Appended to the circular was a printed address bearing the title of Compte rendu au peuple souverain, "countersigned by the Minister of Justice and with the Minister's seal on the package," and addressed to the Jacobin Clubs of the departments, that they, too, might preach massacre.] [Footnote 3161: Mortimer-Ternaux, III.

391, 398 .-- Warned by Alquier, president of the criminal court of Versailles, of the danger to which the Orleans prisoners were exposed, Danton replied: "What is that to you?
That affair does not concern you.

Mind your own business, and do not meddle with things outside of it!"-- "But, Monsieur, the law says that prisoners must be protected."-- "What do you care?
Some among them are great criminals, and nobody knows yet how the people will regard them and how far their indignation will carry them." Alquier wished to pursue the matter, but Danton turned his back on him] [Footnote 3162: Mortimer-Ternaux, III.

217] [Footnote 3163: Madame Roland, "Lettres autographes, etc.," Sept.

5, 1792.