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world with this spectacle? You; my fellow citizens。〃
'12' Miot de Melito; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 44。 Danton; at table in the
ministry of Foreign Affairs; remarked: 〃The Révolution; like Saturn;
eats its own children。〃 As to Camille Desmoulins; 〃His melancholy
already indicated a presentiment of his fate; the few words he allowed
to escape him always turned on questions and observations concerning
the nature of punishment; inflicted on those condemned by the
revolutionary Tribunal and the best way of preparing oneself for that
event and enduring it。〃
'13' Buchez et Roux; XXXIII。; 363。357。 (Police reports on the
deputies; Messidor 4; and following days。) … Vilate: 〃coups secrètes
de la Revolution du 9 et 10 Thermidor;〃 a list designated by Barère。
… Denunciation by Lecointre。 (2nd ed。 p。13。)
'14' Thibaudeau; I。; 47。 〃Just as in ordinary times one tries to
elevate oneself; so does one strive in these times of calamity to
lower oneself and be forgotten; or atone for one's inferiority by
seeking to degrade oneself。〃
'15' Madame Roland: 〃Mémoires;〃 I。; 23。
'16' Archives Nationales; F。7; 31167。 This set of papers contains
five hundred and thirty…seven police reports; especially those of
Niv?se; year II。 The following is a sample Report of Niv?se 25; year
II。 〃Being on a deputation to the convention; some colleagues took me
to dine in the old Breteuil gardens; in a large room with a nice
floor。 。 。 。 The bill…of…fare was called for; and I found that
after having eaten a ritz soup; some meat; a bottle of wine and two
potatoes; I had spent; as they told me; eight francs twelve sous;
because I am not rich。 'Foutre!' I say to them how much do the rich
pay here? 。 。 。 It is well to state that I saw some deputies come
into this large hall; also former marquises; counts and knights of the
poniard of the ancient regime 。 。 。 but I confess that I cannot
remember the true names of these former nobles 。 。 。 。 for the
devil himself could not recognize those bastards; disguised like sans…
culottes。〃
'17' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 237; 308。 (July 5 and 14; 1793。) …
Moniteur; XIX。; 716。 (Vent?se 26; year II。) Danton secures the
passage of a decree 〃that nothing but prose shall be heard at the
bar。〃 Nevertheless; after his execution; this sort of parade begins
again。 On the 12th of Messidor; 〃a citizen admitted to the bar reads
a poem composed by him in honor of the success of our arms on the
Sambre。〃 (Moniteur; XVI。; 101。)
'18' Moniteur; XVIII。 369; 397; 399; 420; 455; 469; 471; 479; 488;
492; 500; etc。 … Mercier; 〃Le Nouveau Paris;〃 II。; 96。 … Dauban; 〃La
Demagogie en 1793;〃 500; 505。 (Articles by Prudhomme and Diurnal by
Beaulieu。)
'19' Moniteur; XVIII。; 420; 399。 … 〃Ah; le bel oiseau;〃 was a song
chosen for its symbolic and double meaning; one pastoral and the other
licentious。
'20' De Goncourt; 〃La Societé fran?aise pendant la Révolution;〃 418。
(Article from〃 Pêre Duchesne 〃。) … Dauban; ibid。; 506。 (Article by
Prud'homme。) 〃Liberty on a seat of verdure; receives the homage of
republicans; male and female; 。 。 。 and then。 。 。 。 she turns
and bestows a benevolent regard on her friends。〃
'21' Moniteur; XVIII。; 399。 Session of Brumaire 20; on motion of
Thuriot: 〃I move that the convention attends the temple of Reason to
sing the hymn to Liberty。〃 … 〃The motion of Thuriot is decreed。〃
'22' Mercier; ibid。; 99。 (Similar scenes in the churches of St。
Eustache and St。 Gervais。)
'23' Durand…Maillane; '〃Mémoires;〃 182。 … Gregoire; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。;
34。 On the 7th of November; 1793; in the great scene of the
abjurations; Grégoire alone resisted; declaring: 〃I remain a bishop; I
invoke freedom of worship。〃 〃Outcries burst forth to stifle my voice
the pitch of which I raised proportionately。 。 。 。 A demoniac
scene occurred; worthy of Milton。 。 。 。 I declare that in making
this speech I thought I was pronouncing sentence of death on myself。〃
For several days; emissaries were sent to him; either deputies or
bandits; to try and make him retract。 On the 11th of November a
placard posted throughout Paris declared him responsible for the
continuance of fanaticism。 〃For about two years; I was almost the
only one in Paris who wore the ecclesiastical costume。〃
'24' Moniteur; XVIII。; 480。 (Session of Brumaire 30。) N。。。。〃I must
make known the ceremony which took place here to…day。 I move that the
speeches and details of this day be inserted in full in the bulletin;
and sent to all the departments。〃 (Another deputy): 〃And do not
neglect to state that the Right was never so well furnished。〃
(Laughter and applause。)
'25' Buchez et Roux; XXXII。; 103。 (Germinal 11。) … Moniteur; XX。;
124。 (Germinal 15。) Decree for cutting short the defense of Danton
and his accused associates。
'26' Moniteur; XX。; 226。 (Germinal 26。 Report by Saint…Just and
decree on the police。)… Ibid。; XIX。; 54。 (Report by Robespierre; and
decree on the principles of revolutionary government; Niv?se 5。) …
Ibid。; XX。; 567; 589。 Prairial 6; (Decree forbidding the imprisonment
of any Englishman or Hanoverian); and XXI。; 13。 (Messidor 16。)
'27' Moniteur; XX。; 544。 After the effort of L'Admiral against Collot
d'Herbois; the latter appears in the tribune。 〃The loudest applause
greets him from all sides of the house。〃 … Ibid。; XXI。; 173。
(Messidor 21。) On the report of Barère who praises the conduct of
Joseph Lebon; criticizing nothing but 〃somewhat harsh formalities;〃 a
decree is passed to the order of the day; which is 〃adopted
unanimously with great applause。〃
'28' Moniteur; XX。; 698; 715; 716; 719。 (Prairial 22 and 24。) After
the speeches of Robespierre and Couthon 〃Loud and renewed applause;
the plaudits begin over again and are prolonged。〃 Couthon; having
declared that the Committee of Public Safety was ready to resign; 〃on
all sides there were cries of No; No。〃… Ibid。; XXI。; 268。 (Thermidor
2。) Eulogy of the revolutionary government by Barère and decree of the
police 〃unanimously adopted amidst the loudest applause。〃
'29' Moniteur; XXI。; 329。
'30' Lafayette; 〃Mémoires;〃 IV。; 330。 〃At last came the 9th of
Thermidor。 It was not due to people of common sense。 Their terror
was so great that an estimable deputy; to whom one of his colleagues
put the question; no witness being present; 'how long must we endure
this tyranny?' was upset by it to such a degree as to denounce him。〃
'31' Sainte…Beuve; 〃Causeries du Lundi;〃 V。; 209。 (Siéyès'
unpublished papers。)… Moniteur; XVIII。; 631; containing an example of
both the terror and style of the most eminent men; among others of
Fourcroy the celebrated chemist; then deputy; and later; Counselor of
State and Minister of Public Instruction。 He is accused in the
Jacobin Club; Brumaire 18; year II。; of not addressing the Convention
often enough; to which he replies: 〃After twenty years' devotion to
the practice of medicine I have succeeded in supporting my sans…
culotte father and my sans…culottes sisters。 。 。 。 As to the
charge made by a member that I have given most of my time to science。
。 。 。 I have attended the Lycée des Arts but three times; and then
only for the purpose of sans…culotteising it。〃
'32' Michelet; (1798…1874); 〃Histoire de la Révolution;〃 V。; preface
XXX (3rd ed。)。 〃When I was young and looking for a job; I was
referred to an esteemed Review; to a well…known philanthropist;
devoted to education; to the people; and to the welfare of humanity。
I found a very small man of a melancholic; mild and tame aspect。 We
were in front of the fire; on which he fixed his eyes without looking
at me。 He talked a long time; in a didactic; monotonous tone of
voice。 I felt ill at ease and sick at heart; and got away as soon as
I could。 It was this little man; I afterwards learned; who hunted
down the Girondists; and had them guillotined; and which he
accomplished at the age of twenty。〃 … This man's name was Julien de la
Dr?me。 I (Taine) saw him once when quite young。 He is well known;
first; through his correspondence; and next; by his mother's diary。
(〃Journal d'une bourgeoise pendant la Revolution;〃 ed。 Locroy。) … We
have a sketch of David (〃La Demagogie à Paris en 1793;〃 by Dauban; a
fac…simile at the beginning of the volume); representing Queen Marie
Antoinette led to execution。 Madame Julien was at a window along with
David looking at the funeral convoy; whilst he made the drawing。 …
Madame Julien writes in her 〃Journal;〃 September 3; 1792: 〃To attain
this end we must will the means。 No barbarous humanity! The people
are aroused; the people are avenging the crimes of the past three
years。〃 … Her son; a sort of raw; sentimental Puritan; fond of
bloodshed; was one of Robespierre's most active agents。 He remembered
what he had done; as is evident by Michelet's narrative; and cast his
eyes dow