These
executions excite sympathy, but nobody murmurs."
[80] Ibid., vol. 333. (Letter of Cuny, sr., Niv?se 20.) Vols. 331,
332. (Letters of Chepy, passim, and especially those dated Frimaire
II.) - Vol. 329. (Letter of Ch?py, August 24, 1793.) "At Annecy, the
women have cut down the liberty-pole and burnt the archives of the
club and of the commune. At Chamb?ry, the people wanted to do the
same thing." - Ibid. (September 18, 1793.) "The inhabitants around
Mont Blanc show neither spirit nor courage; the truth is, an anti-
revolutionary spirit animates all minds." - Ibid. (Letter of August
8, 1793.) "Not only have the citizens of Grenoble, who were drawn by
lot, not set out on the expedition to Lyons, but, even of those who
have obeyed the laws, several have returned with their arms and
baggage. No commune between St. Laurent and Lyons would march. The
rural municipalities, badly tainted with the federal malady, ventured
to give the troops very bad quarters, especially those who had been
drafted."
[81] Ibid. (Letter of Cuny, jr., Brest, Brumaire 6.) " There are, in
general, very few patriots at Brest; the inhabitants are nearly all
moderates.
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