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avec Bonaparte；〃 introduction； p。 126。 … （A few days before
Vendémiaire 13； Fiévée； in the name of the Theatre…Fran？ais section；
came； with two other commissioners； to verify the returns announced by
the Convention。） 〃We divided the returns into three parts； each
commissioner undertook to check off one of these parts； pen in hand；
and the conscientious result of our labor was to show that； although
the Convention had voting done in a mass by all the regiments then in
France； individually； the majority； incontestably was against its
project。 Thus； while trying to have the election law passed under the
Constitution； both measures were rejected。〃
＇21＇ Schmidt； 〃Tableaux de Paris pendant la Revolution。〃 （Reports of
Messidor 1 and 24； year III。） 〃Good citizens are alarmed at the
numerous pardons granted to the members of the revolutionary
committees。〃 〃The release of numerous terrorists is generally turned
to account。〃 … Mallet…Dupan； 〃 Correspondance；〃 etc。； I。； 259； 261；
321。 〃The vilest terrorists have been set free； a part of them
confined in the chateau of Ham have been allowed to escape； they are
summoned from all parts of the kingdom； they even send for them
abroad； in Germany； in Belgium； in Savoy； in Geneva。 On reaching
Paris they are given leaders and organized。 September 11 and 12 they
began to meet publicly in groups and to use threats。 I have proof of
emissaries being engaged in recruiting them in the places I have
mentioned and in paying their expenses to the capital。〃 （Letter of
September 26； 1795。）
＇22＇ Buchez et Roux； XXXVII。； 36； 49。 （Reports of Merlin de Douai and
Barras on the 13th of Vendémiaire。） … Thibaudeau； 〃Histoire de la
Convention et du Directoire；〃 I。； 209。 … Fabre de l'Aude； 〃Histoire
secrete du Directoire；〃 I。； p。10。 〃The Convention opened the prison
doors to fifteen or eighteen hundred Jacobin lunatics； zealots of the
former members of the Committee of Public Safety。〃 … Mallet Dupan；
（ibid。； I。； 332； 337； 361；） estimates the numbers of terrorists
enrolled at three thousand。
＇23＇ Barbé…Marbois； 〃Mémoires；〃9。 … Meissner； p。246。
＇24＇ Mallet…Dupan； ibid。； I。； 282。 （Letter of August 16； 1795。） 〃At
Paris； the patriots of 1789 have got the upper hand。 The regicides
have the greatest horror of this class because they regard it as a
hundred times more dangerous than pronounced aristocrats。〃 Ibid。； 316。
… …Meissner； p。 229。 〃The sectionists want neither a republic nor
monarchy but simply intelligent and honest men for the places in the
new Convention。〃
＇25＇ Lavalette； 〃Mémoires；〃 I。； 162； 170。
＇26＇ Meissner； p。 236。 … Any number of details show the features and
characters of the male and female Jacobins here referred to。 For
example； Carnot； （〃Mémoires；〃 I。； 581；） says in his narrative of the
foregoing riot； （Prairial 1st。）： 〃A creature with a horrible face put
himself astride my bench and kept constantly repeating： 〃To…day is the
day we'll make you passer le gout de pain？ and furies posted in the
tribunes； made signs of the guillotine。〃
＇27＇ Meissner； p。 238。…Fiévée； p。127； and following pages。
＇28＇ Mallet…Dupan； I。； 333； and following pages。 （Letter of October
24； 1795。） 〃Barras does not repeat the mistake made by the Court on
the 10th of April； and shut himself up in the chateau and the
Tuileries； he posts troops and artillery in all the avenues。 。 。 。
Fréron and two other representatives； supplied with coin and assignats
collected in the faubourg Saint…Antoine； four or five hundred bandits
which joined the terrorists； these formed the pretended battalions of
the loyal section which had been pompously announced to the
Convention。 No section； excepting the〃 Quinze…vingts；〃 sent its
battalion； this section having separated at the outset from the other
forty…seven sections。 。 。 。 The gardens and court of the Tuileries
resembled a feasting camp； where the Committees caused distributions
of wine and all sorts of provisions； many of their defenders were
intoxicated； the troops of the line were kept loyal with money and
drink。〃… After Vendemiaire 13； the Convention brings further
reinforcements of regular troops into Paris to keep the city under；
amounting to eight or nine thousand men。
＇29＇ Constitution of year III。； Articles VI。 and VII。
＇30＇ Albert Babeau； 〃Histoire de Troyes；〃 II。； 367 and following
pages。 Sauzay； 〃Hist。 de la Persecution Révolutionnaire dans le
Doubs；〃 VIII。； ch。 52 and 54 … Law of Pluvi？se 4； year IV。；
authorizing the executive Directory to appoint the members who； up to
Thermidor I； year IV。； shall compose the municipal bodies of Bordeaux；
Lyons； Marseilles and Paris。
＇31＇ Decree of Brumaire 3； year IV。
＇32＇ Archives Nationales； AF。； II。； 65。 （Letter of Gen。 Kermorvan；
to the Com。 of Public Safety； Valenciennes； Fructidor 22； year III。）
At Valenciennes； during the elections； 〃the leaders of the sections
used their fists in driving out of the primary assemblies all the
worthy men possessing the necessary qualities for election。 。 。 。
I knew that the 〃seal…breakers；〃 （brise…scellés）； were the promoters
of these turbulent parties； the patriotic robbers； the men who have
wasted public and private fortunes belonging to the commune； and who
are reveling in the houses and on the estates of the émigrés which
they have had awarded to them at a hundred times below their value。 。
。 。 All of them are appointed electors。 。 。 。 They have paid 。
。 。 。 and still pay agitators to intimidate honest folks by terror；
in order to keep what they have seized； awaiting an opportunity to get
more。 。 。 。 When the elections were over they sent daring men；
undoubtedly paid； to insult people as they passed； calling them
royalist chouans。〃 （He mentions the dispatch of supporting
affidavits。） … Mercier； 〃Le Nouveau Paris；〃 II。； 315。 〃Peaceable
people in Paris refuse to go to the polls；〃 so as to 〃avoid being
struck and knocked down。〃 … Sauzay； VIII。； 9。 At Besan？on； Nov。 6；
1795； out of 5；309 registered voters； only 1；324 vote and the elected
are terrorists。 … Archives Nationales； F。7； 7090。 （Documents on the
Jacobin insurrection of Niv？se 4 and 5； year IV。； at Arles）： 〃The
exclusives； or amnestied； regarded the Constitution only as a means of
arriving at a new state of anarchy by getting possession of all the
offices。 。 。 。 Shouts and cries of Vive Marat！ and Robespierre to
the Pantheon！ were often repeated。 The principal band was composed
of genuine Terrorists； of the men who under Robespierre's reign bore
the guillotine about in triumph； imitating its cruel performances on
every corner with a manikin expressly made for the occasion。〃
〃Domiciliary visits； rummaging everywhere； stealing jewelry； money；
clothes； etc。〃
＇33＇ Mallet…Dupan； II。； 363。 Schmidt （Police report of Brumaire 26
and 27）。
＇34＇ Dufort de Cheverney； （manuscript memoirs communicated by Robert
de Crêvec