s trying to buy up witnesses. They say openly that it is better to
sacrifice one innocent man than disgrace a whole body. Such ale the
speeches of the sieur Rebecqui, leading man, and of Madame Elliou, wife
of a municipal officer, in the house of the sieur Rousset."]

[Footnote 2411: Letter of M. Lieutaud to the commissioners, May 11 and
18, 1791. "If I have not fallen under the assassin's dagger I owe my
preservation to your strict orders and to the good behavior of the
national guard and the regular troops... At the hearing of the case
today, the prosecutor on the part of the commune ventured to threaten
the court with popular opinion and its avenging fury... The people,
stirred up against us, and brought there, shouted, 'Let us seize
Lieutaud and take him there by force and if he will not go up the steps,
we will cut his head off!' The hall leading to the courtroom and the
stairways were filled with barefooted vagabonds."--Letter of Cabrol,
commander of the national guard, and of the municipal officers to the
commissioners, May 21. That picket-guard of fifty men on the great
square, is it not rather the cause of a riot than the means of
preventing one? A requisition to send four national guards inside the
prison, to remain there day and night, is it not insulting citizen
soldiers, whose function it is to see that the laws are maintained, and
not to do jail duty?"]

[Footnote 2412: Letter of M. d'Olivier, lieutenant-colonel of the Ernest
regiment, May 28.--Extracts from the papers of the secretary to
the municipality, May 28 (Barbaroux is the clerk).--Letter of the
commissions, May 29]

[Footnote 2413: Letter of the commissioners, June 29.]

[Footnote 2414: Letter of M. Laroque-Dourdan, naval commander at
Marseilles, Oct. 18, 1791. (in relation to the departure of the Swiss
regiment).]

[Footnote 2415: The elections are held on the 13th of November, 1791.
Martin, the former mayor, showed timidity, and Mouraille was elected in
his place.]

[Footnote 2416: "Archives Nationales." F 7 3197. Letter (printed) of
the Directory to the Minister of War, Jan. 4, 1792.--Letter of the
municipality of Marseilles to the Directory, Jan. 4, and the Directory's
reply.--Barbaroux, "Memoires," 19.--Here we see the part played by
Barbaroux at Marseilles. Guadet played a similar part at Bordeaux.
This early political period is essential for a comprehension of the
Girondists.]

[Footnote 2417: "Archives Nationales." F7, 3195. Offic