4: Decrees of March 21-23 and March 26-30.]

[Footnote 3475: Decrees of March 29-31.]

[Footnote 3476: Decree of April 1-5.]

[Footnote 3477: Schmidt, I. 232. Report by Dutard, May 10.]

[Footnote 3478: "Archives Nationales," F7, 2401 to 2505. Records of
the section debates in Paris.--Many of these begin March 28, 1793, and
contain the deliberations of revolutionary committees; for example, F7,
2475, the section of the Pikes or of the Place Vendome. We see by
the official reports dated March 28 and the following days that the
suspected were deprived all weapons, even the smallest, every species of
swordcane, including dress-swords with steel or silver handles.]

[Footnote 3479: Buchez et Roux, XXV. 157.--"Archives Nationales," F7,
2494, section of the Reunion, official report, March 28.]

[Footnote 3480: Schmidt, I. 223 (Dutard, May 14).--Ibid., 224. "If the
Convention allows committees of supervision to exercise its authority,
I will not give it eight days."--Meillan, 111: "Almost all the section
agitators were strangers"--"Archives Nationales," F7, 3294 and 3297,
records of debate in the committees of supervision belonging to the
sections of the Reunion and Droits de l'Homme. Quality of mind and
education are both indicated by orthography. For instance: "Le dit jour
et an que decus."--"Orloger."--"Lecture d'une lettre du comite de surte
general de la convention qui invite le comite a se transporter de
suites chez le citoyen Louis Feline rue Baubourg, a leffets de faire
perquisition chez lui et dans tout ces papiers, et que ceux qui
paraitrons suspect lon y metes les seles."]

[Footnote 3481: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3294. Section of the Reunion,
official report. March 28.]

[Footnote 3482: Buchez et Roux, XXV. 168. An ordinance of the commune,
March 27.]

[Footnote 3483: Schmidt, I.223. Report by Dutard, May 14.]

[Footnote 3484: Buchez et Roux, XXV. 167. Ordinance of May 27. XXXVII.
151. Ordinance of May 20.]

[Footnote 3485: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3294. See in particular, the
official reports of the month of April.--Buchez et Roux, XXV. 149, and
XXVI. 342. (ordinances of the Commune, March 27 and May 2).]

[Footnote 3486: Buchez et Roux, XXVI. 402 (article from the Patriote
Francais, May 8). "Arrests are multiplied lately to a frightful extent.
The mayoralty overflows with prisoners. Nobody has any idea of the
insolence and harshness with which citizens are treated. Slaughter and
a Saint-Bartholo