[57] Moniteur. XIII. 367， session of Aug. 8. - Ibid.， 369 and following pages. Session of Aug. 9. Letters and speeches of maltreated deputies.
[58] Moniteur， 371. Speech of M. Girardin： "I am convinced that most of those who insulted me were foreigners." -- Ibid.， 370. Letter of M.
Frouvières： "Many of the citizens， coming out of their shops， exclaimed： How can they insult the deputies in this way？ Run away！ run off！" -- M. Jolivet， that evening attending a meeting of the Jacobin Club， states "that the Jacobin tribunes were far from sharing in this frenzy." He heard "one individual in these tribunes exclaim， on the proposal to put the dwellings of the deputies on the list， that it was outrageous." -- Countless other details show the small number and character of the factions. - Ibid.， 374. Speech of Aubert-Dubacet： "Isaw men dressed in the coats of the national guard， with countenances betraying everything that is most vile in wickedness." There are "a great many evil-disposed persons among the federates."[59] Moniteur， XIII. 170 (letter of M. de Joly， Minister of Justice).
- Ibid.， 371， declaration of M. Jolivet. - Buchez et Roux， XVI. 370(session of the Jacobin Club， Aug. 8， at evening). Speech by Goupilleau.
[60] One may imagine with what satisfaction Lenin， must have read this description agreeing： "Yes， open voting by a named and identified count， that is how a leader best can control any assembly." (SR).
[61] Moniteur， XIII. 37o. - Cf. Ibid.， the letter of M. Chapron. --Ibid.， 372. Speech by M. A. Vaublanc. -- Moore， "Journal during a Residence in France，" I. 25 (Aug. 10). The impudence of the people in the galleries was intolerable. There was "a loud and universal peal of laughter from all the galleries" on the reading of a letter， in which a deputy wrote that he was threatened with decapitation. -- " Fifty members were shouting at the same time； the most boisterous night Iever was witness to in the House of Commons was calmness itself alongside of this."[62] Moniteur， Ibid.， p. 371. - Lafayette， I. 467. "On the 9th of August， as can be seen in the unmutilated editions of the Logographe， the Assembly， almost to a man， arose and declared that it was not free." Ibid.， 478. "On the 9th of August the Assembly had passed a decree declaring that it was not free. This decree was torn up on the 10th. But it is no that it was passed."[63] Moniteur， XIII. 370， 374， 375. Speech by R？derer， letter of M. de Joly， and speech by Pétion.
[64] Mathieu Dumas， "Mémoires，" II. 461.
[65] "Chronique des cinquante jours，" by R？derer. - Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 260. - Buchez et Roux， XVI. 458. - Towards half-past seven in the morning there were only from sixty to eighty members present.
(Testimony of two of the Ministers who leave the Assembly.)[66] Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 205. At the ballot of July 12， not counting members on leave of absence or delegated elsewhere， and the dead not replaced， there were already twenty-seven not answering the call， while after that date three others resigned. -- Buchez et Roux， XVIL340 (session of Sept. 2， 1792). Hérault de Séchelles is elected president by 248 out of 257 voters. -- Hua， 164 (after Aug. 10). "We attended the meetings of the House simply to show that we had not given them up. We took no part in the discussions， and on the vote being taken， standing or sitting， we remained in our seats. This was the only protest we could make."[67] Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 229， 233， 417 and following pages. M.
Mortimer-Ternaux is the first to expose， with documents to support him and critical discussion， the formation of the revolutionary commune. -The six sections referred to are the Lombards， Gravilliers， Mauconseil， Gobelins， Théatre-Fran？ais， and Faubourg Poissonnière.
[68] For instance， the Enfants Rouges， Louvre， Observatoire， Fontaine-Grenelle， Faubourg Saint-Denis， and Thermes de Julien..
[69] For example， at the sections of Montreuil， Popincourt， and Roi de Sicile..
[70] For example， Ponceau， Invalides， Sainte-Geneviève.
[71] Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 240.
[72] Mortimer-Ternaux， 446 (list of the commissioners who took their seats before 9 o'clock in the morning). "Le Tableau général des Commisaires des 48 sections qui ont composé le conseil général de la Commune de Paris， le 10 Ao？t， 1792，" it must be noted， was not published until three or four months later， with all the essential falsifications. It may be found in Buchez et Roux， XVI. 450. --"Relation de l'abbé Sicard." "At that time a lot of scoundrels， after the general meeting of the sections was over， passed acts in the name of the whole assemblage and had them executed， utterly unknown to those who had done this， or by those who were the unfortunate victims of these proceedings " (supported by documents).
[73] Mortimer-Ternaux， II. 270， 273. (The official report of Mandat's examination contains five false statements， either through omission or substitution.)[74] Claretie， "Camille Desmoulins，" p.467 (notes of Topino-Lebrun on Danton's trial). Danton， in the pleadings， says： "I left at 1 o'clock in the morning. I was at the revolutionary commune and pronounced sentence of death on Mandet， who had orders to fire op the people."Danton in the same place says： "I had planned the 10th of August." It is very certain that from 1 to 7 o'clock in the morning (when Mandat was killed) he was the principal leader of the insurrectional commune.
