(Report of the agent Dutard， May 13， 1793) -- Lacretelle， "Dix Ans d'Epreuves，" p.35. "It was about midnight when we went out in the rain， sleet， and snow， in the piercing cold， to the church of the Feuillants， to secure places for the galleries of the Assembly， which we were not to occupy till noon on the following day. We were obliged， moreover， to contend for them with a crowd animated by passions， and even by interests， very different from our own. We were not long in perceiving that a considerable part of the galleries was under pay， and that the scenes of cruelty which gave pain to us were joy to them. I cannot express the horror I felt on hearing those women， since called tricoteuses， take a delight in the already homicidal doctrines of Robespierre， enjoying his sharp voice and feasting their eyes on his ugly face， the living type of envy."(The first months of 1790.)[37] Moniteur， V. 237 (July 26， 1790)； V. 594. (September 8， 1790)； V. 631 (September 12， 1790)； VI. 310 (October 6， 1790).
(Letter of the Abbé Peretti.)
[38] De Ferrières， II. 75. - Moniteur， VI. 373 (September 6， 1790). - M. de Virieu. "Those who insult certain members and hinder the freedom of debate by hooting or applause must be silenced. Is it the three hundred spectators who are to be our judges， or the nation？" M. Chasset， President： "Monsieur opinionist， I call you to order. You speak of hindrances to a free vote； there has never been anything of the kind in this Assembly."[39] Sauzay， I 140. Letter of M. Lompré， liberal deputy， to M.
Séguin， chanoine (towards the end of November， 1789). "The service becomes more difficult every day； we have become objects of popular fury， and， when no other resource was left to us to avoid the tempest but to get rid of the endowments of the clergy， we yielded to force. It had become a pressing necessity， and I should have been sorry to have had you still here， exposed to the outrages and violence with which I have been repeatedly threatened."[40] Mercure de France， Nos. of January 15， 1791； October 2， 1790；May 14，1791.-- Buchez and Roux， V. 343 (April 13， 1790)； VII. 76(September 2， 1790)； X. 225 ( June 21， 1791). - De Montlosier， I. 357. - Moniteur， IV， 427.
[41] Archives of the Police， exposed by the Committee of the district of Saint-Roch. Judgment of the Police Tribunal， May 15， 1790.
[42] Malouet， II. 68. - De Montlosier， II. 217， 257 (Speech of M. Lavie， September 18， 1791).
[43] I.e. members of the old local parlements.
[44] Mercure， October 1， 1791. (Article by Mallet du Pan.)[45] Malouet II. 66. "Those only who were not intimidated by insults or threats， nor by actual blows， could come forward as opponents."[46] Buchez and Roux， X. 432， 465.
[47] Malouet， II， 153.
[48] Decrees of July 23rd and 28th， 1789. - "Archives Nationales."Papers of Committee of Investigation， passim. Among other affairs see that of Madame de Persan (Moniteur， V. 611， sitting of September 9， 1790)， and that of Malouet ("Mémoires II. 12).
[49] Buchez and Roux， IV. 56 (Report of Garan de Coulon)； V. 49(Decision of the Committee of Investigation， December 28， 1789).
[50] The arrests of M. de Riolles， M. de Bussy， etc.， of Madame de Jumilhac， of two other ladies， one at Bar-le-Duc and the other of Nancy， etc.
[51] Sitting of July 28， 1789， the speeches of Duport and Rewbell， etc. - Mercure， No. of January 1， 1791 (article by Mallet du Pan). - Buchez and Roux， V. 146l "Behold five or six successive conspiracies -- that of the sacks of flour， that of the sacks of money， etc. (Article by Camille Desmoulins.)[52] "Archives de la Préfecture de Police." Extract from the registers of the deliberations of the Conseil-Général of the district of Saint-Roch， October 10 1789： Arrête： to request all the men in the commune to devote themselves， with all the prudence， activity， and force of which they are capable， to the discovery， exposure， and publication of the horrible plots and infernal treachery which are constantly meditated against the inhabitants of the capital； to denounce to the public the authors， abettors， and adherents of the said plots， whatever their rank may be； to secure their persons and insure their punishment with all the rigor which outrages of this kind call for." The commandant of the battalion and the district captains come daily to consult with the committee.
"While the alarm lasts， the first story of each house is to be lighted with lamps during the night： all citizens of the district are requested to be at home by ten o'clock in the evening at the latest， unless they should be on duty. . . . All citizens are invited to communicate whatever they may learn or discover in relation to the abominable plots which are secretly going on in the capital."[53] Letter of M. de Guillermy， July 31， 1790 ("Actes des Ap？tres，"V. 56). "During these two nights (July 13th and 14th， 1789) that we remained in session I heard one deputy try to get it believed that an artillery corps had been ordered to point its guns against our hall； another， that it was undermined， and that it was to be blown up； another went so far as to declare that he smelt powder， upon which M. le Comte de Virieu replied that power had no odor until it was burnt."[54] Dumont， 351. "Each constitutional law was a party triumph."[55] Here Taine indicates how subversive parties may proceed to weaken a nation prior to their take-over.(SR.)