[474] Thiers, vol. iv., p. 334.
[475] "Our plenipotentiaries were massacred at Rastadt, and notwithstanding the indignation expressed by all France at that atrocity, vengeance was still very tardy in overtaking the assassins. The two Councils were the first to render a melancholy tribute of honor to the victims. Who that saw that ceremony ever forgot its solemnity? Who can recollect without emotion the religious silence which reigned throughout the hall and galleries when the vote was put? The president then turned toward the curule chairs of the victims, on which lay the official costume of the assassinated representatives, covered with black crape, bent over them, pronounced the names of Roberjeot and Bonnier, and added, in a voice the tone of which was always thrilling, Assassinated at the Congress of Rastadt. Immediately all the representatives responded, 'May their blood be upon the heads of their murderers.'"—Duchess of Abrantes, p. 206.
Abbaye, butchery at the, [302].
Abrantes (Duchess of), statement of, [400].
Allies, condition and force of the, [295];
vanquished at Valmy, [306].
American War, its influence upon France, [61].
Amnesty, a general, obtained by Necker, [139];
opposed by Mirabeau, [139].
Anecdote of Verginaud in the prison, [354].
Anne (of Austria), her regency, [27].
Anniversary of destruction of Bastille, preparation for the, [181].
Aristocracy, destroyed by universal education, [46];
of wealth warred against, [331].
Arms taken by the people, [119].
Army, desertion of the officers of the, [241];
(of the interior), formation of the, [412].
Arrangement between king and exiled Parliament, [69].
Arrest of the royal family in their flight, [202].
Assembly (of Notables) meet and overthrow Calonne, [67];
dissolution of the, [68];
National, the name chosen, [91];
hall of the, closed, [93];
shut out of tennis-court, [96];
ordered by the king to dissolve, [98];
good advice of, to the people, [105];
petition to the, for a removal of the foreign troops, [112];
declares itself permanent, [113];
reconciliation of, to the king, [125];
recognized government of France, [127];
three parties in the, [144];
Marat's opinion of the, [146];
members of the, threatened, [149];
change of name, [167];
(Constituent), vote themselves the Church treasures, [170];
resolve of, concerning the king's escape, [210];
preparations for defense by the, [211];
address of, to the French nation, [215];
threatened by Marquis Bouillé, [222];
decree of, declaring journey of the king faultless, [224];
influence of the, declining, [226];
denounced as traitors, [226];
receives the mandate of the Jacobins, [228];
Constitution completed by the, [230];
decree of, dissolving itself, [234];
dissolution of the, [235];
(Legislative), sends forces to the frontier, [247];
sends the king's troops to the frontier, [276];
unpopularity of, [280];
the king seeks refuge with the, [285];
the, stormed by the mob, [286];
decrees the suspension of the king, [289];
overawed by the Jacobins, [295];
decree of, that two thirds of their own number should be elected to the new legislative bodies, [403].
See also Convention.
Assignats, how secured, [170].
Augereau, bloodless victory of, [423].
Austria, reply of, to the French embassador, [245];
Francis II. ascends the throne of, [246];
demands of, that France should restore despotic power, [249].
Autun (Bishop of), answer of Napoleon to the, [231].
Bagatelle, pleasure-house of the Count d'Artois, [72].
Bailly (Mons.), attempt to eject him from Assembly, [101];
resigns presidency of the Assembly, [105];
testimony of, regarding the king, [111];
resigns his post as Mayor of Paris, [243];
execution of, [362].
Banishment of Parliament to Troyes, [69];
result of, in Paris, [69].
Bank, establishment of a, [36].
Bankruptcy in France, [36];
the national, described [63];
a partial, [76].
Barnave, character of, [216];
influence of conversation of, on queen, [217];
speech of, on governments, [225];
his last interview with the queen, [252].
Baronial times, France during the, [22].
Barras, assumes the command of the National Guard, [384];
nominates Napoleon as commander of the army, [404].
Barry (Madam du), character of, [43].
Bastille, storming of the, decided upon, [118];
attack on the, [120];
surrendered by its garrison, [121];
garrisoned by the people, [123];
influence of the fall of, upon the court, [123];
the, ordered to be demolished, [130];
description of the, [53];
anniversary of destruction of, [182];
site of the, converted into a ball-room, [186].
Beaurepaire (General), suicide of, [299].
Bed of justice, the custom, [68].
Beggary now becoming universal, [169].
Bensenval exhorts De Launey to be firm, [120].
Berthier, character of, [135];
death of, [137].
Bertrand de Moleville, interview of, with the king, [236].
Bible, how used by the Papists, [48];
reason of its rejection by corrupt men, [49].
Bill of Rights and Constitution, [145].
Billaud Varennes, speech of, [392].
Birth, in the minds of the nobility, superior even to genius, [45].
Bohemia, war declared against, by France, [249].
Boissy d'Anglas, heroism of, [400].
Bonaparte (Napoleon), his boyhood, [76];
eloquence of, [230];
opinion of, touching discipline of troops, [231];
confers the cross of the Legion of Honor upon a tragedian, [178];
remarks of, upon the riot, [301];
his first action in the Revolution, [374];
intrusted with the defense of Paris, [405];
receives the thanks of the Convention, [409];
his support of the Directory, [413];
ill health of, [420];
letter of, to Archduke Charles, [421];
reply to the same, [422];
return of, to Paris, [426];
return of, from Egypt, [429].
Bouillé (Marquis de), plans and executes the escape of the royal family, [196];
attempt of, to rescue the king, [209];
letter of, to the Assembly, [222].
Bourrienne, statement of, in regard to the mob of 20th of June, [260].
Bread, scarcity of, [152].
Brézé, his attempt to enforce orders of the king, [99];
receives orders not to neglect the Assembly, [100].
Brienne (Archbishop), succeeds Calonne, [67];
his measure for the preservation of the national credit, [68];
dissolves the Assembly of Notables, [68];
his fall, [68];
his perplexity, [73];
determines to break down Parliament, [73];
his plan, [73];
desires Necker to take controllership of finances, [76];
resigns and goes to Italy, [77].
Brissot (Mons.), speech of, against the king, [270].
Broglie (Marshal) commands in Versailles, [103];
letter of, to Prince of Condé, [111].
Brunswick (Duke of), proclamation of the, [279].
Burke (Edmund), "Reflections" by, [187];
his speech on the imprisonment of La Fayette, [298].
Buzot, death of, [362].
Cæsar, subjugation of Gaul by, [17].
Calonne, his appointment as minister of finance, [65];
his measures, popularity, and success, [65];
recommends an assembly of notables, [66];
his banishment from office, [67].
Camille Desmoulins. See Desmoulins.
Campan (Madame), her account of the queen's troubles, [72];
statement of, concerning the king, [238].
Capetian dynasty, extent of the, [24].
Carlovingian dynasty (the), [20];
end of the, [24].
Carlyle, statement of, [402].
Carmelites, butchery at the, [302].
Carnot, energy of, in organizing armies, [341];
purity of, [420];
banishment of, [424].
Carrier, horrible brutality of, [342].
Catalan (Monsieur), imprisonment of, in the Bastille, [56].
Catherine (of Russia), letter of, to Leopold, [245].
Catholics incited by the ecclesiastics against the Protestants, [174].
Cécile Regnault arrested on suspicion of being an assassin, [376].
Champagne (Count of), generosity of the, [23].
Champs de Mai, change of the name of Champs de Mars to, [20].
Champs de Mars, meetings on the, [19].
Charette, arrest and execution of, [413].
Charlemagne, policy of the government of, [20];
Christianity during the reign of, [21].
Charles X. See D'Artois.
Charles Martel, power and death of, [20].
Charlotte Corday, character of, [337];
assassinates Marat, [338];
execution of, [339].
Chateauroux (Duchess of), death of, [39].
Chatelet, convicts of, driven into cells by the people, [115].
Choiseul (Duke de), boldness of, [205].
Christianity, corruptions of the Catholic Church imputed to, [47];
confounded with its corruptions, [47];
the corner-stone of democracy, [48];
two classes of assailants, [49];
decrees advocating the existence of the Supreme Being, [375];
state of, during Charlemagne's reign, [21];
renunciation of, [360].
See also Supreme Being.
Church, decrepitude of the, invites attack, [48];
its protection of vice in high places, [48];
the, deprived of its property by the vote of the Assembly, [170];
members of the, deprived of their position for refusing to take the oath, [191];
the, affected by the Constitution, [242].
Cispadane Republic, the first Assembly of the, [417].
Citizens of Paris placed under surveillance, [296].
Citizens' Guard organized, [116].
See also Guard.
Clergy, their opposition to Calonne's measures, [67];
character of the, [23];
endeavor of the, to use religion against the Revolution, [173];
vast wealth of the, [170].
Clermont, danger of the king at, [200].
Clery, his faithful devotion to the royal family, [313];
shrewd expedient of, to ascertain news, [314].
Clovis, character of, illustrated, [18];
the reign of, [19].
Coblentz, preparations for war at, [241].
Cockade of the Revolution chosen, [117];
accepted by Louis XVI., [130];
the queen's idea of its meaning, [132];
the tricolor, the uniform of France, [138].
Committee of Public Safety, establishment of the, [361].
Commune of Paris, efforts of the, to break up the conspiracy of the Royalists, [295].
"Compte Rendu au Roi," effect of the publication of, [63].
Condorcet, death of, [362].
Conspiracy of nobles to overturn Assembly, [102].
Constitution, assent of the king to the, [232];
notice of the, by the European powers, [240];
accepted by the king, [175];
and Bill of Rights, [145];
a new Jacobin, enacted, [337];
proclamation of the, [233];
presentation of the, to the king, [231];
formation of, by the Assembly, [230].
Constitutional party, cause of the decline of the, [268].
Convention (National), the, declares war against England, [331];
liberal laws enacted by the, [358];
attack on the, by Henriot, [384];
stormy meeting at the, between the Jacobins and Thermidorians, [393];
decrees of, against the insurrection, [400];
session of the, [409];
remarks of Thiers on the, [410];
elections for the, [408];
spirit of the, [409].
Corn-dealers, attack upon the, [134].
Council (of the Ancients), formation of the, [403];
(of Five Hundred), the, [403].
Count d'Artois (Charles X.) placed in command of an army from England, [412];
letter of Napoleon to, [421];
his reply, [422].
Court, extravagance of the, [49];
haste of, to leave Versailles, [58];
more feared by the people than the Parliament, [71];
the, driven to the importation of Swiss troops, [104];
how affected by capture of the Bastille, [123];
employs emissaries to buy up and destroy the bread, [152];
its plans, [156];
exultation of, at the arrival of the Flanders regiment, [157];
the, prosecutes Mirabeau and the Duke of Orleans, [188].
Courtiers' reasons for unbelief, [49].
Credit, public, condition of, in France at this time, [65].
Crown, policy of the officers of the, in keeping the nobles poor, [46];
salary of the, fixed, [177].
Currency, recoining of the, [35].
D'Agoust (Captain) turns the Parliament of Paris into the street, [75].
D'Aguillon (Duke), services of the, [139].
D'Artois (Count), accused of adultery with the queen, [72].
D'Aumont (Duke), defense of, by La Fayette, [211].
D'Espréménil obtains the edict establishing the courts, [73];
discovers Brienne's plan to the Parliament, [74].
D'Estaing (Admiral), commander of the National Guards of Versailles, [156];
letter of, to Marie Antoinette, [157].
Danton appointed minister of justice, [290];
remarkable prediction of, to Louis Philippe, [307];
arrested and executed, [366].
Dauphin, imprisonment of the, [351];
death of the, [412].
De Launey, conduct of, at the storming of the Bastille, [119];
attempts to blow up the Bastille, [121];
death of, [122].
De Tocqueville, his reasons for the bad odor of Christianity, [48];
explanation of, concerning
the blindness of the ruling classes to their danger, [49].
Death, how regarded by revolutionary writers, [47].
Debts of France at the death of Louis XIV., [35].
Decisions (judicial), bought and sold, [49].
Declaration of Louis XVI. of the object of his leaving Paris, [221].
Decree establishing the courts a perfect failure, [75], [76].
Deséze, appeal of, for the king, [324].
Desmoulins (Camille), incites to rebellion, [108];
his oratory, [149];
speech of, on the ten dollar decree, [172];
interview of, with La Fayette, [213];
remorse of, on the condemnation of the Girondists, [354];
letter of, to his wife, [368];
terror of, at the prospect of death, [371];
execution of, [372].
Desmoulins (Lucile), letter of, to Robespierre, [368];
heroism and condemnation of, [371];
execution of, [373].
Desodoards, his description of the state of Paris, [358].
Despotism of the Court more oppressive than that of the Parliament, [71].
Dessault, his "crime" and sufferings, [55];
years of, in prison, [56].
Diamond Necklace, the, [72].
Diderot, his connection with the "Encyclopedia," [48];
commences by attacking Christianity, [48];
imprisonment of, [48].
Directory, formation of the, [411];
Napoleon's agency in supporting the, [413];
message of the, [419];
the two parties in the, [420].
Drouet discovers the king, [200];
arrests the royal family at Varennes, [201].
Dubois, character of, [36].
Duke of Orleans regent, [34];
character of the regency, [35];
death of the, [36];
insult of, at the Tuileries, [240].
Dumont, description of affairs by, [114];
account of Mirabeau's influence, [149].
Dumouriez, interview of, with the queen, [247];
entreats the king to sanction the decree of the Assembly, [253];
his traitorous surrender of fortresses to the Austrians, [333];
retires to Switzerland, [334].
Ecclesiastics superseded in office for refusing the oath, [191].
Edgeworth (Monsieur), visits the king at the Temple, [325].
Edict of Nantes, proclamation of, by Henry IV., [31];
revocation of, by Louis XIV., [31].
Edicts issued against Protestants by Louis XIV., [29].
Education removes the superiority of the hereditary nobility, [46].
Electors of Paris solicit the organization of Citizens' Guard, [112];
deputation of, [115];
by their acts become a new government, [117].
Elizabeth (Madame, sister of the queen), execution of, [351].
England, war declared against, by the National Convention, [331];
determination of, to crush the Republic, [396];
energy of, in prosecuting the war against France, [402];
expedition from, to rouse the Royalists, [411];
her price for peace, [418].
Enthusiasm in France awakened by American Revolution, [60].
Equality, universal, origin of inquiry into, [47].
Etiquette, want of, on the part of the Assembly toward the king, [238].
Europe, reply of the powers of, to the French Constitution, [240].
Executions, rapid increase of, [377].
Extravagance of Court, effect of, on nation, [49].
Famine in Paris, [398].
Fanaticism excited by the ecclesiastics, [174].
Fauchet (Abbé), sermon of, [144].
Favorites of the king accustomed to obtain blank and sealed lettres de cachet, [53].
Favrus (Marquis of), accused of attempt to assassinate La Fayette and Bailly, [175];
trial and sentence of, [179].
Fersen (Count), aids the royal family in their flight, [199].
Feudal system, rise of the, from the remains of Charlemagne's empire, [22];
period of the, [24];
state of society to which it is adapted, [46];
like darkness before light, is dispersed by popular intelligence, [46];
its decline, [46];
privileges of the, surrendered, [140].
Field of Mars, assemblage of the people at the, [301].
Flesselles (Mayor), cheats the people, [118];
death of, [122].
Fleurus, battle of, [391].
Food, want of, begins to be felt, [133].
Foulon, account of, [135];
death of, [136].
Fouquier Tinville, fall of, [391].
France, origin of the name of, [18];
condition of, during reign of Louis XIV., [34];
the sources of peril of, [264];
the three parties in, [267];
invaded by the Allies in 1792, [276];
utter confusion in, [428].
Francis II. ascends the throne of Austria, [246].
François, a baker, hung by the mob, [167].
Franklin (Benjamin), effect of his simplicity upon the French, [61].
Fraternity the watch-word of the masses, [47];
this principle the soul of the Revolution, [47].
Frederick II. of Prussia, friendship of, for Voltaire, [49].
Free institutions supported by education, [46].
French Academy established, [27].
Gamin, master blacksmith to the king, [65];
account by, of the king's character, [65].
Garde du Corps, conflict of, with the people, [161].
Gaul, its appearance in ancient times, [17];
subjugation of, by Cæsar, [17];
the home of war and tumult, [18].
Generosity of the king and others, [152].
Genius, inability of, to efface ignoble birth, [45].
Girondists, cause of the name of, [246];
joy of the, on the Republic being proclaimed, [309];
plot to assassinate the, [332];
the, arrested, [337];
brought before the Revolutionary tribunal, [353];
condemnation of the, [354];
last supper of the, [355];
execution of the, [356].
Goguelat (M. de), shot by the National Guard, [206].
"Golden age of kings," the, [29].
Government, its desire to keep the people poor, [50];
the, of the National Assembly established, [127].
Grenelle, attack on the camp at, [417].
Grenoble, Parliament at, refuses to surrender to the lettres de cachet, [75].
Guard, National, formed and placed under command, [126].
Guards, the French, protect the people, [110];
refuse to accept pardon, [128].
Guillotin (Dr.), proposes the use of his instrument, [173].
Gustavus III. (of Sweden), assassination of, [247].
Hebert, the leader in Paris, [364];
downfall and death of, [365].
Hebertists, execution of the, [365].
Henriot, arrest of, [383].
Henry (of Bourbon), death of, [27].
Henry III., the last of the Valois, death of, [27].
Henry IV. ascends the throne, [27];
character of his reign, [27];
death of, [27].
Holland, the Allies driven from, [394].
Hugh Capet seizes the French throne, [24].
Hungary, war declared against, by France, [249].
Imprisonment, horrors of, in the Bastille, [54].
Infidel writers during reign of Louis XV., [42].
Infidelity becomes the fashion, and why, [48].
Insult to the deputies of the people, [86].
Insurrection, cause of failure of the, [46];
reason for, [46];
planned against the National Convention, [400].
Intellect, if of the lower class, thought lightly of, [45].
Invasion, the fear of, arms France, [142].
Ireland, hatred of the people of, against England, [418];
expedition to, [419].
Iron chest, building of the, [252].
Isnard (Monsieur), speech of, on the Austrian war, [249].
Italian campaign, the victories of the, [421].
Italy, the campaign in, [415].
Jacobin Club, demand of, for the deposition of the king, [227];
present their mandate to the Assembly, [228];
their resolve to dethrone the king, [277];
become the dominant power in France, [295];
club-house of the, closed, [394].
Jacobins, origin of the, [75];
arrive at the summit of their power, [214];
the influence of the, [225].
Jacquerie, insurrection of the, [26].
Jefferson (Thomas), opinion of, on the condition of the French, [52];
letter of, to Mr. Jay, on the States-General, [81];
probably aided in composition of Bill of Rights, [107];
assists in preparing the Declaration of Rights, [147];
remarks of, upon the questions of the day, [154];
opinion of, concerning Louis XVI., [329].
Jemappes, battle of, [310].
Jeunesse Dorée, rise of the band of, [390].
Joseph II. of Austria, reply of, upon the subject of the American War of Independence, [61].
Josephine Beauharnais imprisoned in Paris, [378].
Judges bought their offices and sold their decisions, [49].
King. See Louis XVI.
Kleber, victories of, on the Upper Rhine, [395].
Laclos, editor of the Jacobin Journal, [225].
La Fayette (Marquis de), advocates the American War of Independence, [61];
his boldness at the Assembly of Notables, [67];
joins the National Assembly, [101];
vice-president of National Assembly, [106];
presents the Assembly with the Bill of Rights, [107];
made commander of the National Guard, [126];
informs the Parisians of the king's speech, [126];
attempt of, to save Foulon, [136];
makes the Declaration of Rights, [147];
danger of, [150];
popularity of, declines, [155];
his knowledge of the royalist plots, [156];
saves the palace from destruction, [161];
presents and reconciles the queen to the people, [163];
ensures the safety of the queen's guard, [163];
confidence of, in the people, [183];
takes the oath of fidelity, [183];
accused by the people of treason, [210];
issues an order for arrest of the king, [210];
assumption of power by, [210];
boldness of, in rescuing d'Aumont, [211];
interview of, with Desmoulins, [213];
insult to, by the queen, [220];
unpopularity of, [226];
dispersion of the Jacobin mob by, [228];
aversion of the queen toward, [240];
resigns the command of the National Guard, [243];
his speech to the Assembly on the outrages of 20th of June, [263];
burned in effigy, [264];
his plan for saving the king, [271];
calumniated by orders of the queen, [273];
denounced as a traitor, [280];
arrested and imprisoned at Olmutz, [297].
La Force, prison of, broken open, [115].
La Pérouse, instructions for his voyage framed, [58].
La Vendée, rise of the Royalists in, [332];
insurrection at, crushed, [342];
horrible executions in, [343].
Lamballe (Princess), trial and execution of, [303].
Lamotte, Comtesse, [72].
Land, proportion owned by the tax-payers, [50];
difficulty of purchasing, [52].
Latude, his imprisonment, [56];
account of his captivity, [57].
Launey (M. de), character of, [118].
Lebrun appointed minister of foreign affairs, [290].
Lefebvre (Abbé), distributes powder to the people, [117].
Légendre, attempt of, to save Danton, [367].
Legislative Assembly, formation of the, [237];
measures of the, against the non-conforming priests, [243].
See also Assembly.
Legislature, how should it be constituted? [148].
Leopold, death of, [246].
See also Austria.
Lepelletier, assassination of, [330].
Letters, anonymous, to Louis XV., [41];
men of, regarded as curiosities, [46].
Lettres de cachet, blank, filled up by the king's favorites, [53];
number issued during the reign of Louis XV., [55];
ease with which they were obtained, [55];
abolished by the National Assembly, [236].
Liancourt (Duke of), midnight interview of, with the king, [123].
Libertines still infidels, but not openly, [47].
Literature and art, state of, during reign of Louis XIV., [33].
Loan, one hundred millions of dollars on people alone, [69].
Louis Capet. See Louis XVI.
Louis Philippe, poverty of, [334];
prediction of Danton to, [507].
Louis XIII., his reign, [27].
Louis XIV., death of, [33];
state of society during his reign, [25];
character of, [29].
Louis XV., marriage of, [38];
length of the reign of, [38];
political reasons of, for countenancing Voltaire, [49];
one hundred and fifty thousand lettres de cachet during the reign of, [55];
death of, [57].
Louis XVI., absolute power of, [53];
character of, [58];
commencement of, as king, [58];
appointment of his ministers, [59];
love of, for blacksmiths' work, [65];
orders Parliament to register decree taxing all lands alike, [68];
banishes Parliament to Troyes, [69];
banishes the Duke d'Orleans, [70];
decrees an equal representation in States-General, [79];
orders Brézé not to molest the National Assembly, [100];
character of, by M. Bailly, [111];
midnight interview of Duke of Liancourt with, [123];
visits and explains himself to the Assembly, [124];
conducted in triumph to the palace, [125];
his loss of power, [127];
recalls Necker, [128];
visits the Parisians, [129];
accepts the acts of the people, [130];
accepts the tricolored cockade, [130];
reception of, by the French people, [131];
gives money to the poor, [133];
decides to obey the people, [162];
walks alone among the people, [166];
rumors of attempts to carry off, [175];
visit of, to the Assembly, [175];
speech of, at the Assembly, [176];
takes the oath to the people, [184];
effect of the death of Mirabeau upon, [195];
intentions of, relating to flight, [196];
surrounded by the National Guards, [197];
flight of, [198];
discovered by Drouet, [200];
arrested at Varennes, [201];
appearance of, after arrest, [204];
influence of the appearance of, [207];
carried back to Paris, [208];
prophetical exclamation of, [208];
injudicious memorial of, [212];
return of, to Paris from Varennes, [215];
entrance of, into Paris, [218];
offers a declaration of the object of his leaving Paris, [221];
presentation of the Constitution to, [231];
cordial assent of, to the Constitution, [232];
takes the oath to support the Constitution, [232];
reception of, by the Assembly, [234];
experience of, in the variableness of the mob, [234];
remarks of, to Bertrand de Moleville, [236];
the Assembly addressed by, [238];
proclamation of, to the emigrants at Coblentz, [242];
letter of, to Louis Stanislas Xavier, [242];
his protection of the non-conforming priests, [243];
speech of, to the Assembly, [244];
declares war against Austria, [246];
speech of, to the Assembly on the demands of Austria, [249];
deplorable dejection of, [254];
character of, described by the queen, [267];
plans for the escape of, [271];
his silk breast-plate, [275];
petitions for his dethronement, [280];
insulted in the garden, [283];
takes refuge with the National Assembly, [285];
suspended by the National Assembly, [289];
a prisoner, [292];
taken to the Temple, [294];
insults of, at the Temple, [311];
summoned to appear before the Revolutionary Tribunal, [315];
trial of, [316];
anecdote concerning, [317];
informed of his condemnation, [324];
his last interview with his family, [325];
his bequests, [326];
his execution, [329].
Louis XVII. See Dauphin.
Louis XVIII. (Count of Provence), reply of, to the letter of the king to, [242].
Lourtalot (Monsieur), incites to the rescue of the soldiers, [104].
Lyons captured by the Revolutionists, [342];
rising of the Royalists at, [398].
Maillard, his judicial labors at the prison of Abbaye, [303].
Mailly (Madame de), favorite of Louis XV., [38].
Malesherbes, execution of, [360].
Marat (Jean Paul), his advice to the people, [105];
opinion of, concerning National Assembly, [146];
desires to abrogate the death penalty, [173];
speech of, to the Jacobin Club, [214];
trial and victory of, [335];
assassination of, [338];
bust of, thrown into the mud, [398].
Marceau, death of, [414].
Maria, wife of Louis XV., [38].
Maria Theresa a prisoner, [292];
taken to the Temple, [294];
liberation of, [351];
marriage and death of, [352].
Marie Antoinette, education of, [58];
her position, [71];
at Trianon, her troubles, [72];
accused of adultery with the Count d'Artois, [72];
involved with Comtesse Lamotte in the public estimation, [72];
intrusts her son to the nobility, [100];
effect of seeing the tricolor worn by the king, [132];
takes the oath of fidelity, [185];
plans the escape of the king, [197];
flight of, [198], [199];
arrested at Varennes, [201];
indignation of, at the disrespect shown to the king, [203];
pleads with the mayor's wife, [206];
insult of, to La Fayette, [220];
respect of, for popular rights, [234];
anguish of, at the disrespect shown the king, [238];
her hatred of La Fayette, [240];
attempt to assassinate, [266];
her opinion of the king's character, [267];
adventures of, in the mob of 20th of June, [287];
the dauphin ordered to be taken from, [346];
taken to the Conciergerie, [347];
trial of, [348];
condemnation and letter of, to her sister, [349];
execution of, [350].
Marly, palace of, [35].
Massat, imprisonment of, in the Bastille, [56].
Masses, wretchedness of the, [47];
their condition during the reign of Louis XV., [52].
Memorial of the king on leaving Paris, [212].
Mercenaries, foreign, collected in Paris, [104].
Merovingian dynasty, the, [18].
Mirabeau, his course to identify himself with the people, [80];
character of, [80];
his expulsion from the Parliament, [80];
his aspect at the States-General, [86];
his formal "Letters to my Constituents," [87];
speech of, upon the dissolution, [99];
compares American and English revolutions with that of France, [102];
speech of, concerning the movements of the army, [106];
his position in the Assembly, [107];
instruction to, of the deputy to the king, [124];
opposes the amnesty, [139];
how regarded by the Parisians, [149];
his motives explained, [152];
supports the confiscation of church property, [171];
defends the Convention from the charge of usurpation, [174];
physical condition of, [189];
interview of, with the queen, [189];
plans of, to overturn the Constitution, [190];
opposition of, to law against emigration, [191];
plot of, for the king's escape, [192];
death of, [193];
funeral of, [194].
Mob becomes fast and furious, [168];
actions of the, on the20th of June, 1792, [255].
Moleville (Bertrand de), remarks of, on the Assembly, [235].
Molière, his reception at the Courtiers' table, [45].
Monarchy supported by the Papacy, [48].
Monge appointed minister of the marine, [290].
Monopolists, hatred of the people against, [134].
Montesquieu explains the national policy to the people, [47].
Moors, incursions of the, into France, [20].
Napoleon. See Bonaparte.
National bankruptcy described, [63].
National Guard formed, [126];
losing influence, [150];
dispersion of a mob by the, [229].
Necker, appointment of, as minister of finance, [60];
policy of, [60];
his position and struggles, [62];
his "Compte rendu au Roi" and its effect, [63];
recommends formation of provincial parliaments, [63];
his measures and their reception, [64];
recalled, [77];
effects upon the people of his recall, [77];
applauded by the people for refusing to attend the royal sitting, [100];
remarks of, on the conspiracy of the nobles against the National Assembly, [102];
his advice disregarded, [107];
dismissal of, [108];
recalled, [128];
return of, to Paris, [138];
resignation of, [189].
Nemours (Duke of), his accusation and punishment, [54].
Noailles (Viscount de), services of, [139];
arm of the, rejected by the queen, [220].
Nobility, their doctrine regarding the lower class, [45];
hereditary, state of society which abolishes, [46];
much dissatisfied with the decree of equality of representation, [79];
triumph of the, [96], [97];
ordered by the king to join the National Assembly, [101];
dissatisfaction of the, with the Assembly, [101];
conspiracy of the, to overturn Assembly, [102];
yield their feudal rights, [140];
plots of the, [156];
religion of the, [170];
plans of the, [191].
See also Nobles.
Nobles obliged to unite with the king, and to promise to submit to all the taxes, [90];
abandonment of their chateaux for a metropolitan residence, [45];
income of, in province of Limousin, according to Turgot, [45];
position of the, in the days of feudal grandeur, [46];
now hated by the peasants, [46];
all taxation steadily opposed by the, [65]-68;
every where resist the decree of Brienne, [75];
their plan for managing the States-General, [84];
exult in their supposed victory, [100];
forty-seven join the National Assembly, [101];
obstruct the action of the Assembly, [105];
plan of, to regain their ascendency, [141].
Normandy, revolt in, [24].
Notables (Assembly of), recommended by Calonne, [66];
the meeting, [67];
meeting of, called to settle questions about the States-General, [78].
Oath of fidelity taken, [184].
Orleans (Duke of), enters his protest in Parliament against the king's commands, [70];
banished by the king, [70];
contemplates usurpation, [71];
joins the National Assembly, [101].
Orleans, massacre of the Royalists of, [308].
Oubliettes, description of, [55].
Paine (Thomas), one of the Jacobins, [224].
Papacy the right arm of monarchy, [48].
Parc aux Cerfs, institution of, [40].
Paris, from what it sprung, [19];
state of, on July 12, 1789, [111];
garrisoned by the people, [124];
municipal government of, arrogates supreme power, [145];
events at, on the king's escape, [209];
a new mayor of, chosen, [243];
mob in, on the 9th of August, 1792, [281];
arrest of the Royalists of, [300];
festival in, to celebrate the Jacobin Constitution, [339];
famine in, [398].
Parliament asserts that it has no power to register decrees, [68];
custom of, to register king's decrees, [68];
passes resolution concerning States-General, [69];
its desire to obtain feudal privileges, [73];
forced to surrender D'Espréménil and De Monsabert, [74];
meets and declares its session permanent, [74];
method of the, in receiving the king's commissioners, [76];
its condemnation of La Fayette, [298];
of the provinces abolished, [172].
Parties, number of, in France, [190].
Patronage of men of letters by nobility, nature of, [46].
Paupers, numbers of, [169].
Peasants, their hatred of the nobility and crowd, [46];
call them "vultures," [46];
their fear of tax-collectors, [50];
their difficulties, [52].
"Pensées Philosophiques" burned by execution, [48].
People side with the Parliament, [71];
support their enemies, the Parliaments, [73];
enjoined to send in account of grievances to the States-General, [79];
condition of the, [83];
send in requests to the Assembly, [105];
bear the busts of Necker and Orleans in triumph, [109];
sack the convents for wine and wheat, [115];
arm and garrison the Bastille, [123];
escort the king to the palace, [125];
of Paris desire the king to visit them, [129];
becoming soldiers from fear of invasion, [142];
demand of the, that the king shall go to Paris, [162];
influence of the king's appearance upon the, [207];
enthusiasm of the, at the reading of the Constitution, [234].
Pepin ascends the throne, [20].
Persecution of Protestants renewed, [37];
the argument of the Church, [48].
Pétion chosen Mayor of Paris, [244];
dilatory conduct of, in the mob of 20th of June, [259];
his dismissal from the Tuileries, [262];
petitions the Assembly for the dethronement of the king, [280];
found dead in the forest, [362].
Pharamond, chief of the Franks, [18];
obtains supremacy over Gaul, [18].
Philip (the Fair) establishes his Parliament in Paris, [24].
Philip VI. crowned at Rheims, [25];
luxury of the court of, [25].
Philosophy, of the writers on, [47];
of Revolutionary writers, results of, [47].
Pichegru appointed commander of the Parisian forces, [401].
Piety, its rarity forms an admirable foil to show up the corruption surrounding, [48].
Pitt (William), his approval of Burke's book, [187];
statement of, to the French envoy, [240];
his opinion of La Fayette, [298].
Political economy simplified for the masses, [47].
Politics superior in influence to religion over Louis XV., [49].
Pompadour (Madame de), character of, [39];
death of, [43].
Popular sovereignty, when legitimated in France, [62].
Poverty of nobles in every thing but pride, [45].
Power of France in the hands of nobility, [64];
aid of foreign, to the noblesse, [196].
Priests, attempts of, to rouse the populace, [177].
Prisons, for what purposes used by Jesuits, [55];
number of, in Paris, [55];
terrible suffering in the, [359].
Privileged class, number of, in France during the reign of Louis XV., [45];
dissatisfied with Turgot's measures, [60];
calculation of numerical strength of, [64].
Privileges (feudal). See Feudal.
Protestants, persecution of, by Louis XIV., [29];
number of, in France, [30];
"dragooned into Catholic faith," [30];
escape of, from France, [32];
persecution of, renewed, [37].
Province of Vendée, religious troubles in, [243].
See La Vendée.
Provinces, France divided into, [171].
Provincial Parliaments, formation of, recommended by Necker, [63].
See also Parliament.
Prussia, desire of, to withdraw from the coalition, [396].
Public credit, condition of, in France now, [65].
Rastadt, assassination of the embassadors at, [428].
Rebellion, people incited to, by Camille Desmoulins, [108].
"Reflections," by Edmund Burke, [187].
Reform, few of the nobility in favor of, [79].
Reign of Terror, France surrendered to the, [345];
more endurable than the old dominion, [402].
Religion, how represented by Revolutionary writers, [47];
becomes the policy of the nobles, [170];
the aid of, brought to bear, by the clergy, [173].
See also Christianity.
Renville (Constant de), confinement of, in the Bastille, [53].
Republicans, increase of the, [246].
Revolution, its outbreak and failure explained, [46];
list of the victims of the, [379].
Revolutionary Tribunal, origin of the, [296];
trial of the king before the, [322].
Richelieu (Cardinal), his character and influence as a politician, [27];
his death, [27];
cruelty of, to Dessault, [55];
iron-hearted firmness of, [56].
Riot, description of the first, [82];
fomented to prevent meeting of the States-General, [82].
Robespierre (Maximilian), first appearance of, [88];
desires to abolish the death penalty, [173];
demands an act of accusation against the Girondists, [336];
turns against Danton and Desmoulins, [365];
speech of, against Danton, [367];
inexplicable character of, [375];
decrees of, in favor of the existence of the Supreme Being, [375];
supposed attempt to assassinate, [396];
dawning opposition to, [377];
urged to assume the dictatorship, [378];
defeat of, in the Convention, [380];
arrest of, with his brother, [383];
assassination and rearrest of, [386];
condemnation of, [387];
execution of, [388].
Roederer (Monsieur), interview of, with the royal family, [284].
Rohan (Cardinal), involved with Comtesse Lamotte, [72].
Roland (Monsieur), dismissal of, from the office of minister of the interior, [254];
death of, [363].
Roland (Madame), her letter to the king, [254];
anecdote concerning, [309];
death of, [363].
Rollo, an incident related of, [23].
Roman empire, decline of the, [17].
Romeuf (M. de), arrest of the king by, [208].
Rousseau employs his eloquence for Revolution, [47].
Royal decree, customs regarding it, [68].
Royal family, flight of the, [198];
their mode of life in the Temple, [311].
See also Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette.
Sabbath, attempts to obliterate the, [361].
Salt, duty on, abolished, [172].
Santerre appointed to the command of the National Guard, [296].
Sausse (Madame), answer of, to the applications of the queen, [206].
Schools established by Charlemagne, [21].
Sermon of the Bishop of Nancy, [86];
of Abbé Fauchet, [144].
Sheriff obliged to have a guard, [50].
Sièyes (Abbé), his pamphlet, [78];
his motion in the States-General, [89];
its success, [90];
second pamphlet of, [90].
Societies, the jealousy with which they were regarded, [46].
Society, state of, during the reign of Louis XIV., [28];
state of, at the death of Louis XIV., [33].
Soldiers, brutal conduct of, [30];
become discontented, [103];
coalesce with the people, [103];
arrested for their oath, [104];
scatter the first mob, [109];
a loyal regiment from Flanders ordered to Paris, [157].
Sombrueil, governor of Hôtel des Invalides, character of, [119].
Spain, treaty of France with, [396].
Speech of Marat to the Jacobin Club, [215].
St. Etienne, curate of, heads the people, [119].
St. Huruge, account of him, [150].
States-General convened for May, [76];
debates which arose upon the summoning of, [78];
representation in, how to be determined, [79];
equal representation in, decreed by the king, [79];
the people enjoined to send in account of their grievances to the, [79];
number of members of, [81];
convened, [83];
delegates to, received by the king, [83];
opening of the, [85], [86];
boldness of the third estate, [87];
Necker's reception at the, [87];
attempt of, to ensnare the third estate, [87];
the conflict in the, [88].
See also Assembly and Convention.
Supreme Being, decrees in favor of the, [375];
festival in honor of the, [376].
Suspected persons, schedule of those liable to arrest, [344].
Suspensive veto, the, approved, [151].
Swiss, the, refuse to fire upon their comrades, [110].
Talleyrand, his remark concerning the diamond necklace, [72].
Tallien, speech of, against Robespierre, [381].
Talma, incident connected with the marriage of, [178].
Taxation so universal that the inventor of a new one was regarded as a man of genius, [49];
the burden of, fell upon unprivileged classes solely, [49];
artifices used by the peasants to elude, [50];
proportion of land owned by the payers of, [50];
expedients of the collector of, to obtain the, [50];
burden of, computed, [51];
equality of, when nobles would permit it, [98].
Temple, description of the, [293].
Tennis-court, celebration of the meeting at, [255].
Texel, capture of the fleet at, [395].
Theatre, Jacobin riot in the, [239].
Thermidorians, origin of the, [379];
supremacy of the, [389].
Thiers, remarks of, on the National Convention, [410].
Third estate triumphant, [101].
Thouret (Monsieur), presents Constitution to the king, [231].
Thuriot (Monsieur), summons Bastille to surrender, [120].
Title-deeds destroyed by the peasantry, [143].
Titles of noble blood sold, [50].
Tollendal, Lally, speech of, [126].
Toulon surrendered to the Allies, [341].
Tree of feudalism, burning of the, [275].
Trials ordered to be public, [172].
Tribune, a military, advised by Marat, [215].
Tricolor worn by the king, [132].
Tuileries besieged, [286].
Turgot (Monsieur), his appointment and career as minister of finance, [59], [60];
his measures, how accepted, [60].
Unbelief among the courtiers, reasons for, [49].
United States, Revolution of, compared with that of France, [46].
Valmy, battle of, [306].
Valois, history of the house of, [26].
Varennes (the), king and royal family arrived at, [201];
municipality of, request the king to wait, [205].
Vaublanc (M. de), speech of, to the king, [244].
Vergniaud (Monsieur), charges of, against the king, [269];
prophetic solicitude of, [309];
sentences the king to death, [323];
spirit of the Girondists avowed by, [332];
remark of, in the prison to the son of M. Alluaud, [354].
Versailles, chateau of, commenced by Richelieu, [27];
palace of, [35].
Veto, struggle on the part of the nobility to make it absolute, [149].
Vice protected by the Church, [48].
Victims, list of the, of the Revolution, [379].
Vienne, Archbishop of, president of National Assembly, [106].
Vincennes, brilliant festivities and spectacles at, [25].
Voltaire applies his force to assailing the corruption of the Church, [47];
unfairness of his criticisms on Christianity, [47];
befriended by Frederick II. of Prussia, [49];
revisits Paris, [62];
his reception, [62];
his death, [62];
removed to the Pantheon in Paris, [222].
Voting for the deputies in Paris, [79].
Wars, why waged by princes, [51].
Women of Paris, their march to Versailles, [159];
deputation of, to the king, [160].
Writers, revolutionary, views of, on religion, [47];
their influence in brutalizing the people, [47];
the leading, were infidels, [47].
Xavier (Louis Stanislas), letter of the king to, [242].