- Cf. his letters to the convention, the jokes
of jailors and sbirri, for instance. - (Moniteur, XVIII., 214,
Brumaire I, year II.) - Lacretelle, "Dix Ann?es d'Epreuves," 178. "He
ordered that everybody should dance in his fief of Picardy. They
danced even in prison. Whoever did not dance was "suspect." He
insisted on a rigid observance of the f?tes in honor of Reason, and
that everybody should visit the temple of the Goddess each decadi,
which was the cathedral (at Noyon). Ladies, bourgeoises,
seamstresses, and cooks, were required to form what was called the
chain of Equality. We dragoons were forced to be performers in this
strange ballet."
[105] De Martel, "Fouch?," 418. (Orders of Albitte and Collot, Niv?se
13, year II.)
[106] Camille Boursier, " Essai sur la Terreur en Anjou," 225. Letter
of Vacheron, Frimaire 15, year II.) "Republiquain, it is absolutely
necessary, immediately, that you have sent or brought into the house
of the representatives, a lot of red wine, of which the consumption is
greater than ever. People have a right to drink to the Republic when
they have helped to preserve the commune you and yours live in. I
hold you responsible for my demand.
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