As they are elected against the will of the citizens, they do not gain their confidence, and draw their salaries from the commune treasury, without any advantage to public instruction,"] [Footnote 2108: Mercure de France, Sep.

3, 1791.

"The right of attending primary meetings is that of every citizen who pays a tax of three livres; owing to the violence to which opinions are subject, more than one-half of the French are compelled to stay away from these reunions, which are abandoned to persons who have the least interest in maintaining public order and in securing stable laws, with the least property, and who pay the fewest taxes."] [Footnote 2109: "The French Revolution," Vol.

I.p.182 and following pages.] [Footnote 2110: "Correspondence of M.de Stael" (manuscript), Swedish ambassador, with his court, Sept 4, 1791.

"The change in the way of thinking of the democrats is extraordinary; they now seem convinced that it is impossible to make the Constitution work.