[20] "Les Révolutions de Paris，" by Prudhomme， number 173.
[21] Constant， "Histoire d'un Club Jacobin en province， "passim (Fontainbleau Club， founded May 5， 1791). -- Albert Babeau， I.434 and following pages (foundation of the Troyes Club， Oct 1790). -- Sauzay， I 206 and following pages (foundation of the Besan？on Club Aug. 28， 1790). -- Ibid.， 214 (foundation of the Pontarlier Club， March， 1791)[22] Sauzay， I. 214 (April 2， 1791)[23] "Journal des Amis de la Constitution，" I. 534 (Letter of the "Café National" Club of Bordeaux， Jan.29， 1791). Guillon de Monthléon， I. 88.-"The French Revolution，" vol. I. 128， 242.
[24] Here we have a complete system of propaganda and organizational tactics identical to those used by the NAZIS， the Marxist-Leninists and other 'children' of the original communist-Jacobins. (SR.)[25] Eugène Hatin， "Histoire politique et littéraire de la presse，"IV. 210 (with Marat's text in "L'Ami "I'Ami du peuple，" and Fréron's in "l'Orateur du peuple").
[26] Mercure de France， Nov. 27， 1790.
[27] Mercure de France， Sept. 3， 1791 (article by Mallet du Pan). "On the strength of a denunciation， the authors of which I knew， the Luxembourg section on the 21st of June， the day of the king's departure， sent commissaries and a military detachment to my domicile.
There was no judicial verdict， no legal order， either of police-court， or justice of the peace， no examination whatever preceding this mission. . . The employees of the section overhauled my papers， books and letters， transcribing some of the latter， and carried away copies and the originals， putting seals on the rest， which were left in charge of two fusiliers."[28] Mercure de France， Aug. 27， 1791 (report by Duport-Dutertre， Minister of Justice). -- Ibid.， Cf. numbers of Sept. 8， 1790， and March 12， 1791.
[29] Sauzay， I.208. (Petition of the officers of the National Guard of Besan？on， and observations of the municipal body， Sept. 15， 1790. --Petition of 500 national guards， Dec. 15， 1790). -- Observations of the district directory， which directory， having authorized the club， avows that "three-quarters" of the national guard and a portion of other citizens "are quite hostile to it." -- Similar petitions at Dax， Chalons-sur-Sa？ne， etc.， against the local club.
[30] "Lettres" (manuscript) of M. Roullé， deputy from Pontivy， to his constituents (May 1， 1789).
[31] A rule of the association says： "The object of the association is to discuss questions beforehand which are to be decided by the National Assembly， . . . and to correspond with associations of the same character which may be formed in the kingdom."[32] Grégoires， "Mémoires，" I. 387.
[33] Malouet， II. 248. "I saw counselor Duport， who was a fanatic， and not a bad man， with two or three others like him， exclaim： 'Terror！
Terror！ What a pity that it has become necessary！
[34] Lafayette， "Mémoires" (in relation to Messieurs de Lameth and their friends). -- According to a squib of the day： "What Duport thinks， Barnave says and Lameth does" -- This trio was named the Triumvirate. Mirabeau， a government man， and a man to whom brutal disorder was repugnant， called it the Triumgueusat. (A trinity of shabby fellows)[35] Moniteur， V.212， 583. (Report and speech of Dupont de Nemours， sessions of July 31 and September 7， 1790.) -- Vagabonds and ruffians begin to play their parts in Paris on the 27th of April， 1789 (the Réveillon affair). -- Already on the 30th of July， 1789， Rivarol wrote： "Woe to whoever stirs up the dregs of a nation！ The century Enlightenment has not touched the populace！" -- In the preface of his future dictionary， he refers to his articles of this period： "There may be seen the precautions I took to prevent Europe from attributing to the French nation the horrors committed by the crowd of ruffians which the Revolution and the gold of a great personage had attracted to the capital." -- "Letter of a deputy to his constituents，"published by Duprez， Paris， in the beginning of 1790 (cited by M. de Ségur， in the Revue de France， September 1， 1880). It relates to the maneuvers for forcing a vote in favor of confiscating clerical property. "Throughout All-Saints' day (November 1， 1789)， drums were beaten to call together the band known here as the Coadjutors of the Revolution. On the morning of November 2， when the deputies went to the Assembly， they found the cathedral square and all the avenues to the archbishop's palace， where the sessions were held， filled with an innumerable crowd of people. This army was composed of from 20，000 to 25，000 men， of which the greater number had no shoes or stockings；woollen caps and rags formed their uniform and they had clubs instead of guns. They overwhelmed the ecclesiastical deputies with insults， as they passed on their way， and shouted that they would massacre without mercy all who would not vote for stripping the clergy. . . Near 300deputies who were opposed to the motion did not dare attend the Assembly. . . The rush of ruffians in the vicinity of the hall， their comments and threats， excited fears of this atrocious project being carried out. All who did not feel courageous enough to sacrifice themselves， avoided going to the Assembly." (The decree was adopted by 378 votes against 346.)[36] Cf. "The Ancient Régime，" p. 51.
[37] Malouet， 1.247， 248. -- "Correspondence (manuscript) of M. de Sta？l，" Swedish Ambassador， with his court， copied from the archives at Stockholm by M. Léouzon-le-Duc. Letter from M. Sta？l of April 21， 1791： "M. Laclos， secret agent of this wretched prince， (is a) clever and subtle intriguer." April 24： "His agents are more to be feared than himself. Through his bad conduct， he is more of a nuisance than a benefit to his party.
[38] Especially after the king's flight to Varennes， and at the time of the affair in the Champ de Mars. The petition of the Jacobins was drawn up by Laclos and Brissot.
[39] Investigations at the Chatelet， testimony of Count d'Absac de Ternay.