gerous. Our
co-workers, who have had the courage to devote themselves to the
new law, would be deprived of their bread and shelter... The king's
proclamation has all the appearance of having been hastily prepared, and
every sign of having been secured unawares."]

[Footnote 2428: De Dampmartin (an eye-witness), II. 60-70.--" Archives
Nationales," F7, 3196.--Dispatch of the two delegated commissioners to
the Minister, Nimes, March 25, 1792.--Letter of M. Wittgenstein to the
Directory of the Bouche-du--Rhone, April 4, 1792.--Reply and act
passed by the Directory, April 5.--Report of Bertin and Rebecqui to the
administrators of the department, April 3.--Moniteur, XII. 379. Report
of the Minister of the Interior to the National Assembly, April 4.]

[Footnote 2429: Moniteur, XII. 408 (session of May 16). Petition of M.
Fossin, deputy from Arles.--"Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Petition
of the Arlesians to the Minister, June 28.--Despatches of M. Lombard,
provisional royal commissioner, Arles, July 6 and 10. "Neither persons
nor property have been respected for three months by those who wear the
mask of patriotism."]

[Footnote 2430: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Letter of M. Borelly,
vice-president of the Directory, to the Minister, Aix, April 30, 1792.
"The course pursued by the sieur: Bertin and Rebecqui is the cause of
all the disorders committed in these unhappy districts... Their sole
object is to levy contributions, as they did at Aries, to enrich
themselves and render the Comtat-Venaisson desolate."]

[Footnote 2431: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Deposition of one of
the keepers of the sieur Coye, a proprietor at Mouriez-les-Baux, April
4.--Petition of Peyre, notary at Maussane, April 7.--Statement by
Manson, a resident of Mouriez-les-Baux, March 27.--Petition of Andrieu,
March 30.--Letter of the municipality of Maussane, April 4: "They watch
for a favorable opportunity to devastate property and especially country
villas."]

[Footnote 2432: "Archives Nationales," Claim of the national guard
presented to the district administrators of Tarascon by the national
guard of Chateau-Renard, April 6.--Petition of Juliat d'Eyguieres,
district administrator of Tarascon, April 2 (in relation to
a requisition of 30,000 francs by Camoin on the commune of
Eyguieres).--Letter of M. Borelly, April 30. "Bertin and Rebecqui
have openly protected the infamous Camoin, and have set him free.
"--Moniteur, XII. 408. Petition of