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authorising one of their body to go to the Convention and protest 〃in

their name〃 against the weakness shown by it and against the

ursurpations of the Paris commune。   Sauzay; IV。; 260。  At Besan?on;

in a general assembly of all the administrative; judicial and

municipal bodies of the department joined to the commissioners of the

section; protest 〃unanimously〃 on the 15th of June。



'51' Archives Nationales; Ibid 。(Letter of Romme and Prieur; Caen;

June 10th; to the committee of Public Safety)。  The insurgents are so

evidently in the right that Romme and Prieur approve of their own

arrest。  〃Citizens; our colleagues; this arrest may be of great

importance; serve the cause of liberty; maintain the unity of the

republic and revive confidence if; as we hasten to demand it of you;

you confirm it by a decree which declares us hostages。  。  。  。  We

have noticed that among the people of Caen; there is a love of

liberty; as well as of justice and docility。〃



'52' Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 46。  (Printed July 5)。  Result of

the deliberations of the Nantes sections。  The act is signed by the

three administrative bodies of Nantes; by the district rulers of

Clisson; Anceries and Machecoul; who had fled to Nantes; and by both

the deputies of the districts of Paimb?uf and Chateaubriand; in all;

eighty…six signatures。



'53' Archives Nationales; ibid。; (letter of General Wimpffen to the

〃Societé des Amis de l'Egalité et de la Liberté〃 in session at

Cherbourg; June 25; 1793)。  … Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 126。  … On the

opinion of the departments cf。  Paul Thibaud (〃Etudes sur l'histoire

de Grenoble et du Department de l'Isére〃)。  … Louis Guibert (〃Le Parti

Girondin dans le Haute Vienne〃)。  … Jarrin; (〃Bourg et Bellay pendant

la Révolution〃)。



'54' Albert Babeau; II。; 83。  (Pamphlet by the curé of Cleray)。

〃Every primary assembly that accepts the Constitution strikes the

factions a blow on the head with the club of Hercules。〃



'55' Cf。  〃The Revolution;〃 Vol。  II。  Ch。  XI。



'56' Buzot。  … Archives Nationales; AF。  II。; 157。  Reports by Baudot

and Ysabeau to the Convention。  The 19th of Aug。  At the Hotel de

Ville of Bordeaux; they eulogize the 21st of January: 〃There was then

a roar as frightful as it was general。  A city official coolly replied

to us: What would you have? To oppose anarchy we have been forced to

join the aristocrats; and they rule。〃 Another says ironically to

Ysabeau: 〃We did not anticipate that;  they are our tribunes。〃



'57' Jarrin; 〃Bourg et Belley pendant la Révolution〃 (〃Annales de la

Societé d'Emulation de l'Ain; 1878; Nos。  For January; February and

March; p。  16)。



'58' Louvet; 103; 108。  … Guillon de Montléon; I。; 305 and following

pages。  … Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 151。  (Report of the delegates of

the district of Andelys)。  〃One of members observed that there would

be a good deal of trouble in raising an armed force of one thousand

men。〃 … An administrator (a commissioner of Calvados) replied: 〃We

shall have all the aristocrats on our side。〃 The principal military

leaders at Caen and at Lyons; Wimpffen; Précy; Puisaye; are Feuillants

and form only a provisional alliance with the Girondists properly so

called; Hence constant contentions and reciprocal mistrust。  Birotteau

and Chapet leave Lyons because they do not find the spirit of the

place sufficiently republican。



'59' Louvet; 124; 129。  … Buchez et Roux; XXVII; 360。  (Notice by

General Wimpffen); July 7。  … Puisaye; 〃Mémoires〃 and 〃L'Insurrection

Normande。〃 by et Vaultier et Mancel。



'60' Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 471。  Letter of Barbaroux; Caen; June

18。  … Ibid。; 133。  Letter of Madame Roland to Buzot; July 7。  〃You

are not the one to march at the head of battalions (departmental)。  It

would have the appearance of gratifying personal vengeance。〃



'61' Buchez et Roux; XXVIII。; 153。  (Deliberations of the constituted

authorities of Marseilles; June 7。)



'62' Guillon de Montléon; II。; 40。  The contrast between the two

parties is well shown in the following extract from the letter of a

citizen of Lyons to Kellerman's soldiers。  〃They tell you that we want

to destroy the unity of the republic; while they themselves abandon

the frontiers to the enemy in order to come here and cut their

brethren's throats。〃



'63' Guillon de Montléon; I。; 288。  … Marcelin Boudet; 〃Les

Conventionnels d'Auvergne;〃 p。  181。  … Louvet; 193。  … Moniteur;

XVII。; 101。  (Speech of Cambon; July 11)。  〃We have preferred to

expose these funds (one hundred and five millions destined for the

army) to being intercepted; rather than to retard this dispatch。  The

first thing the Committee of Public Safety have had to care for was to

save the republic and make the administrations fully responsible for

it。  They were fully aware of this; and accordingly have allowed the

circulation of these funds 。  。  。  They have been forced; through the

wise management of the Committee; to contribute themselves to the

safety of the republic。〃



'64' Archives Nationales; Letter of Robert Lindet; June 16; AF。  II。;

43。  The correspondence of Lindet; which is very interesting; well

shows the sentiments of the Lyonnese and the policy of the 〃Mountain。〃

〃However agitated Lyons may be; order prevails; nobody wants either

king or tyrant; all use the same language: the words republic; union;

are in everybody's mouth。〃 (Eight letters。) He always gives the same

advice to the Committee of Public Safety: 〃Publish a constitution;

publish the motives of the bills of arrest;〃 which are indispensable

to rally everybody to the Convention; (June 15)。





'65' Guillon de Montléon; I。; 309 (July 24)。



'66' Sauzay; IV。; 268。  … Paul Thibaud; 50。  … Marcelin Boudet; 185。

… Archives Nationales AF。  II。; 46。  Extract from the registers of the

Council of the department of Loire…Inferieure; July 14。  The

department protests that its decree of July 5 was not 〃a rupture with

the Convention; an open rebellion against the laws of the State; an

idea very remote from the sentiments and intentions of the citizens

present。〃 Now; 〃the plan of a Constitution is offered to the

acceptance of the sovereign。  This fortunate circumstance should bring

people to one mind; and; with hope thus renewed; let us at once seize

on the means of salvation thus presented to us。〃 … Moniteur; XVII。;

102。  (Speech of Cambon; July 11。)



'67' Louvet; 119; 128; 150; 193。  … Meillan; 130; 141。  (On the

disposition and sentiments of the provinces and of the public in

general; the reader will find ample and authentic details in the

narratives of the fugitives who scattered themselves in all

directions; and especially those of Louvet; Meillan; Dulaure; and

Vaublanc。) Cf。  the 〃Mémoires de Hua〃 and 〃Un Séjour en France in 1792

and 1795。〃 … Mallet…du…Pan already states this disposition before 1789

(MS。  Journal)。  〃June; 1785: The French live simply in a crowd; they

must all cling together。  On the promenades they huddle together and

jostle each other in one alley; the same when there is more space。〃

〃Aug。; 1787; (after the first riots): I have remarked in general more

curiosity than excitement in the multitude。  。  。  。  One can judge;

at this moment; the national character; a good deal of bravado and

nonsense; neither reason; rule nor method; rebellious in crowds; and

not a soul that does not tremble in the presence of a corporal。〃



'68' Meillan; 143。  … Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 203。  (Session of

August 10)。  … Mallet…du…Pan; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 9。



'69' Ernest Daudet; 〃His。  des Conspirations royalistes dans le midi。〃

(Books II。  And III。)



'70' Guillon de Montléon; I。; 313。  (Address of a Lyonais to the

patriot soldiers under Kellerman。)



'71' Mortimer…Ternaux; VIII。; 222。  … The insurrection of Toulon;

Girondist at the start; dates July 1st。  … Letter of the new

administrators of Toulon to the Convention。  〃W desire the Republic;

one an

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