" Five weeks
later, the authorities of Lyons "solemnly recognize that the
Convention is the sole central rallying point of all French citizens
and republicans," and decree that "all acts emanating from it
concerning the general interests of the republic are to be
executed."[65] Consequently, at Lyons and in other departments, the
administrations convoke the primary assemblies as the Convention has
prescribed; consequently, the primary assemblies accept the
Constitution which it has proposed; consequently, the delegates of the
primary assemblies betake themselves to Paris according to its orders.
-- Henceforth, the Girondins' cause is lost; the discharge of a few
cannon at Vernon and Avignon disperse the only two columns of soldiery
that have set out on their march. In each department, the Jacobins,
encouraged by the representatives on mission, raise their heads;
everywhere the local club enjoins the local government to submit,[66]
everywhere the local governments report the acts they pass, make
excuses and ask forgiveness. Proportionately to the retraction of one
department, the rest, feeling themselves abandoned, are more disposed
to retract. On the 9th of July forty-nine departments are enumerated
as having given in their adhesion.
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