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He prefers everything to the present situation; 〃even civil war;〃

for 〃war; at least; invigorates the soul;〃 while here; 〃under the

dictatorship of demagogues; we are being drowned in slime。〃 Given up

to itself; Paris; in three months; 〃will certainly be a hospital;

and; perhaps; a theater of horrors。〃 Against the rabble and its

leaders; it is essential that the King should at once coalesce 〃with

his people;〃 that he should go to Rouen; appeal to the provinces;

provide a Centre for public opinion; and; if necessary; resort to

armed resistance。  Malouet; on his side; declares that 〃the

Revolution; since the 5th of October; 〃horrifies all sensible men;

and every party; but that it is complete and irresistible。〃 Thus the

three best minds that are associated with the Revolution  those

whose verified prophecies attest genius or good sense; the only ones

who; for two or three years; and from week to week; have always

predicted wisely; and who have employed reason in their

demonstrations  these three; Mallet du Pan; Mirabeau; Mabuet;

agree in their estimate of the event; and in measuring its

consequences。  The nation is gliding down a declivity; and no one

possesses the means or the force to arrest it。  The King cannot do

it : 〃undecided and weak beyond all expression; his character

resembles those oiled ivory balls which one vainly strives to keep

together。〃'47'  And as for the Assembly; blinded; violated; and

impelled on by the theory it proclaims; and by the faction which

supports it; each of its grand decrees only renders its fall the

more precipitate。



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Notes:





'1' Bailly; 〃 Mémoires;〃 II。 195; 242。



'2' Elysée Loustalot; journalist; editor of the paper 〃Révolutions

de Paris;〃 was a young lawyer who had shown a natural genius for

innovative journalism。  He was to die already in 1790。  (SR。)



'3' Montjoie; ch。 LXX; p。 65。



'4' Bailly; II。 74; 174; 242; 261; 282; 345; 392。



'5' Such as domiciliary visits and arrests apparently made by

lunatics。  (〃Archives de la Préfecture de Police de Paris。〃)  And

Montjoie; ch。  LXX。  p。67。  Expedition of the National Guard against

imaginary brigands who are cutting down the crops at Montmorency and

the volley fired in the air。  Conquest of Ile…Adam and Chantilly。



'6' Bailly; II。 46; 95; 232; 287; 296。



'7' 〃Archives de la Préfecture de Police;〃 minutes of the meeting of

the section of Butte des Moulins; October 5; 1789。



'8' Bailly; II。  224。  Dusaulx; 418; 202; 257; 174; 158。  The

powder transported was called poudre de traite (transport); the

people understood it as poudre de tra?tre (traitor)。  M。 de la Salle

was near being killed through the addition of an r。  It is he who

had taken command of the National Guard on the 13th of July。



'9' Floquet; VII。 54。 There is the same scene at Granville; in

Normandy; on the 16th of October。  A woman had assassinated her

husband; while a soldier who was her lover is her accomplice; the

woman was about to he hung and the man broken on the wheel; when the

populace shout; 〃The nation has the right of pardon;〃 upset the

scaffold; and save the two assassins。



'10' Bailly; II。  274 (August 17th)。



'11' Bailly; II; 83; 202; 230; 235; 283; 299。



'12' Mercure de France; the number for September 26th。  …  De

Goncourt; p。  111。



'13' Mercier; 〃Tableau de Paris;〃 I; 58; X。  151。



'14' De Ferrières; I。  178。  Buchez and Roux; II。 311; 316。 

Bai11y; II。  104; 174; 207; 246; 257; 282。



'15' Mercure de France; September 5th; 1789。  Horace Walpole's

Letters; September 5; 1789。  M。 de Lafayette; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。  272。

During the week following the 14th of July; 6;000 soldiers deserted

and went over to the people; besides 400 and 800 Swiss Guards and

six battalions of the French Guards; who remain without officers;

and do as they please。  Vagabonds from the neighboring villages

flock in; and there are more than 〃30;000 strangers and vagrants〃 in

Paris。



'16' Bailly; II。  282。  The crowd of deserters was so great that

Lafayette was obliged to place a guard at the barriers to keep them

from entering the city。  〃Without this precaution the whole army

would have come in。〃



'17' De Ferrières; I。  103。  De Lavalette; I。 39。  Bailly; I。 53

(on the lawyers)。  〃It may be said that the success of the

Revolution is due to this class。〃  Marmontel; II。  243 〃Since the

first elections of Paris; in 1789; I remarked;〃 he says; 〃this

species of restless intriguing men; contending with each other to be

heard; impatient to make themselves prominent。。。。It is well known

what interest this body (the lawyers) had to change Reform into

Revolution; the Monarchy into a Republic; the object was to organize

for itself a perpetual aristocracy。〃  Buchez and Roux; II。  358

(article by C。  Desmoulins)。 〃In the districts everybody exhausts

his lungs and his time in trying to be president; vice…president;

secretary or vice…secretary〃



'18' Eugène Hatin; 〃Histoire de la Presse;〃 vol。  V。  p。  113。  〃Le

Patriote fran?ais〃 by Brissot; July 28; 1789。   〃L'Ami du Peuple;〃

by Marat; September 12; 1789。  〃Annales patriotiques et

littéraires;〃 by Carra and Mercier; October 5; 1789;  〃Les

Révolutions de Paris;〃 chief editor Loustalot; July 17th; 1789。 …

〃Le Tribun du peuple;〃 letters by (middle of 1789)。 … 〃Révolutions

de France et de Brabant;〃 by C。  Desmoulins; November 28; 1789; his

〃France libre〃 (I believe of the month of August; and his 〃Discours

de la Lanterne〃 of the month of September)。 … 〃The Moniteur〃 does

not make its appearance until November 24; 1789。  In the seventy

numbers which follow; up to February 3; 1790; the debates of the

Assembly were afterwards written out; amplified; and put in a

dramatic form。  All numbers anterior to February 3; 1790; are the

result of a compilation executed in the year IV。  The narrative part

during the first six months of the Revolution is of no value。  The

report of the sittings of the Assembly is more exact; but should be

revised sitting by sitting and discourse by discourse for a detailed

history of the National Assembly。  The principal authorities which

are really contemporary are; 〃Le Mercure de France;〃 〃Le Journal de

Paris;〃 〃Le point de Jour〃 by Barrère; the 〃Courrier de Versailles;〃

by Gorsas; the 〃Courrier de Provence〃 by Mirabeau; the 〃Journal des

Débats et Décrets;〃 the official reports of the National assembly;

the 〃Bulletin de l'Asemblée Nationale;〃 by Marat; besides the

newspapers above cited for the period following the 14th of July;

and the speeches; which are printed separately。



'19' C。 Desmoulins; letters of September 20th and of subsequent

dates。  (He quote; a passage from Lucan in the sense indicated)。  

Brissot; 〃Mémoires;〃 passim。  Biography of Danton by Robinet。 (See

the testimony of Madame Roland and of Rousselin de Saint…Albin。)



'20' 〃Discours de la Lanterne。〃 See the epigraph of the engraving。



'21' Buchez and Roux; III。  55; article of Marat; October lst。

〃Sweep all the suspected men out of the H?tel…de…Ville。  。  。  。  。

Reduce the deputies of the communes to fifty; do not let them remain

in office more than a month or six weeks; and compel them to

transact business only in public。〃   And II。  412; another article

by Marat。   Ibid。  III。  21。  An article by Loustalot。  …  C。

Desmoulins; 〃Discours de la Lanterne;〃 passim。  Bailly; II。  326。



'22' Mounier; 〃Des causes qui ont empêche les Fran?ais d'être

libre;〃 I。  59。  …  Lally…Tollendal; second letter; 104。  

Bailly; II。  203。



'23' De Bouillé; 207。   Lally…Tollendal; ibid; 141; 146。 

Mounier; ibid。; 41; 60。



'24' Mercure de France; October 2; 1790 (article of Mallet du Pan:

〃I saw it〃)。  Criminal proceedings at the Chatelet on the events of

October 5th and 6th。  Deposition of M。 Feydel; a deputy; No。  178。 …

… De Montlosier; i。  259。  Desmoulins (La Lanterne)。 〃Some members

of the communes are gradually won over by pensions; by plans for

making a fortune and by flattery。  Happily; the incorruptible

galleries are always on the side of the patriots。  They represent

the tribunes of the people seated on a bench in attendance on the

deliberations of the Senate and who had the veto。  They represent

the metropolis and; fortunately; it is under the batteries of the

metropolis that the constitution is being framed。〃 (C。 Desmoulins;

simple…minded politician; always let the cat out of the bag。)



'25' 〃Procédure du Chatelet;〃 Ibid。 Deposition of M。 Malouet (No。

111)。 〃I received every day; as well as MM。 Lally and Mounier;

anonymous letters and lists of proscriptions on which we were

inscribed。  These letters announced a prompt and violent death to

every deputy that advocated the authority of the King。〃



'26' Buchez and Roux; I。 368; 376。    Bailly; II。  326; 341。  …

Mounier; ibid。; 62; 75。



'27' Etienne Dumont; 145。  Correspondence between Comte de

Mirabeau and Comte de la Marck。



'28' 〃Procédure criminelle du Chatelet;〃 Deposition 148。  …  Buchez

and Roux; III。  67; 65。  (Narrative of Desmoulins; article of

Loustalot。) Mercure de France; number for September 5; 1789。

〃Sunday evening; August 30; at the Palais…Royal; the expulsion of

several deputies of every class was demanded; and especially some of

those from Dauphiny。 。 。 They spoke of bringing the King to Paris as

well as the Dauphin。  All virtuous citizens; every incorruptible

patriot; was exhorted to set out immediately for Versailles。〃



'29' These acts of violence were not reprisals; nothing of the kind

took place at the banquet of the body…guards (October 1st)。  〃Amidst

the general joy;〃 says an eye…witness; I heard no insults against

the National Assembly; nor against the popular party; nor against

anybody。  The only cries were 'Vive le Roi! Vive la Reine! We will

defend them to the death!'〃 (Madame de Larochejacquelein; p。40。  …

Ibid。  Madame Campan; another eye…witness。)   It appears to be

certain; however; that the younger members of the National Guard at

Versailles turned their cockades so as to be like other people; and

it is also probable that some of the ladies distributed white

cockades。  The rest is a story made up before and after the event to

justify the insurrection。  Cf。  Lerol; 〃Histoire de Versailles;〃

II。  20…107。  Ibid。  p。 141。 〃As to that proscription of the

national cockade; all witnesses deny it。〃 The originator of the

calumny is Gorsas; editor of the Courrier de Versailles。



'30' 〃Procédure Criminelle du Chatelet。〃 Depositions 88; 110; 120;

126; 127; 140; 146; 148。  Marmontel; 〃Mémoires;〃 a conversation

with Champfort; in May; 1789。   Morellet; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。  398。

(According to the evidence of Garat; Champfort gave all his savings;

3;000 livres; to defray the expenses of maneuvers of this

description。)  Malouet (II。 2)。 knew four of

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