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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。; ch。

I。; § 9。



'144' 〃Recueil de pièces authentiques sur la Révolution à Strasbourg;〃

I。; 21。  … Archives Nationales D。; I。; § 6。  (Orders by Rousselin;

Frimaire II; year II。)



'145' 〃Un Sejour en France de 1792 à 1795;〃 p。409。



'146' I have not found a complete list of the towns and departments

which had a revolutionary army。  The correspondence of representatives

on mission and published documents verify the presence of

revolutionary armies in the towns mentioned。



'147' De Martel; 〃Fouché;〃 338。  (Text of the orders of the

commissioners of Public Safety。) The detachment sent to Lyons

comprises twelve hundred fusiliers; six hundred gunners; one hundred

and fifty horses。  Three hundred thousand livres are remitted as

traveling expenses to the commissary; fifty thousand to Collot

d'Herbois; and nineteen thousand two hundred to the Jacobin civilians

accompanying them。



'148' Moniteur。  (Session of Brumaire 17 year III。) Letter of

Representative Calès to the Convention。  〃Under the pretext of

guarding the prisons; the municipality (of Dijon) had a revolutionary

army which I broke up two days ago; as it cost six thousand francs a

month; and would not obey the commander of the armed force; and served

as a support to intriguers。  These soldiers; who were all workmen out

of employment; do nothing but post themselves in the tribunes of the

clubs; where they; with the women they bring along with them; applaud

the leaders; and so threaten citizens who are disposed to combat them;

and force these to keep their mouths shut。〃 ??De Martel; 〃Fouché;〃

425。  〃Javogues; to elude a decree of the Convention (Frimaire 14)

suppressing the revolutionary army in the departments; converted the

twelve hundred men he had embodied in it in the Loire into paid

soldiers。〃? Ibid。; 132。  (Letter of Goulin; Bourg; Frimaire 23。)

〃Yesterday; at Bourg…Régeriéré; I found Javogues with about four

hundred men of the revolutionary army whom he had brought with him on

the 20th instant。〃



'149' Buchez et Roux; XXIX。; 45。  … Moniteur; XX。; 67。  (Report of

Barère; Germinal 7。) … Sauzay; IV。; 303。  (Orders of Representative

Bassal at Bésan?on。)



'150' We see by Barère's report (Germinal 7; year II。) that the

revolutionary army of Paris; instead of being six thousand men; was

only four thousand; which is creditable to Paris。  … Mallet…Dupan;

II。; 52。  (cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 II。; 353。) … Gouvion St。  Cyr; I。;

137。  〃In these times; the representatives had organized in Haut…Rhin

what they called a revolutionary army; composed of deserters and all

the vagabonds and scamps they could pick up who had belonged to the

popular club; they dragged along after it what they called judges and

a guillotine。〃 … 〃Hua; 〃Souvenirs d'un Avocat;〃 196。



'151' Riouffe; 〃Memoires d'un deténue。〃 P。31。



'152' Ibid。; 〃These balls were brought out ostentatiously and shown to

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