[105] "Mémoires" of Chancelier Pasquier. Vol. I. p. 106. Librarie Plon， Paris 1893 - Pasquier and his wife stopped in Picardy， brought to Paris by a member of the commune， a small， bandy-legged fellow formerly a chair-letter in his parish church， imbued with the doctrines of the day and a determined leveler. At the village of Saralles they passed the house of M. de Livry， a rich man enjoying an income of 50，000 francs， and the lover of Saunier， an opera-dancer.
"He is a good fellow，" exclaims Pasquier's bandy-legged guardian： "we have just made hint marry. Look here， we said to him， it is time that to put a stop to that behavior！ Down with prejudice！ Marquises and dancers ought to marry each other. He made her his wife， and it is well he did； otherwise he would have been done for a long time ago， or caged behind the Luxembourg walls." - Elsewhere， on passing a chateau being demolished， the former chair-letter quotes Rousseau： "For every chateau that falls， twenty cottages rise in its place." His mind was stored with similar phrases and tirades， uttered by him as the occasion warranted. This man may be considered as an excellent specimen of the average Jacobin.
[106] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3，207. Letter of the administrators of the C？te d'Or to the Minister， Oct. 6， 1792.
[107] "Archives Nationales" F7， 3195. Letter of the administrators of the Bouche-du-Rh？ne， Oct 29， and the Minister's answer on the margin.
[108] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3249. Letter of the administrators of the Orne， Sept. 7， and the Minister's reply noted on the margin.
[109] "Archives Nationales，" F'， 3，249. Correspondence with the municipality of Saint-Firmin (Oise). Letter of Roland， Dec. 3： "I have read the letter addressed to me on the 25th of the past month， and Icannot conceal from you the pain it gives me to find in it principles so destructive of all the ties of subordination existing between constituted authorities， principles so erroneous that should the communes adopt them every form of government would be impossible and all society broken up. Can the commune of Saint-Firmin， indeed， have persuaded itself that it is sovereign， as the letter states？ and have the citizens composing it forgotten that the sovereign is the entire nation， and not the forty-four thousandth part of it？ that Saint-Firmin is simply a fraction of it， contributing its share to endowing the deputies of the National Convention， the administrators of departments and districts with the power of acting for the greatest advantage of the commune， but which， the moment it elects its own administrators and agents， can no longer revoke the powers it has bestowed， without a total subversion of order？ etc." -- All the documents belonging to this affair ought to be quoted； there is nothing more instructive or ludicrous， and especially the style of the secretary-clerk of Saint-Firmin： "We conjure you to remember that the administrators of the district of Senlis strive to play the part of the sirens who sought to enchant Ulysses."[110] Letter of the central bureau of the Rouen sections， Aug. 30.
[111] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3195. Letter of the three administrative bodies and commissaries of the sections of Marseilles， Nov. 15， 1792. Letter of the electors of Bouches-du-Rh？ne， Nov. 28. --(Forms of politeness are omitted at the end of these letters， and no doubt purposely.) Roland replies (Dec. 31)： "While fully admiring the civism of the brave Marseilles people， . . . do not fully agree with you on the exercise of popular Sovereignty." He ends by stating that all their letters with replies have been transmitted to the deputies of the Bouches-du-Rh？ne， and that the latter are in accord with him and will arrange matters.
