) Laplanche, a former Benedictine, is the most foul-mouthed." In
his speech to the people of Moulins-Engelbert, St. Pierre-le-Montier,
and Nevers, Laplanche asked girls to surrender themselves and let
modesty go. "Beget children," he exclaims, "the Republic needs them.
continence is the virtue of fools." Bibliotheque Nationale, Lb. 41,
No. 1802. (Denunciation, by the six sections of the Dijon commune to
the convention, of Leonard Bourdon and Piochefer Bernard de Saintes,
during their mission in C?te-d'Or.) Details on the orgies of Bernard
with the municipality, and on the drunkenness and debaucheries of
Bourdon with the riff-raff~ of the country; authentic documents
proving the robberies and assassinations committed by Bernard. He
pillaged the house of M. Micault, and, in four hours, had this person
arrested, tried and guillotined; he attended the execution himself,
and that evening, in the dead man's house, danced and sang before his
daughter with his acolytes.
[112] "Souvenirs," by General P?lleport, p.8. He, with his battalion,
is inspected in the Place du Capitale, at Toulouse, by the
representative on mission. "It seems as if I can still see that
charlatan: He shook his ugly plumed head and dragged along his saber
like a merry soldier, wishing to appear brave.
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