3138 ([return])
[ Ibid., No.626 (Dec. 15, 1791).]
3139 ([return])
[ Ibid., No.668 (July 8, 1792).—Cf. No. 649 (May 6, 1792). He approves of the murder of General Dillon by his men, and recommends the troops everywhere to do the same thing.]
3140 ([return])
[ Ibid., No.677 (August 10, 1792). See also subsequent numbers, especially No. 680, Aug. 19th, for hastening on the massacre of the Abbaye prisoners. And Aug. 21st: "As to the officers, they deserve to be quartered like Louis Capet and his manège toadies.">[
3141 ([return])
[ Buchez et Roux, XXVIII., 105. (Letter of Chevalier Saint-Dizier, member of the first committee of Surveillance, Sep.10, 1792.)—Michelet, II., 94. (In December, 1790, he already demands twenty thousand heads).]
3142 ([return])
[ Moniteur, Oct. 26, 1792. (Session of the Convention, Oct. 24th.) "N—: I know a member of the convention, who heard Marat say that, to ensure public tranquility, two hundred and seventy thousand heads more should fall."
Vermont: "I declare that Marat made that
statement in my presence.">[
Marat: "Well, I did say so; that's my
opinion and I say it again."—