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Laplanche；　and；　（Brumaire　9）；　fifty　thousand　francs　to　Couthon；　〃to

maintain　public　spirit　in　Calvados；　to　revive　public　spirit　in　Lyons；

to　aid；　as　required；　the　less　successful　patriots　who　zealously　devote

their　time　to　the　service　of　their　country。〃



＇37＇　Dauban；　ibid。；　171；　（report　of　Vent？se　17）；　and　243；　（report　of

Vent？se　25）；　on　the　civil…committees　and　revolutionary　committees；　who

order　meat　served　to　them　before　serving　it　to　the　sick；　and　who

likewise　serve　the　good　friends　of　their　wives。？　Ibid。；　146。　　（Report

of　Vent？se　10。）。　　。　　。　　Archives　Nationales　F。7；　2475。　　（Register　of

the　deliberations　of　the　revolutionary　committee　of　the　Piques

sections；　Brumaire　27；　year　II。）　〃The　Committee　orders　that　the　two…

horse　cab　belonging　to　Lemarche　be　henceforth　at　the　service　of　the

section　and　of　the　Committee　when　measures　of　security　are　concerned。〃

In　this　register；　and　others　of　the　same　series；　we　clearly　see　the

inside　of　a　committee　and　its　vast　despotism。　　Style　and　orthography；

with　almost　all；　are　of　the　same　low　order。



＇38＇　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。　　1411。　　（Report　of　Aug。21

and　22；　1793。）　〃General　Henriot　sent　me　several　。　　。　　。　　。　　who　made

use　of　the　authority　of　the　Committee　of　Public　Safety　and　General

Security；　as　well　as　of　that　which　he　delegated　to　me；　to　make

domiciliary　visits　at　the　houses　of　individuals　who　were　not　assured

patriots；　but　that　did　not　warrant　their　receiving　money　and　even

abstracting　it。〃



＇39＇　Dauban；　ibid。；　36　and　48。　　（Case　of　the　Notary；　Brichard。）



＇40＇　Cf。　　〃The　Revolution；〃　II。；　302；　303。　　…　Mercier；　〃Paris　pendant

la　Revolution；〃　I。；　151。　　…　Moniteur；　XVIII。；　660。　　（Session　of

Frimaire　24；　speech　by　Lecomtre　in　the　Convention。）　…　On　robberies　and

the　bribes　paid；　see；　among　other　documents；　〃Mémoires　sur　les

Prisons；〃　I。；　290。　　（Eighty　thousand　francs　of　bribes　given　to　the

head　of　the　police　force　by　Perisial；　keeper　of　an　eating…house；　for

the　privilege　of　feeding　prisoners　in　St。　　Lazare。）



＇41＇　Buchez　et　Roux；　XXXV。；　77。　　（Trial　of　Fouquier…Tinville。）

Testimony　of　Robillard：　〃Another　day；　in　the　general　assembly；　he

struck　a　citizen　with　his　saber。〃



＇42＇　Buchez　et　Roux；　XXXV。；　407。　　（Lists　in　Robespierre's

handwriting。）



＇43＇　Miot　de　Melito；　〃　Mémoires；〃　I。；　46…51。…Buchot　is　not　the　only

one　of　his　species　in　the　ministry　of　Foreign　Affairs。　　In　the

archives　of　this　ministry；　vol。　　324；　may　be　found　the　sayings　and

doings　of　a　certain　Pio；　an　Italian　refugee　who　slipped　into　the

place；　simulating　poverty；　and　displaying　patriotism；　and　who

denounces　his　chief　and　colleagues。…The　ex…notary　Pigeot；　condemned　to

twenty　years　in　irons　and　put　in　the　pillory；　Frimaire　9；　year　III。；

will　come　to　the　surface；　he　is　encountered　under　the　Directory　as

introducer　of　ambassadors。…Concerning　one　of　the　envoys　of　the

Directory　to　Switzerland；　here　is　a　note　b~　Mallet…Dupan。　　（〃Anecdotes

manuscrites；〃　October；　1797。）　〃　The　Directonal　ambassador；　who　has

come　to　exact　from　the　Swiss　the　expulsion　of　the　body…guard；　is　named

Mingot；　of　Belfort；　a　relation　of　Reubell's；　former　body…guard　to　M。

le　Comte　d'Artois。…He　came　to　Zurich　with　a　prostitute；　a　seamstress

of　Zurich；　established　in　Berne。　　He　was　living　with　her　at　the

expense　of　the　Zurich　government。　　Having　invited　the　family　of　this

creature；　that　is　to　say　a　common　horse…driver　with　his　wife　and　some

other　persons；　to　dinner；　they　drank　and　committed　such　excesses　that

the　driver's　wife；　who　was　big　with　child；　gave　birth　to　it　in　the

midst　of　the　banquet。　　This　creature　gave　Mingot　a　disease　which　has

laid　him　up　at　Basle。〃



＇44＇　〃The　Revolution；〃　II。；　338；　348；　354。



＇45＇　Martel；　〃Types　Révolutionnaires；〃　136…144。…　The　Minister　of　War

appoints　Henriot　brigadier…general；　July　3；　1793；　and　major…general　on

the　19th　of　September；　and　says　in　a　postscript；　〃Please　communicate

your　service　record　to　me；〃　unknown　in　the　ministry　because　they　were

of　no　account。　　…　On　the　orgies　at　Choisy…sur…Seine；　V。　　（Archives；

W2；　500…501）；　see　investigation　of　Thermidor　18　and　19；　year　II。；　made

at　Boisy…sur…Seine　by　Blache；　agent　of　the　committee　of　General

Security。　　Boulanger；　brigadier…general；　and　Henriot's　first

lieutenant；　was　an　ex…companion　jeweller。



＇46＇　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。　　1411。　　Orders　of　the　day

by　Henriot；　September　16；　Vendémiaire　29；　year　II。；　and　Brumaire　19；

year　II。　　Many　of　these　orders　of　the　day　are　published　in　Dauban；

（〃Paris　en　1794〃）；　p。　　33。　　〃Let　our　enemies　pile　up　their　property；

build　houses　and　palaces；　let　them　have　them；　what　do　we　care；　we

republicans；　we　do　not　want　them！　All　we　need　to　shelter　us　is　a

cabin；　and　as　for　wealth；　simply　the　habits；　the　virtues　and　the　love

of　our　country。　　Headquarters；　etc。〃　…　P。　　43：　〃Yesterday　evening　a

fire　broke　out　in　the　Grand　Augustins。　　。　　。　　。　　Everybody　worked　at

it　and　it　was　put　out　in　a　very　short　time。　　Under　the　ancient　regime

the　fire　would　have　lasted　for　days。　　Under　the　system　of　freemen　the

fire　lasted　only　an　hour。　　What　a　difference！　。　　。　　Headquarters；　etc



＇47＇　Wallon；　〃Histoire　du　Tribunal　Révolutionnaire　de　Paris；〃　V。252；

420。　　（Names　and　qualifications　of　the　members　of　the　Commune　of

Paris；　guillotined　Thermidor　10　and　11。）　The　professions　and

qualifications　of　some　of　its　members　are　given　in　Lymery's

Biographical　Dictionary；　in　Morellet's　Memoirs　and　in　Arnault's

Souvenirs。　　？？Moniteur？？　XVI。；　719。　　（Verdicts　of　the　Revolutionary

Tribunal；　Fructidor　15；　year　II。）　Forty…three　members　of　the　civil　or

revolutionary　committees；　sectional　commissioners；　officers　of　the

National　Guard　and　of　the　cannoneers；　signed　the　list　of　the　council…

general　of　the　commune　as　present　on　the　9th　of　Thermidor　and　are　put

on　trial　as　Robespierre's　adherents。　　But　they　promptly　withdrew　their

signatures；　all　being　acquitted　except　one。　　They　are　leaders　in　the

Jacobin　quarter　and　are　of　the　same　sort　arid　condition　as　their

brethren　of　the　H？tel…de…ville。　　One　only；　an　ex…collector　of　rentes；

may　have　had　an　education；　the　rest　are　carpenters；　floor…tilers；

shoemakers；　tailors；　wine…dealers；　eating…house　keepers；　cartmen；

bakers；　hair…dressers；　and　joiners。　　Among　them　we　find　one　ex…stone…

cutter；　one　ex…office　runner；　one　ex…domestic　and　two　sons　of　Samson

the　executioner。



＇48＇　Morellet；　〃Mémoires；〃　I。；　436…472。



＇49＇　On　the　ascendancy　of　the　talkers　of　this　class　see　Dauban　（〃Paris

en　1794；〃　pp。　　118…143）。　　Details　on　an　all…powerful　clothes…dealer　in

the　Lombards　Section。　　If　we　may　believe　the　female　citizens　of　the

Assembly　〃he　said　everywhere　that　whoever　was　disagreeable　to　him

should　be　turned　out　of　the　popular　club。〃　（Vent？se　13；　year　II。）



＇50＇　Arnault；　〃Souvenirs　d'un　Sexagénaire；〃　III。；　111。　　Details　on

another　member　of　the　commune；　Bergot；　ex…employee　at　the　Halle…aux…

Cuirs　and　police　administrator；　may　be　found　in　〃Mémoires　des

Prisons；〃　I。；　232；　239；　246；　289；　290。　　Nobody　treated　the　prisoners

more　brutally；　who　protested　against　the　foul　food　served　out　to　them；

than　he。　　〃It　is　too　good　for　bastards　who　are　going　to　be

guillotined。〃。　　。　　。　　。　　〃He　got　drunk　with　the　turnkeys　and　with　the

commissioners　themselves。　　One　day　he　staggered　in　walking；　and　spoke

only　in　hiccoughs：　he　would　go　in　that　condition。　　The　house…guard

refused　to　recognize　him；　he　was　arrested〃　and　the　concierge　had　to

repeat　her　declarations　to　make　the　officer　of　the　post　〃give　up　the

hog。〃



＇51＇　〃Mémoires　sur　les　Prisons；〃　I。；　211。　　（〃　Tableau　Historique　de

St。　　Lazare。〃）　The　narrator　is　put　into　prison　in　the　rue　de　Sèvres　in

October；　1793。　　…　II。；　186。　　（〃An　historical　account　of　the　jail　in

the　rue　de　Sèvres。〃）　The　narrator　was　confined　there　during　the　last

months　of　the　Reign　of　Terror。



＇52＇　A　game　of　chance。



＇53＇　〃Un　Séjour　en　France　de　1792　à　1795；〃　281。　　〃We　had　an

appointment　in　the　afternoon　with　a　person　employed　by　the　committee

on　National　Domains；　he　was　to　help　my　friend　with　her　claims。　　This

man　was　originally　a　valet　to　the　Marquise's　brother；　on　the　outbreak

of　the　Revolution　he　set　up　a　shop；　failed　and　became　a　rabid　Jacobin；

and；　at　last；　member　of　a　revolutionary　committee。　　As　such；　he　found

a　way　。　　。　　。　　。　　to　intimidate　his　creditors　and　obtain　two

discharges　of　his　indebtedness　without　taking　the　least　trouble　to　pay

his　debts。〃　。　　。　　。　　。　　〃I　know　an　old　lady　who　was　kept　in　prison

three　months　for　having　demanded　from　one　of　these　patriots　three

hundred　livres　which　he　owed　her。〃　（June　3；　1795。）　〃I　have　generally

noticed　that　the　republicans　are　either　of　the　kind　I　have　just

indicated；　coffee…house　waiters；　jockeys；　gamblers；　bankrupts；　and　low

scribblers；　or　manual　laborers　more　earnest　in　their　principles；　more

ignorant　and　more　brutal；　all　spending　what　they　have　earned　in　vulgar

indulgence。〃



＇54＇　Schmidt；　〃Tableaux　Historiques　de　la