[20] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3195. Letter of the administrators of the department Council to the Minister， March 10， "The Council of the administration is surprised， sir， at the fa1se impressions given you of the city of Marseilles； it should be regarded as the patriotic buckler of the department . . . If the people of Paris did not wait for orders to destroy the Bastille and begin the Revolution， can you wonder that in this fiery climate the impatience of good citizens should make them anticipate legal orders， and that they cannot comply with the slow forms of justice when their personal safety and the safety of the country is in peril？"[21] "Archives Nationales." F7， 3197. Dispatches of the three commissioners， passim， and especially those of May 11， June 10 and 19， 1791 (on affairs in Arles). "The property-owners were a long time subject to oppression. A few of the factions maintained a reign of terror over honest folks， who trembled in secret."22 Ibid.， Dispatch of the commissioners， June 19： "One of the Mint gang causes notes to be publicly distributed (addressed to the unsworn) in these words： 'If you don't "piss-off" you will have to deal with the gang from the Mint.'"[23] "Archives Nationales." F7， 3198. Narration (printed) of what occurred at Arles， June 9 and 10， 1791. -- Dispatch of M. Ripert， royal commissioner， Aug. 5， 1791. -- F 7， 3197. Dispatch of the three commissioners， June 19. "Since then， many of the farm laborers have taken the same oath. It is this class of citizens which most eagerly desires a return to order. " -- Other dispatches to the same effect， Oct. 24 and 29， and Dec. 14， 1791. -- Cf. "The French Revolution，" I.
301， 302.
[24] "Archives Nationales." F7， 3196. Dispatch of the members of the Directory of Arles and the municipal officers to the Minister， March 3， 1792 (with a printed diatribe of the Marseilles municipality)[25] Ibid.，F7， 3198. Dispatches of the procureur- syndic of the department to the Minister， Aix， Sept. 14， 15， 20， and 23， 1791. The electoral assembly declared itself permanent， the constitutional authorities being fettered and unrecognized. -- Dispatch of the members of the military bureau and correspondence with the Minister， Arles， Sept.17， 1791.
[26] Ibid.， Dispatch of the commandant of the Marseilles detachment to the Directory of the department， Sept. 22， 1791： "I feel that our proceedings are not exactly legal， but I thought it prudent to acquiesce in the general desire of the battalion."[27] "Archives Nationales." Official report of the municipal officers of Arles on the insurrection of the Mint band， Sept. 2， 1791. --Dispatch of Ripert， royal commissioner， Oct. 2 and 8. -- Letter of M.
d'Antonelle， to the Friends of the Constitution， Sept.22. "I cannot believe in the counter-orders with which we are threatened. Such a decision in the present crisis would be too inhuman and dangerous. Our co-workers， who have had the courage to devote themselves to the new law， would be deprived of their bread and shelter. . . The king's proclamation has all the appearance of having been hastily prepared.
and every sign of having been secured unawares."[28] De Dampmartin (an eye-witness)， II. 60-70. -- " Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196. -- Dispatch of the two delegated commissioners to the Minister， Nimes， March 25， 1792. - Letter of M. Wittgenstein to the Directory of the Bouche-du- Rh？ne， April 4， 1792. -- Reply and act passed by the Directory， April 5. -- Report of Bertin and Rebecqui to the administrators of the department， April 3. -- Moniteur， XII. 379.
Report of the Minister of the Interior to the National Assembly， April 4.
[29] Moniteur， XII. 408 (session of May 16). Petition of M. Fossin， deputy from Arles. -- "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196. Petition of the Arlesians to the Minister， June 28. -- Despatches of M. Lombard， provisional royal commissioner， Arles， July 6 and 10. "Neither persons nor property have been respected for three months by those who wear the mask of patriotism."[30] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196. Letter of M. Borelly， vice-president of the Directory， to the Minister， Aix， April 30， 1792. "The course pursued by the sieur： Bertin and Rébecqui is the cause of all the disorders committed in these unhappy districts. . . Their sole object is to levy contributions， as they did at Aries， to enrich themselves and render the Comtat-Venaisson desolate."[31] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196. Deposition of one of the keepers of the sieur Coye， a proprietor at Mouriez-les-Baux， April 4. --Petition of Peyre， notary at Maussane， April 7. -- Statement by Manson， a resident of Mouriez-les-Baux， March 27. -- Petition of Andrieu， March 30. - Letter of the municipality of Maussane， April 4：
"They watch for a favorable opportunity to devastate property and especially country villas."[32] "Archives Nationales，" Claim of the national guard presented to the district administrators of Tarascon by the national guard of Chateau-Renard， April 6. -- Petition of Juliat d'Eyguières， district administrator of Tarascon， April 2 (in relation to a requisition of 30，000 francs by Camo？n on the commune of Eyguières). -- Letter of M.
Borelly， April 30. "Bertin and Rébecqui have openly protected the infamous Camo？n， and have set him free. " - Moniteur， XII. 408.
Petition of M. Fossin， deputy from Arles.