No reply was made. He nominated himself， and asked the soldiers if they wanted him for general. A drunkard is likely to please other drunkards； they applauded him， and he was thus proclaimed."[42] After a famous brigand in Dauphiny， named Mandrin.-TR. [Mandrin， (Louis) (Saint étienne-de- Saint-Geoirs， Isère， 1724 - Valence， 1755). French smuggler who， after 1750， was active over an enormous territory with the support of the population； hunted down by the army， caught， condemned to death to be broken alive on the wheel. See also Taine's explanation in Ancient Régime page 356 app. (SR).]
[43] Cf. André， passim， and Soulier， passim. - Mercure de France， June 4， 1791. -- "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3197. Letter of Madame de Gabrielli， March 14， 1791. (Her house is pillaged Jan. 10， and she and her maid escape by the roof.) -- Report of the municipal officers of Tarascon， May 22. "The troop which has entered the district pillages everything it can lay its hands on." -- Letter of the syndic-attorney of Orange， May 22. "Last Wednesday， a little girl ten years of age， on her way from Chateauneuf to Courtheson， was violated by one on of them， and the poor child is almost dead. " -- Dispatch of the three commissioners to the Minister， May 21. "It is now fully proved by men who are perfectly reliable that the pretended patriots， said to have acted so gloriously at Sarrians， are cannibals equally execrated both at Avignon and Carpentras."[44] "Archives Nationales，" letter of the Directory of the Bouches-du-Rh？ne， May 21， 1791. -- Deliberations of the Avignon municipality， associated with the notables and the military committee， May 15： "The enormous expense attending the pay and food for the detachments . .
.forced contributions. . . What is most revolting is that those who are charged with the duty arbitrarily tax the inhabitants， according as they arc deemed bad or good patriots. . . The municipality， the military committee， and the club of the Friends of the Constitution dared to make a protest； the proscription against them is their reward for their attachment to the French constitution.
[45] Letter of M. Boulet， formerly physician in the French military hospitals and member of the electoral assembly， May 21.
[46] "Archives Nationales，" DXXIv. 16-23， No.3. Narrative of what took place yesterday， August 21， in the town of Avignon. -- Letters by the mayor， Richard， and two others， Aug. 21. -- Letter to the president of the National Assembly， Aug.22 (with five signatures， in the name of 200 families that had taken refuge in the Ile de la Bartelasse).
[47] "Archives Nationales，" DXXIV. 3. -- Letter of M. Laverne， for M.
Canonge， keeper of the Mont-de-Piété. (The electoral assembly of Vaucluse and the juge-de-paix had forbidden him to give this box into any other hands.) -- Letters of M. Mulot， mediating commissioner， Gentilly les Sorgues， Oct. 14， 15， 16， 1791. -- Letter of M. Laverne， mayor， and the municipal officers， Avignon， Jan. 6， 1792. -- Statement of events occurring at Avignon， Oct. 16， 17， and 18 (without a signature， but written at once on the spot). -- Official rapport of the provisional administrators of Avignon， Oct. 16. -- Certified copy of the notice found posted in Avignon in different places this day， Oct. 16 (probably written by one of the women of the lower class and showing what the popular feeling was). -- A letter written to M.
Mulot， Oct. 13' already contains this phrase： "Finally， even if they delay stopping their robberies and pillage， misery and the miserable will still remain " -- Testimony of Joseph Sauton， a chasseur in the paid guard of Avignon， Oct. 17 (an eye-witness of what passed at the Cordeliers).
[48] André. II.62. Deposition of la Ratapiole. -- Death of the girl Ayme and of Mesdames Niel et Crouzet. -- De Dampmartin， II. 2.
[49] "Archives Nationales，" DXXIV， 3. Report on the events of Oct.
16： "Two sworn priests were killed， which proves that a counter-revolution had nothing to do with it， . . Six of the municipal officers were assassinated. They had been elected according to the terms of the decree； they were the fruit of the popular will at the outbreak of the Revolution； they were accordingly patriots." --Buchez et Roux， XII. 420.-- Official report of the Commune of Avignon， on the events of Oct. 16.
[50] "Archives Nationales，" DXXIV. 3. Dispatch of the civil Commissioners deputized by France (Messrs. Beauregard， Lecesne， and Champion) to the Minister Jan. 8， 1792. (A long and admirable letter， in which the difference between the two parties is exhibited， supported by facts， in refutation of the calumnies of Duprat. The oppressed party is composed not of royalists， but of Constitutionalists.)[51] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3177. Dispatches of the three commissioners， April 27， May 4， 18， and 21.
[52] Three hundred and thirty-five witnesses testified during the trial. -- De Dampmartin， I.266. Entry of the French army into Avignon， Nov. 16， 1791： "All who were rich， except a very small number， had taken flight or perished. The best houses were all empty or closed." -- Elections for a new municipality were held Nov.26， 1791. Out of 2，287 active citizens Mayor Levieux de Laverne obtains 2，227 votes， while the municipal officer lowest on the list 1，800. All are Constitutionalists and conservatives.
[53] "Archives Nationales，" F7， 3196. Official report of Augier and Fabre， administrators of the Bouches-du-Rh？ne， Avignon， May 11， 1792.
-- Moniteur， XII. 313. Report of the Minister of Justice， May 5. --XII. 324. Petition of forty inhabitants of Avignon， May 7. -- XII 334.
Official report of Pinet， commissioner of the Dr？me， sent to Avignon.
-- XII. 354 Report of M. Chassaignac and other papers， May 10.-- XI.
741 Letter of the civil commissioners， also of the Avignon municipality， March 23.