From the agitators of 1789
to the tyrants of 1798, from Mirabeau to Barras, each labors only to
forcibly open the gates of riches and authority and to close them
behind them."
[146] Mallet-Dupan, ibid., No. for April 10, 1799. On the Jacobins.
"The sources of their enmities, the prime motive of their fury, their
coup-d'?tat lay in their constant mistrust of each other . . . .
Systematic, immoral factionists, cruel through necessity and
treacherous through prudence, will always attribute perverse
intentions. Carnot admits that there were not ten men in the
Convention that were conscious of probity."
[147] See in this respect "Histoire de ma Vie," by George Sand,
volumes 2, 3 and 4, the correspondence of her father enlisted as a
volunteer in 1798 and a lieutenant at Marengo. - Cf. Marshal
Marmont, "Memoires," I., 186, 282, 296, 304. "Our ambition, at this
moment, was wholly secondary; we were occupied solely with our duties
or pleasures. The most cordial and frankest union prevailed amongst
us all."
[148] "Journal de Marche du sergent Fracasse." - " Les Cahiers du
capitaine Coignet." - Correspondence of Maurice Dupin in "Histoire de
ma Vie," by George Sand.
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