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Leonard Bourdon demands, in the name of his section, the Gravilliers, a register on which to inscribe those who accept the Constitution, "in order that those who do not vote for it may be known." Souzay, IV. 159. Sauzay IV., 158. Moniteur, XVII., 302. Durand- Maillane. 150. "There are primary assemblies which have extended their deliberations beyond the acceptance of the Constitution.
Workmen were heard to exclaim, "And to think that we have no arms!" The procession, after having for some time followed the Boulevards, re-entered the streets, followed by a deeply-affected and angry multitude. In this manner it reached the Rue de Gravilliers.
* Floreal 25, "several persons, deprived of any means of existence, gave up in complete discouragement, and fell down with weakness and exhaustion.... In the 'Gravilliers' section, two men were found dead with inanition.... The peace officers report the decease of several citizens; one cut his throat, while another was found dead in his bed."
Are they going to be relieved by the new government which the Convention imposes on them with thunders of artillery and in which it perpetuates itself? * Brumaire 28, "Most of the workmen in the 'Temple' and 'Gravilliers' sections have done no work for want of bread." * Brumaire 24, "Citizens of all classes refuse to mount guard because they have nothing to eat."
* Brumaire 25, "In the 'Gravilliers' section the women say that they have sold all that they possessed, while others, in the 'Faubourg-Antoine' section, declare that it would be better to be shot down." * Brumaire 30, "A woman beside herself came and asked a baker to kill her children as she had nothing to give them to eat."
On this globe was painted in black letters the single word, bal. We were in the narrow Rue des Gravilliers I was there for the first time and the bal was the Bal des Gravilliers. The bar is so small, when one enters, that there is no intimation of the really splendid aspect of the dancing room.
It is certain that, on the morning of the 6th of June, the insurrection broke out afresh for an hour or two, to a certain extent. The obstinacy of the alarm peal of Saint-Merry reanimated some fancies. Barricades were begun in the Rue du Poirier and the Rue des Gravilliers. In front of the Porte Saint-Martin, a young man, armed with a rifle, attacked alone a squadron of cavalry.
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