Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 Part 21

Footnote 1: The men who, in the great French revolution, and under the leadership of Danton and of the munic.i.p.ality of Paris, ma.s.sacred the political prisoners in September, 1792, are recorded in history under the name of Septembriseurs. Louis Napoleon may no less justly be called the Decembriseur, from that frightful ma.s.sacre on the 2nd of December, from which he dates his despotism.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 2: I must here record that Mr. Carlisle, the eminent lawyer in Washington, although in every respect opposed to my political and social views, behaved, in this affair, as a thorough man of honor. I am sorry that on a similar former occasion, not in Washington, my political friends showed themselves not Carlisles.[Back to Main Text]