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[42] Moniteur， XXIV.， 47， 50. (Session of Germinal 2， year II.)Speeches by Lindet and Carnot with confirmatory details. - Lindet says that he had signed twenty thousand papers. - Ibid.， XXXIII.， 591. (Session of Vent？se 12， year III. Speech by Barère.) "The labor of the Committee was divided amongst the different members composing it， but all， without distinction， signed each other's work. I， myself， knowing nothing of military affairs， have perhaps， in this matter， given four thousand signatures." - Ibid.， XXIV.， 74. (Session of Germinal 6， year III.) Speech of Lavesseur， witness of an animated scene between Carnot and Robespierre concerning two of Carnot's clerks， arrested by order of Robespierre. - Carnot adds " I had myself signed this order of arrest without knowing it." - Ibid.， XXII.， 116. (Session of Vendémiaire 8， year II.， speech by Carnot in narrating the arrest of General Huchet for his cruelties in Vendée.)On appearing before the committee of Public Safety， Robespierre defended him and he was sent back to the army and promoted to a higher rank； I was obliged to sign in spite of my opposition."[43] Carnot， "Mémoires，" I.， 572. (Speech by Carnot， Germinal 2， year III.)[44] Sénart， "Mémoires，" 145， 153. (Details on the members of the two Committees.)[45] Reports by Billaud on the organization of the revolutionary government， November 18， 1793 and on the theory of democratic government， April 20， 1794. - Reports by Robespierre on the political situation of the Republic， November 17， 1793； and on the principles of revolutionary government， December 5， 1793. - Information on the genius of revolutionary laws， signed principally by Robespierre and Billaud， November 29， 1793. - Reports by Robespierre on the principles of political morality which ought to govern the Convention， February 5， 1794； and on the relationship between religious and moral ideas and republican principles， May 7， 1794.

[46] Billaud no longer goes on mission after he becomes one of the Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre never went. Barère， who is of daily service， is likewise retained at Paris. - All the others serve on the missions and several repeatedly， and for a long time.

[47] Moniteur， XXIV.， 60. The words of Carnot， session of Germinal 2， year III.- Ibid.， XXII.， 138， words of Collot， session of Vendémiaire 12， year III. "Billaud and myself have sent into the departments three hundred thousand written documents， and have made at least ten thousand minutes (of meetings) with our own hand."[48] Dussault "Fragment pour servir à l'histoire de la Convention."[49] Thibaudeau， I.， 49.

[50] Arnault， "Souvenirs d'un Sexagenaire，" II.， 78.

[51] "Mémoires d'un Bourgeois de Paris，" by Veron， II.， 14. (July 7， 1815.)[52] Cf. Thibaudeau， "Mémoires，" I.， 46. "It seemed， then， that to escape imprisonment， or the scaffold， there was no other way than to put others in your place."[53] Carnot， "Mémoires." I.， 508.

[54] Carnot， I.， 527. (Words of Prieur de la C？te d'Or.)[55] Carnot， ibid.， 527. (The words of Prieur.)[56] "La Nouvelle Minerve，" I.， 355， (Notes by Billaud-Varennes， indited at St. Domingo and copied by Dr. Chervin.) "We came to a decision only after being wearied out by the nightly meetings of our Committee."[57] Decree of September 17， 1793， on "Suspects." Ordinance of the Paris Commune， October 10， 1793， extending it so as to include "those who， having done nothing against the Revolution， do nothing for it." -Cf. "Papers seized in Robespierre's apartments，" II.， 370， letter of Payan. "Every man who has not been for the Revolution has been against it， for he has done nothing for the country. . . . In popular commissions， individual humanity， the moderation which assumes the veil of justice， is criminal."[58] Mortimer-Ternaux， VIII.， 394， and following pages； 414 and following pages， (on the successive members of the two Committees).

[59] Wallon， "Histoire du Tribunal Révolutionaire，" III.， 129-131.

Hérault de Sechelles， allied with Danton， and accused of being indulgent， had just given guarantees， however， and applied the revolutionary regime in Alsace with a severity worthy of Billaud.

(Archives des Affaires étrangères， vol. V.， 141.) "Instructions for civil commissioners by Hérault， representative of the people，"(Colmar， Frimaire 2， year II.，) with suggestions as to the categories of persons that are to be "sought for， arrested and immediately put in jail，" probably embracing nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants.

[60] Dauban， "Paris en 1794， 285， and following pages. (Police Reports， Germinal， year II.) Arrest of Hébert and associates "Nothing was talked about the whole morning but the atrocious crimes of the conspirators. They were regarded as a thousand times more criminal than Capet and his wife. They ought to be punished a thousand times over. . . . The popular hatred of Hébert is at its height . . .

. The people cannot forgive Hébert for having deceived them. . . .

Popular rejoicings were universal on seeing the conspirators led to the scaffold."[61] Moniteur， XXIV.， 53. (Session of Germinal 2， year III.) Words of Prieur de la C？te-d'Or： "The first quarrel that occurred in the Committee was between Saint-Just and Carnot； the latter says to the former， 'I see that you and Robespierre are after a dictatorship.'" -Ibid.， 74. Levasseur makes a similar statement.-Ibid.， 570. (Session of Germinal 2， year III.， words of Carnot)： "I had a right to call Robespierre a tyrant every time I spoke to him. I did the same with Saint-Just and Couthon."[62] Carnot， I.， 525. (Testimony of Prieur.) Ibid.， 522. Saint-Just says to Carnot： "You are in league with the enemies of the patriots.