But, for lack of a military chief and base, the visible majority is twice obliged to yield, to keep silent, and fly or retreat under the dictatorship of the victorious faction, which has strained and forced the legislative machine until it has become disjointed and broken down.[2245] ***** [Footnote 2201:"Correspondence (manuscript) of Baron de Stael," with his Court in Sweden.Oct.6, 1791.] [Footnote 2202: "Souvenirs", by PASQUIER (Etienne-Dennis, duc), chancelier de France, in VI volumes, Librarie Plon, Paris 1893 .-- Dumouriez, "Memoires," III.ch.

V: "The Jacobin party, having branches all over the country, used its provincial clubs to control the elections.

Every crackbrain, every seditious scribbler, all the agitators were elected ...

very few enlightened or prudent men, and still fewer of the nobles, were chosen."-- Moniteur, XII.

199 (meeting of April 23, 1792).