Under the mask of patriotism they succeeded in getting possession of all the offices.

Vexations of every kind, robberies of private houses, squandering of public money, were committed by these monsters." (The Ferney deputies brought with them the testimony of witnesses.)--Ibid., 290.

(Letters of Representative Goupilleau, Beziers, Vendemiaire 28, year III.

on the terrorists of Vaucluse.) "These carnivorous fellows, regretting the times when they could rob and massacre with impunity....

Who, six months ago, were starving and who now live in the most scandalous opulence...