[159] Mortimer-Ternaux， VII. 392. Official report of the Jacobin Club， June 2 "The deputies were so surrounded as not to be able to go out even for special purposes." -- Ibid.， 568 Letter of the deputy Loiseau.
[160] Buchez et Roux， XXVIII. 44. Report by Saladin. -- Meillan， 237.
-- Mortimer-Ternaux VII. 547. Declaration of the deputies of the Somme.
[161] Meillan， 52. -- Pétion， "Mémoires，" 109 (Edition Dauban). --Lanjuinais ("Fragment") -- "Nearly all those called Girondists thought it best to stay away." -- Letter of Vergniaud June 3 (in the Republican Fran？ais， June 5， 1793). "I left the Assembly yesterday between 1 and 2 o'clock."[162] Lanjuinais， "Fragment，" 299.
[163] Buchez et Roux， XXVII. 400.
[164] Robinet， "Le Procès de Danton，" 169. Words of Danton (according to the notes of a juryman， Topino-Lebrun).
[165] Buchez et Roux， XXVII. 44. Report by Saladin. - Meillan， 59. -Lanjuinais， 308， 310.
[166] Buchez et Roux， XXVII. 401
[167] Mortimer-Ternaux， VII. 569. Letter of the deputy Loiseau. -Meillan， 62.
[168] Buchez et Roux， XXVI. 341. Speech by Chasles in the Convention， May 2： "The farmers . . . are nearly all aristocrats."[169] Or workhouses， see Taine： "Notes on England" page 214： "It is an English principle that the indigent， by giving up their freedom， have a right to be supported. Society pays the cost， but shuts them up and sets them to work. As this condition is repugnant to them， they avoid the workhouse as much as possible." Similar institutions existed in France before the revolution. (SR).
[170] Sieyès (quoted by Barante， "Histoire de la Convention，" III.
169) thus describes it： "The fake people， the deadliest enemy which the French people ever had， blocked incessantly the approaches to the Convention . . . At the entrance or exit of the Convention the astonished spectator thought that a new invasion of barbarian hordes had suddenly occurred， a new irruption of voracious， sanguinary harpies， flocking there to seize hold of the revolution as if it were the natural prey of their species."[171] Gouverneur Morris， II. 241. Letter of Oct. 23， 1792. "The populace - something， thank God， that is unknown in America"" -- He often insists on this essential characteristic of the French Revolution. - On this ever-present class， see the accurate and complete work well supported by facts， of Dr. Lombrose， "L'Uomo delinquente."[172] Mortimer-Ternaux， VII. Letter of the deputy Laplaigne， July 6.
[173] Meillan， 51. - Buchez et Roux， XXVII. 356. Official report of the commune， session of June 1. In the afternoon Marat comes to the commune， harrangues the council， and gives the insurrection the last impetus. It is plain that he was chief actor on both these days (June 1 and 2).
[174] Pétion， 116.
[175] Schmidt， I. 370. - Mortimer-Ternaux， VII. 391. Letter of Marchand， member of the Central Committee. "I saw Chaumette do everything he could to hinder this glorious revolution， . . .
exclaim， shed tears， and tear his hair." - Buchez et Roux， XXVIII. 46.
According to Saladin， Chaumette went so far as to demand Hébert's arrest.
[176] Mortimer-Ternaux， VII. 300. - Cf. "Le vieux Cordelier，" by C.
Desmoulins， No. 5.
