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'124' The words of Camille Desmoulins in 〃 La France Libre;〃 (August;

1782)。



'125' De Martel; 〃 Fouché;〃 362。…Ibid。;; 132; 162; 179; 427; 443。  …

Lecarpentier; in La Manche; constantly stated: 〃Those who do not like

the Revolution; must pay those who make it。〃



'126' Marcelin Boudet; 175。  (Address of Monestier to the popular

clubs of Puy…de…Dome; February 23; 1793。)



'127' Alexandrine des Echerolles;  〃Une famille noble sous la

Terreur。〃



'128' Archives Nationales; AF。; II。; 65。  (Letter of General Kermorvan

to the president of the committee of Public Safety; Valenciennes;

Fructidor 12; year III。)



'129' Report by Courtois; 〃 Sur les papiers de Robespierre;〃 (Pieces

justificatives; pp。  312…324); Letters of Reverchon; Germinal 29;

Floréal 7 and 23; and by La Porte; Germinal 24; year II。



'130' Ibid。  Letter by La Porte 〃I do not know what fatality induces

patriots here not to tolerate their brethren whom they call strangers

。  。  。  They have declared to us that they would not suffer any of

them to hold office。〃 The representatives dared arrest but two robbers

and despoilers; who are now free and declaiming against them at Paris。

〃Countless grave and even atrocious circumstances are daily presented

to us on which we hesitate to act; lest we should strike patriots; or

those who call themselves such 。  。  。  Horrible depredations are

committed。〃



'131' Ibid。  Letter by Reverchon : 〃These fanatics all want the

Republic simply for them…selves。〃 。  。  。  〃They call themselves

patriots only to cut the throats of their brethren and get rich。〃 …

Guillon de Montléon; 〃 Histoire de la ville de Lyons Pendant la

Révolution  III。; 166。  (Report by Fouché; April; 1794。) 〃Innocent

persons; acquitted by the terrible tribunal of the Revolutionary

committee; were again consigned to the dungeons of criminals through

the despotic orders of the thirty…two committees; because they were so

unfortunate as to complain that; on returning home; they could not

find the strictly necessary objects they had left there。〃



'132' Meissner; 〃Voyage en France dans les Derniers Mois de 1795;〃

p。343。  〃A certain domain was handed over to one of their creatures by

the revolutionary departments for almost nothing; less than the

proceeds of the first cut of wood。〃… Moniteur; XXIII。; 397。  (Speech

by Bourdon de l'Oise; May 6; 1795。) 〃A certain farmer paid for his

farm worth five thousand francs by the sale of one horse。〃



'133' Moniteur; XXII。; 82。  (Report by Grégoire; Fructidor 14; year

II。) Ibid。; 775。  (Report by Grégoire; Frimaire 24; year III。)



'134' 〃Recueil de Pièces Authentiques sur la Révolution à Strasbourg;〃

II。; p。  I。  (Procès…verbal; drawn up in the presence of the elder

Mouet and signed by him。)



'135' Moniteur; XXII。; 775。  (Report of Grégoire; Frimaire 24; year

III。) … Ibid。; 711。  (Report by Cambon; Frimaire 6; year III。) …

Archives Nationales; AF。; II。; 65。  (Letter of General Kermorvan;

Valenciennes; Fructidor 12; year III。)



'136' 〃Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse;〃 184。  (Visit of Vent?se 27;

year II。)



'137' Archives Nationales; F。7; 7164。  (Department of Var 〃Ideé

générale et appréciation avec détails sur chaque canton;〃 year V。)



'138' Ibid。; F。7; 7171 (No。  7915)。… (Department of Bouches…du…Rh?ne;

〃Ideé générale;〃 year V。) … (Letters of Miollis; commissioner of the

Directory in the department; Vent?se 14 and 16; year V。  Letter of

Gen。  Willot to the Minister; Vent?se 10; and of Gen。  Merle to Gen。

Willot; Vent?se 17; year V。) 〃Several sections of anarchists travel

from one commune to another exciting weak citizens to riots and

getting them to take part in the horrors they are meditating。〃… Ibid。;

F 7; 7164。  Letter of Gen。  Willot to the Minister; Aries; Pluvi?se

12; year V。; with supporting documents; and especially a letter of the

director of the jury; on the violence committed by; and the reign of;

the Jacobins in Aries。) Their party 〃is composed of the vilest

artisans and nearly all the sailors。〃 The municipality recruited

amongst former terrorists; 〃has enforced for a year back the agrarian

law; devastation of the forests; pillage of the wheat…crops; by bands

of armed men under pretext of the right of gleaning; the robbery of

animals at the plough as well as of the flocks;〃 etc。



'139' Ibid。; F。7; 7171。  〃These commissioners (of the quarter) notify

the exclusives; and even swindlers; when warrants are out against

them。  。  。  。  The same measures carried out in the primary

assemblies on the 1st of Thermidor last; in the selection of municipal

officers; have been successfully revived in the organization of the

National Guard … threats; insults; shouting; assaults; compulsory

ejection from meetings then governed by the amnestied; finally; the

appointment of the latter to the principal offices。  In effect; all;

beginning with the places of battalion leaders and reaching to those

of corporals; are exclusively filled by their partisans。  The result

is that the honest; to whom serving with men regarded by them with

aversion is repugnant; employ substitutes instead of mounting guard

themselves; the security of the town being in the hands of those who

themselves ought to be watched。〃



'140' Archives Nationales; F。7; 3273。  (Letter of Mérard; former

administrator and judge in 1790 and 1791; in years III。; IV。  and V。;

to the Minister; Apt; Pluvi?se 15; year III。; with personal references

and documentary evidence。) 〃I can no longer refrain at the sight of so

many horrors 。  。  。  。  The justices of the peace and the director of

the jury excuse themselves on the ground that no denunciations or

witnesses are brought forward。  Who would dare appear against men

arrogating to themselves the title of superior patriots; foremost in

every revolutionary crisis; and with friends in every commune and

protectors in all high places? The favor they enjoyed was such that

the commune of Gordes was free of any levy of conscripts and from all

requisitions。  People thus disposed; they said; to second civic and

administrative views; could not be humored too much。  。  。  。  。  This

discouraging state of things simply results from the weakness;

inexperience; ignorance; apathy and immorality of the public

functionaries who; since the 18th of Fructidor; year V。; swarm; with a

few exceptions only; among the constituted authorities。  Whatever is

most foul and incompetent is in office; every good citizen being

frightened to death。〃… Ibid。  (Letter of Montauban; director of the

registry since 1793 to the Minister of the Interior; a compatriot;

Avignon; Pluvi?se 7; year VII。) 〃Honest folks are constantly annoyed

and put down by the authors and managers of the 'Glaciere'。  。  。  。

。  by the tools of the bloody tribunal of Orange and the incendiaries

of Bedouim。〃 He enjoins secrecy on this letter; which; 〃if known to

the Glacièrists; or Orangeists; would cost him his life。〃



'141' Ibid。; F。7; 7164。  (Department of Var; year V。; 〃Ideé

Générale。〃) 〃National character is gone; it is even demoralized: an

office…holder who has not made his fortune quickly is regarded as a

fool。〃



'142' Moniteur; XXII。; 240。  (Indictment of the fourteen members of

the Revolutionary committee of Nantes; and the summing…up of the

examination; Vendémiaire 23; year II。) When there is no special

information concerning the other committees the verdict; on the whole;

is nearly always as overwhe1ming。…Ibid。  (Session of Vendémiaire 12;

year III。  complaint of a deputation from Ferney…Voltaire。) 〃The Gex

district was; for over a year; a prey to five or six scoundrels who

took refuge there。  Under the mask of patriotism they succeeded in

getting possession of all the offices。  Vexations of every kind;

robberies of private houses; squandering of public money; were

committed by these monsters。〃 (The Ferney deputies brought with them

the testimony of witnesses。) … Ibid。; 290。  (Letters of Representative

Goupilleau; Beziers; Vendémiaire 28; year III。  on the terrorists of

Vaucluse。) 〃 These carnivorous fellows; regretting the times when they

could rob and massacre with impunity 。  。  。  。  Who; six months ago;

were starving and who now live in the most scandalous opulence 。  。  。

Squanderers of the public funds; robbers of private fortunes 。  。  。

Guilty of rapine; of forced contributions; of extortions;〃 etc。  …

Prudhomme; 〃Les crimes de la Révolution;〃 VI。; 79。  (On the

Revolutionary committee installed by Fouché at Nevers。) The local

investigation shows that the eleven leaders were men of vile

character; unfrocked and disreputable priests; lawyers and notaries

driven out of their professional bodies; and even from the popular

clubs; on account of their dishonesty; penniless actors; surgeons

without patients; depraved; ruined; incapable men; and two jail…birds。



'143' Beaulieu; III。; 754。  … Cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 vol。  II。; 

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