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Cassagnac； II。 257。 A commissary of the section of the Quatre…Nations
states in his report that 〃the section authorized them to pay expenses
out of the affair。〃 … Declaration of Jourdan； 151。 … Lavalette；
〃Mémoires；〃 I。 91。 The initiative of the commune is further proved by
the following detail： 〃Towards five o'clock （Sept。 2） city officials
on horseback； carrying a flag； rode through the streets crying： 'To
arms！ To arms！' They added： 'The enemy is coming； you are all lost；
the city will be burnt and given up to pillage。 Have no fear of the
traitors or conspirators behind your backs。 They are in the hands of
the patriots； and before you leave the thunderbolt of national justice
will fall on them！〃 … Buchez et Roux； XXVIII。 105。 Letter of Chevalier
Saint…Dizier； member of the first committee of supervision； Sept。 10。
〃Marat； Duplain； Fréron； etc。； generally do no more in their
supervision of things than wreak private vengeance。 。 。 Marat states
openly that 40；000 heads must still be knocked off to ensure the
success of the revolution。〃
＇77＇ Buchez et Roux； XVIII。 146。 〃Ma Résurrection；〃 by Mathon de la
Varenne。 〃The evening before half…intoxicated women said publicly on
the Feuillants terrace： 'To…morrow is the day when their souls will be
turned inside out in the prisons。〃
＇78＇ 〃Mémoires sur les journées de Septembre。 Mon agonie；〃 by Journiac
de Saint…Méard。 Madame de la Fausse…Landry； 72。 The 29th of August
she obtained permission to join her uncle in prison： 〃M。 Sergent and
others told me that I was acting imprudently； that the prisons were
not safe。〃
＇79＇ Granier de Cassagnac； II。 27。 According to Roch Marcandier
their number 〃did not exceed 300。〃 According to Louvet there were
〃200； and perhaps not that number。〃 According to Brissot； the
massacres were committed by about 〃a hundred unknown brigands。〃
Pétion； at La Force （Ibid。； 75）； on September 6； finds only about a
dozen executioners。 According to Madame Roland （II。 35）； 〃there were
not fifteen at the Abbaye。〃 Lavalette the first day finds only about
fifty killers at the La Force prison。
＇80＇ Mathon de la Varenne； ibid。； 137。
＇81＇ Buchez et Roux； XVII。 183 （session of the Jacobin Club； Aug。 27）。
Speech by a federate from Tarn。 … Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 126。
＇82＇ Sicard； 80。 Méhée； 187。 Weber； II。 279。 Cf。； in Journiac
de Saint…Méard； his conversation with a Proven？al。 Rétif de la
Bretonne； 〃Les Nuits de Paris；〃 375。 〃About 2 o'clock in the morning
（Sept。 3） I heard a troop of cannibals passing under my window； none
of whom appeared to have the Parisian accent； they were all
strangers。〃
＇83＇ Granier de Cassagnac； II。 164； 502。 Mortimer…Ternaux； III。
530。 Maillard's assessors at the Abbaye were a watchmaker living in
the Rue Childebert； a fruit…dealer in the Rue Mazarine； a keeper of a
public house in the Rue du Four…Saint…Germain； a journeyman hatter in
the Rue Sainte…Marguerite； and two others whose occupation is not
mentioned。 On the composition of the tribunal at La Force； Cf。
Journiac de Saint…Méard； 120； and Weber； II。 261。
＇84＇ Granier de Cassagnac； II。 507 （on Damiens）； 513 （on L'empereur）。
Meillan； 388 （on Laforet and his wife； old…clothes dealers on the
Quai du Louvre； who on the 31st of May prepare for a second blow； and
calculate this time on having for their share the pillaging of fifty
houses）。
＇85＇ Sicard； 98
＇86＇ De Ferrières （Ed。 Berville et Barrière）； III。 486。 Rétif de la
Bretonne； 381。 At the end of the Rue des Ballets a prisoner had just
been killed； while the next one slipped through the railing and
escaped。 〃A man not belonging to the butchers； but one of those
thoughtless machines of which there are so many； interposed his pike
and stopped him。 。 。 The poor fellow was arrested by his pursuers and
massacred。 The pikeman coolly said to us： 'I couldn't know they wanted
to kill him。'〃
＇87＇ Granier de Cassagnac； II。 511。
＇88＇ The judges and slaughterers at the Abbaye； discovered in the
trial of the year IV。； almost all lived in the neighborhood； in the
rues Dauphine； de Nevers； Guégénaud； de Bussy； Childebert； Taranne； de
l'Ego？t； du Vieux Colombier； de l'Echaudé…Saint…Benoit； du Four…Saint…
Germain； etc。
＇89＇ Sicard； 86； 87； 101。 Jourdan； 123。 〃The president of the
committee of supervision replied to me that these were very honest
persons； that on the previous evening or the evening before that； one
of them； in a shirt and wooden shoes； presented himself before their
committee all covered with blood； bringing with him in his hat twenty…
five louis in gold； which he had found on the person of a man he had
killed。〃 Another instance of probity may be found in the 〃Procès…
verbaux du conseil…général de la Commune de Versailles；〃 367； 371。
On the following day； Sept。 3； robberies commence and go on
increasing。
＇90＇ Méhée； 179。 〃'Would you believe that I have earned only twenty…
four francs？' said a baker's boy armed with a club。 'I killed more
than forty for my share。'〃
＇91＇ Granier de Cassagnac。 II。 153。 Cf。 Ibid。； 202…209； details on
the meals of the workmen and on the more delicate repast of Maillard
and his assistants。
＇92＇ Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 175…176。 … Granier de Cassagnac。 II。 84。 …
… Jourdan； 222。 Méhée； 179。 〃At midnight they came back swearing；
cursing； and foaming with rage； threatening to cut the throats of the
committee in a body if they were not instantly paid。〃
＇93＇ Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 320。 Speech by Pétion on the charges
preferred against Robespierre。
＇94＇ Mathon de la Varenne； 156。 Journiac de Saint…Méard； 129。 …
Moore； 267。
＇95＇ Journiac de Saint…Méard； 115。
＇96＇ Weber； II。 265。 Journiac de Saint…Méard； 129。 Mathon de la
Varenne； 155。
＇97＇ Moore； 267。 Cf。 Malouet； II。 240。 Malouet； on the evening of
Sept。 1； was at his sister…in…law's； there is a domiciliary visit at
midnight； she faints on hearing the patrol mount the stairs。 〃I
begged them not to enter the drawing…room； so as not to disturb the
poor sufferer。 The sight of a woman in a swoon and pleasing in
appearance affected them； and they at once withdrew； leaving me alone
with her。〃 Beaulieu； 〃Essais；〃 I。 108。 （Regarding the two Abbaye
butchers he meets in the house of Journiac…de…Saint…Méard； and who
chat with him while issuing him with a safe…conduct）： 〃What struck me
was to detect generous sentiments through their ferocity； those of men
determined to protect any one whose cause they adopted。〃
＇98＇ Weber； II。 265； 348。
＇99＇ Sicard； 101。 Billaud…Varennes； addressing the slaughterers。 …
Ibid。75。 〃Greater power；〃 replied a member of the committee of
supervision； 〃what are you thinking of？ To give you greater power
would be limiting those you have already。 Have you forgotten that you
are sovereigns？ That the sovereignty of the people is confided to you；
and that you are now in full exercise of it？〃
＇100＇ Méhée； 171。
＇101＇ Sicard； 81。 At the beginning the Marseilles men themselves were
averse to striking the disarmed； and exclaimed to the crowd： 〃Here；
take our swords and pikes and kill the monsters！〃
＇102＇ Macbeth by Shakespeare： 〃I have supped full with horrors。〃
＇103＇ Observe children drowning a dog or killing a snake。 Tenacity of
life irritates them； as if it were a rebellion against their
despotism； the effect of which is to render them only the more violent
against their victim。
＇104＇ One may recall to mind the effect of bull…fights； also the
irresistible fascination which Saint…Augustin experienced on first
hearing the death…cry of a gladiator in the amphitheater。
＇105＇ Mortimer…Ternaux； III。 131。 Trial of the September actors； the
judge's summing up。 〃The third and forty…sixth witnesses stated that
they saw Monneuse （member of the commune） go to and come from la
Force； express his delight at those sad events that had just occurred