" - Ibid., II., 132, 134 and 136. (Letters to Bonaparte, Oct.
28, 1796, and Jan. 1, 1797.) "It would be imprudent to fan the
revolutionary flame in Italy too strongly . . . . They desired to
have you work out the Revolution in Piedmont, Milan, Rome and Naples;
I thought it better to treat with these countries, draw subsidies from
them, and make use of their own organization to keep them under
control."
[109] Carnot, ibid., II. 147. "Barras, addressing me like a madman,
said, 'Yes, it is to you we owe that infamous treaty of Leoben!'"
[110] Andre Lebon, "L'Angleterre et l'Emigration Fran?aise," p.235.
(Letter of Wickam, June 27, 1797, words of Barth?lemy to M.
d'Aubigny.)
[111] Lord Malmesbury, "Diary," III., 541. (September 9, 1797.) "The
violent revolution which has taken place at Paris has upset all our
hopes and defeated all our reasoning. I consider it the most unlucky
event that could have happened." Ibid., (Letter from Canning,
September 29, 1797.) " We were in a hair's breadth of it (peace).
Nothing but that cursed revolution at Paris and the sanguinary,
insolent, implacable and ignorant arrogance of the triumvirate could
have prevented us.
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