the origins of contemporary france-2-第17章
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victims; and to terrify the feeble with the dreadful trial of open
balloting。〃
'26' Manuscript letters of M。 Boullé; deputy; to the municipal
authorities of Pontivy; from May 1st; 1789; to September 4th; 1790
(communicated by M。 Rosenzweig; archivist at Vannes)。 June 16th;
1789: 〃The crowd gathered around the hall 。 。 。 was; during these
days; from 3;000 to 4;000 persons。〃
'27' Letters of M。 Boullé; June 23rd。 〃How sublime the moment; that
in which we enthusiastically bind ourselves to the country by a new
oath! 。 。 。 。 Why should this moment be selected by one of our
number to dishonor himself? His name is now blasted throughout
France。 And the unfortunate man has children! Suddenly overwhelmed
by public contempt he leaves; and falls fainting at the door;
exclaiming; 'Ah! this will be my death!' I do not know what has
become of him since。 What is strange is; he had not behaved badly
up to that time; and he voted for the Constitution。〃
'28' De Ferrières; I。 168。 … Malouet; I。 298 (according to him
the faction did not number more than ten members); idem II。 10。
… Dumont; 250。
'29' 〃Convention nationale〃 governed France from 21st September 1792
until Oct。 26th 1796。 We distinguish between three different
assemblies; 〃la Convention Girondine〃 1792…93; 〃the Mountain;〃 1793…
94 and 〃la Thermidorienne; from 1794…1795。 (SR)。
'30' Declaration of June 23rd; article 15。
'31' Montjoie; 2nd part; 118。 C。 Desmoulins; letters of June
24th and the following days。 A faithful narrative by M。 de Sainte…
Fère; formerly an officer in the French Guard; p。9。 De Bezenval;
III; 413。 … Buchez and Roux; II。 35。 〃Souvenirs〃; by PASQUIER
(Etienne…Dennis; duc); chancelier de France。 in VI volumes;
Librarie Plon; Paris 1893。。
'32' Peuchet (〃Encyclopédie Méthodique;〃 1789; quoted by Parent
Duchatelet): 〃Almost all of the soldiers of the Guard belong to that
class (the procurers of public women): many; indeed; only enlist in
the corps that they may live at the expense of these unfortunates。〃
'33' Gouverneur Morris; 〃Liberty is now the general cry; authority
is a name and no longer a reality。〃 (Correspondence with Washington;
July 19th。)
'34' Bailly。 I。 302。 〃The King was very well…disposed; his
measures were intended only to preserve order and the public peace。
。 。 Du Chatelet was forced by facts to acquit M。 de Bezenval of
attempts against the people and the country。〃 Cf。 Marmontel;
IV。 183; Mounier; II; 40。
'35' Desmoulins; letter of the 16th July。 Buchez and Roux; II。 83。
'36' Trial of the Prince de Lambesc (Paris; 1790); with the eighty…
three depositions and the discussion of the testimony。 … It is the
crowd which began the attack。 The troops fired in the air。 But one
man; a sieur Chauvel; was wounded slightly by the Prince de Lambesc。
(Testimony of M。 Carboire; p。84; and of Captain de Reinack; p。
101。) 〃M。 le Prince de Lambesc; mounted on a gray horse with a gray
saddle without holsters or pistols; had scarcely entered the garden
when a dozen persons jumped at the mane and bridle of his horse and
made every effort to drag him off。 A small man in gray clothes
fired at him with a pistol。 。 。 。 The prince tried hard to free
himself; and succeeded by making his horse rear up and by
flourishing his sword; without; however; up to this time; wounding
any one。 。 。 。 He deposes that he saw the prince strike a man on
the head with the flat of his saber who was trying to close the
turning…bridge; which would have cut off the retreat of his troops
The troops did no more than try to keep off the crowd which assailed
them with stones; and even with firearms; from the top of the
terraces。〃 The man who tried to close the bridge had seized the
prince's horse with one hand; the wound he received was a scratch
about 23 lines long; which was dressed and cured with a bandage
soaked in brandy。 All the details of the affair prove that the
patience and humanity of the officer; were extreme。 Nevertheless
〃on the following day; the 13th; some one posted a written placard
on the crossing Bussy recommending the citizens of Paris to seize
the prince and quarter him at once。〃 (Deposition of M。 Cosson;
p。114。
'37' Bailly; I。 3; 6。 Marmontel; IV。 310
'38' Montjoie; part 3; 86。 〃I talked with those who guarded the
chateau of the Tuileries。 They did not belong to Paris。 。 。 。 A
frightful physiognomy and hideous apparel。〃 Montjoie; not to be
trusted in many places; merits consultation for little facts of
which he was an eye…witness。 Morellet; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 374。 …
Dusaulx; 〃L'?uvre des sept jours;〃 352。 … Revue Historique;〃
March; 1876。 Interrogatory of Desnot。 His occupation during the
13th of July (published by Guiffrey)。
'39' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。 531。 〃Peaceable people fled at
the sight of these groups of strange; frantic vagabonds。 Everybody
closed their houses 。 。 。 。 When I reached home; in the Saint…
Denis quarter; several of these brigands caused great alarm by
firing off guns in the air。〃
'40' Dusaulx; 379。
'41' Dusaulx; 359; 360; 361; 288; 336。 〃 In effect their entreaties
resembled commands; and; more than once; it was impossible to resist
them。〃
'42' Dusaulx; 447 (Deposition of the invalides)。 〃Revue
Rétrospective;〃 IV。 282 (Narrative of the commander of the thirty…
two Swiss Guards)。
'43' Marmontel; IV。 317。
'44' Dusaulx; 454。 〃The soldiers replied that they would accept
whatever happened rather than cause the destruction of so great a
number of their fellow…citizens。〃
'45' Dusaulx; 447。 The number of combatants; maimed; wounded; dead;
and living; is 825。 Marmontel; IV。 320。 〃To the number of
victors; which has been carried up to 800; people have been added
who were never near the place。〃
'46' 〃Memoires〃; by PASQUIER (Etienne…Dennis; duc; 1767…1862);
chancelier de France。 in VI volumes; Librarie Plon; Paris 1893。
Vol。 I。 p。52。 Pasquier was eye…witness。 He leaned against the fence
of the Beaumarchais garden and looked on; with mademoiselle Contat;
the actress; at his side; who had left her carriage in the Place…
Royale。 Marat; 〃L'ami du peuple;〃 No。 530。 〃When an unheard…of
conjunction of circumstances had caused the fall of the badly
defended walls of the Bastille; under the efforts of a handful of
soldiers and a troop of unfortunate creatures; most of them Germans
and almost all provincials; the Parisians presented themselves the
fortress; curiosity alone having led them there。〃
'47' Narrative of the commander of the thirty…two Swiss。
Narrative of Cholat; wine…dealer; one of the victors。
Examination of Desnot (who cut off the head of M。 de Launay)。
'48' Montjoie; part 3; 85。 Dusaulx; 355; 287; 368。
'49' Nothing more。 No Witness states that he had seen the pretended
note to M。 do Launay。 According to Dusaulx; he could not have had
either the time or the means to write it。
'50' Bailly; II。 32; 74; 88; 90; 95; 108; 117; 137; 158; 174。 〃I
gave orders which were neither obeyed nor listened to。 。 。 。
They gave me to understand that I was not safe。〃 (July 15th。) 〃In
these sad times one enemy and one calumnious report sufficed to
excite the multitude。 All who had formerly held power; all who had
annoyed or restrained the insurrectionists; were sure of being
arrested。〃
'51' M。 de Lafayette; 〃Mémoires;〃 III。 264。 Letter of July 16th;
1789。 〃I have already saved the lives of six persons whom they were
hanging in different quarters。〃
'52' Poujoulat。 〃Histoire de la Révolution Fran?aise;〃 p。100 (with
supporting documents)。 Procès…verbaux of the Provincial Assembly;
lle…de…France (1787); p。127。
'53' For instance: 〃He is severe with his peasants。〃 〃He gives
them no bread; and he wants them then to eat grass。〃 〃He wants them
to eat grass like horses。〃 〃He has s