The French Revolution (Vol.1-3). Taine Hippolyte
the aristocrats must be decapitated.]
3112 (return) [ Might Freud ( 1856—1939) have been inspired, directly or indirectly, by Taine's observation? 'La Révolution' vol. I, was published in 1877 when Freud was 21 years old!! (SR.)]
3113 (return) [ Mercure de France, the articles by Mallet du Pan (June 18th and August 16, 1791; April 14, 1792).]
3114 (return) [ Moniteur, IV. 560. (sitting of June 5, 1790) report of M. Freteau. "These facts are attested by fifty witnesses."—Cf. The number of April 19, 1791.]
3115 (return) [ Solon was a famous legislator who reformed Athens some 2500 years ago. (SR.)]
3116 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," KK, 1105, Correspondence of M. de Thiard, military commandant in Brittany (September, 1789), "There are in every petty village three conflicting powers, the présidial, the bourgeois militia, and the permanent committee. Each is anxious to outrank the other, and, on this occasion, a scene happened to come under my eyes at Landivisiau which might have had a bloody termination, but which turned out to be simply ridiculous. A lively dispute arose between three speakers to determine which should make the first address. They appealed to me to decide. Not to offend either of the parties, I decided that all three should speak at the same time; which decision was immediately carried out."]
3117 (return) [ Decree of August 10–14, 1789.]
3118 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," KK, 1105. Correspondence of M. de Thiard, September 21, 1789. "The troops now obey the municipalities only."—Also July 30th, August 11, 1790.]
3119 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," KK, 1105. Correspondence of 31. M. de Thiard, September 11 and 25, November 20, December 25 and 30, 1789.]
3120 (return) [ Buchez and Roux, V.304 (April, 1790).—"Archives Nationales," Papers of the committee of Investigation, DXXIX. I (note of M. Latour-du-Pin, October 28, 1789)—? Buchez and Roux, IV. 3 (December 1, 1789); IV. 390 (February, 1790); VI. 179 (April and May, 1790).]
3121 (return) [ Mercure de France, Report of M. Emery, sitting of July 21, 1790, Number for July 32.—"Archives Nationales," F7, 3200. Letter of the directory of Calvados, September 26 and October 20, 1791.]
3122 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3207. Letter of the minister Dumouriez, June 15, 1792. Report of M. Caillard, May 29, 1792.]
3123 (return) [ Mercure de France, No. for July, 1791 (sitting of the 6th); Nos. for November 5 and 26, 1791.]
3124 (return) [ Albert Babeau, "Histoire de Troyes," vol. I. passim.—"Archives Nationales," F7, 3257. Address of the Directory of Saône-et-Loire to the National Assembly, November 1, 1790.—F7, 3200. Letter of the Directory of Calvados, November 9, 1791.—F 7, 3195. Minutes of the meeting of the municipality of Aix, March 1, 1792 (on the events of February 26th); letter of M. Villard, President of the Directory, March 20, 1792.—F7, 3220. Extracts from the deliberations of the Directory of Gers, and a letter to the King, January 28, 1792. Letter of M. Lafitau, President of the Directory, January 30. (He was dragged along by his hair and obliged to leave the town.)]
3125 (return) [ Mercure de France, No. for October 30, 1790.]
3126 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3226. Letter of the directory of Indre to M. Cahier, minister, December 6, 1791.—Letter of M. Delessart, minister, to the directory of Indre, December 31, 1791.]
3127 (return) [ Fabre, "Histoire de Marseille," II. 442. Martin had but 3,555 votes, when shortly after the National Guard numbered 24,000 men.]
3128 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Letter of the minister, M. de Saint-Priest, to the President of the National Assembly, May 11, 1790.]
3129 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7 3196. Letters of the military commandant, M. de Miran, March 6, 14, 30, 1790.]
3130 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Letter of M. de Bournissac, grand-privot, March 6,1790.]
3131 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Letters of M. du Miran, April 11th and 16th, and May 1, 1790.]
3132 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Procés-verbal of events on the 30th of April.]
3133 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Letters of the Municipality of Marseilles to the National Assembly, May 5 and 20, 1790.]
3134 (return) [ "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Order of the king, May10. Letter of M. de Saint-Priest to the National Assembly, May 11. Decree of the National Assembly, May 12. Letter of the Municipality to the King. May 20. Letter of M. de Rubum, May 20. Note sent from Marseilles, May 31. Address of the Municipality to the President of the Friends of the Constitution, at Paris, May 5. In his narration of the taking of the forts we read the following sentence: "We arrived without hindrance in the presence of the commandant, whom we brought to an agreement by means of the influence which force, fear and reason give to persuasion."]