. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. tunity. Accept the honour which seeks not go after Joubert, just to give him precedenceover thyself. Thou sayest and believest that thou artwithout ambition ; thou wouldst prove it all the betterby doing, on the day that is approaching, what shouldstbe done for the common weal, and by doing nothingin thine own interest. a Something, which never deserted him, kept himaloof from all the coups detat of his time. Was it must not whispered by conscience ? Or, was it donot dictated by habits of discipline, a natural caution,and a consciousness of his
. Bernadotte, the first phase, 1763-1799. tunity. Accept the honour which seeks not go after Joubert, just to give him precedenceover thyself. Thou sayest and believest that thou artwithout ambition ; thou wouldst prove it all the betterby doing, on the day that is approaching, what shouldstbe done for the common weal, and by doing nothingin thine own interest. a Something, which never deserted him, kept himaloof from all the coups detat of his time. Was it must not whispered by conscience ? Or, was it donot dictated by habits of discipline, a natural caution,and a consciousness of his inexperience ? Or, was itI dare not waiting upon I would? Or,was it a blend of must not and do not anddare not? At all events, upon this as on otheroccasions, he declined a pressing invitation from highquarters to join in an assault upon the civil , who had no such scruples, accepted theopportunity without hesitation, and assumed the com-mand of all the troops in the capital. * Barras, iii. 361, 362; (E.) iii, 458, 459,. General Joubert. Killed at the Battle of Novi, August 15, 1799. After the portrait by Bouchot. TofaceJ>age 370. june 1799] THE 30TH PRAIRIAL 371 The journke of the 30th Prairial was a bloodlessone. General Jouberts only duty was to overawethe unruly elements of the Parisian populace. Nota shot had to be fired; and no necessity arose forany action on the part of the troops. The two Legis-lative Councils, on the motion of Lucien Bonaparte,took the grave step of declaring their intention to sitin permanence. Backed by the moral force of parlia-mentary pressure, Barras bullied Larevelliere-Lepeauxand Merlin into a reluctant resignation. Such was thecoup dttat of the 30th Larevelliere-Lepeaux retired to an obscurity,from which he never afterwards emerged. Treilhardand Merlin, who were eminent lawyers, returnedto public employment in later years. The threevacant places in the Directory were filled by theelection of Gohier, a judge high
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