the origins of contemporary france-4-第126章
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soldiers and terrorists。〃 … Mallet Dupan; 〃Correspondance; etc。;〃 I。;
248。 (Letter of Oct。 31; 1795。)
'40' Thibaudeau; Ibid。; I。; 246; et seq。 Moniteur。 (Session of
Brumaire 1。) Speech by Thibaudeau。
'41' Mallet…Dupan; ibid。; I。; 328。 (Letter Oct。 4; 1795。) 〃Nearly
all the electors nominated at Paris are former administrators;
distinguished and sensible writers; persons recommendable through
their position; fortune and intelligence。 They are the royalists of
1789; that is to say about in the sense of the constitution of 1791;
essentially changed fundamentally。 M。 d'Ormesson; former
comptroller…general of the Treasury; the Marquis of Gontant; M。 de
Vandeuil; former maitre de requêtes; M。 Garnier; former conseiller au
Chatelet of Paris and others of the same order; all electors。 It is
another world ; in one month we have gone back five years。〃 … Ibid。;
343; 350; 359; 373。
'42' Barbé…Marbois; 〃 Journal d'un Déporté;〃 preface; p。 XIV。
〃Outside of five or six men who might be regarded as 'suspects' of
royalism the most animated were only really irritated against the
despotic conduct and depredations of the directors and not against the
republican system。〃
'43' Mallet…Dupan; ibid:; I。; 369。 (Letter of Nov。22; 1795。) 〃Never
would the resistance of the sections have shown itself so unanimously
and so perseveringly without the promptings of the two hundred
monarchist members of the convention and the aid they promised。 They
had engaged to enter the tribune and support the cause of Paris; to
carry the majority and; in case they did not succeed in revoking the
decree respecting the two…thirds; to withdraw from the Convention and
come and take their seats with the sections; the pusillanimity of
these two hundred members caused the failure of these promises。 。 。
。 I guarantee the authenticity of this statement。〃
'44' Souvenirs et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux;〃 pp。103; 106。 〃The
Constitution has been adopted by a very small number of citizens; for;
in the section of the Nord only one hundred and fifty voters at most
are found amongst twelve hundred or fifteen hundred estimated。
(September 6; 1795。) … On Tuesday; November 10; 〃the section
assemblies of Evreux completed their nominations of juge de paix and
of its assessors and five municipal officers。 It took time; because
there were a great many who declined。〃
'45' Thibaudeau; 〃Mémoires sur le Convention et le Directoire;〃 II。;
58。 … Mallet…Dupan; (〃Correspondance; etc。;〃 II。; 281。) Dufort de
Cheverney; (〃Mémoires〃 in manuscript)。 He is at Vend?me and attends
the trial out of curiosity。 〃Germain; cheerful and witty; makes fun
of the jurymen: they are really stupid; said he; not to see conspiracy
when there was as complete a one as ever existed。 。 。 。 Besides; I
conspired and always shall。〃
'46' 〃Souvenir et Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux;〃 p。 118 (March 24;
1797)。
'47' Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 (March; 1797)。
'48' Albert Babeau; II。; 408; et seq。 (Address of the administrators
of Aube for the elections of year V。) … Ibid。; 414。 (Speech by
Herlinson; Librarian of the Ecole Centrale at Troyes; Thermidor 10;
year V。 in the large hall of the H?tel…de…Ville; before the
commissioners of the Directory; and received with unbounded applause。)
〃The patriots consisted of fools; madmen and knaves; the first in
their illusions; the second in their dreams and the third in their
acts。 。 。 。 Everywhere you would see two or three executioners; a
dozen satellites; of whom one…half trembled for their lives; and about
a hundred witnesses; most of them in spite of themselves; against
thousands of victims。 。 。 。 Vengeance is not necessary; never was
special vengeance of any benefit to the public。 Let them rest in
their slough; let them live as objects of contempt and horror。〃…Cf。
Sauzay; VIII。; p。659 et seq。
'49' Thibaudeau; II。; 152; 153。 Mallet…Dupan; II。; 262。
'50' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 265; 268; 278。
'51' Thibaudeau; II。; 244; 248。
'52' Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 108。 〃Not fifteen leaders。 〃 …
Lacretelle; 〃Dix Années d'épreuves;〃 p。308。 〃Twenty or thirty men
devoted to monarchical opinions; but who did not dare state them
openly。〃
'53' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 267; 278; 331。
'54' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 265。 〃Not only have they discarded (at Paris)
the Republicans; but even those among the old Constituents; known or
denounced for having taken too important a part in the first
revolution 。 。 。 。 Men have been chosen who aspired to a modified
and not perverted monarchy。 The suffrages have equally distanced
themselves from the sectarian royalists of the ancient régime as well
as the violent anti…revolutionaries。〃
'55' Mallet…Dupan; 11。; 298。 〃The deputies never attack a
revolutionary law; but they are mistrusted of some design of
destroying the results of the Revolution; and every time they speak of
regulating the Republic they are accused of ill…will to the Republic。〃
'56' Thibaudeau; II。; 171。 … Carnot; II。; 106。 … The programme of
Barthélémy is contained in this simple phrase: 〃I would render the
Republic administrative。〃 On the foreign policy; his ideas; so
temperate; pacific and really French; are received with derision by
the other Directors。 (Andre Lebon; 〃 Angleterre et l'Emigration
Fran?aise;〃 p。 335。)
'57' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Souvenirs;〃 III。; 153。 … Camille Jordan。
(Letter to his constituents on the Revolution; Fructidor 18; p。26。)
〃The Constitution; the Constitution alone; is the rallying word at
Clichy。 〃 … Barbé…Marbois; 〃Souvenirs d'un Déporté;〃 I。; page 12 and
preface。 The largest number wanted to disregard the future and forget
the past。〃
'58' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 336。 〃Eighty of the deputies who were menaced
have slept elsewhere since the 30th of August; keeping together in one
domicile for fear of being carried off at night。〃 Mathieu Dumas;
III。; 10。 〃I could no longer occupy my house in Paris; rue Fosses…du…
Temple; without risking an attack from the sbirri (Italian police
officers) of the Directory; who pro claimed in the clubs that the
people must be avenged in (our) houses。 〃 … Mallet…Dupan; II。 343。
〃This pretended conspiracy imputed to the councils by the triumvirs;
is a romance similar to those of Robespierre。〃 … Ibid。; 346。 〃There
has been no conspiracy; properly so…called; of the Legislative Corps
against the Directory。〃 … Only; 〃every constitution in France kills
the Revolution if the Revolutionary leaders has not destroyed in time。
And this; because four…fifths of France being detached from the
Revolution; the elections will put into the legislative and
administrative offices men who were opposed to the Revolution。〃
'59' Lord Malmesbury; 〃Diaries;〃 II。; 544。 (September 9; 1797。) The
words of Mr。 Colchen。) 〃He went on to say that all the persons
arrested are the most estimable and most able men in the Republic。 It
is for this reason and not from any principles of royalism (for such
principles do not belong to them) that they are sentenced to
transportation。 They would have supported the constitution; but in
doing that they would have circumscribed the authority of the
executive power and have taken from the Directory the means of
acquiring and exercising undue authority。〃
'60' Barbé…Marbois; 〃Journal d'un Déporté;〃 preface; p。 XVI。
'61' Mathieu Dumas; III。; 84; 86。
'62' De Goncourt; 〃La Société Fran?aise pendant le Directoire;〃 298;
386。 Cf。 the Thé; the Grondeur; the Censeur des journaux; Paris; and
innumerable pamphlets。… In the provinces; the Anti…Terrorist; at
Toulouse the Neuf Thermidor; at Besan?on; the Annales Troyennes at
Troyes; etc。
'63' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 309; 316; 323; 324; 329; 333; 339; 347。 〃To
defend themselves constitutionally; whilst the Directory attacks
revolutionarily; is to condemn themselves to inevitable perdition。〃 …
〃 Had it a hundred times more ability the Legislative Corps without
boldness is a lightning flash without thunder。〃 … 〃 With greater
resources than Louis XVI。 had in 1792; the Legislative Corps acts
like this prince and will share his fate; unless it returns war for
war; unless it declares that the first generals who dare send out the
deliberations of their armies are traitors to the State。〃 … 〃 It is
owing to the temporizing of the legislative councils; to the fatal
postponement of the attack on the Luxembourg in the middle of August;
on which Pichegru; Villot; General Miranda and all the clairvoyant
deputies insisted on; 。 。 。 。 it is owing to foolishly insisting
on confining themselves to constitutional defenses; 。 。 。 it is
owing to the necessity which the eighty firm and energetic deputies
found of conciliating three hundred others who could not agree on the
end as well as the means; which brought about the catastrophe of the
Councils。〃
'64' Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 161。 〃The evil having reached its last
stage; it was necessary to have a 10th of June instead of a 31st of
May。〃 … Mallet…Dupan; II。; 333; 334。 The plan for canceling the
military division of the Interior under Augereau's command was to be
carried out between the 15th and 20th of August。 If the triumvirate
should resist; Pichegru and Villot were to march on the Luxembourg。
Carnot refused to accept the project 〃unless he might name the three
new Directors。〃 … De la Rue; 〃Histoire du 18 Fructidor。〃 Carnot said
to the Moderates who asked him to act with them: 〃Even if I had a
pardon in my pocket; amply confirmed by the royal mouth; I should have
no confidence。〃
'65' Occupied by the members of the Directory。
'66' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Mémoires;〃 III。; 113。
'67' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 327。 〃Barras is the only one who plays
squarely and who; taking the risk; wants Jacobinism to triumph par fas
et nefas。〃 … Ibid。; 339。 〃The triumvirs hesitated up to Friday;
Barras; the most furious of the three; and master of Augereau; decided
his two colleagues。〃 … Ibid; 351。 〃 Barras and Reubell; by dint of
exciting the imagination of that poor little philosophizer La
Révellière; succeeded in converting him。〃 … Thibaudeau; II。; 272。 〃It
was Barras who bore off the honors of dictatorship that night 。 。 。
。 La Révellière shut himself up in his house as in an impenetrable
sanctuary。 Reubell; at this moment; his head somewhat affected; was
watched in his apartment。〃
'68' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 304; 305; 331。 … Carnot; II。; 117。
'69' Barbé…Marbois; 〃Journal d'un Deporté;〃 pp。34 and 35。
'70' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 343。
'71' Barbé…Marbois; ibid。; p。46。
'72' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 228; 342。 〃The use the triumvirs intended to
make of D'Entraigues' portfolio was known two months ago。〃… cf。
Thibaudeau; II。; 279; on the vagueness; scanty proof and gross falsity
of the charges made by the Directory。