"Such," they say, "are the men who have been calumniated because,
cherishing the Constitution, they hold fanaticism, demagogues and
anarchy, in horror. If the citizens had not roused themselves when
the moment of danger arrived, they would have been slaughtered like
their neighbors (of Avignon). It is this insurrection against crime
which the brigands have slandered." If their gates were shut it was
because "the National Guard of Marseilles, the same which behaved so
badly in the Comtat, flocked there under the pretext of maintaining
liberty and of forestalling the counter-revolution, but, in reality,
to village the town."
Vive la Nation! Vive la Loi! Vive le Roi were the only cries heard
at the very quiet and orderly elections that had just taken place.
"The attachment of the citizens to the Constitution has been spoken
of. . . . Obedience to the laws, the readiest disposition to
discharge public contributions, were remarked by us among these
pretended counter-revolutionaries.
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