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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

In the "Mont Blanc" section, the
secretary signs as follows: Trone segretaire general de la sembl?.
[20] Moniteur, XVII., 375. (Session of the convention, August 11,
1793). Chabot: "I demand a law requiring every man who does not
appear at a primary meeting to give good reason for his absence; also,
that any man who has not favored the Constitution, be declared
ineligible to all constitutional franchises." Ibid., 50. (Meeting of
the Commune, July 4th). Leonard Bourdon demands, in the name of his
section, the Gravilliers, a register on which to inscribe those who
accept the Constitution, "in order that those who do not vote for it
may be known." - Souzay, IV. 159. M. Boillon, of Belleherbe, is
arrested "for being present at the primary assembly of the canton of
Vaucluse, and when called upon to accept the Constitutional act,
leaving without voting."
[21] Moniteur, XVII., 11. (Instructions on the mode of accepting the
Constitution). - Sauzay IV., 158. - Moniteur, XVII., 302. (Speech
by Garat, August 2.) "I have dispatched commissioners to push the
Constitutional Act through the primary assemblies." - Durand-Maillane.
150. "The envoys of the departments were taken from the sans-
culotterie then in fashion, because they ruled in the Convention.


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