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＇29＇　Buchez　et　Roux；　XXVII。；　10。　　（Speech　by　Barbaroux；　May　14；　1793。）

…　Report　on　the　papers　found　in　Robespierre's　apartment　by　Courtois；

285。　　（Letter　by　Collot　d'Herbois　Frimaire　3；　year　II。；　demanding　that

Paris　Jacobins　be　sent　to　him　at　Lyons。）　〃　If　I　could　have　asked　for

our　old　ones　I　should　have　done。　　。　　。　　but　they　are　necessary　at

Paris；　almost　all　of　them　having　been　made　mayors。〃



＇30＇　Meissner；　〃Voyage　à　Paris；〃　（at　the　end　of　1795；）　160。　　〃Persons

who　can　neither　read　nor　write　obtain　the　places　of　accountants　of

more　or　less　importance。〃？　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。

324。　　（Denunciations　of　Pio　to　the　club；　against　his　colleagues。）　…

Dauban；　ibid。；　35。　　（Note　by　Quevremont；　Jan。；　1794。）：　〃The　honest　man

who　knows　how　to　work　cannot　get　into　the　ministerial　bureaux；

especially　those　of　the　War　and　Navy　departments；　as　well　as　those　of

the　Commune　and　of　the　Departments；　without　having　a　lump　in　his

throat。　　…　Offices　are　mostly　filled　by　creatures　of　the　Commune　who

very　often　have　neither　talent　nor　integrity。　　Again；　the

denunciations；　always　welcomed；　however　frivolous　and　baseless　they

may　be；　turn　everything　upside　down。



＇31＇　Moniteur；　XXIV。；　397　（Speech　of　Dubois…Crancé　in　the　Convention

Floréal　16；　year　III。）　…　Archives　Nationales；　F。7；　31167。　　（Report　by

Rolin；　Niv？se　7；　year　II。）　〃The　same　complaints　are　heard　against　the

civil　Commissioners　of　the　section；　most　of　whom　are　unintelligent；

not　even　knowing　how　to　read。〃



＇32＇　Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；　vol。　　1411。　　（August；　1793。）

〃Plan　adopted〃　for　the　organization　of　the　Police；　〃excepting

executive　modifications。〃　In　fact；　some　months　later；　the　number　of

claqueurs；　male　and　female；　is　much　greater；　and　finally　reaches　a

thousand。　　（Beaulieu；　〃Essais；〃　V。；　l10。）　…　The　same　plan　comprehends

fifteen　agents　at　two　thousand　four　hundred　francs；　〃selected　from　the

frequenters　of　the　clubs；〃　to　revise　the　daily　morning　lists；　thirty

at　one　thousand　francs；　for　watching　popular　clubs；　and　ninety　to

twelve　hundred　francs　for　watching　the　section　assemblies。



＇33＇　Archives　Nationales；　F。7；　4436。　　（Letter　of　Bouchotte；　Minister

of　war；　Prairial　5；　year　II。）　〃The　appointment　of　Ronsin；　as　well　as

of　all　his　staff；　again　excited　public　opinion。　　The　Committee；　to

assure　itself；　sent　the　list　to　the　Jacobin　club；　where　they　were

accepted。〃　…　Ibid。；　AF。；II。；　58。　　〃　Paris；　Brumaire　II；　year　II。；　club

of　the　Friends　of　Liberty　and　Equality；　in　session　at　the　former

Jacobin　club；　rue　St。　　Honoré。　　List　of　the　citizens　who　are　to　set

out　for　Lyons　and　act　as　national　commissioners。　　（Here　follow　their

names。）　All　the　citizens　designated　have　undergone　the　inspection　of

the　said　club；　at　its　meeting　this　day。〃　（Here　follow　the　signatures

of　the　President　and　three　secretaries。）　…　〃Journal　des　Débats　et

Correspondence　de　la　Société　des　Jacobins；　No。543；　5th　day　of　the　3rd

month　of　the　year　II。　　…　In　relation　to　the　formation　of　a　new　Central

club；　〃Terrasson　is　of　opinion　that　this　club　may　become　liberticide；

and　demands　a　committee　to　examine　into　it　and　secure　its　extinction。

The　committee　demanded　by　Terrasson　is　appointed。〃　…　It　is　evident

that　they　hold　on　energetically　to　this　monopoly。　　…　Cf。　　Moniteur；

XIX。；　637。　　（Vent？se　13。）　Motion　adopted　in　the　Jacobin　club；　obliging

the　ministers　to　turn　out　of　office　any　individual　excluded　from　the

club。



＇34＇　Dauban；　ibid。；　307。　　（Report　of　Germinal　9。）



＇35＇　Moniteur；　XXII。　　353。　　（Session　of　Brumaire　20；　year　III。

Reclamation　made　by　M。　Bélanger　at　the　bar　of　the　Convention。）



＇36＇　Archives　Nationales；　AF。；　II。；　40。　　（Acts　passed　by　the　Committee

of　Public　Safety　at　the　dates　indicated。）　Beaulieu；　〃Essais；〃　v。；　200。

（Ibid。）　The　registers　of　the　Committee　of　Public　Safety　contain　a

number　of　similar　gratuities　paid　to　provincial　clubs　and　patriots；

for　instance；　AF。；　II。　　58；　（Brumaire　8）；　fifty　thousand　francs　to

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　th