8, 1790, and March 12, 1791.] [Footnote 1229: Sauzay, I.208.

(Petition of the officers of the National Guard of Besancon, and observations of the municipal body, Sept.

15, 1790 .-- Petition of 500 national guards, Dec.

15, 1790) .-- Observations of the district directory, which directory, having authorized the club, avows that "three-quarters" of the national guard and a portion of other citizens "are quite hostile to it."-- Similar petitions at Dax, Chalons-sur-Saone, etc., against the local club.] [Footnote 1230: "Lettres" (manuscript) of M.Roulle, deputy from Pontivy, to his constituents (May 1, 1789).] [Footnote 1231: A rule of the association says: "The object of the association is to discuss questions beforehand which are to be decided by the National Assembly,...

and to correspond with associations of the same character which may be formed in the kingdom."] [Footnote 1232: Gregoires, "Memoires," I.387.] [Footnote 1233: Malouet, II.248.