Santerre, a Bourgeois, 23;
in the attack on Tuilleries, 161, 167;
fails to call out National Guard during massacres, 187.
Sections, replace districts of Paris, forty-eight in number, 112;
Danton demands force to be raised from, 207;
convened by Robespierrians in Thermidor, 311.
Section du Théâtre Français, replaces Cordeliers, 112;
battalion of, Danton elected commander, 131;
of Mauconseil begins agitation against ministry, 129;
begin insurrection of August 1792, 161.
September, _see_ “Massacres of.”
Social divisions, five principal, before Revolution, 10.
Stake, burning at, in United States, by Parliament of Strasbourg in
1789, 5.
States General (or National Assembly), term Assembly first used, 26;
elections to, in Paris, 68;
reaction against, in early 1789, 72;
success of, after fall of Bastille, 78;
night of August 4 in, 85;
queen forms party against, political attitude of Louis towards, 85;
plotted against, by court, 90;
come to Paris, 91;
appealed to, in Marat incident, 103;
action to restrain Paris, 111;
establish Civil Constitution of clergy, 120-123;
debate on petition of Paris, 130-132;
indecision of, on king’s flight, 146.
Suffrage, _see_ “Franchise.”
Talleyrand, Danton meets, at municipality, writes letter to Louis,
138;
connected with Danton’s diplomacy, opposes Chauvelin in London, 204.
Taxes, failure of, before Revolution, 26.
Thermidor, attempted insurrection to save Robespierre in, 310-314.
Tour du Pin, La, dismissal demanded, 128-131.
Towns, nuclei of France, 36;
condition of small, 46.
Turcoing, battle of, 283.
Vergniaud, orator of Girondins, understands Danton, 192;
present at incident in theatre, 196;
his simile in king’s trial, 202;
explanation of his vote, 203;
his oratory, 217;
prosecuted by Convention, 222;
St. Just’s report against, 234;
Danton’s regret for, 242.
Versailles, Cordeliers’ manifesto for march on, 91;
king brought back to Paris from, 91.
Village community, French, decay of, loss of religion in, 17.
Vinot, solicitor in Paris, Danton apprenticed to, 47.
Wife, of Danton, _first_ (Charpentier) married, his devotion to her,
52;
her illness and its effect on Danton, 201, 203;
her death, its effect on Danton, he exhumes her body, 206;
_second_ (Gély) married, 232.
Young, Arthur, his comments on pre-revolutionary France, 10.
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