On the 4th of November "he forced contributions by threatening to cut off heads and destroy houses." He was elected juge-de-paix .-- Another, Magere, "approved of the motion for setting up a gallows, provided that it was not placed in front of his windows, and stated openly in the club that if people followed the law they would never accomplish anything to be remembered." He was elected member of the department directory .-- A third, Fournier, "wrote that the gifts which citizens made to save their lives were voluntary gifts." He is made a department councilor.

"Peaceable citizens are storing their furniture in safe places in order to take to flight...

There is no security in France; the epithet of aristocrat, of Feuillant, of moderate affixed to the most honest citizen's name is enough to make him an object of spoliation and to expose him to losing his life...

I insist on regarding the false idea which is current in relation to popular sovereignty as the principal cause of the existing anarchy."] [Footnote 3318: Schmidt, "Pariser Zustande," I.50 and following pages .-- Mortimer-Ternaux, V.95.109, 117, 129.

(Ballot of Oct.