Contemporary American opinion of the French revolution

PART I. OPINION OF AMERICANS ABROAD. Introduction . ix

First Impressions. i

A Journey through France. io

The Passing of the Notables . 21

The Interlude . 26

The States-jOeneral. 33

Gouverneur Morris on the French Revolution :

Morris’s Political Creed ■. 54

France in the Spring of 1789 '64

The Constituent Assembly ; Its Character. 72

The Constituent Assembly ; Its Work. 82

The Legislative Assembly.100

The Convention ..112

James Monroe on the French Revolution .. . 120

PART II. OPINION OF AMERICANS AT HOME. First Movements of Public Opinion .139

An Extraordinary Year—1793.164

Democratic Societies.188

Levelling Principles.209

The Evidence of Contemporary Literature.219

Sundry Side-lights.243

The Growing Opposition and its Reasons.253

Conclusion.278

TO

MY FATHER

WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN MY GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT.

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PART I.

OPINIONS OF AMERICANS ABROAD ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Jefferson Morris Monroe