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of the charges made by the Directory。



'73' Barbé…Marbois; ibid。; p。46。



'74' Lord Malmesbury。  〃Diary;〃 III。; 559 (Sep。  17th; 1797)。  At

Lille; after the news of the coup d'état; 〃it was a curious

circumstance to see the horror that prevailed everywhere lest the

system of Terror should be revived。  People looked as if some

exterminating spirit were approaching。  The actors in the theatre

partook of the sensation。  The Director called Paris; said to Ross; on

his paying him: 'Nous allons actuellement être vandalisés。' 〃



'75' Decrees of Fructidor 18 and 19; year V。; Article 39。



'76' Thibaudeau; II。; 277。  〃I went to the meeting of Fructidor 20;

the avenues of the Odéon were besieged with those subaltern agents of

revolution who always show themselves after commotion; like vultures

after battles。  They insulted and threatened the vanquished and lauded

the victors。〃



'77' Ibid。; II。  309。



'78' Ibid。; II。; 277。  〃As soon as I entered the hall several deputies

came with tears in their eyes to clasp me in their arms。  The Assembly

all had a lugubrious air; the same as the dimly lighted theatre in

which they met ; terror was depicted on all countenances; only a few

members spoke and took part in the debates。  The majority was

impassible; seeming to be there only to assist at a funeral spectacle;

its own。〃



'79' Decree of Fructidor 1; articles 4 and 5; 16 and 17; 28; 29 and

30; 35; and decree of Fructidor 22。…Sauzay; IX。; 103。  Three hundred

communes of the department are thus purged after Fructidor。…Ibid。;

537; the same weeding…out of jurymen。



'80' Lacretelle; 〃Dix ans d'Epreuves;〃 p。  310。



'81' 〃Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux;〃 143。  (March 20; 1799。) 〃The

next day the primary assemblies began; very few attended them; nobody

seemed disposed to go out of his way to elect men whom they did not

like。〃 … Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 March; 1799。  〃Persons who

are not dupes think it of very little consequence whether they vote or

not。  The elections are already made or indicated by the Directory。

The mass of the people show utter indifference。   (March 24。) 〃In this

town of twenty thousand souls (Blois) the primary assemblies are

composed of the dregs of the people only a very few honest people

attend them; 'suspects;' the relations of émigrés and priests; all

expelled; leave the field free to intriguers。  Not one proprietor is

summoned。  The terrorists rule in three out of the four sections。  。

。  The Babouvists always employ the same tactics; they recruit voters

in the streets who sell their sovereignty five or six times over for a

bottle of wine。〃 (April 12; according to an intelligent man coming

from Paris。) 〃Generally; in Paris; nobody attends the primary

assemblies; the largest not returning two hundred voters。〃 … Sauzay;

IX。; ch。  83。  (Notes on the election at Besan?on 1798; by an eye…

witness。) 〃Jacobins were elected by most frightful brigandage;

supported by the garrison to which wine had been distributed; their

election being made at the point of the bayonet and under blows with

sticks and swords。  A good many Catholics were wounded。〃



'82' Albert Babeau; II。; 444。  (Declaration of the patriotic and

secessionist minority of the canton of Riquy at the elections of the

year VI。)



'83' Mercure Britannique; No。  for August 25; 1799。  (Report read;

July 15 and August 5; before the Five Hundred on the conduct of the

Directors Reubell; La Révellière…Lepaux; Merlin de Douai and

Treilhard; and summary of the nine articles of indictment。) … Ibid。;

3rd article。  〃They have violated our constitution by usurping

legislative powers through acts which prescribe that a certain law

shall be executed; in all that is not modified to the present act; and

by passing acts which modify or render the present laws illusory。〃



'84' Fiévée; 〃Correspondance avec Buonaparte;〃 I。; 147。



'85' Barbé…Marbois; I。; 64; 91; 96; 133; II。; 18; 25; 83。  … Dufort de

Cheverney; 〃Mémoires。' (September 14; 1797。) … Sauzay; IX。; chapters

81 and 84。



'86' Sauzay; vols。  IX。  and X。  … Mallet…Dupan; II。; 375; 379; 382。

… Schmidt; 〃Tableau de Paris Pendant la Revolution;〃 III。; 290。

(Report by the administrators of the Seine department。)



'87' Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 August; 1798; October; 1797 and

1799; passim。



'88' Archives Nationales; F。7; 3219。  (Letter of M。 Alquier to the

First Consul; Pluvi?se 18; year III。) 〃I wanted to see the central

administration; I found the ideas and language of 1793。〃



'89' Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 (February 26; March 31 and

September 6; 1797)。  〃That poor theoristic imbecile; La Révellière…

Lepaux; who; joining Barras and Reubell against Barthélémy and Carnot;

made the 18th of Fructidor; and shut himself in his room so as not to

witness it; himself avows the quality of his staff。〃 (〃Memoires;〃 II。;

164。) 〃 The 18th of Fructidor necessitated numerous changes on the

part of the Directory。  Instead of putting republicans; but above all;

honest; wise and enlightened men in the place of the functionaries and

employees dismissed or revoked; the selections dictated by the new

Councils fell for the most part on anarchists and men of blood and

robbery。〃



'90' Lacretelle; 〃Dix ans d'épreuves;〃 p。317。  A few days after

Fructidor; Robert; an old Jacobin; exclaimed with great joy on the

road to Brie…Comté; 〃All the royalists are going to be driven out or

guillotined!〃 The series F。7 in the Archives Nationales; contains

hundreds of files filled with reports 〃on the state of the public

mind;〃 in each department; town or canton between the years III。  and

VIII。  I have given several months to their examination and; for lack

of space; cannot copy any extracts。  The real history of the last five

years of the Revolution may be found in these files。  Mallet…Dupan

gives a correct impression of it in his 〃Correspondance avec la cour

de Vienne;〃 also in the 〃Mercure Britannique。〃



'91' Sauzay; X。; chaps。  8o and 90。  … Ludovic Sciout; IV。; ch。  17。

(See especially in Sauzay; X。; pp。170 and 281; the instructions given

by Duval; December 16; 1796; and the circulars of Fran?ois de

Neufchateau from November 20; 1798; down to June 18; 1798; each of

these pieces being a masterpiece in its way。



'92' 〃Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux;〃 p。134。  〃June 7; 1798。〃 〃The

day following the décade; the gardeners; who as usual came to show

themselves off on the main street; were fined six livres for having

treated with contempt and broken the décade。〃 January 21; 1799。

〃Those who were caught working on the décade; were fined three livres

for the first offence if they were caught more than once the fine was

doubled and it was even followed by imprisonment〃



'93' Ludovic Sciout; IV。; 160。  Examples of 〃individual motives〃

alleged to justify the sentence of transportation。  One has refused to

baptize an infant whose parents were only married civilly。  Another

has 〃declared to his audience that the catholic marriage was the

best。〃 Another 〃has fanaticized。〃 Another 〃has preached pernicious

doctrines contrary to the constitution。〃 Another 〃may; by his

presence; incite disturbances;〃 etc。  Among the condemned we find

septuagenarians; known priests and even married priests。  … Ibid。;

634; 637。



'94' Sauzay; IX。; 715。。  (List of names。)



'95' Ludovic Sciout; IV。; 656。



'96' Dufort de Cheverney; 〃Mémoires;〃 September 7; 1798。  … Ibid。;

February 26; 1799。  〃In Belgium priests are lodged in the Carmelites

(convent)。〃 September 9; 1799。  〃Two more carts are sent full of

priests for the islands of Rhé and Oléron。〃



'97' Thibaudeau; II。。  318; 321。  … Mallet…Dupan; II。; 357; 368。  The

plan went farther: 〃All children of emigrants;〃 or of those falsely

accused of being such; 〃left in France; shall be taken from their

relatives and confided to republican tutors; and the republic shall

administer their property。〃



'98' In reading about this Lenin and Stalin must have been inspired to

create their Goulags to which not only Russian and Estonian 〃petit

Bourgeois;〃 but also other undesirable national groups were sent。

(SR。)



'99' Decree of Frimaire 9; year VI。  (Exceptions in favor of the

actual members of the Directory; ministers; military men on duty; and

the members of the diverse National Assemblies; except those who in

the constituent Assembly protested against the abolition of nobility。)

One of the speakers; a future count of the Empire; proposed that every

noble claiming his inscription on the civic registers should sign the

following declaration: 〃As man and as republican; I equally detest the

insolent superstition which pretends to distinctions of birth; and the

cowardly and shameful superstition which believes in and maintains

it。〃



'100' Decree of Fructidor 19; year II。



'101' Lally…Tollendal; 〃Défense des Emigrés;〃 (Paris。  1797; 2nd part;
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