In fact, the evening before, the latter, M. de
Vitteaux, an old man of seventy-four years of age, was expelled from
the primary assembly, then torn out of the house in which he had
sought refuge, half killed with blows, and dragged through the
streets to the open square; his mouth was stuffed with manure, a
stick was thrust into his ears, and "he expired after a martyrdom of
three hours." The same day, in the church of the Capuchins, at
S?mur, the rural parishes which met together excluded their priests
and gentry in the same fashion. M. de Damas and M. de Sainte-Maure
were beaten with clubs and stones; the cur? of Massigny died after
six stabs with a knife, and M. de Virieu saved himself as he best
could. - With such examples before them it is probable that many
of the nobles will no longer exercise their right of suffrage. M.
de Bussy does not pretend to do it. He merely tries to prove that
he is loyal to the nation, and that he meditates no wrong to the
National Guard or to the people.
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