贝壳电子书 > 英文原著电子书 > the origins of contemporary france-4 >

第174章

the origins of contemporary france-4-第174章

小说: the origins of contemporary france-4 字数: 每页4000字

按键盘上方向键 ← 或 → 可快速上下翻页,按键盘上的 Enter 键可回到本书目录页,按键盘上方向键 ↑ 可回到本页顶部!
————未阅读完?加入书签已便下次继续阅读!




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

返回目录 上一页 下一页 回到顶部 0 0

你可能喜欢的