22, 1791: "I feel that our proceedings are not exactly legal, but I thought it prudent to acquiesce in the general desire of the battalion."] [Footnote 2427: "Archives Nationales." Official report of the municipal officers of Arles on the insurrection of the Mint band, Sept.

2, 1791 .-- Dispatch of Ripert, royal commissioner, Oct.

2 and 8 .-- Letter of M.d'Antonelle, to the Friends of the Constitution, Sept.22.

"I cannot believe in the counter-orders with which we are threatened.

Such a decision in the present crisis would be too inhuman and dangerous.