In the Macon assembly "they
address the people on each article; this speech is followed by immense
applause and redoubled shouting of Vive la R?publique! Vive la
Constitution! Vive le Peuple Fran?ais! " Beware, ye lukewarm, who do
not join in the chorus! They are forced to vote "in a loud,
intelligible voice." They are required to shout in unison, to sign the
grandiloquent address in which the leaders testify their gratitude to
the Convention, and give their adhesion to the eminent patriots
delegated by the primary assembly to bear its report to Paris.[21]
IV.
The Delegates reach Paris. -- Precautions taken against them. --
Constraints and Seductions.
The first act of the comedy is over and the second act now begins.--
The faction has convoked the delegates of the primary assemblies to
Paris for a purpose. Like the primary assemblies, they are to serve
as its instruments for governing; they are to form the props of
dictatorship, and the object now is to restrict them to that task
only. -- Indeed, it is not certain that all will lend themselves to
it. For, among the eight thousand commissioners, some, appointed by
refractory assemblies, bring a refusal instead of an adhesion;[22]
others, more numerous, are instructed to present objections and point
out omissions:[23] it is very certain that the envoys of the Girondist
departments will insist on the release or return of their excluded
representatives.
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