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Something appalling is in preparation。  The seventh jacquerie is

drawing near; this one universal and final  …  at first brutal; and

then legal and systematic; undertaken and carried out on the

strength of abstract principles by leaders worthy of the means they

employ。  Nothing like it ever occurred in history; for the first

time we see brutes gone mad; operating on a grand scale and for a

long time; under the leadership of blockheads who have become

insane。



There is a certain strange malady commonly encountered in the

quarters of the poor。  A workman; over…taxed with work; in misery

and badly fed; takes to drink; he drinks more and more every day;

and liquors of the strongest kind。  After a few years his nervous

system; already weakened by spare diet; becomes over…excited and out

of balance。  An hour comes when the brain; under a sudden stroke;

ceases to direct the machine; in vain does it command; for it is no

longer obeyed; each limb; each joint; each muscle; acting separately

and for itself starts convulsively through discordant impulses。

Meanwhile the man is gay; he thinks himself a millionaire; a king;

loved and admired by everybody; he is not aware of the mischief he

is doing to himself he does not comprehend the advice given him; he

refuses the remedies offered to him; he sings and shouts for entire

days; and; above all; drinks more than ever。  …  At last his face

grows dark and his eyes become blood…shot。  Radiant visions give way

to black and monstrous phantoms; he sees nothing around him hut

menacing figures; traitors in ambush; ready to fall upon him

unawares; murderers with upraised arms ready to cut his throat;

executioners preparing torments for him; and he seems to be wading

in a pool of blood。  So he precipitates; and; in order that he

himself may not be killed; he kills。  No one is more to be dreaded;

for his delirium sustains him; his strength is prodigious; his

movements unforeseen; and he endures; without heeding them;

suffering and wounds under which a healthy man would succumb。 …

France; like such a madman; exhausted by fasting under the monarchy;

drunk by the unhealthy drug of the Social…Contract; and by countless

other adulterated or fiery beverages; is suddenly struck with

paralysis of the brain; at once she is convulsed in every limb

through the incoherent play and contradictory twitching of her

discordant organs。  At this time she has traversed the period of

joyous madness; and is about to enter upon the period of somber

delirium: behold her capable of daring; suffering; and doing all;

capable of incredible exploits and abominable barbarities; the

moment her guides; as erratic as herself; indicate an enemy or an

obstacle to her fury。





                                 THE END。



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NOTES:



'1' Moniteur; XI。  763。  (Sitting of March 28; 1792。)  … 〃Archives

Nationales;〃 F7; 3235。  (Deliberation of the Directory of the

Department; November 29; 1791; and January 27; 1792。   …  Petition

of the Municipality of Mende and of forty…three others; November 30;

1791。)



'2' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3198。  Minutes of the meeting of the

municipal officers of Arles; September 2; 1791。   … Letters of the

Royal Commissioners and of the National Assembly; October 24;

November 6; 14; 17; 21; and December 21; 1791。   …  The

Commissioners; to be impartial; attend in turn a mass by a nonjuring

priest and one by a priest of the opposite side。  〃The church is

full〃 with the former and always empty with the latter。



'3' 〃Mémoire〃 of M。 Mérilhon; for Froment; passim。  …  Report of M。

Alquier; p。  54。   …  De Dampmartin; I。  208。



'4' …  De Dampmartin; I。  208。They would exclaim to the catholic

peasants: 〃Allons; mes enfants; Vive le Roi!〃 (shouts of enthusiasm):

〃those wretches of democrats; let us make an example of them; and

restore the sacred rights of the throne and the altar!〃  …  〃As you

please;〃 replied the rustics in their patois; 〃but we must hold fast

to the Revolution; for there are some good things about it。〃  …  They

remain calm; refuse to march to the assistance of Uzès; and withdraw

into their mountains on the first sign of the approach of the

National Guard。



'5' This is what the author Soljenitsyne observed about his Russian

countrymen in an interview with M。 Pivot in the French television in

1998。  (SR。)



'6' Dauban; 〃La Demagogie à Paris;〃 p。598; Letter of M。 de Brissac;

August 25; 1789。



'7' Moniteur; X。 339。  (Journal de Troyes; and a letter from

Perpignan; November; 1791。)



'8' Mercure de France; No。  for September 3; 1791。  〃Let Liberty be

presented to us; and all France will kneel before her; but noble and

proud hearts will eternally resist the oppression which assumes her

sacred mask。  They will invoke liberty; but liberty without crime;

the liberty which is maintained without dungeons; without

inquisitors; without incendiaries; without brigands; without forced

oaths; without illegal coalitions; without mob outrages; that

liberty; finally; which allows no oppressor to go unpunished; and

which does not crush peaceable citizens beneath the weight of the

chains it has broken。〃



'9' Rivarol; 〃Mémoires;〃 p。367。 (Letter of M。 Servan; published in

the 〃Actes des Ap?tres。〃)



'10' The King's brother; later to become King of France under the

name of Louis XVIII。  (SR。)



'11' 〃Archives Nationa1es;〃 F7。  3257。  Official reports;

investigations; and correspondence in relation with the affair of M。

Bussy (October; 1790)。



'12' Mercure de France; May 15; 1790。  (Letter of Baron de Bois…

d'Aisy; April 29; read in the National Assembly。)  …  Moniteur; IV。

302。  Sitting of May 6。  (Official statement of the Justice of the

Peace of Vitteaux; April 28。)



'13' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIX。  4。  Letter of M。 Belin…

Chatellenot (near Asnay…le…Duc) to the President of the National

Assembly; July 1; 1791。 〃In the realm of liberty we live under the

most cruel tyranny; and in a state of the most complete anarchy;

while the administrative bodies and the police; still in their

infancy; seem to act only in fear and trembling。  。  。  。  So far;

in all crimes; they are more concerned with extenuating the facts;

than in punishing the offense。  The result is that the guilty have

had no other restraint on them than a few gentle phrases like this:

Dear brothers and friends; you are in the wrong; be careful;〃 etc。

…  Ibid。  ; F7; 3229。  Letter of the Directory of the Department of

Marne; July 13; 1791。  (Searches by the National Guard in chateaux

and the disarming of formerly privileged persons。) 〃None of our

injunctions were obeyed。〃 For example; there is breakage and

violence in the residence of M。 Guinaumont at Merry; the gun; shot

and powder of the game…keeper even are carried off。  〃M。 de

Guinaumont is without the means of defending himself against a mad

dog or any other savage brute that might come into his woods or into

his courtyard。〃 The Mayor of Merry; with the National Guard; under

compulsion; tells them in vain that they are breaking the law。   …

Petition of Madame d'Ambly; wife of the deputy; June 28; 1791。  Not

having the guns which she had already given up; she is made to pay

150 francs。



'14' Archives Nationales;〃 DXXIX。  4。  Letters of the Administrators

of the Department of Rh?ne…et…Loire; July 6; 1791。  (M。 Vilet is one

of the signers。)  …  Mercure de France; October 8; 1791。



'15' Mercure de France; August 20; 1791; the article by Mallet du

Pan。  〃The details of the picture I have just sketched were all

furnished me by Madame Dumoutet herself。〃 I am 〃authorized by her

signature to guarantee the accuracy of this narrative。〃



'16' Mercure de France; August 20; 1791; the article by Mallet du

Pan。  〃The proceedings instituted at Lyons confirmed this banquet of

cannibals。〃



'17' The letter of the Department ends with this either na?ve or

ironical expression: 〃You have now only one conquest to make; that

of making the people obey and submit to the law。〃



'18' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 P7; 3;200。  See documents relating to

the affair of November 5; 1792; and the events which preceded it or

followed it; and among others 〃Lettres du Directoire et du

Procureur…syndic du Departement;〃 〃Pétition et Mémoire pour les

Déténus;〃 〃Lettres d'un Témoin;〃 M。 de Morant。   …  Moniteur; X。

356。  〃Minutes of the meeting de la Municipalité de Caen〃 and of the

〃Directoire du Departement;〃 XI。1264; 206。  〃Rapport de Guadet;〃 and

documents of the trial。   …  〃Archives Nationales;〃 ibid。  。 …

〃Lettres de M。 Cahier;〃 Minister of the Interior; January 26; 1792;

of M。 C。  D。  de Pontécoulant; President of the Department

Directory; February 3; 1792。   …  Proclamation by the Directory。



'19' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。  Letter of September 26; 1791。

…  Letter found on one of the arrested gentlemen。  〃A cowardly

bourgeoisie; directors in cellars; a clubbist (Jacobin)

municipality; waging the most illegal war against us。〃



'20' 〃Archives Nationales;〃 F7; 3200。  Letter of the Attorney…

General of Bayeux; May 14; 1792; and of the Directory of Bayeux; May

21; 1792。  …  At Bayeux; likewise; the refugees are denounced and in

peril。  According to their verified statements they scarcely

amounted to one hundred。  〃Several nonjuring priests; indeed; are

found among them。 (But) the rest; for the most part; consist of the

heads of families who are known to reside habitually in neighboring

districts; and who have been forced to leave their homes after

having been; or fearing to become; victims of religious intolerance

or of the threats of factions and of brigands。〃



'21' Lenin has probably read this during his studies in Paris and

maybe been confirmed in his plan to create a new elite; an elite he

eventually began to make use of from 1917 and onwar

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