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frequent mention of the dispatch of this comparative lists; and the
Jacobins who send it request the Electoral Assembly to have it read
forthwith。)
'16' Rétif de la Bretonne; 〃Les Nuits de Paris;〃 Night X。 p。 301: 〃As
soon as the primary assemblies had been set up; the plotters began to
work; electors were nominated; and through the vicious system adopted
in the sections; an uproar made it out for a majority of voices。
Cf。 Schmidt; 〃Tableaux de la Révolution Fran?aise;〃 I。 98。 Letter of
Damour; vice…president of the section of the Théatre…Fran?ais; Oct。29。
〃 Un Séjour en France;〃 p。29: 〃The primary assemblies have already
begun in this department (Pas…de…Calais)。 We happened to enter a
church; where we found young Robespierre haranguing an audience as
small in point of number as it was in that of respectability。 They
applauded vigorously as if to make up for their other shortcomings。〃
'17' Albert Babeau; I。 518。 At Troyes; Aug。26; the revolutionaries in
most of the sections have it decided that the relations of an émigré;
designated as hostages and the signers of royalist addresses; shall
not be entitled to vote: 〃The sovereign people in their primary
assembly may admit among its members only pure citizens against whom
there is not the slightest reproach〃 (resolution of the Madeleine
section)。 Sauzay; III。 47; 49 and following pages。 At Quinsy; Aug。
26; Lout; working the Chattily furnaces; along with a hundred of his
men armed with clubs; keeps away from the ballot…box the electors of
the commune of Courcelles; 〃suspected of incivisme。 〃 〃 Archives
Nationales;〃 F7; 3217。 Letters of Gilles; justice an the canton of
Roquemaure (Gard); Oct。 31; 1792; and Jan。 23; 1793; on the electoral
proceedings employed in this canton: Dutour; president of the club;
left his chair to support the motion for 〃lanterning〃 the grumpy and
all the false patriots。 。 。 On the 4th of November 〃he forced
contributions by threatening to cut off heads and destroy houses。〃 He
was elected juge…de…paix。 Another; Magère; 〃approved of the motion
for setting up a gallows; provided that it was not placed in front of
his windows; and stated openly in the club that if people followed the
law they would never accomplish anything to be remembered。〃 He was
elected member of the department directory。 A third; Fournier;
〃wrote that the gifts which citizens made to save their lives were
voluntary gifts。〃 He is made a department councilor。 〃Peaceable
citizens are storing their furniture in safe places in order to take
to flight 。 。 。 There is no security in France; the epithet of
aristocrat; of Feuillant; of moderate affixed to the most honest
citizen's name is enough to make him an object of spoliation and to
expose him to losing his life。 。 。 I insist on regarding the false
idea which is current in relation to popular sovereignty as the
principal cause of the existing anarchy。〃
'18' Schmidt; 〃Pariser Zustande;〃 I。 50 and following pages。
Mortimer…Ternaux; V。 95。 109; 117; 129。 (Ballot of Oct。 4; 14;137
voters; Oct。 22; 14;006; Nov。19; 10;223; Dec。 6; 7062。)
'19' Sauzay; III。 45; 46; 221。 Albert Babeau; I。 517。 Lallié;
〃Le district de Machecoul; 225。 Cf。 in the above the history of the
elections 'of Saint…Affrique: out of more than 600 registered electors
the mayor and syndic…attorney are elected by forty votes。 The
plebiscite of September; 1795; on the constitution of the year III。
calls out only 958;000 voters。 Repugnance to voting still exists。
〃Ninety times out of a hundred; on asking: 'Citizen; how did the
Electoral Assembly of your canton go off?' they would reply (in
patois): 'Me; citizen? why should I go there? They have a good deal of
trouble in getting along together。' Or; 'What would you? Only a few
will come; honest people will stay at home!'〃 (Meissner; 〃Voyage à
Paris;〃 towards the end of 1795。)
'20' Stalin easily found a remedy。 He obliged all to vote and
falsified the count so that 99% now voted for him and his men。 (SR)。
'21' 〃 Archives Nationales;〃 CII。 1 to 76; passim; especially the
official reports of the assemblies of the Bouches…du…Rh?ne; Hérault
and Paris。 Speech by Barbaroux to the Electoral Assembly of the
Bouches…du…Rh?ne: 〃Brothers and friends; liberty will perish if you do
not elect men to the National Convention whose hearts are filled with
hatred of royalty。 。 。 Mine is the soul of a freeman; ever since my
fourth year it has been nourished on hatred to kings。 I will relieve
France from this detestable race; or I will die in the attempt。 Before
I leave you I will sign my own death…warrant; I will designate what I
love most; I will show you all my possessions; I will lay a dagger on
the table which shall pierce my heart if ever for an instant I prove
false to the cause of the people!〃 (session of Sept。 3)。 … Guillon de
Montléon; I; 135。
'22' Durand…Maillane; I。33。 In the Electoral Assembly of the Bouches…
du…Rh?ne 〃there was a desire to kill an elector suspected of
aristocracy。〃
'23' Mortimer…Ternaux; IV。 52。 〃Archives Nationales;〃 CII。 I to 32。
Official report of the Electora1 Assembly of Bouches…du…Rh?ne。 Speech
by Pierre Bayle; Sept。 3: 〃That man is not free who tries to conceal
his conscience in the shadow of a vote。 The Romans openly elected
their tribunes。 。 。 Who amongst us would reject so wise a measure? The
galleries of the National Assembly have had as much to do with
fostering the Revolution as the bayonets of patriots。 〃 In Seine…
et…Marne the Assembly at first decided for the secret vote; at the
request of the Paris commissaries; Ronsin and Lacroix; it rescinds its
decision and adopts voting aloud and by call。
'24' Barbaroux; 〃Mémoires;〃 379: 〃One day; on proceeding to the
elections; tumultuous shouts break out: 'That is an anti…revolutionary
from Arles; hang him!' An Arlesian had; indeed; been arrested on the
square; brought into the Assembly; and they were lowering the lantern
to run him up。〃
'25' Mortimer…Ternaux; III。 338。 De Sybel; 〃Histoire de l'Europe
pendant la Révolution Fran?aise〃 (Dosquet's translation); I。 525。
(Correspondence of the army of the South; letter by Charles de Hesse;
commanding the regular troops at Lyons。)
'26' Mortimer…Ternaux; V。101; 122 and following pages。
'27' Guillon de Montléon; I。 172; 196 and following pages。
'28' Sauzay; III。 220 and following pages。 Albert Babeau; II。 15。
At Troyes; two mayors elected refuse in turn。 At the third ballot in
this town of from 32;000 to 35;000 souls; the mayor…elect obtains 400
out of 555 votes。
'29' Moniteur; XV。 184 to 233 (the roll…call of those who voted for
the death of Louis XVI)。Dumouriez; II。 73 (Dumouriez reaches Paris
Feb。 2; 1793; after visiting the coasts of Dunkirk and Antwerp): 〃All
through Picardy; Artois; and maritime Flanders Dumouriez found the
people in consternation at the tragic end of Louis XVI。 He noticed
that the very name of Jacobin excited horror as well as fear。〃
'30' This number; so important; is verified by the following passages:
Moniteur; session of Dec。 39; 1792。 Speech by Birotteau: 〃Fifty
members against 690。 。 。 About twenty former nobles; fifteen or twenty
priests; and a dozen September judges (want to prevail against) 700
deputies。〃 Ibid。; 851 (Dec。26; on the motion to defer the trial of
the king): 〃About fifty voices; with energy; No! no! 〃 Ibid。; 865;
(Dec。27; a violent speech by Lequinio; applauded by the extreme 〃Left〃
and the galleries; the president calls them to order): 〃The applause
continues of about fifty members of the extreme 'Left。' 〃 Mortimer…
Ternaux; VI。 557。 (Address by Tallien to the Parisians; Dec。23;
against the banishment of the Duke of Orleans): 〃To…morrow; under the
vain pretext of another measure of general safety; the 60 or 80
members who on account of their courageous and inflexible adherence to
principles are offensive to the Brissotine faction; will be driven
out。〃 Moniteur; XV。 74 (Jan。 6)。 Robespierre; addressing Roland;
utters this expression: 〃the factious ministers。〃 〃Cries of Order! A
vote of censure! To the Abbaye/ 'Is the honest minister whom all
France esteems;' says a member; 'to be treated in this way?' Shouts
of laughter greet the exclamation from about sixty members。〃 Ibid。;
XV。 114。 (Jan。 11)。 Denunciation of the party of anarchists by Buzot。
Garnier replies to him: 〃You calumniate Paris; you preach civil war!〃
〃Yes! yes! 'exclaim about sixty members。 Buchez et Roux; XXIV。 368
(Feb。 26)。 The question is whether Marat shall be indicted。 〃Murmurs
from the extreme left; about a dozen members noisily demanding the
order of the day。〃
'31' Mercier; 〃Le nouveau Paris;〃 II。 200。
'32' Buchez et Roux; XIX。 17。 XXVIII。 168。 … The king is declared
guilty by 683 votes; 37 abstain from voting; as judges; of these 37;
26; either as individuals or legislators; declare the king guilty。
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