CHAPTER IV.

THE CONSTITUTION, 1789–1791.

Results of the Movement of October 6 63 The Jacobins 64 The Constitution; Administrative Changes; Establishment of 44,000 Municipalities 65 Judicial Reforms 66 Increase of the State debt 67 Church Property appropriated by the State 67 Creation of Assignats 68 Civil Constitution of the Clergy 69 Feast of the Federation 69 Emigration of the nobles 70 Embitterment of the Relations between nobles and peasants 71 Weakness of the Central Government 72 Mutinies in the Army 73 Imposition of an Oath on the Clergy; Schism in the Church 74 The Constitution decried by the Ultra-Democrats 76 Brissot 76 Desmoulins 77 Marat 78 Sources of influence exercised by the Ultra-Democrats 79 Influence exercised by Jacobin Clubs 80 September 1790. Resignation of Necker 81 The Commune of Paris; Composition of its Municipality 81 Mirabeau’s policy; his Death, April 2, 1791 84 Position of the Constitutionalists 85