[Footnote 2632: Buchez et Roux, XVI. 120, 133 (session of the Jacobins,
Aug. 6). The federates "resolved to watch the Château, each taking
a place in the battalions respectively of the sections in which they
lodge, and many incorporated themselves with the battalions of the
faubourg St Antoine."]
[Footnote 2633: Mercure de France, April 14, 1793.--" The Revolution,"
I. p. 332.]
[Footnote 2634: Barbaroux, "Mémoires," 37-40.--Lauront-Lautard,
"Marseilles depuis 1789 jusqu'à 1815," I. 134. "The mayor, Mourdeille,"
who had recruited them, "was perhaps very glad to get rid of them."--On
the composition of this group and on the previous rôle of Rebecqui, see
chapter VI.]
[Footnote 2635: Buchez et Roux, XVI. 197 and following
pages.--Mortimer-Ternaux, II. 148 (the grenadiers numbered only
166).--Moniteur, XIII. 310 (session of Aug. 1). Address of the
grenadiers: "They swore on their honor that they did not draw their
swords until after being threatened for a quarter of an hour, then
insulted and humiliated, until forced to defend their lives against
a troop of brigands armed with pistols, and some of them with
carbines."--" The reading of this memorandum is often interrupted
by hooting from the galleries, in spite of the president's
orders."--Hooting again, when they file out of the chamber.]
[Footnote 2636: The lack of men of action greatly embarrassed the
Jacobin party. ("Correspondance de Mirabeau et du Comte de la Marck,"
II. 326.) Letter of M. de Montmorin, July 13, 1792. On the disposition
of the people of Paris, wearied and worn out "to excess." "They will
take no side, either for or against the king... They no longer stir for
any purpose; riots are wholly factitious. This is so right that they are
obliged to bring men from the South to get them up. Nearly all of those
who forced the gates of the Tuileries, or rather, who got inside of them
on the 20th of June, were outsiders or onlookers, got together at the
sight of such a lot of pikes and red caps, etc. The cowards ran at the
slightest indication of presenting arms, which was done by a portion
of the national guard on the arrival of a deputation from the National
Assembly, their leaders being obliged to encourage them by telling them
that they were not to be fired at."]
[Footnote 2637: Buchez et Roux, XVI. 447. "Chronique des cinquante
jours," by Roederer.]
[Footnote 2638: Mortimer-Ternaux, II. 378.-127 Jacobins of Arras, led by
Geoffroy and young Robespierre, declare to the Directory that they mean
to come to its meetings and follow its deliberations. "It is time that
the master should keep his eye on his agents." The Directory, therefore,
resigns (July 4, 1792).--Ibid., 462 (report of Leroux, municipal
officer). The Paris municipal council, on the night of August 9-10
deliberates under threats of death and the furious shouts of the
galleries.]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account