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turning to the condemned man; exclaims: 〃Go; wretch; and take the news

of our victories to your brethren。〃'161' At Feurs; where the shootings

take place at the house of M。 du Rosier; in the great avenue of the

park; his daughter; quite a young woman; advances in tears to

Javogues; and asks for the release of her husband。  〃Oh; yes; my

dear;〃 replies Javogues; 〃you shall have him home to…morrow。〃 In

effect; the next day; her husband is shot; and buried in the

avenue。'162' … It is evident that they get to liking the business。

Like their September predecessors; they find amusement in murdering:

people around them allude gaily to 〃the red theater〃 and 〃the national

razor。〃 An aristocrat is said to be 〃putting his head at the national

window;〃 and 〃he has put his head through the cathole。〃'163'  They

themselves have the style and humor of their trade。  〃To…morrow; at

seven o'clock;〃 writes Hugues; 〃let the sacred guillotine be erected!〃

… 〃The demoiselle guillotine;〃 writes Lecarlier; 〃keeps steadily

agoing。〃'164' … 〃The relatives and friends of emigrés and of

refractory priests;〃 writes Lebon; 〃monopolize the guillotine。  。

。'165'   Day before yesterday; the sister of the former Comte de

Bethune sneezed in the sack。〃 Carrier loudly proclaims 〃the pleasure

he has derived〃 from seeing priests executed: 〃I never laughed in my

life as I did at the faces they made in dying。〃'166'  This is the

extreme perversity of human nature; that of a Domitian who watches the

features of the condemned; to see the effect of suffering; or; better

still; that of the savage who holds his sides with laughter at the

aspect of a man being impaled。  And this delight of contemplating

death throes; Carrier finds it in the sufferings of children。

Notwithstanding the remonstrances of the revolutionary Tribunal and

the entreaties of President Phélippes…Tronjolly;'167' he signs on the

29th of Frimaire; year II。; a positive order to guillotine without

trial twenty…seven persons; of whom seven are women; and; among these;

four sisters; Mesdemoiselles de la Metayrie; one of these twenty…eight

years old; another twenty…seven; the third twenty…six; and the fourth

seventeen。  Two days before; notwithstanding the remonstrances of the

same tribunal and the entreaties of the same president; he signed a

positive order to guillotine twenty…six artisans and farm…hands; among

them two boys of fourteen; and two of thirteen years of age。  He was

driven 〃 in a cab to the place of execution and he followed it up in

detail。  He could hear one of the children of thirteen; already bound

to the board; but too small and having only the top of the head under

the knife; ask the executioner; 〃Will it hurt me much?〃 What the

triangular blade fell upon may be imagined! Carrier saw this with his

own eyes; and whilst the executioner; horrified at himself; died a few

days after in consequence of what he had done; Carrier put another in

his place; began again and continued operations。

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Notes:





'1' Thibaudeau: 〃Mémoires;〃 I。; 47; 70。  … Durand…Maillane;

〃Mémoires;〃 183。  … Vatel; 〃Charlotte Corday et les Girondins;〃 II。;

269。  Out of the seventy…six presidents of the convention eighteen

were guillotined; eight deported; twenty…two declared outlaws; six

incarcerated; three who committed suicide; and four who became insane;

in all sixty…one。  All who served twice perished by a violent death。



'2' Moniteur; XVIII。; 38。  (Speech by Amar; reporter; Oct。  3。  '793。)

〃The apparently negative behavior of the minority in the convention;

since the 2nd of June; is a new plot hatched by Barbaroux。〃



'3' Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 44。  Election of Collot d'Herbois as

president by one hundred and fifty…one out of two hundred and forty…

one votes; June 13; 1793。…Moniteur; XVII。; 366。  Election of Hérault…

Sechelles as president by one hundred and sixty…five out of two

hundred and thirty…six votes; Aug。  3; 1793。



'4' 〃The Revolution;〃 vol。  III。; ch。  I。  … Mortimer…Ternaux; VII。;

435。  (The three substitutes obtain; the first; nine votes; the

second; six votes; and the third; five votes。)



'5' Marcelin Boudet; 〃Les conventionnels d' Auvergne;〃 206。



'6' Le Marais or the Swamp (moderate party in the French Revolution)。

SR。



'7' Dussault: 〃 Fragment pour servir a' l'histoire de la convention。〃



'8' Sainte…Beuve 〃causeries du Lundi;〃 V。; 216。  (According to the

unpublished papers of Siéyès。)



'9' Words of Michelet。



'10' Moniteur; XX。; 95; 135。  (Sessions of Germinal II。  in the

Convention and at the Jacobin club。)



'11' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 17。  (Sessions of Vent?se 26; year II。

Speech of Robespierre。) 〃In what country has a powerful senate ever

sought in its own bosom for the betrayers of the common cause and

handed them over to the sword of the law? Who has ever furnished the

world with this spectacle? You; my fellow citizens。〃




'12' Miot de Melito; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。  44。  Danton; at table in the

ministry of Foreign Affairs; remarked: 〃The Révolution; like Saturn;

eats its own children。〃 As to Camille Desmoulins; 〃His melancholy

already indicated a presentiment of his fate; the few words he allowed

to escape him always turned on questions and observations concerning

the nature of punishment; inflicted on those condemned by the

revolutionary Tribunal and the best way of preparing oneself for that

event and enduring it。〃



'13' Buchez et Roux; XXXIII。; 363。357。  (Police reports on the

deputies; Messidor 4; and following days。) … Vilate: 〃coups secrètes

de la Revolution du 9 et 10 Thermidor;〃 a list designated by Barère。

… Denunciation by Lecointre。  (2nd ed。  p。13。)



'14' Thibaudeau; I。; 47。  〃Just as in ordinary times one tries to

elevate oneself; so does one strive in these times of calamity to

lower oneself and be forgotten; or atone for one's inferiority by

seeking to degrade oneself。〃



'15' Madame Roland: 〃Mémoires;〃 I。; 23。



'16' Archives Nationales; F。7; 31167。  This set of papers contains

five hundred and thirty…seven police reports; especially those of

Niv?se; year II。  The following is a sample Report of Niv?se 25; year

II。  〃Being on a deputation to the convention; some colleagues took me

to dine in the old Breteuil gardens; in a large room with a nice

floor。  。  。  。  The bill…of…fare was called for; and I found that

after having eaten a ritz soup; some meat; a bottle of wine and two

potatoes; I had spent; as they told me; eight francs twelve sous;

because I am not rich。  'Foutre!' I say to them how much do the rich

pay here? 。  。  。  It is well to state that I saw some deputies come

into this large hall; also former marquises; counts and knights of the

poniard of the ancient regime 。  。  。  but I confess that I cannot

remember the true names of these former nobles 。  。  。  。  for the

devil himself could not recognize those bastards; disguised like sans…

culottes。〃



'17' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 237; 308。  (July 5 and 14; 1793。) …

Moniteur; XIX。; 716。  (Vent?se 26; year II。) Danton secures the

passage of a decree 〃that nothing but prose shall be heard at the

bar。〃 Nevertheless; after his execution; this sort of parade begins

again。  On the 12th of Messidor; 〃a citizen admitted to the bar reads

a poem composed by him in honor of the success of our arms on the

Sambre。〃 (Moniteur; XVI。; 101。)



'18' Moniteur; XVIII。  369; 397; 399; 420; 455; 469; 471; 479; 488;

492; 500; etc。  … Mercier; 〃Le Nouveau Paris;〃 II。; 96。  … Dauban; 〃La

Demagogie en 1793;〃 500; 505。  (Articles by Prudhomme and Diurnal by

Beaulieu。)



'19' Moniteur; XVIII。; 420; 399。  … 〃Ah; le bel oiseau;〃 was a song

chosen for its symbolic and double meaning; one pastoral and the other

licentious。



'20' De Goncourt; 〃La Societé fran?aise pendant la Révolution;〃 418。

(Article from〃 Pêre Duchesne 〃。) … Dauban; ibid。; 506。  (Article by

Prud'homme。) 〃Liberty on a seat of verdure; receives the homage of

republicans; male and female; 。  。  。  and then。  。  。  。  she turns

and bestows a benevolent regard on her friends。〃



'21' Moniteur; XVIII。; 399。  Session of Brumaire 20; on motion of

Thuriot: 〃I move that the convention attends the temple of Reason to

sing the hymn to Liberty。〃 … 〃The motion of Thuriot is decreed。〃



'22' Mercier; ibid。; 99。  (Similar scenes in the churches of St。

Eustache and St。  Gervais。)



'23' Durand…Maillane; '〃Mémoires;〃 182。  … Gregoire; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。;

34。  On the 7th of November; 1793; in the great scene of the

abjurations; Grégoire alone resisted; declaring: 〃I remain a bishop; I

invoke freedom of worship。〃 〃Outcries burst forth to stifle my voice

the pitch of which I raised proportionately。  。  。  。  A demoniac

scene occurred; worthy of Milton。  。  。  。  I declare that in making

this speech I thought I was pronouncing sentence of death on myself。〃

For several days; emissaries were sent to him; either deputies or

bandits; to try and make him retract。  On the 11th of November a

placard posted throughout Paris declared him responsible for the

continuance of fanaticism。  〃For about two years; I was almost the

only one in Paris who wore the ecclesiastical costume。〃



'24' Moniteur; XVIII。; 480。  (Session of Brumaire 30。) N。。。。〃I must

make known the ceremony which took place here to…day。  I move that the

speeches and details of this day be inserted in full in the bulletin;

and sent to all the departments。〃 (Another deputy): 〃And do not

neglect to state that the Right was never so well furnished。〃

(Laughter and applause。)



'25' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 103。  (Germinal 11。) … Moniteur; XX。;

124。  (Germinal 15。) Decree for cutting short the defense of Danton

and his accused associates。



'26' Moniteur; XX。; 226。  (Germinal 26。  Report by Saint…Just and

decree on the police。)… Ibid。; XIX。; 54。  (Report by Robespierre; an
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