ed, which proves that a
counter-revolution had nothing to do with it,.. Six of the municipal
officers were assassinated. They had been elected according to the terms
of the decree; they were the fruit of the popular will at the outbreak
of the Revolution; they were accordingly patriots."--Buchez et Roux,
XII. 420.--Official report of the Commune of Avignon, on the events of
Oct. 16.]

[Footnote 2450: "Archives Nationales," DXXIV. 3. Dispatch of the civil
Commissioners deputized by France (Messrs. Beauregard, Lecesne, and
Champion) to the Minister Jan. 8, 1792. (A long and admirable letter, in
which the difference between the two parties is exhibited, supported by
facts, in refutation of the calumnies of Duprat. The oppressed party is
composed not of royalists, but of Constitutionalists.)]

[Footnote 2451: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3177. Dispatches of the three
commissioners, April 27, May 4, 18, and 21.]

[Footnote 2452: Three hundred and thirty-five witnesses testified during
the trial.--De Dampmartin, I.266. Entry of the French army into Avignon,
Nov. 16, 1791: "All who were rich, except a very small number, had
taken flight or perished. The best houses were all empty or
closed."----Elections for a new municipality were held Nov.26, 1791. Out
of 2,287 active citizens Mayor Levieux de Laverne obtains 2,227
votes, while the municipal officer lowest on the list 1,800. All are
Constitutionalists and conservatives.]

[Footnote 2453: "Archives Nationales," F7, 3196. Official report of
Augier and Fabre, administrators of the Bouches-du-Rhone, Avignon, May
11, 1792.--Moniteur, XII. 313. Report of the Minister of Justice, May
5.--XII. 324. Petition of forty inhabitants of Avignon, May 7.--XII
334. Official report of Pinet, commissioner of the Drome, sent to
Avignon.--XII. 354 Report of M. Chassaignac and other papers, May
10.--XI. 741 Letter of the civil commissioners, also of the Avignon
municipality, March 23.]

[Footnote 2454: "The French Revolution," vol. I. pp. 344-352, on the
sixth jacquerie, everywhere managed by the Jacobins. Two or three traits
show its spirit and course of action. ("Archives Nationales," F7, 3202.
Letter of the Directory of the district of Aurillac, March 27, 1792,
with official reports.) "On the 20th of March, about forty brigands,
calling themselves patriots and friends of the constitution, force
honest and worthy but very poor citizens in nine or ten of the houses of
Capelle-Viscamp to give