(SR.)
[39] Thibaudeau, "Histoire de la Convention," I., 243. "Tallien,
Barras, Chenier and Louvet talked of nothing but of annulling the
elections. . . . Nothing was heard at the bar and in the tribunals
but the most revolutionary propositions. The 'Mountain' showed
incredible audacity. The public tribunes were filled with
confederates who applauded furiously. . . Tallien and Barras ruled
and shared the dictatorship between them. Since 13th of Vend?miaire,
the Convention no longer deliberated except when in the middle of a
camp; the exterior, the tribunes, even the hall itself are invested by
soldiers and terrorists." - Mallet Dupan, "Correspondance, etc.," I.,
248. (Letter of Oct. 31, 1795.)
[40] Thibaudeau, Ibid., I., 246, et seq. -- Moniteur. (Session of
Brumaire 1.) Speech by Thibaudeau.
[41] Mallet-Dupan, ibid., I., 328. (Letter Oct. 4, 1795.) "Nearly
all the electors nominated at Paris are former administrators,
distinguished and sensible writers, persons recommendable through
their position, fortune and intelligence. They are the royalists of
1789, that is to say about in the sense of the constitution of 1791,
essentially changed fundamentally.
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