(The official rules bear are dated July 29， 1789.)[4] Cf. Ferrières， I. 3. His repentance is affecting.
[5] Letter from Morris to Washington， January 24， 1790 See page 382， "A diary of the French revolution"， Greenwood Press， Westport， Conn.
1972. - Dumont 125 - Garat， letter to Condorcet.
[6] Arthur Young， I. 46. "Tame and elegant， uninteresting and polite， the mingled mass of communicated ideas has power neither to offend nor instruct. . . . . All vigor of thought seems excluded from expression. . . . . Where there is much polish of character there is little argument." -- Cabinet des Estampes. See engravings of the day by Moreau， Prieur， Monet， representing the opening of the States-General. All the figures have a graceful， elegant， and genteel air.
[7] Marmontel， book XIII. 237. - Malouet， I. 261. - Ferrières， I.
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[8] Gouverneur Morris， January 24， 1790. - Likewise (De Ferrières， I.71) the decree on the abolition of nobility was not the order of the day， and was carried by surprise.
[9] Ferrières， I. 189. - Dumont， 146.
[10] Letter of Mirabeau to Sieyès， June 11， 1790. "Our nation of monkeys with the throats of parrots." -- Dumont， 146. "Sieyès and Mirabeau always entertained a contemptible opinion of the Constituent Assembly."[11] Moniteur， I， 256， 431 (July 16 and 31， 1789). - Journal des Débats et Décrets， 105， July 16th "A member demands that M. de Lally should put his speech in writing. "The whole Assembly has repeated this request."[12] Moniteur. (March 11， 1790). "A nun of St. Mandé， brought to the bar of the house， thanks the Assembly for the decree by which the cloisters are opened， and denounces the tricks， intrigues， and even violence exercised in the convents to prevent the execution of the decree." -- Ibid. March 29， 1790. See the various addresses which are read. " At Lagnon， the mother of a family assembled her ten children， and swore with them and for them to be loyal to the nation and to the King." -- Ibid. June 5， 1790. "M. Chambroud reads the letter of the collector of customs of Lannion， in Brittany， to a priest， a member of the National Assembly. He implores his influence to secure the acceptance of his civic oath and that of all his family， ready to wield either the censer， the cart， the scales， the sword， or the pen. On reading a number of these addresses the Assembly appears to be a supplement of the Petites Affiches (a small advertising journal in Paris).
[13] Moniteur， October 23， 1789.
[14] A well-known writer of children's stories.-[Tr.]
[15] Ferrières， II. 65 (June 10，1790). - De Montlosier， I.
402. "One of these puppets came the following day to get his money of the Comte de Billancourt， mistaking him for the Duc de Liancourt.
'Monsieur，' says he， 'I am the man who played the Chaldean yesterday.'
[16] Buchez and Roux， X. 118 (June 16， 1791).
[17] See the printed list of deputies， with the indication of their baillage or sénéchaussée， quality， condition， and profession.
[18] De Bouillé， 75. - When the King first saw the list of the deputies， he exclaimed，" What would the nation have said if I had made up my council or the Notables in this way？" (Buchez and Roux， IV. 39.)[19] Gouverneur Morris， July 31， 1789.
[20] Gouverneur Morris， February 25， 1789. - Lafayette， "Mémoires，" V. 492. Letter of Jefferson， February 14， 1815. -Arthur Young， June 27 and 29， 1789.
[21] Morris， July 1， 1789.
[22] Morris， July 4， 1789.
[23] Mallet du Pan， Mercure， September 26， 1789.
[24] Gouverneur Morris， January 24， 1790； November 22， 1790.
[25] Dumont， 33， 58， 62.
[26] Sir Samuel. Romilly， "Mémoirs，" I. 102. "It was their constant course first， decree the principle and leave the drawing up of what they had so resolved (or， as they called it， la rédaction)for later. It is astonishing how great an influence it had on their debates and measures. - Ibid. I. 354. Letter by Dumont， June 2， 1789. "They prefer their own folly to all the results of British experience. They revolt at the idea of borrowing anything from our government， which is scoffed at here as one of the iniquities of human reason； although they admit that you have two or three good laws； but that you should presume to have a constitution is not to be sustained."[27] Dumont， 138， 151.
[28] Morris， January 24， 1790.
[29] Marmontel， XII. 265. - Ferrières， . I. 48？ II. 50， 58， 126. - Dumont， 74.
[30] Gouverneur Morris， January 24， 1790. - According to Ferrières this party comprised about three hundred members.
[31] Here Ambassador Morris describes the kind of man who should form the backbone of all later revolutions whether communist or fascist ones. (SR.)[32] Dumont， 33， 58， 62.
[33] De Lavergne， "Les Assemblées Provinciales，" 384.
Deliberations of the States of Dauphiny， drawn up by Mournier and signed by two hundred gentlemen (July， 1788). "The rights of man are derived from nature alone， and are independent of human conventions.
[34] Report by Merlin de Douai， February 8， 1790， p.2. -- Malouet， II， 51.
[35] Dumont， 133. - De Montlosier， I， 355， 361.
[36] Bertrand de Molleville， II. 221 (according to a police report). - Schmidt， "Tableaux de la Révolution，" I. 215.