roux; XXX。; 26。  (Notes

written by Robespierre in June; 1793。) 〃Internal dangers come from the

bourgeois。  。  。  who are our enemies? The vicious and the rich。〃



'48' Narrative by M。 Sylvester de Sacy (May 23; 1873): His father

owned a farm bringing in four thousand francs per annum; the farmer

offered him four thousand francs in assignats or a hog; M。 de Sacy

took the hog。



'49' Buchez et Roux; XXXI。; 441。  (Report by Cambon on the institution

of the grand livre of public debt; August 15; 1793。)



'50' Ibid。; XXXI。; 311。  Report by Saint…Just; February 26; 1794; and

decree in accordance therewith; unanimously adopted。  See; in

particular; article 2。  … Moniteur; 12 Vent?se; year II。  (meeting of

the Jacobin club; speech by Collot d'Herbois)。  〃The Convention has

declared that prisoners must prove that they were patriots from the

1st of May 1789。  When the patriots and enemies of the Revolution

shall be fully known; then the property of the former shall be

inviolable and held sacred; while that of the latter will be

confiscated for the benefit of the republic。〃



'51' Buchez et Roux; XXVI。; 455 (Session of the Jacobin Club; May 10;

1793; speech by Robespierre。) … Ibid。; (Report by Saint…Just; Feb。

26; 1794。) 〃He who has shown himself an enemy of his country cannot be

one of its proprietors。  Only he has patrimonial rights who has helped

to free it。〃



'52' Buchez et Roux; XXXI。; 93 and 130。  (Speech by Robespierre on

property; and the declaration of rights adopted by the Jacobin club。)

Decree of Sept。  3; 1793 (articles 13 and 14)。



'53' Moniteur; XXII。; 719。  (Report by Cambon; Frimaire 6; year III。)

At Bordeaux Raba has been sentenced 

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