30, 1799.] [Footnote 3121: Resolutions of February 26, March 2, and March 3, 1800.] [Footnote 3122: Thibaudeau, "Memoires sur le Consulat," 199.

(Stated by the First Consul at Regnault at a meeting of the council of state, Aug.12, 1801.) "I am glad to hear the denunciation of striking off names.

How many have you yourselves not asked for?
It could not be otherwise.

Everybody has some relation or friend on the lists."] [Footnote 3123: Thibaudeau.ibid.

(Speech by the First Consul.) "Never have there been lists of emigres; there are only lists of absentees.
The proof of this is that names have always been struck off.