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Chatellenot (near Asnay…le…Duc) to the President of the National

Assembly; July 1; 1791。 〃In the realm of liberty we live under the

most cruel tyranny; and in a state of the most complete anarchy;

while the administrative bodies and the police; still in their

infancy; seem to act only in fear and trembling。  。  。  。  So far;

in all crimes; they are more concerned with extenuating the facts;

than in punishing the offense。  The result is that the guilty have

had no other restraint on them than a few gentle phrases like this:

Dear brothers and friends; you are in the wrong; be careful;〃 etc。

…  Ibid。  ; F7; 3229。  Letter of the Directory of the Department of

Marne; July 13; 1791。  (Searches by the National Guard in chateaux

and the disarming of formerly privileged persons。) 〃None of our

injunctions were obeyed。〃 For example; there is breakage and

violence in the residence of M。 Guinaumont at Merry; the gun; shot

and powder of the game…keeper even are carried off。  〃M。 de

Guinaumont is without the means of defending himself against a mad

dog or any other savage brute that might come into his woods or into

his courtyard。〃 The Mayor of Merry; with the National Guard; under

compulsion; tells them in vain that they are breaking the law。   …

Petition of Madame d'Ambly; wife of the deputy; June 28; 1791。  Not

having the guns which she had already given up; she is made to pay

150 francs。



'14' Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIX。  4。  Letters of the Administrators

of the Department of Rh?ne…et…Loire; July 6; 1791。  (M。 Vilet is one

of the signers。)  …  Mercure de France; October 8; 1791。



'15' Mercure de France; August 20; 1791; the article by Mallet du

Pan。  〃The details of the picture I have just sketched were all

furnished me by Madame Dumoutet herself。〃 I am 〃authorized by her

signature to guarantee the accuracy of this narrative。〃



'16' Mercure de France; August 20; 1791; the article by Mallet du

Pan。  〃The proceedings instituted at Lyons confirmed this banquet of

cannibals。〃



'17' The letter of the Department ends with this either na?ve or

ironical expression: 〃You have now only one conquest to make; that

of making the people obey and submit to the law。〃



'18' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 P7; 3;200。  See documents relating to

the affair of November 5; 1792; and the events which preceded it or

followed it; and among others 〃Lettres du Directoire et du

Procureur…syndic du Departement;〃 〃Pétition et Mémoire pour les

Déténus;〃 〃Lettres d'un Témoin;〃 M。 de Morant。   …  Moniteur; X。

356。  〃Minutes of the meeting de la Municipalité de Caen〃 and of the

〃Directoire du Departement;〃 XI。1264; 206。  〃Rapport de Guadet;〃 and

documents of the trial。   …  〃Archives Nationales;〃 ibid。  。 …

〃Lettres de M。 Cahier;〃 Minister of the Interior; January 26; 1792;

of M。 C。  D。  de Pontécoulant; President of the Department

Directory; February 3; 1792。   …  Proclamation by the Directory。



'19' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。  Letter of September 26; 1791。

…  Letter found on one of the arrested gentlemen。  〃A cowardly

bourgeoisie; directors in cellars; a clubbist (Jacobin)

municipality; waging the most illegal war against us。〃



'20' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。  Letter of the Attorney…

General of Bayeux; May 14; 1792; and of the Directory of Bayeux; May

21; 1792。  …  At Bayeux; likewise; the refugees are denounced and in

peril。  According to their verified statements they scarcely

amounted to one hundred。  〃Several nonjuring priests; indeed; are

found among them。 (But) the rest; for the most part; consist of the

heads of families who are known to reside habitually in neighboring

districts; and who have been forced to leave their homes after

having been; or fearing to become; victims of religious intolerance

or of the threats of factions and of brigands。〃



'21' Lenin has probably read this during his studies in Paris and

maybe been confirmed in his plan to create a new elite; an elite he

eventually began to make use of from 1917 and onwards; an elite

which continues to rule Russia and a great part of the world today。

(SR。)



'22' Mercure de France; June 4; 1790 (letter from Cahors; May 17;

and an Act of the Municipality; May 10; 1790)。



'23' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7;; 1223。  Letter of count Louis de

Beaumont; November 9; 1791。  His letter; in a very moderate tone;

thus end: 〃You must admit; sir; that it is very disagreeable and

even incredible; that the Municipal Officers should be the

originators of the disorders which occur in this town。〃



'24' Mercure de France; January 7; 1792。  M。 Granchier de Riom

petitions the Directory of his Department in relation to the

purchase of the cemetery; where his father had been interred four

years before; his object is to prevent it from being dug up; which

was decreed; and to preserve the family vault。  He at the same time

wishes to buy the church of Saint…Paul; in order to insure the

continuance of the masses in behalf of his father's soul。  The

Directory replies (December 5; 1791): 〃considering that the motives

which have determined the petitioner in his declaration are a

pretense of good feeling under which there is hidden an illusion

powerless to pervert a sound mind; the Directory decides that the

application of the sieur Granchier cannot be granted。〃



'25' De Ferrières; II。  268 (April 19; 1791)。



'26' De Montlosier; II。  307; 309; 312。



'27' Moniteur; VI。 556。 Letter of M d'Aymar; commodore; November 18;

1790。



'28' Mercure de France; May 28; and June 16; 1791 (letters from

Cahors and Castelnau; May 18)。



'29' Mercure de France; number of May 28; 1791。  At the festival of

the Federation; M。 de Massy would not order his cavalry to put their

chapeaux on the points of their swords; which was a difficult

maneuver。  He was accused of treason to the nation on account of

this; and obliged to leave Tulle for several months。   …  〃 Archives

Nationales;〃 F7; 3204。  Extract from the minutes of the tribunal of

Tulle; May 10; 1791。



'30' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3215; 〃Minutes of the meeting des

Officiers Municipaux de Brest;〃 June 23; 1791。



'31' 〃Mémoires de Cuvier〃 (〃Eloges Historiques;〃 by Flourens); I;

177。  Cuvier; who was then in Havre (1788); had pursued the higher

studies in a German administrative school。  〃M。 de Surville;〃 he

says; an officer in the Artuis regiment; has one of the must refined

minds and most amiable characters I ever encountered。  There were a

good many of this sort among his comrades; and I am always

astonished how such men could vegetate in the obscure ranks of an

infantry regiment。〃



'32' De Dampmartin; I。  133。  At the beginning of the year 1790;

〃inferior officers said: 'We ought to demand something; for we have

at least as many grievances as our troopers;' 〃  …  M。 de la

Rochejacquelein; after his great success in La Vendée; said: 〃I hope

that the King; when once he is restored; will give me a regiment。〃

He aspired to nothing more (〃Mémoires de Madame de la

Rochejacquelein〃)。  …  Cf。  〃Un Officier royaliste au Service de la

Republique;〃 by M。 de Bezancenet; in the letters and biography of

General de Dommartin killed in the expedition to Egypt。



'33' Correspondence of MM。 de Thiard; de Caraman; de Miran; de

Bercheny; etc。; above cited; passim。  … Correspondence of M。 de

Thiard; May 5; 1780: 〃The town of Vannes has an authoritative style

which begins to displease me。  It wants the King to furnish drum…

sticks。  The first log of wood would provide these; with greater

ease and promptness。〃



'34' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3248; March 16; 1791。  At Douai;

Nicolon; a grain…dealer; is hung because the municipal authorities

did not care to proclaim martial law。  The commandant; M。 de la

Noue; had not the right of ordering his men to move; and the murder

took place before his eyes。



'35' The last named; especially; died with heroic meekness (Mercure

de France; Jun

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