[16] Archives Nationales， F.7， 31167. This set of papers contains five hundred and thirty-seven police reports， especially those of Niv？se， year II. The following is a sample Report of Niv？se 25， year II. "Being on a deputation to the convention， some colleagues took me to dine in the old Breteuil gardens， in a large room with a nice floor. . . . The bill-of-fare was called for， and I found that after having eaten a ritz soup， some meat， a bottle of wine and two potatoes， I had spent， as they told me， eight francs twelve sous， because I am not rich. 'Foutre！' I say to them how much do the rich pay here？ . . . It is well to state that I saw some deputies come into this large hall， also former marquises， counts and knights of the poniard of the ancient regime . . . but I confess that I cannot remember the true names of these former nobles . . . . for the devil himself could not recognize those bastards， disguised like sans-culottes."[17] Buchez et Roux， XXVIII.， 237， 308. (July 5 and 14， 1793.) -Moniteur， XIX.， 716. (Vent？se 26， year II.) Danton secures the passage of a decree "that nothing but prose shall be heard at the bar." Nevertheless， after his execution， this sort of parade begins again. On the 12th of Messidor， "a citizen admitted to the bar reads a poem composed by him in honor of the success of our arms on the Sambre." (Moniteur， XVI.， 101.)[18] Moniteur， XVIII. 369， 397， 399， 420， 455， 469， 471， 479， 488， 492， 500， etc. - Mercier， "Le Nouveau Paris，" II.， 96. - Dauban， "La Demagogie en 1793，" 500， 505. (Articles by Prudhomme and Diurnal by Beaulieu.)[19] Moniteur， XVIII.， 420， 399. - "Ah， le bel oiseau，" was a song chosen for its symbolic and double meaning， one pastoral and the other licentious.
[20] De Goncourt， "La Societé fran？aise pendant la Révolution，" 418.
(Article from" Pêre Duchesne ".) - Dauban， ibid.， 506. (Article by Prud'homme.) "Liberty on a seat of verdure， receives the homage of republicans， male and female， . . . and then. . . . she turns and bestows a benevolent regard on her friends."[21] Moniteur， XVIII.， 399. Session of Brumaire 20， on motion of Thuriot： "I move that the convention attends the temple of Reason to sing the hymn to Liberty." - "The motion of Thuriot is decreed."[22] Mercier， ibid.， 99. (Similar scenes in the churches of St.
Eustache and St. Gervais.)
[23] Durand-Maillane， '"Mémoires，" 182. - Gregoire， "Mémoires，" II.， 34. On the 7th of November， 1793， in the great scene of the abjurations， Grégoire alone resisted， declaring： "I remain a bishop； Iinvoke ******* of worship." "Outcries burst forth to stifle my voice the pitch of which I raised proportionately. . . . A demoniac scene occurred， worthy of Milton. . . . I declare that in ****** this speech I thought I was pronouncing sentence of death on myself."For several days， emissaries were sent to him， either deputies or bandits， to try and make him retract. On the 11th of November a placard posted throughout Paris declared him responsible for the continuance of fanaticism. "For about two years， I was almost the only one in Paris who wore the ecclesiastical costume."[24] Moniteur， XVIII.， 480. (Session of Brumaire 30.) N...."I must make known the ceremony which took place here to-day. I move that the speeches and details of this day be inserted in full in the bulletin， and sent to all the departments." (Another deputy)： "And do not neglect to state that the Right was never so well furnished."(Laughter and applause.)[25] Buchez et Roux， XXXII.， 103. (Germinal 11.) - Moniteur， XX.， 124. (Germinal 15.) Decree for cutting short the defense of Danton and his accused associates.
[26] Moniteur， XX.， 226. (Germinal 26. Report by Saint-Just and decree on the police.)- Ibid.， XIX.， 54. (Report by Robespierre， and decree on the principles of revolutionary government， Niv？se 5.) -Ibid.， XX.， 567， 589. Prairial 6， (Decree forbidding the imprisonment of any Englishman or Hanoverian)， and XXI.， 13. (Messidor 16.)[27] Moniteur， XX.， 544. After the effort of L'Admiral against Collot d'Herbois， the latter appears in the tribune. "The loudest applause greets him from all sides of the house." - Ibid.， XXI.， 173.
(Messidor 21.) On the report of Barère who praises the conduct of Joseph Lebon， criticizing nothing but "somewhat harsh formalities，" a decree is passed to the order of the day， which is "adopted unanimously with great applause."[28] Moniteur， XX.， 698， 715， 716， 719. (Prairial 22 and 24.) After the speeches of Robespierre and Couthon "Loud and renewed applause；the plaudits begin over again and are prolonged." Couthon， having declared that the Committee of Public Safety was ready to resign， "on all sides there were cries of No， No."- Ibid.， XXI.， 268. (Thermidor 2.) Eulogy of the revolutionary government by Barère and decree of the police "unanimously adopted amidst the loudest applause."[29] Moniteur， XXI.， 329.
[30] Lafayette， "Mémoires，" IV.， 330. "At last came the 9th of Thermidor. It was not due to people of common sense. Their terror was so great that an estimable deputy， to whom one of his colleagues put the question， no witness being present， 'how long must we endure this tyranny？' was upset by it to such a degree as to denounce him."[31] Sainte-Beuve， "Causeries du Lundi，" V.， 209. (Siéyès'
unpublished papers.)- Moniteur， XVIII.， 631， containing an example of both the terror and style of the most eminent men， among others of Fourcroy the celebrated chemist， then deputy， and later， Counselor of State and Minister of Public Instruction. He is accused in the Jacobin Club， Brumaire 18， year II.， of not addressing the Convention often enough， to which he replies： "After twenty years' devotion to the practice of medicine I have succeeded in supporting my sans-culotte father and my sans-culottes sisters. . . . As to the charge made by a member that I have given most of my time to science.