[2] Duvergier， "Collection des lois et décrets，" decrees of Sept. 22and Oct. 19， 1792. The electoral assemblies and clubs had already proceeded in many places to renew on their own authority the decree rendering their appointments valid.
[3] The necessity of placing Jacobins everywhere is well shown in the following letter： "Please designate by a cross， on the margin of the jury-panel for your district， those Jacobins that it will do to put on the list of 200 for the next quarter. We require patriots." (Letter from the attorney-general of Doubs， Dec. 23， 1792. Sauzay， III. 220.)[4] Pétion， "Mémoires" (Ed. Dauban)， p. 118： "The justice who accompanied me was very talkative， but could not speak a word of French. He told me that he had been a stone-cutter before he became a justice， having taken this office on patriotic grounds. He wanted to draw up a statement and give me a guard of two gendarmes； he did not know how， so I dictated to him what to say； but my patience was severely taxed by his incredibly slow writing.
[5] Decrees of July 6， Aug. 15 and 20， Sept. 26， 1792.
[6] Decree of Nov. 1， 1792.-- Albert Babeau， II. 14， 39， 40.
[7] Dumouriez， III. 309， 355. -- Miot de Melito， "Mémoires，" I.31， 33.-- Gouverneur Morris， letter of Feb. 14， 1793： "The state of disorganization appears to be irremediable. The venality is such that， if there be no traitors， it is because the enemy have not common sense."[8] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3268. Letter of the municipal officers of Rambouillet， Oct. 3， 1792. They denounce a petition of the Jacobins of the town， who strive to deprive forty foresters of their places， nearly all with families， 'on account of their once having been in the pay of a perjured king." -- Arnault ("Souvenirs d'un ***agénaire")， II. 15. He resigns a small place he had in the assignate manufacture， because， he says， "the most insignificant place being sought for， he found himself exposed to every kind of denunciation."[9] Dumouriez， III. 339. -- Meillan， "Mémoires，" 27. "Eight days after his installation as Minister of War， Beurnonville confessed to me that he had been offered sums to the amount of 500，000 francs to lend himself to embezzlements." He tries to sweep out the vermin of stealing employees， and is forthwith denounced by Marat. -- Barbaroux， "Mémoires" (Ed. Dauban). (Letter of Feb. 5， 1793.) "I found the Minister of the Interior in tears at the obstinacy of Vieilz， who wanted him to violate the law of Oct. 12， 1791 (on promotion)." Vieilz had been in the service only four months， instead of five years， as the law required， and the Minister did not dare to make an enemy of a man of so much influence in the clubs. Buchez et Roux， XXVIII.19("Publication des pièces relatives au 31 Mai，" at Caen， by Bergoing， June 28， 1793)： "My friend learned that the place had been given to another， who had paid 50 louis to the deputy. -- The places in the bureaus， the armies， the administrations and commissions are estimated at 9，000. The deputies of the Mountain have exclusive disposal of them and set their price on them， the rates being almost publicly stated."The number greatly increases during the following year (Mallet du Pan， II.56， March， 1794). "The public employees at the capital alone amount to 35，000."[10] Decree of Aug. 11， 12， 1792.
[11] Sauzay， III. 45. The number increases from 3，200 to 7，000.
[12] Durand-Maillane， "Mémoires，" p. 30： "This proceeding converted the French proletariat， which had no property or tenacity， into the dominant party at electoral assemblages.. . . The various clubs established in France (were) then masters of the elections." In the Bouches-du-Rh？ne "400 electors in Marseilles， one-sixth of whom had not the income of a silver marc， despotically controlled our Electoral Assembly. Not a voice was allowed to be raised against them. . . Only those were elected whom Barbaroux designated."[13] Decree of Aug. 11， 12， "Archives Nationales，" CII. 58 to 76.
Official report of the Electoral Assembly of the Rh？ne-et-Loire， held at Saint-Etienne. The electors of Saint-Etienne demand remuneration the same as the others， considering that they gave their time in the same way. Granted.
[14] "Archives Nationales，" CII. 1 to 32. Official report of the Electoral Assembly of the Bouches-du-Rh？ne， speech by Durand-Maillane：
"Could I in the National Convention be otherwise than I have been in relation to the former Louis XVI.， who， after his flight on the 22d of June， appeared to me unworthy of the throne？ Can I do otherwise than abhor royalty， after so many of our regal crimes？"[15] Moniteur， XIII. 623， session of Sept. 8， speech by Larivière. -"Archives Nationales，" CII.， 1 to 83. (The official reports make frequent mention of the dispatch of this comparative lists， and the Jacobins who send it request the Electoral Assembly to have it read forthwith.)[16] Rétif de la Bretonne， "Les Nuits de Paris，" Night X. p. 301： "As soon as the primary assemblies had been set up， the plotters began to work， electors were nominated， and through the vicious system adopted in the sections， an uproar made it out for a majority of voices. --Cf. Schmidt， "Tableaux de la Révolution Fran？aise，" I. 98. Letter of Damour， vice-president of the section of the Théatre-Fran？ais， Oct.29.