[63] Danton, his friend Legendre, Testulat, Sableé, and Guintin. Several authorities have placed Danton’s election in September 1789 instead of January 1790, an error due (probably) to following Godard’s list, which was published in 1790, but bore the title, “Members of the Commune elected since September 1789.” [64] Marat’s presses were hidden in a cellar of the Cordeliers now situated under the house of the concierge of the Clinique. [65] January 19th. [66] The Rue des Fossés was (and is, under its new name) remarkably straight for an old street. Cannon could be used. [67] Their names were Ozanne and Damien; the same Damien, I believe, who committed the blunder of September 13, 1791. See p. 150. [68] Article 9 of the decree of October 8 and 9, 1790. [69] “Notables-adjoints,” to the number of seven in each district. Danton himself was elected on to such a body in May or June 1790, and served for a few months. [70] That is, till his election as substitute to the Procureur in December 1791. [71] January 25, 28; February 4, 16; March 3, 5, 13, 19; June 15, 19, 23. Aulard, _Rev. Française_, February 14, 1893, pp. 142, 143. [72] It is this warrant which has probably misled one biographer as to the date of the “Affaire Marat.” (_Danton, Homme d’État_, p. 67: “En _mars_ survint l’affaire Marat.”) [73] That is, of course, the inclusion of Paris into the general scheme of December 1789—a scheme that enfranchised the peasants, but created an oligarchy in the towns. See above, pp. 21, 22, and 93. [74] He received 12,550 votes, the great bulk of the limited suffrage. Forty-nine odd votes were cast for Danton, but he was obviously not a candidate (Aulard). [75] _Ami du Peuple_, No. 192. [76] _Révolutions de France et Brabant_, tom. x. p. 171. [77] There is a misprint (a very rare thing with this careful historian) in footnote No. 3, p. 231, of M. Aulard’s article on Danton in the _Rev. Française_ for March 14, 1893. For “November” we should read “September,” for we know that the voting was over on September 16. See Robiquet, _Personnel Municipal_, p. 373, and the evidence on all sides that a new poll was ordered on September 17 in his Section. [78] This big building in the island next Notre Dame disappeared in the restorations of Viollet le Duc. It was often used in the revolutionary period for public meetings, and even the Assembly sat there for a few days after entering Paris in October, and while the Riding-School was being prepared for it. [79] _Moniteur_, Old Series, No. 316 (1790). [80] M. Aulard says “somewhere between the 10th and the 15th,” and “nous n’avons pas la date precise.” He has probably overlooked _L’Ami du Peuple_, No. 290, “Le 14 de ce mois Danton a été nommé à la place du Sieur Villette.” [81] Aulard. The other biographers all assume that he did not resign. [82] _Orateur du Peuple_, vol. iii. No. 24. [83] Ibid., vol. vi. No. 27.