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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？v