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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

"H?rault says that he and four of his colleagues
are ordered to furnish the draft of a constitution by Monday."
[7] Report by H?rault-S?chelles. (Buchez et Roux, XXVIII. 178.)
[8] Buchez et Roux, XXXI, 400. (Articles of the Declaration of
Rights, 1, 7, 9, 11, 27, 31, 35)
[9] Buchez et Roux, XXVIII., 178. Report by H?rault-S?chelles. "Each
of us had the same desire, that of attaining to the greatest
democratic result. The sovereignty of the people and the dignity of
man were constantly in our minds. . . A secret sentiment tells us
that our work is perhaps the most popular that ever existed."
[10] Archives Nationales, B. II., 23. (Table of votes by the
commission appointed to collect the proc?s-verbaux of the adoption of
the constitution, August 20, 1793.) -- Number of primary assemblies
sending in their proc?s-verbaux, 6,589 (516 cantons have not yet sent
theirs in). -- Number of voters on call, 1,795,908; Yes, 1,784,377;
Noes, 11,531.-- Number of primary assemblies voting Yes unanimously,
not on call of names, 297. -- At Paris, 40,990 voters, at Troyes,
2,491, at Limoges, 2,137. -- Cf. For details and motives of
abstention, Sauzay IV.


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