[42] An expression by Dussaulx， in his "Fragments pour servir àl'histoire de la Convention."[43] Madame Roland， "Mémoires，" ed. Barrière et Berville， II. 52. -(Note by Roland.)[44] Moniteur， XV， 187. Cambacérès votes： "Louis has incurred the penalties established in the penal code against conspirators. . . The execution to be postponed until hostilities cease. In case of invasion of the French territory by the enemies of the republic， the decree to be enforced." -- On Barrère， see Macaulay's crushing article in "Biographical Essays."[45] Sainte-Beuve， "Causeries du Lundi，" V. 209. ("Sièyes，" according to his unpublished manuscripts.)[46] Madame Roland， II.56. Note by Roland.
[47] Mortimer-Ternaux， V. 476.
[48] Mortimer-Ternaux， V. 513.
[49] Comte de Ségur， "Mémoires." I. 13.
[50] Harmand de la Meuse (member of the Convention)， "Anecdotes relative à la Révolution，" 83， 85.
[51] Meissner， 148， Voyage à Paris" (last months of 1795).. Testimony of the regicide Audrein.
[52] Louvet， 775.
[53] Meillan， 16.
[54] Remark by M. Guirot ("Mémoires")， II. 73.
[55] Moniteur， XIV. 432， session of Nov. 10， 1792. Speech by Cambon：
"That is the reason why I shall always detest the 2nd of September；for never will I approve of assassinations." In the same speech he justifies the Girondists against any reproach of federalism.
[56] "Le Maréchal Davoust，" by Madame de Bocqueville. Letter of Davoust， battalion officer， June 2， 1793： "We are animated with the spirit of Lepelletier， which is all that need be said with respect to our opinions and what we will do in the coming crisis， in which， perhaps， a faction will try to plunge us anew into a civil war between the departments and Paris. Perfidious eloquence. . . conservative Tartufes."[57] Moniteur， XIV. 738. Report by Cambon， Dec. 15. "On the way French generals are to act in countries occupied by the armies of the republic." This important document is a true manifesto of the Revolution. -- Buchez et Roux， XXVII 140， session of May 20， and XXVI.
177， session of April 27， speech by Cambon： "The department of Hérau1t says to this or that individual： 'You are rich； your opinions cause us expenditure . . I mean to fix you to the Revolution in spite of yourself. You shall lend your fortune to the republic， and when liberty is established the republic will return your capital to you. -"I should like， then， following the example of the department of Hérault， that the Convention should organize a civic loan of one billion， to be supplied by egoists and the indifferent. - Decree of May 20， "passed almost unanimously. A forced loan of one billion shall be made on wealthy citizens."[58] Meillan. 100.
[59] Speech by Ducos， March 20. "We must choose between domestic education and liberty. So long as the poor and the rich are not brought close together through a common education， in vain will your laws proclaim sacred equality！ " -- Rabaut-Saint-étienne： "In every township a national temple will be erected， in which every Sunday its municipal officers will give moral instruction to the assembled citizens. This instruction will be drawn from books approved of by the legislative body， and followed by hymns also approved of by the legislative. A catechism， as simple as it is short， drawn up by the legislative body， shall be taught and every boy will know it by heart." -- On the sentiments of the Girondists in relation to Christianity， see chapters V. and XI. of this volume. -- On the means for equalizing the fortunes， see articles by Rabaut-Saint-étienne (Buchez et Roux， XXIII. 467). - Ibid.， XXIV. 475 (March 7-11) decree abolishing the testamentary right. -- Condorcet， in his "Tableau des progrés de l'Esprit humain，" assigns the leveling of conditions as the purpose of society. -- On propaganda abroad， read the report by Cambon (Dec. 15). This report is nearly unanimously accepted， and Buzot exacerbates it by adding an amendment[60] Buchez et Roux， XXVII. 287， session of May 28， vote on the maintenance of the Commission of Twelve.
[61] Moniteur. XV. 395， session of Feb. 8， 1793.
[62] Decrees of March 13 and 14.
[63] Moore， II. 44 (October 1792). Danton declares in the tribune that "the Convention should be a committee of instruction for kings throughout the universe." On which Moore remarks that this is equivalent to declaring war against all Europe except Switzerland. -Mallet du Pan， "Considerations sur la Revolution de France，" p.37： "In a letter which chance has brought to my notice， Brissot wrote to one of his minister-generals towards the close of last year： 'The four quarters of Europe must be set on fire； that is our salvation.'"[64] Duvergier， "Collection des lois et décrets." Decree of March 10-12. Title I. articles 4， 12， 13； title II. articles 2， 3. Add to this the decree of March 29-31， establishing the penalty of death against whoever composes or prints documents favoring the re-establishment of royalty.
[65] Ib.， Decree of March 28 - April 5 (article 6). - Cf. the decrees of March 18-22， and April 23-24.
[66] Decree of March 27-30.
[67] Decree of April 5-7.
[68] Decree of May 4. (A law fixing the highest price at which grain shall be sold. TR.)[69] Decree of April 11-16 (bearing on the reduction in value of the legal currency. -TR).
[70] Decree of May 20-25.
[71] Decree of April 5-7. Words used by Danton in the course of the debate.
[72] Decree of April 5-11.
[73] Decrees of May 13， 16， 22， 23， 24， 25， 26， and 29， June 1.
[74] Decrees of March 21-23 and March 26-30.
[75] Decrees of March 29-31.
[76] Decree of April 1-5.
[77] Schmidt， I. 232. Report by Dutard， May 10.
