[1] Moniteur， XI. 763. (Sitting of March 28， 1792.) - "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3235. (Deliberation of the Directory of the Department， November 29， 1791， and January 27， 1792. - Petition of the Municipality of Mende and of forty-three others， November 30， 1791.)[2] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3198. Minutes of the meeting of the municipal officers of Arles， September 2， 1791. - Letters of the Royal Commissioners and of the National Assembly， October 24， November 6， 14， 17， 21， and December 21， 1791. - The Commissioners， to be impartial， attend in turn a mass by a nonjuring priest and one by a priest of the opposite side. "The church is full" with the former and always empty with the latter.
[3] "Mémoire" of M. Mérilhon， for Froment， passim. - Report of M.
Alquier， p. 54. - De Dampmartin， I. 208.
[4] - De Dampmartin， I. 208.They would exclaim to the catholic peasants： "Allons， mes enfants， Vive le Roi！" (shouts of enthusiasm)：
"those wretches of democrats， let us make an example of them， and restore the sacred rights of the throne and the altar！" - "As you please，" replied the rustics in their patois， "but we must hold fast to the Revolution， for there are some good things about it." - They remain calm， refuse to march to the assistance of Uzès， and withdraw into their mountains on the first sign of the approach of the National Guard.
[5] This is what the author Soljenitsyne observed about his Russian countrymen in an interview with M. Pivot in the French television in 1998. (SR.)[6] Dauban， "La Demagogie à Paris，" p.598； Letter of M. de Brissac， August 25， 1789.
[7] Moniteur， X. 339. (Journal de Troyes， and a letter from Perpignan， November， 1791.)[8] Mercure de France， No. for September 3， 1791. "Let Liberty be presented to us， and all France will kneel before her； but noble and proud hearts will eternally resist the oppression which assumes her sacred mask. They will invoke liberty， but liberty without crime， the liberty which is maintained without dungeons， without inquisitors， without incendiaries， without brigands， without forced oaths， without illegal coalitions， without mob outrages； that liberty， finally， which allows no oppressor to go unpunished， and which does not crush peaceable citizens beneath the weight of the chains it has broken."[9] Rivarol， "Mémoires，" p.367. (Letter of M. Servan， published in the "Actes des Ap？tres.")[10] The King's brother， later to become King of France under the name of Louis XVIII. (SR.)[11] "Archives Nationa1es，" F7. 3257. Official reports， investigations， and correspondence in relation with the affair of M.
Bussy (October， 1790).
[12] Mercure de France， May 15， 1790. (Letter of Baron de Bois-d'Aisy， April 29， read in the National Assembly.) - Moniteur， IV.
302. Sitting of May 6. (Official statement of the Justice of the Peace of Vitteaux， April 28.)[13] "Archives Nationales，" DXXIX. 4. Letter of M. Belin-Chatellenot (near Asnay-le-Duc) to the President of the National Assembly， July 1， 1791. "In the realm of liberty we live under the most cruel tyranny， and in a state of the most complete anarchy， while the administrative bodies and the police， still in their infancy， seem to act only in fear and trembling. . . . So far， in all crimes， they are more concerned with extenuating the facts， than in punishing the offense. The result is that the guilty have had no other restraint on them than a few gentle phrases like this：
Dear brothers and friends， you are in the wrong， be careful，" etc.
- Ibid. ， F7， 3229. Letter of the Directory of the Department of Marne， July 13， 1791. (Searches by the National Guard in chateaux and the disarming of formerly privileged persons.) "None of our injunctions were obeyed." For example， there is breakage and violence in the residence of M. Guinaumont at Merry， the gun， shot and powder of the game-keeper even are carried off. "M. de Guinaumont is without the means of defending himself against a mad dog or any other savage brute that might come into his woods or into his courtyard." The Mayor of Merry， with the National Guard， under compulsion， tells them in vain that they are breaking the law. -Petition of Madame d'Ambly， wife of the deputy， June 28， 1791. Not having the guns which she had already given up， she is made to pay 150 francs.
[14] Archives Nationales，" DXXIX. 4. Letters of the Administrators of the Department of Rh？ne-et-Loire， July 6， 1791. (M. Vilet is one of the signers.) - Mercure de France， October 8， 1791.
[15] Mercure de France， August 20， 1791， the article by Mallet du Pan. "The details of the picture I have just sketched were all furnished me by Madame Dumoutet herself." I am "authorized by her signature to guarantee the accuracy of this narrative."[16] Mercure de France， August 20， 1791， the article by Mallet du Pan. "The proceedings instituted at Lyons confirmed this banquet of cannibals."[17] The letter of the Department ends with this either na？ve or ironical expression： "You have now only one conquest to make， that of ****** the people obey and submit to the law."[18] "Archives Nationales，" P7， 3，200. See documents relating to the affair of November 5， 1792， and the events which preceded it or followed it， and among others "Lettres du Directoire et du Procureur-syndic du Departement；" "Pétition et Mémoire pour les Déténus；" "Lettres d'un Témoin，" M. de Morant. - Moniteur， X.
356. "Minutes of the meeting de la Municipalité de Caen" and of the "Directoire du Departement，" XI.1264， 206. "Rapport de Guadet，" and documents of the trial. - "Archives Nationales，" ibid. . -"Lettres de M. Cahier，" Minister of the Interior， January 26， 1792， of M. C. D. de Pontécoulant， President of the Department Directory， February 3， 1792. - Proclamation by the Directory.
[19] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3200. Letter of September 26， 1791.