[2] Mallet du Pan， II. 491. Danton， in 1793， said one day to one of his former brethren an advocate to the Council. ： "The old régime made a great mistake. It brought me up on a scholarship in Plessis College.
I was brought up with nobles， who were my comrades， and with whom Ilived on familiar terms. On completing my studies， I had nothing； Iwas poor and tried to get a place. The Paris bar was very expensive， and it required extensive efforts to be accepted. I could not get into the army， having neither rank nor patronage. There was no opening for me in the Church. I could purchase no employment， for I hadn't a cent.
My old companions turned their backs on me. I remained without a situation， and only after many long years did I succeed in buying the post of advocate in the Royal Council. The Revolution came， when I， and all like me， threw themselves into it. The ancient régime forced us to do so， by providing a good education for us， without providing an opening for our talents." This applies to Robespierre， C.
Desmoulins， Brissot， Vergniaud， and others.
[3] Religious order founded in Rome in 1654 by saint Philippe Neri and who dedicated their efforts to preaching and the education of children. (SR)[4] Dauban， "La Demagogie à Paris en 1793，" and "Paris in 1794." Read General Henriot's orders of the day in these two works. Comparton， "Histoire du Tribunal Révolutionaire de Paris，" a letter by Trinchard， I. 306 (which is here given in the original， on account of the ortography)： "Si tu nest pas toute seulle et que le compagnion soit a travailler tu peus ma chaire amie ventir voir juger 24 mesieurs tous si devent président ou conselier au parlement de Paris et de Toulouse.
Je t'ainvite a prendre quelque chose aven de venir parcheque nous naurons pas fini de 3 hurres. Je t'embrase ma chaire amie et épouge."-Ibid. II. 350， examination of André Chenier. - Wallon， "Hist. Du Trib. Rév."， I， 316. Letter by Simon. "Je te coitte le bonjour mois est mon est pousse."[5] Cf. "The Revolution，" page 60.
[6] Cf. On this point the admissions of the honest Bailly ("Mémoires，" passim)[7] Rétif de la Bretonne： "Nuits de Paris，" 11éme nuit， p. 36. "Ilived in Paris twenty-five years as free as air. All could enjoy as much ******* as myself in two ways - by living uprightly， and by not writing pamphlets against the ministry. All else was permitted， my ******* never being interfered with. It is only since the Revolution that a scoundrel could succeed in having me arrested twice."[8] Cf. "The Revolution，" vol. I. p.264.
[9] Moniteur， IV. 495. (Letter from Chartres， May 27， 1790.)[10] Sauzay， I.147， 195 218， 711.
[11] Mercure de France， numbers of August 7， 14， 26， and Dec. 18， 1790.
[12] Ibid. number of November 26， 1790. Pétion is elected mayor of Paris by 6，728 out of 10，632 voters. "Only 7，000 voters are found at the election of the electors who elect deputies to the legislature.
Primary and municipal meetings are deserted in the same proportion." --Moniteur， X. 529 (Number of Dec. 4， 1791). Manuel is elected Attorney of the Commune by 3，770 out of 5，311 voters. -- Ibid. XI. 378. At the election of municipal officers for Paris， Feb.10 and 11， 1792， only 3，787 voters present themselves； Dussault， who obtains the most votes， has 2，588； Sergent receives 1，648. -- Buchez et Roux， XI. 238 (session of Aug.12， 1791). Speech by Chapelier； "Archives Nationales，" F.6(carton)， 21. Primary meeting of June 13， 1791， canton of Bèze (Cote d'Or). Out of 460 active citizens， 157 are present， and， on the final ballot， 58. --Ibid.， F7， 3235， (January， 1792). Lozerre： "1，000citizens， at most， out of 25，000， voted in the primary meetings. At.
Saint-Chèly， capital of the district， a few armed ruffians succeed in forming the primary meeting and in substituting their own election for that of eight parishes， whose frightened citizens who withdrew from it. . . At Langogne， chief town of the canton and district， out of more than 400 active citizens， 22 or 23 at most -- just what one would suppose them to be when their presence drove away the rest -- alone formed the meeting."[13] This power， with its gratifications， is thus shown， Beugnot， I.
140， 147. "On the publication of the decrees of August 4， the committee of surveillance of Montigny， reinforced by all the patriots of the country， came down like a torrent on the barony of Choiseul， and exterminated all the hares and partridges. . . They fished out the ponds . At Mandres we find， in the best room of the inn， a dozen peasants gathered around a table decked with tumblers and bottles， amongst which we noticed an inkstand， pens， and something resembling a register. -- 'I don't know what they are about，' said the landlady， 'but there they are， from morning till night， drinking， swearing， and storming away at everybody， and they say that they are a committee.'"[14] Albert Babeau， I. 206， 242. -- The first meeting of the revolutionary committee of Troyes in the cemetery of St. Jules， August， 1789. This committee becomes the only authority in the town， after the assassination of the mayor， M. Huez (Sept 10， 1790).
[15] "The French Revolution，" Vol.I. pp. 235， 242， 251. - Buchez et Roux， VI， 179. - Guillon de Montléon， "Histoire de la Ville de Lyon pendant la Revolution，" I. 87. -- Guadet， "Les Girondins."[16] Michelet， "Histoire de la Révolution，" II.47.
[17] The rules of the Paris club state that members must "labor to establish and strengthen the Constitution， according to the spirit of the club."[18] Mercure de France， Aug.11， 1790. -- "Journal de la Société des Amis la Constitution，" Nov.21， 1790. -- Ibid.， March， 1791. - Ibid.， March， 1791. - Ibid.， Aug.14， 1791 (speech by R？derer) -- Buchez et Roux， XI. 481.
[19] Michelet， II. 407. -- Moniteur， XII 347 (May 11， 1792)， article by Marie-Joseph Chénier， according to whom 800 Jacobin clubs exist at this date. -- Ibid.， XII. 753 (speech by M. Delfaux session of June 25， 1792). -R？derer， preface to his translation of Hobbes.