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＇34＇ Dufort de Cheverney； （manuscript memoirs communicated by Robert
de Crêvec？ur）。 Report of the public prosecutor； dated Thermidor
13； year III。； according to documents handed in on Messidor 16； by the
foreman of the jury of indictment and by the juges de paix of Chinon；
Saumur； Tours； Amboise； Blois； Beaugency； etc。； relating to the
charges made by the administrators of the department of Loire…et…Cher；
dated Frimaire 30； year II。； concerning the fusillades at Blois；
Frimaire 19； year II。
＇35＇ The line of this march from Saumur to Montsoreau could be traced
by the blood along the road； the leaders shot those who faltered with
fatigue。 … On reaching Blois； Frimaire 18； Hézine says； before the
town…hall； 〃To…morrow morning they shall be straightened out and we'll
show the Blésois how the thing is managed。〃 The following day； Hézine
and Gidouin； taking a walk with Lepetit； commander of the escort； in
the court of the inn； say to him： 〃You'll shoot some of them for us。
You must give the people an example by shooting some of those rascally
priests。〃 Lepetit orders out four peasants and placing them himself on
the river bank； gives the command to fire and to throw them in。
Hézine and Gidoum shout Vive la Nation！ Gidouin then says to Lepetit：
〃You don't mean to stop with those four peasants？ won't you give us a
few curés？〃 Five priests are shot。 … At Beaugency； there is a fresh
fusillade。 The leaders take the best part of the spoil。 Among other
objects； Lepetit has a coffer sent into his chamber and takes the
effects it contains and sells a bed and mattress beside。
＇36＇ Ibid。； （March； 1796）。 〃Meanwhile； the young men who were
recruited； hid themselves： Bonnard made them pay； and still made them
set out。 Baillon； quartermaster in the war； told me that he had paid
Bonnard 900；000 livres in assignats in twelve days； and 1；400；000 in
twenty days； there were 35；000 in the memoir for pens； penknives； ink；
and paper。〃
＇37＇ Mallet…Dupan； 〃Correspondance； etc。；〃 I。； 383。 （Letter of
Dec。13； 1795。） 〃 The Directory keeps on filling the offices with
Terrorists。 The government agents in the departments arbitrarily set
aside the constituted authorities and replace them with Jacobins。〃
＇38＇ Province in ancient Turkey governed by a Pasha。 （SR。）
＇39＇ Thibaudeau； 〃Histoire de la Convention；〃 I。； 243。 〃Tallien；
Barras； Chenier and Louvet talked of nothing but of annulling the
elections。 。 。 。 Nothing was heard at the bar and in the tribunals
but the most revolutionary propositions。 The 'Mountain' showed
incredible audacity。 The public tribunes were filled with
confederates who applauded furiously。 。 。 Tallien and Barras ruled
and shared the dictatorship between them。 Since 13th of Vendémiaire；
the Convention no longer deliberated except when in the middle of a
camp； the exterior； the tribunes； even the hall itself are invested by
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； 2