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end as well as the means; which brought about the catastrophe of the
Councils。〃
'64' Carnot; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 161。 〃The evil having reached its last
stage; it was necessary to have a 10th of June instead of a 31st of
May。〃 … Mallet…Dupan; II。; 333; 334。 The plan for canceling the
military division of the Interior under Augereau's command was to be
carried out between the 15th and 20th of August。 If the triumvirate
should resist; Pichegru and Villot were to march on the Luxembourg。
Carnot refused to accept the project 〃unless he might name the three
new Directors。〃 … De la Rue; 〃Histoire du 18 Fructidor。〃 Carnot said
to the Moderates who asked him to act with them: 〃Even if I had a
pardon in my pocket; amply confirmed by the royal mouth; I should have
no confidence。〃
'65' Occupied by the members of the Directory。
'66' Mathieu Dumas; 〃Mémoires;〃 III。; 113。
'67' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 327。 〃Barras is the only one who plays
squarely and who; taking the risk; wants Jacobinism to triumph par fas
et nefas。〃 … Ibid。; 339。 〃The triumvirs hesitated up to Friday;
Barras; the most furious of the three; and master of Augereau; decided
his two colleagues。〃 … Ibid; 351。 〃 Barras and Reubell; by dint of
exciting the imagination of that poor little philosophizer La
Révellière; succeeded in converting him。〃 … Thibaudeau; II。; 272。 〃It
was Barras who bore off the honors of dictatorship that night 。 。 。
。 La Révellière shut himself up in his house as in an impenetrable
sanctuary。 Reubell; at this moment; his head somewhat affected; was
watched in his apartment。〃
'68' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 304; 305; 331。 … Carnot; II。; 117。
'69' Barbé…Marbois; 〃Journal d'un Deporté;〃 pp。34 and 35。
'70' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 343。
'71' Barbé…Marbois; ibid。; p。46。
'72' Mallet…Dupan; II。; 228; 342。 〃The use the triumvirs intended to
make of D'Entraigues' portfolio was known two months ago。〃… cf。
Thibaudeau; II。; 279; on the vagueness; scanty proof and gross falsity
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