potism, and that we shall be
free only by destroying it, and that all princes must be exterminated
because they are all tyrants?"]

[Footnote 2363: A popular jig of these revolutionary times, danced in
the streets and on the public squares.--TR.]

[Footnote 2364: Buchez et Roux, XXV. 203 (session of April 3, 1793).
Speech by Brissot.--Ibid., XX. 127. "A tous les Republicains de France,
par Brissot," Oct. 24, 1792. "In declaring war, I had in view the
abolition of royalty." He refers, in this connection, to his speech of
Dec. 30, 1791, where he says, "I fear only one thing, and that is, that
we shall not be betrayed. We need treachery, for strong doses of poison
still exist in the heart of France, and heavy explosions are necessary
to clear it out."]

[Footnote 2365: Mallet du Pan, "Memoires," I. 260 (April, 1792), and I.
439 (July, 1792).]

[Footnote 2366: Any revolutionary leader, from Lenin, through Stalin to
Andropov may confirm the advantage of acting in secret. (SR).]

[Footnote 2367: "The French Revolution," I. 262 and following pages.]

[Footnote 2368: Buchez et Roux, XIII. 92-99 (January, 1792);
(February).--Coral, "Lettres inedites," 33. (One of these days, out of
curiosity, he walked along as far as the Rue des Lombards.) "Witness of
such crying injustice, and indignant at not being able to seize any of
the thieves that were running along the street, loaded with sugar and
coffee to sell again, I suddenly felt a feverish chill over all my
body." (The letter is not dated. The editors conjectures that the year
was 1791. I rather think that it was 1792.)]

[Footnote 2369: Moniteur, XI. 45 and 46 (session of Jan. 5). The whole
of Isnard's speech should be read.]

[Footnote 2370: Buchez et Roux, XIII. 177. Letter by Petion, Feb. 10.]

[Footnote 2371: Buchez et Roux, XIII. 252. Letter of Andre Chenier,
in the Journal de Paris, Feb. 26.--Schmidt, "Tableaux de la Revolution
Franaise," I. 76. Reply of the Directory of the Department of the Seine
to a circular by Roland, June 12, 1792. The contrast between the
two classes is here clearly defined. "We have not resorted to those
assemblages of men, most of them foreigners, for the opinion of the
people, among the enemies of labor and repose standing by themselves
and having no part in common interests, already inclined to vice
through idleness, and who prefer the risks of disorder to the honorable
resources of indigence. This class of men, always large in large c