Out
of 23 prefects 21 voted for the king'' death; 42 out of 43 magistrates
voted for it, the 43rd being ill at the time of the sentence. Of 5
senators 4 voted for his death, and 14 deputies out of 16. Out of 36
other functionaries of various kinds 35 voted for death. Among the
remaining regicides we again find 2 councillors of state, 4
diplomatic agents and consuls, 2 generals, 2 receiver-generals, 1
commissary-general of the police, 1 minister in the cabinet of King
Joseph, the minister of police, and the arch-chancellor of the empire.]

[Footnote 3334: Buchez et Roux, XIX, 97, session of Sept. 25, 1792.
Marat states: "'I have many personal enemies in this assembly.' 'All!
all!' exclaim the entire Assembly, indignantly rising."--Ibid., XIX. 9,
49, 63, 338.]

[Footnote 3335: "Right" and "Left", only refers to the right and left
wings of the hemicycles of the hall in which the Assembly meets. The
Plain and the Mountain refer to the same Assembly but here to those on
the lower or the upper benches.(SR).]

[Footnote 3336: Meillan, "Memoires," 20.--Buchez et Roux, XXVI. Session
of April 15, 1793. Denunciation of the Twenty-two Girondists by
the sections of Paris: Royer-Fonfrede regrets "that his name is not
inscribed on this honorable list. 'And all of us--all! All!' exclaim
three-quarters of the Assembly, rising from their seats."]

[Footnote 3337: The Philosophe Denis Diderot (1713-84) was largely
responsible for the 28 volume Encyclopedie (1751-729, which incorporated
the latest knowledge and progressive ideas, and which helped spread
the ideas of the Enlightenment in France and in other parts of Europe.
(Guinness Encyclopedia).]

[Footnote 3338: "Archives Nationales," A.F. 45. Letter of Thomas Paine
to Danton, May 6, 1792 (in English). "I do not know better men or better
patriots." This letter, compared with the speeches or publications
of the day, produces a singular impression through its practical good
sense. This Anglo-American, however radical he may be, relies on nothing
but experience and example in his political discussions.]

[Footnote 3339: Cf. The memoirs of Buzot, Barbaroux, Louvet, Madame
Roland, etc.]

[Footnote 3340: And for some incomprehensible reason still in fashion at
the end of the 20th Century. (SR).]

[Footnote 3341: Buchez et Roux, XXIV. 102. (Plan drawn up by Condorcet,
and reported in the name of the Committee on the Constitution, April 15
and 16, 1793.) Condorcet adds to this a repo