The French Revolution, Vol. 3 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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I. Weakness OF former governments. - Energy of the new govern~ ment. - The despotic creed and instincts of the Jacobin. - II. Contrast between his words and his acts - How he dissimulates his change of front. - The constitution of June, 1793. - Its promises of freedom. III. Primary Assemblies. - Proportion of Absentees. - Number of Primary assemblies.-unanimity 'of the voters - Their motives for accepting the Constitution - Pressure brought to bear on voters. Choice of Delegates - IV. They reach paris-precautions taken against them.-constraints and Seductions - V. They make their profession of Jacobin faith - Their part in the 'féte of August loth. Theirenthusiasm. - VI. Manceuvres of the Mountain. - The Jacobin Club on the eve of August nth-session of the Convention on the nth of august.-the Delegates initiate Teflon - Popular consecration of the Jacobin dictatorship - VII. Effect of this manoeuvre - Extent and Manifesto of the departmental insurrection. - Its fundamental weakness - The mass of the population inert and distrustful. - The small number of Girondists. - Their lukewarm adherents. - Scruples of fugitive deputies and insurgent administrators.-they form no central government. - They leave military authority in the hands of the Con vention - Fatal progress of their concessions - Withdrawal of the departments one by one. - Palinode of the compromised authorities. Effect of administrative habits. - Failings and illusions of the Mod crates. - Opposite character of the Jacobins. - VIII. The last local re sistances - Political orthodoxy of the insurgent towns.-they stipulate but one condition - Reasons of State for granting this - Party argu ments against it. - IX. The rebel cities crushed. - Bordeaux. - Mar seilles. - Lyo'ns. - Toulon: - X. Destruction of the Girondist party.

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