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speedy modes of operation； its own group of fanatical agents and
bravos； with Maillard and Fournier； with its cannon and its pikes。 All
that does not live within it lives only through its favor from day to
day； through its good will。 Everybody knows that。 The Assembly no
longer thinks of dislodging people who meet decrees of expulsion with
massacre； it is no longer a question of auditing their accounts； or of
keeping them within the confines of the law。 Their dictatorship is not
to be disputed； and their purification continue。 From four to five
hundred new prisoners； arrested within eleven days； by order of the
municipality； by the sections； and by this or that individual Jacobin；
are crowded into cells still dripping with blood； and the report is
spread that； on the 20th of September； the prisons will be emptied by
a second massacre。＇133＇ Let the Convention； if it pleases；
pompously install itself as sovereign； and grind out decrees it
makes no difference； regular or irregular； the government still
marches on in the hands of those who hold the sword。＇134＇ The
Jacobins； through sudden terror； have maintained their illegal
authority； through a prolongation of terror they are going to
establish their legal authority。 A forced suffrage is going to put
them in office at the H？tel…de…ville； in the tribunals； in the
National Guard； in the sections； and in the various administrations；
while they have already elected to the Convention； Marat； Danton；
Fabre d'Eglantine； Camille Desmoulins； Manuel； Billaud…Varennes；
Panis； Sergent； Collot d'Herbois； Robespierre； Legendre； Osselin；
Fréron； David； Robert； Lavicourterie； in short； the instigators；
leaders and accomplices of the massacre。＇135＇ Nothing that could
force or falsify voting is omitted。＇136＇ In the first place the
presence of the people is imposed on the electoral assembly； and； to
this end； it is transferred to the large hall of the Jacobin club；
under the pressure of the Jacobin galleries。 As a second precaution；
every opponent is excluded from voting； every Constitutionalist； every
former member of the monarchical club； of the Feuillants； and of the
Sainte…Chapelle club； of the Feuillants； and of the Sainte…Chapelle
club； every signer of the petition of the 20；000 ； or of that of the
8；000； and； on the sections protesting against this； their protest is
thrown out on the ground of its being the fruit of 〃an intrigue。〃
Finally； at each balloting； each elector's vote is called out； which
ensures the right vote beforehand； the warnings he has received being
very explicit。＇137＇ On the 2nd of September； during the first meeting
of the electoral body； held at the bishop's palace； the Marseilles
troop； 500 yards away； came and took the twenty…four priests from the
town…hall； and； on the way； hacked them to pieces on the Pont…Neuf。
Throughout the evening and all night the agents of the municipality
carried on their work at the Abbaye； at the Carmelites； and at La
Force； and； on the 3rd of September； on the electoral assembly
transferring itself to the Jacobin club； it passed over the Pont…au…
Change between two rows of corpses； which the slaughterers had brought
there from the Chatelet and the Conciergerie prisons。
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Notes：
＇1＇ 'Thierry； son of Clovis； unwilling to take part in an expedition
of his brothers into Burgundy； was told by his men： 〃If thou art
unwilling to march into Burgundy with thy brothers； we will leave thee
and follow them in thy place。〃 Clotaire； another of his sons；
disposed to make peace with the Saxons； 〃the angry Francs rush upon
him； revile him； and threaten to kill him if he declines to accompany
them。 Upon which he puts himself at their head。〃
＇2＇ Social condition and degree of culture are often indicated
orthographically。 Granier de Cassagnac； II。 。480。 Bécard；
commanding the expedition which brought back the prisoners from
Orleans； signs himself： 〃Bécard； commandant congointement aveque M。
Fournier generalle。 〃 〃Archives Nationales；〃 F7； 4426。 Letter of
Chemin； commissioner of the Gravilliers section； to Santerre； Aug。11；
1792。 〃Mois Charles Chemin commissaire 。 。 。 fait part à Monsieur
Santaire générale de la troupe parisiene que le nommé Hingray
cavaliers de la gendarmeris nationalle 。 。 me délarés qu'ille sestes
trouvés aux jourduis 11 aoux avec une home attachés à la cours aux
Equris； quille lui aves dis quiere 800 home a peupres des sidevant
garde du roy étes tous près a fondre sure Paris pour donaire du sécour
a naux rébelle et a signer avec moi la presante。〃
＇3＇ On the 19th of March； 1871； I met in the Rue de Varennes a man
with two guns on his shoulder who had taken part in the pillage of the
Ecole d'Etat…major and was on his way home。 I said to him： 〃But this
is civil war； and you will let the Prussians in Paris。〃… 〃I'd rather
have the Prussians than Thiers。 Thiers is Prussian on the inside！〃
＇4＇ Today； 115 years after these words were written； we have seen
others； Lenin； Stalin； Hitler； Pol Pot； Mao Tse Tung； etc following in
the Jacobin's footsteps。 Nobles； Bourgeois； Jews and other
undesirables have been methodically put away。 The sheeplike majority
did not read Taine or did not profit from his warnings while most of
the great tyrants learned from him or from the events he described
（SR。）
＇5＇ Moniteur； Nov。 14； 1792。
＇6＇ 〃Archives Nationales；〃 F7； 4426。 Letter of the police
administrators； Aug。 11。 Declaration of Delaunay； Aug。 12。
＇7＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。 59 （session of Aug。 12） Speech by Leprieur
at the bar of the house。
＇8＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。 47。 … Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 31。 Speech by
Robespierre at the bar of the Assembly in the name of the commune；
Aug。 15。
＇9＇ Brissot； in his report on Robespierre's petition。 … The names of
the principal judges elected show its character： Fouquier…Tinville；
Osselin； Coffinhal。
＇10＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。91 （Aug。 17）。
＇11＇ Stated by Pétion in his speech （Moniteur； Nov。 10； 1792）。
＇12＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。 116 （session of Aug。 23）。
＇13＇ Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 461。 … Moore； I。 273 （Aug。 31）。
＇14＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。 267 （article by Prudhomme in the
〃Révolutions de Paris〃）。
＇15＇ 〃Les Révolutions de Paris；〃 Ibid。； 〃A number of sans…culottes
were there with their pikes； but these were largely outnumbered by the
multitude of uniforms of the various battalions。〃 Moore； Aug； 31：
〃At present the inhabitants of the faubourgs Saint…Antoine and Saint…
Marceau are all that is felt of the sovereign people in Paris。〃
＇16＇ More； Aug。 26。
＇17＇ Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 471。 Indictment against Jean…Julien。 In
referring to M。 Mortimer…Ternaux we do so because； like a true critic；
he cites authentic and frequently unedited documents。
＇18＇ Rétif de la Bretonne； 〃les Nuits de Paris；〃 11th night； p。 372。
＇19＇ Moore； Sept。 2