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that　it　is　a　crowd　of　children　following　a　shoemaker　of　the

neighborhood　who　was　member　of　a　revolutionary　committee。　　。　　。　　and

had　called　himself　Scipio　Solon。　　As　he　had　been　caught　in　several

efforts　at　stealing　he　could　no　longer　leave　his　shop　without　being

reviled　for　his　robberies　and　hooted　at　under　his　Greek　and　Roman

names。〃



＇55＇　Barère；　〃Mémoires；〃　II。；　324。



＇56＇　Montieur；　XXII。；　742。　　（Report　by　Cambon；　Frimaire　6；　year　II。）

？？Ibid。；　22。　　…　Report　by　Lindet；　September　20；　1794）：　〃　The　land　and

navy　forces；　war　and　other　services；　deprive　agricultural　pursuits　and

other　professions　of　more　than　one　million　five　hundred　thousand

citizens。　　It　would　cost　the　Republic　less　to　support　six　million　men

in　all　the　communes。〃　…　〃Le　Departement　des　Affaires　étrangères；〃　by

Fr。　　Masson；　382。　　（According　to　〃Paris　à　la　fin　du　dix…huitieme

siecle；〃　by　Pujoulx；　year　IX。）：　〃At　Paris　alone　there　are　more　than

thirty　thousand　（government）　clerks；　six　thousand　at　the　most　do　the

necessary　writing；　the　rest　cut　away　quills；　consume　ink　and　blacken

paper。　　In　old　times；　there　were　too　many　clerks　in　the　bureaux

relatively　to　the　work；　now；　there　are　three　times　as　many；　and　there

are　some　who　think　that　there　are　not　enough。〃



＇57＇　〃Souvenirs　de　M。　Hua；〃　a　parliamentary　advocate；　p。96。　　（A　very

accurate　picture　of　the　small　town　Coucy…le…Chateau；　in　Aisne；　from

1792　to　1794。）　…　〃Archives　des　Affaires　étrangères；〃　vol。334。　　（Letter

of　the　agents；　Thionville；　Vent？se　24；　year　II。）　The　district　of

Thionville　is　very　patriotic；　submits　to　the　maximum　and　requisitions；

but　not　to　the　laws　prohibiting　outside　worship　and　religious

assemblies。　　〃The　apostles　of　Reason　preached　in　vain　to　the　people；

telling　them　that；　up　to　this　time；　they　had　been　deceived　and　that

now　was　the　time　to　throw　off　the　yoke　of　prejudice：　'we　are　willing

to　believe　that；　thus　far；　we　have　been　deceived；　but　who　will

guarantee　us　that　you　will　not　deceive　us　in　your　turn？'〃



＇58＇　Lagros：　〃　La　Révolution　telle　qu'elle　est。〃　（Unpublished

correspondence　of　the　committee　of　Public　Safety；　I。；　366。　　Letter　of

Prieur　de　la　Marne。）　〃　In　general；　the　towns　are　patriotic；　but　the

rural　districts　are　a　hundred　leagues　removed　from　the　Revolution。　　。

。　　。　　Great　efforts　will　be　necessary　to　bring　them　up　to　the　level　of

the　Revolution。〃



＇59＇　According　to　the　statistics　of　1866　（published　in　1869）　a

district　of　one　thousand　square　kilometres　contains　on　an　average；

thirty…three　communes　above　five　hundred　souls；　twenty…three　from　five

hundred　to　one　thousand；　seventeen　bourgs　and　small　towns　from　one

thousand　to　five　thousand；　and　one　average　town；　or　very　large　one；

about　five　thousand。　　Taking　into　account　the　changes　that　have　taken

place　in　seventy　years；　one　may　judge　from　these　figures　of　the

distribution　of　the　population　in　1793。　　This　distribution　explains

why；　instead　of　forty…five　thousand　revolutionary　committees；　there

were　only　twenty…one　thousand　five　hundred。



＇60＇　〃Souvenirs　des　M。　Hua；〃　179。　　〃This　country　（Coucy…le…Chateau）

protected　by　its　bad　roads　and　still　more　by　its　nullity；　belonged　to

that　small　number　in　which　the　revolutionary　turmoil　was　least　felt。〃



＇61＇　Among　other　documents　of　use　in　composing　this　picture　I　must

cite；　as　first　in　importance；　the　five　files　containing　all　the

documents　referring　to　the　mission　of　the　representative　Albert；　in

Aisne　and　Marne。　　（Vent？se　and　Germinal；　year　III。）　Nowhere　do　we　find

more　precise　details　of　the　sentiments　of　the　peasant；　of　the　common

laborer　and　of　the　lower　bourgeois　from　1792　to　1795。　　（Archives

Nationales；　D。　　§§　2　to　5。）



＇62＇　Daubari；　〃La　Demagogie　en　1793；〃　XII。　　（The　expression　of　an　old

peasant；　near　Saint…émilion；　to　M。　Vatel　engaged　in　collecting

information　on　the　last　days　of　Petion；　Guadet　and　Buzot。）



＇63＇　Archives　Nationales；　D。　　§　I。；　5。　　（Petition　of　Claude　Defert；

miller；　and　national　agent　of　Turgy。）　Numbers　of　mayors；　municipal

officers；　national　agents；　administrators　and　notables　of　districts

and　departments　solicit　successors；　and　Albert　compels　many　of　them　to

remain　in　office。　　…　（Joint　letter　of　the　entire　municipality　of

Landreville；　letter　of　Charles；　stone…cutter；　mayor　of　Trannes；　Claude

Defert；　miller；　national　agent　of　Turgy；　of　Elegny；　meat…dealer；　of　a

wine…grower；　municipal　official　at　Merrex；　etc。）　The　latter　writes：

〃The　Republic　is　great　and　generous；　it　does　not　desire　that　its

children　should　ruin　themselves　in　attending　to　its　affairs；　on　the

contrary；　its　object　is　to　give　salaried　（emolumentaires）　places　to

those　who　have　nothing　to　live　on。　　…　Another；　Mageure；　appointed

mayor　of　Bar…sur…Seine　writes；　Pluvi？se　29；　year　III。：　〃I　learned

yesterday　that　some　persons　of　this　community　would　like　to　procure

for　me　the　insidious　gift　of　the　mayoralty；〃　and　he　begs　Albert　to

turn　aside　this　cup。



＇64＇　〃Souvenirs　de　M。　Hua；〃　178…205。　　〃M。　P。。。　　；　mayor　of　Crépy…au…

Mont；　knew　how　to　restrain　some　low　fellows　who　would　have　been　only

too　glad　to　revolutionize　his　village。　　。　　。　　。　　And　yet　he　was　a

republican。　　。　　。　　。　　One　day；　speaking　of　the　revolutionary　system；

he　said：　'They　always　say　that　it　will　not　hold　on；　meanwhile；　it

sticks　like　lice。'　〃　…　〃A　general　assembly　of　the　inhabitants　of　Coucy

and　its　outskirts　was　held；　in　which　everybody　was　obliged　to　undergo

an　examination；　stating　his　name；　residence；　birth…place；　present

occupation；　and　what　he　had　done　during　the　Revolution。〃　Hua　avoids

telling　that　he　had　been　a　representative　in　the　Legislative　Assembly；

a　recognized　fact　in　the　neighborhood：　〃Not　a　voice　was　raised　to

compromise　me。〃　…　Ibid。；　183。　　（Reply　of　the　Coucy　Revolutionary

Committee　to　that　of　Meaux。）



＇65＇　〃Frochot；〃　by　Louis　Passy；　175。　　（Letter　of　Pajot；　member　of　the

Revolutionary　committee　of　Troyes；　Vendémiaire；　year　III。）　…　Archives

Nationales；　F。7；　4421。　　（Register　of　the　Revolutionary　committee　of

Troyes。）　Brumaire　27；　year　II。　　Incarceration　of　various　suspects；

among　others　of　〃Lerouge；　former　lawyer；　under　suspicion　of　having

constantly　and　obstinately　refused　revolutionary　offices。〃　Also；　a

person　named　Corps；　for　〃having　refused　the　presidency　of　the　district

tribunal　at　the　time　of　its　organization；　under　the　pretext　of

consulting　the　Chambre　des　Comptes；　also　for　being　the　friend　of

suspects；　and　for　having　accepted　office　only　after　the　Revolution　had

assumed　an　imposing　character。〃



＇66＇　Marcelin　Boudet；　〃Les　conventionnels　d'Auvergne；〃　161。

（Justification　of　Etienne　Bonarmé；　the　last　months　of　1794。）



＇67＇　Pans；　〃Histoire　de　Joseph　Lebon；〃　II。；　92。　　（Declaration　by

Guérard；　lawyer；　appointed　judge　at　Cambrai；　by　the　Cambrai

Revolutionary　committee。）　…　Ibid。；　54。　　（Declaration　by　Lemerre；

appointed　juryman　without　his　knowledge；　in　the　Cambrai　court。）　〃What

was　my　surprise；　I；　who　never　was　on　a　jury　in　my　life！　The　summons

was　brought　to　me　at　a