Another day, the procureur-syndic Lhullier summons them to attend the "Eveche," to "fraternize with the authorities of the Paris department;"[1132] the "Fraternite" section invites them to its daily meetings; the Jacobin club lends them its vast hall in the morning and admits them to its sessions in the evening .-- Thus monopolized and kept, as in a diving bell, they breathe in Paris nothing but a Jacobin atmosphere; from one Jacobin den to another, as they are led about in this heated atmosphere, their pulse beats more rapidly.
Many of them, who, on their arrival, were "plain, quiet people,"[1133] but out of their element, subjected to contagion without any antidote, quickly catch the revolutionary fever.

The same as at an American revival, under the constant pressure of preaching and singing, of shouts and nervous spasms, the lukewarm and even the indifferent have not long to wait before the delirium puts them in harmony with the converted.
V.Fete of August 10th They make their profession of Jacobin faith .-- Their part in the Fete of August 10th .-- Their enthusiasm.
On the 7th of August things come to a head .-- Led by the department and the municipality, a number of delegates march to the bar of the Convention, and make a confession of Jacobin faith.

"Soon," they exclaim, "will search be made on the banks of the Seine for the foul marsh intended to engulf us.

Were the royalist and intriguers to die of spite, we will live and die 'Montagnards.'"[1134] Applause and embraces .-- From thence they betake themselves to the Jacobin Club, where one of them proposes an address prepared beforehand: the object of this is to justify the 31st of May, and the 2nd of June, "to open the eyes" of provincial France, to declare "war against the federalists."[1135] "Down with the infamous libelers who have calumniated Paris!....

We cherish but one sentiment, our souls are all melted into one...