FOOTNOTES:
[134] "The French Guards, those generous citizens, rebels to their masters, in the language of despotism, but faithful to the nation, are the first to swear never to turn their arms against her."—M. Rabaud de St. Etienne, vol. i., p. 62.
Mr. Alison calls this the "revolt and treason of the French Guards." The same occurrence assumes very different aspects as seen from different stand-points.
[135] M. Rabaud de St. Etienne.
[136] Hist. Parlementaire, vol. ii., p. 32. Michelet, vol. i., p. 127.
[137] Histoire des Montagnards, par Alphonse Esquiros, p. 15.
[138] Thiers, vol. i., p. 61.
[139] "While on this subject I can not refrain from remarking on the impolitic conduct of the nobles and the bishops. As they aimed only to dissolve the Assembly, to throw discredit on its operations, when the president stated a question they left the hall, inviting the deputies of their party to follow them. With this senseless conduct they combined an insulting disdain, both of the Assembly and of the people who attended the sittings. Instead of listening, they laughed and talked aloud, thus confirming the people in the unfavorable opinion which it had conceived of them; and instead of striving to recover the confidence and the esteem of the people, they strove only to gain their hatred and contempt."—Ferrières, t. ii., p. 122.
[140] Histoire des Montagnards, par Alphonse Esquiros, p. 15.
[141] France and its Revolutions, by George Long, Esq.