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Bordeaux; Auch; Rochefort; Brest; Bergues; Givet; Metz; Thionville;

Strasbourg; Colmar; Belfort and Grenoble; and often betake themselves

to towns in the vicinity。  … The fullest reports are those of Chepy;

at Grenoble; whose correspondence is worthy of publication; although

an ultra Jacobin; he was brought before the revolutionary Tribunal as

a moderate; in Vent?se; year II。  Having survived (the Revolution) he

became under the Empire a general commissary of Police at Brest。

Almost all of them are veritable Jacobins; absolutist at bottom; and

they became excellent despotic tools。



'70' Buchez et Roux; XXX。; 425。  … Twenty…four commissioners; drawn by

lot from the Jacobins of Paris; are associated with Collot d'Herbois。

One of them; Marino; becomes president of the temporary Committee of

Surveillance; at Lyons。  Another; Parrien; is made president of the

Revolutionary Committee。  … Archives Nationales; AF。; II。; 59。

(Deliberations in the Paris Jacobin club; appointing three of their

number to go to Tonnerre and request the Committee of Public Safety

〃to give them the necessary power; to use it as circumstances may

require; for the best good of the Republic。〃 Frimaire 6; year II。) …

Order of the Committee of Public Safety; allowing two thousand francs

to the said parties for their traveling expenses。〃 … Archives des

Affaires étrangères; vol。  333。  The agents sent to Marseilles affix

their signatures; 〃sans…culottes; of Paris;〃 and one of them; Brutus;

becomes president of the Marseilles revolutionary tribunal。



'71' Archives Nationales; AF。; II。; 49。  Papers relating to the

revolutionary tax of Belfort; giving all the amounts and names。

(Brumaire 30; year II。) Here is the formula: 〃citizen X。  。  。  (male

or female) will pay in one hour the sum of … … ; under penalty of

being considered suspect and treated as such。〃 … 〃Recueil des Pièces

Authentiques concernant la Révolution à Strasbourg;〃 I。; 128; 187。

(Expressions of the representative Baudot in a letter dated Brumaire

29; year II。)



'72' Archives Nationales: the acts and letters of the representatives

on mission are classed by departments。  … On the delegates of the

representatives on mission; I will cite but one text。  (Archives des

Affaires étrangères; vol。  333; letter of Garrigues; Auch; Pluvi?se

24; year II。): 〃A delegate of Dartigoyte goes to l'Isle and; in the

popular club; wants the curé of the place to get rid of his priestly

attributes。  The man answers; so they tell me; that he would

cheerfully abstain from his duties; but that; if; in addition to this;

they used force he would appeal to the convention; which had no idea

of interfering with freedom of opinion。  'Very well;' replied

Dartigoyte emissary; 'I appeal to a gendarme;' and he at once ordered

his arrest。〃



'73' Lallier; 〃Une commission D'énquete et de Propagande;〃 p。7。  (It

is composed of twelve members; selected by the club of Nantes; who

overrun the district of Ancenis; six thousand francs of fees being

allowed it。) … Babeau; II。; 280。  (Dispatch of sixty commissioners;

each at six francs a day by the Troyes administration; to ascertain

the state of the supplies on hand; Prairial; year II。)



'74' For example; at Bordeaux and at Troyes。  … Archives Nationales

F7; 4421。  Register of the Revolutionary committee of Troyes; fol。

164。  Two members of the committee travel to the commune of Lusigny;

dismiss the mayor and justice; and appoint in the place of the latter

〃the former curé of the country; who; some time ago; abjured

sacerdotal fanaticism。〃 … Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。332。

(Letter of Desgranges; Bordeaux; Brumaire 15; year II。) The

representatives have just instituted 〃a revolutionary committee of

surveillance composed of twelve members; selected with the greatest

circumspection。  All the committees established in the department are

obliged to correspond with it; and fulfill its requisitions。〃



'75' Archives Nationales; AF。; II; 58。  (Letter of Javogues to Collot

d'Herbois; Brumaire 28; year II。)



'76' 〃Recueil des Pièces Authentiques;〃 etc。; I。; 195。  (Acts passed

Jan。21; 1793。)



'77' Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。  326。  (Letters from

Brutus; September 24; from Topino…Lebrun; jr。; September 25 and

October 6; 1793。  … Vol。  330。  Letters from Brutus; Niv?se 6; year

II。) The character of the agent is often indicated orthographically。

For example; vol。334; letter from Galon…Boyer; Brumaire 18; year II。

〃The public spirit is generally bad。  Those who claim to be patriots

know no restraint 。  The rest are lethargic and federalism appears

innate。〃



'78' Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。1411。  (Letter of Haupt;

Brumaire 26; year II。) … Vol。  333。  (Letter of Blessman and Haüser;

Pluvi?se 4; year II。)



'79' Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。  333。  (Letter of Chartres

and of Caillard; Cornmune Aifranchie; Niv?se 21。) … Vol。  331。

(Letters of Desgranges; at Bordeaux; Brumaire 8 and Frimaire 3。) 〃The

offerings in plate and coin multiply indefinitely; all goes right。

The court…martial has condemned Dudon to death; son of the ex…

procureur…général in the former parliament at Bordeaux; Roullat;

procureur…syndic of the department; Sallenave; merchant。  These

executions excite sympathy; but nobody murmurs。〃



'80' Ibid。; vol。  333。  (Letter of Cuny; sr。; Niv?se 20。) Vols。  331;

332。  (Letters of Chepy; passim; and especially those dated Frimaire

II。) … Vol。  329。  (Letter of Chépy; August 24; 1793。) 〃At Annecy; the

women have cut down the liberty…pole and burnt the archives of the

club and of the commune。  At Chambéry; the people wanted to do the

same thing。〃 … Ibid。  (September 18; 1793。) 〃The inhabitants around

Mont Blanc show neither spirit nor courage; the truth is; an anti…

revolutionary spirit animates all minds。〃 … Ibid。  (Letter of August

8; 1793。) 〃Not only have the citizens of Grenoble; who were drawn by

lot; not set out on the expedition to Lyons; but; even of those who

have obeyed the laws; several have returned with their arms and

baggage。  No commune between St。  Laurent and Lyons would march。  The

rural municipalities; badly tainted with the federal malady; ventured

to give the troops very bad quarters; especially those who had been

drafted。〃



'81' Ibid。  (Letter of Cuny; jr。; Brest; Brumaire 6。) 〃 There are; in

general; very few patriots at Brest; the inhabitants are nearly all

moderates。〃 … (Letter of Gadolle; Dunkirk; July 26; 1793。) … (Letter

of Simon; Metz; Niv?se; year II。) 〃Yesterday; on the news of the

capture of Toulon being announced in the theatre; 。  。  。  I noticed

that only about one…third of the spectators gave way to patriotic

enthusiasm; the other two…thirds remained cold; or put on a long

face。〃



'82' Ibid。  (Letter of Haupt; Belfort; September 1; 1793。)



'83' Report by Courtois on the papers found in Robespierre's domicile;

p。  274。  (Letter of Darthé; Vent?se 29; year II。)



'84' 〃Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse;〃 by citizen Pescayre (published

in year III。); p。101。



'85' Archives Nationales; F。7; 4421。  (Register of the Revolutionary

Committee; established at Troyes; Brumaire II; year II。) … Albert

Babeau; vol。  II。; passim。  … Archives des Affaires étrangères; vol。

332; Chépy (letter; Brumaire 6; Grenoble)。  〃The sections had

appointed seven committees of surveillance。  Although weeded out by

the club; they nevertheless alarmed the sans…culottes。。  。  。

Representative Petit…Jean has issued an order; directing that there

shall be but one committee at Grenoble composed of twenty…one members。

This measure is excellent and ensures the triumph of sans…culotteism。〃

… Archives Nationales; F。7; 4434。  (Letter of Pérrieu to Brissot;

Bordeaux; March 9; 1793。) Before June 2; the national club 〃of

Bordeaux; composed of Maratists; did not comprise more than eight or

ten individuals at most。〃 … Moniteur; XXII。; 133。  (Speech by

Thibeaudeau on the popular club of Poitiers; Vendémiaire II; year

III。) … Ibid。  (Session of Brumaire 5; year III。; letter of Calès; and

session of Brumaire 17; year III。; report by Calès。) 〃The popular club

of Dijon made all neighboring administrative bodies; citizens and

districts tremble。  All were subject to its laws; and three or four

men in it made them。  This club and the municipality were one body。〃

〃The Terror party does not exist here; or; if it does exist; it does

not amount to much: out of twenty thousand inhabitants there are not

six who can legitimately be suspected of belonging to it。〃



'86' Baroly; 〃Les Jacobins Demasqués;〃 (IV。  8vo。; of 8pp。; year II)。

〃The Jacobin club; with its four hundred active members at Paris; and

the four thousand others in the provinces; not less devoted; represent

the living force of the Revolution。〃



'87' Archives Nationales; D。  § I。; 10。  (Orders of representatives

Delacroix; Louchet; and Legendre; Niv?se 12; year II。) 〃On the

petition of the Committee of Surveillance of Evreux; which sets forth

that all its members are without means; and that it will be impossible

for them to continue their duties since they are without resources for

supporting their families;〃 the representatives allow three of them

two hundred and seventy francs each; and a fourth one hundred and

eighty francs; as a gratuity (outside of the three francs a day。)



'88' Ibid。  AF。; II。; 111。  (Order of Albitte and La Porte; Prairial

18; year II。)



'89' Albert Babeau; II。; 154…157。  … Moniteur; XXII。  425。  (Session

of Brumaire 13; year III。  Speech by Cambon。) 〃A government was

organized in which surveillance alone cost 591 millions per annum。

Every man who tilled the ground or worked in a shop; at once abandoned

his pursuit for a place on the Revolutionary Committees 。  。  。  where

he got five francs a day。〃



'90' 〃Tableau des Prisons de Toulouse;〃 by citizen Pescare; 162; 166;

435。



'91' Berryat Saint…Prix; 〃La Justice Révolutionaire;〃 (second edition)

p。  XIX。  … Ibid。; XIV。  At Rochefort there is on the revolutionary

tribunal a mason; a shoemaker; a caulker; and a cook; at Bordeaux; on

the military commission; an actor; a wine…clerk; a druggist; a baker;

a journeyman…gilder; and later; a cooper and a leather…dresser。



'92' I heard these expressions during my conversations with old

peasants。  … Archives Nationales; AF。;II。; 111。  (Order of the

Representative Ichon; Messidor 18; year II。) 〃The popular club of

Chinon will be immediately regenerated。  Citizens (I omit their

names); the following showing their occupations: shoemaker; policeman。

sabot…maker; cooper; carter; shoemaker; joiner; butcher carpenter and

mason; will form the committee which is to do the weeding…out and

choose successors among those that offer to become members of the

club。〃? Ibid。; D。; §I; 10。  (Orders of the Representatives Delacroix;

Louchet and Legendre; on mission i

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