They insulted and threatened the vanquished and lauded
the victors."
[77] Ibid., II. 309.
[78] Ibid., II., 277. "As soon as I entered the hall several deputies
came with tears in their eyes to clasp me in their arms. The Assembly
all had a lugubrious air, the same as the dimly lighted theatre in
which they met ; terror was depicted on all countenances; only a few
members spoke and took part in the debates. The majority was
impassible, seeming to be there only to assist at a funeral spectacle,
its own."
[79] Decree of Fructidor 1, articles 4 and 5, 16 and 17, 28, 29 and
30, 35, and decree of Fructidor 22.-Sauzay, IX., 103. Three hundred
communes of the department are thus purged after Fructidor.-Ibid.,
537, the same weeding-out of jurymen.
[80] Lacretelle, "Dix ans d'Epreuves," p. 310.
[81] "Journal d'un Bourgeois d'Evreux," 143. (March 20, 1799.) "The
next day the primary assemblies began; very few attended them; nobody
seemed disposed to go out of his way to elect men whom they did not
like." - Dufort de Cheverney, "M?moires," March, 1799. "Persons who
are not dupes think it of very little consequence whether they vote or
not. The elections are already made or indicated by the Directory.
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